Answer honestly now: who actually kept the Luffa? The Luffa is a pretty much worthless trinket (except maybe for Rogues who often fight Druids or Warriors) available at level 49 from a quest in Searing Gorge. All it does is remove one bleed effect. It's not a bad trinket when you get it at level 49, but after that, more and more trinkets show up that do so much more that for most players, the Luffa ends up either in the bank, or, more likely, vendored away.I know I sold it. But those of you who hang on to everything you find in the game have a reason to celebrate: the Luffa is back. Apparently in Karazhan, there's a rogue boss named Moroes who lays down a debuff called "Garrote"-- it's a whopping 1000 damage per 3 seconds for five minutes (or until he dies, as of 2.0.6), which is a lot of damage. And yet, while Stoneform, Divine Shield and Ice Block will all remove it, the only other way you'll get it off is, you guessed it, the ol' Luffa.
If, like me, you did vendor it, don't worry too much-- the Luffa only works sometimes, and the fight's not impossible without it anyway. But a few players are feeling a little regret at tossing away something they'd never thought they'd need. Maybe a future quest in Outland will someday grant us an extra absorbent Luffa for future use.
Update: And here's even more reason to keep it. Commenter Wari asks about Rokmar the Crackler's debuff in the Slave Pens (he drops a bleed that does damage until the player who has it is healed to full), and it looks like the Luffa will clean that annoying buff off too. Who knew the Luffa would be so useful?
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2-22-2007 @ 12:02PM
wibadgers said...
YESSSS!!! i knew i would have to use that some day...i just got it a couple of weeks ago and never got around to selling it....now i have a use for it
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2-22-2007 @ 12:13PM
Falgorn said...
Had a new topic on our guild forum where the Guild leader told us to bring the Luffa along to the next Kharazahn run.
Mine is long gone! Hindsight is such a wonderful thing!
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2-22-2007 @ 12:17PM
Hooper said...
Never even did that quest.
Though, am I one of the few who took agonizing time and got the Arena Grand Master trinket?
That thing is amazing and I recommend it. It can be the difference between a corpse run or a win. In the lower levels, its basically a palladin shield.
Get it now! I love mine and its been usefull even in the 60+ range.
-Hooper
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2-22-2007 @ 12:28PM
Twinny said...
will a warlocks spellstone wipe the little nasty?
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2-22-2007 @ 12:33PM
Halicante said...
Luffa ftw
With no 70 pallies yet, the luffa really helps us in the Moroes encounter. A few people vendored them and the thing occassionally doesn't work and we have to toss those people some heals, but the luffa really helps us save on raid mana and makes the encounter significantly easier. The encounter is definitely possible without it, but it sure helps!
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2-22-2007 @ 1:16PM
Wari said...
Anyone happen to know if the Trinket will remove the bleed effect from the crab boss in Slave Pens?
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2-22-2007 @ 1:20PM
Grimolfr said...
Stoneform wipes it so I would assume the Luffa does.
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2-22-2007 @ 1:48PM
Jonathon Pop said...
You know I kept it in the bank from lvl 48 - 70. Whilst working on leveling up tailoring and enchanting, I needed room in my bank. So I deleted it....like 2 days ago... I always kept it thinking what if one day there is a mob that has a really bad bleed effect, and the luffa would save the day...
just my luck.
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2-22-2007 @ 2:06PM
fearyaks said...
AMP magic FTW. That + 2 stacking renews and no worries about the dot.
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2-22-2007 @ 2:39PM
A_B said...
That's awesome. I still have it and kept wondering why I didn't get rid of it.
Obligatory: Luffa FTW!
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2-22-2007 @ 4:59PM
Kyle said...
I've yet to do that quest. Might as well do it now and see how much easier it is....man, that'll be fun!
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2-22-2007 @ 7:26PM
Chrispy said...
You know you can get it restored, guildmate got his restored and he vendored it months ago. So do not dispair, send in a ticket!
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2-22-2007 @ 9:34PM
jellywerker said...
I've kept it, I keep any and all trinkets, they're trinkets, that's what people do with them in real life =P
I do have a few that are kinda redundant or useless now though, like the prayer beads and such, I guess it's nice to have them to be able to keep switching em in and having a new +190 healing or spell damage or whatever every 30 seconds. You can switch trinkets in combat right?
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2-22-2007 @ 10:05PM
wootzors said...
It can't be sold.. Vendors don't want it otherwise it wouldn't be sitting in my bank right now :(
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2-23-2007 @ 5:47AM
campfire said...
@13: No, you can't switch trinkets in combat.
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