Name: Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer (Wowhead, Allakahzam, Thottbot)
Type: Epic Staff
Damage/Speed: 145-323 / 3.20 (73.2 DPS)
Abilities:
- +70 Stamina, +47 Intellect, which makes it perfect for Warlocks, though really any caster would probably benefit
- Improves spell critical strike rating by 36, spell haste rating by 55, and increases damage and healing by 259. In other words, it rocks. Having a two-hand weapon limits you a bit, but this baby is your one stop shop for every stat important to a caster. Definitely a beautiful caster staff.
- And it's in the shape of a stretched-out Felhunter, or, depending on any conspiracy theories you may have about Blizzard continuity, a Zergling (more on that in a second). I couldn't find a video for you, but apparently it writhes and the mouth opens and closes as you hold it, too -- pretty weird and wacky.
- So about the Zergling thing -- Zerglings, as you may know, are the lower-rung units in the Zerg race of Starcraft, another Blizzard game. They look very similar to Felhunters in WoW, and it's true, this staff does look a little bit more like a Zergling than any other Felhunter we've seen in Azeroth. Plus, the name of the staff seems to be a reference to a Devouring One, another Zerg groupie. And it comes from Outland (a place out in the middle of space), and we have already seen Zergling noncombat pets in game.
- So I submit to you the conspiracy theory of all conspiracy theories: What if Warcraft and Starcraft are taking place in the same universe? And what if, depending on timelines, Zerglings are Felhunters and vice versa -- what if the Zerg is an evolved (or primitive) form of the Burning Legion? Just something to bend your mind a little bit on this Friday afternoon.
But who doesn't want this thing, really? Put an "of the Devourer" after anything, and it becomes instantly more desirable. Tell me you wouldn't want a "Cupcake of the Devourer." Have you heard about that new Apple product, the "iPhone of the Devourer"? And dude, I'm so jealous -- my friend just got a "Nintendo Wii of the Devourer"!
Getting Rid of It: Sells for 18g 39s 48c to vendors, disenchants into a Void Crystal. You should keep it though -- if the Zerg do invade Azeroth, maybe you can hold it hostage or something.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-23-2008 @ 4:10PM
Unagieater said...
You put "Greatstaff of the detroyer" Under the name. Just FYI.
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5-23-2008 @ 4:10PM
Unagieater said...
*destroyer
But not devourer.
5-23-2008 @ 4:20PM
Kroq said...
"What if Warcraft and Starcraft are taking place in the same universe?"
http://starcraft2.com/images/artwork/ss78-hires.jpg
You might find one of those planets familiar :)
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5-23-2008 @ 4:52PM
Bromnir said...
Hey - they remembered to paint in Kezan next to the Maelstrom! A hint for the NEXT expansion AFTER WotLK?
...No, OK, probably not.
5-23-2008 @ 8:10PM
Stephaninator said...
BUT, if that were to be the Azeroth in the Warcraft universe,wouldn't Draenor(or Outland, whatever) be nearby?
5-23-2008 @ 8:21PM
mornkey said...
This is all from memory, so trust it as much as you like, but originally Warcraft was based on the Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy game. If you do deep enough research into the Warhammer Fantasy line, you find that both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 are in the same universe.
Add in the fact that Warhammer 40,000's various races have a lot of analogues in Starcraft, and I think you've got a pretty good chance that Blizzard would at least jokingly make references to crossovers between War- and Starcraft.
Plus, didn't one of the main worldbuilders for Games Workshop defect to Blizzard a while back?
5-24-2008 @ 11:23AM
Angus said...
Whether a game designer for 40K went to Blizzard:
Andy Chambers left Games Workshop about when they decided to ruin the game. He was doing his own stuff for a while then got a game designer job at Blizzard.
5-23-2008 @ 4:21PM
Lanth said...
Yup, Blizzard sure knows how to make an epic weapon look truly epic. Jin'rohk, the blacksmithing BoPs, even Thunderfury.
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5-23-2008 @ 4:48PM
doyesac said...
If Warcraft and Starcraft happen in the same universe, then what will bridge World of Warcraft and World of Starcraft? Will WoS be just another expansion?
Or, maybe, in WoS, there will be a planet called 'Azeroth' and on it you can find the thousand-yeao-old ruins of Ironforge, Stormwind, etc.
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5-23-2008 @ 4:57PM
Jagoth said...
You'll also be able to grind rep with the Tauren to recruit the fabled Tauren Marine.
5-23-2008 @ 5:16PM
con-man said...
warlocks arent the only caster dps that can use staves
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5-23-2008 @ 5:36PM
Milktub said...
Yes, but no other class benefits from a massive amount of stat itemization going to Stamina in the same way that it benefits the Warlock.
5-23-2008 @ 5:59PM
con-man said...
yeah but if it drops it doesnt mean a warlock gets preference over me (shadow priest). We both should get to bid/roll
5-23-2008 @ 10:49PM
Cal said...
I really don't think it matters. You bid/roll on it if you want to bid/roll on it. The article is only giving advice for who would get the most use out of it, not who can use it.
5-25-2008 @ 2:01AM
Balasan said...
Don't worry, in both times we downed illidan and this zerg staff dropped, both staves went to our shadow priests. Seemed they were hoarding DKP for haste stuff.
5-26-2008 @ 7:56AM
con-man said...
"Seemed they were hoarding DKP for haste stuff."
Thats a bad thing?
5-23-2008 @ 5:44PM
ErsatzPotato said...
Most WoW gears puts me in mind of a twelve year old in the back of the class drawing demon skulls on his TrapperKeeper and trying to decide between Super Doom Lords or Doom Superlords as the name of his "cool" new band.
Not the felpuppy-on-a-stick! Wonderfully goofy and just plain odd + perfect caster stats?
**dissolves into puddle of drool**
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5-23-2008 @ 6:01PM
vlad said...
"Drops from the marquee star of the last expansion"
wha!! there was another expansion before burning crusade??
nope.
"Drops from the marquee star of the only live expansion" would be more appropriate considering the "next" expansion is not released yet making it impossible to be the "current" expansion :)
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5-23-2008 @ 7:02PM
Edboy said...
Holy crap, Doc Vlad!
I would have never known that only one expansion for this game came out. You have saved me from falling into a pit of despair and confusion of never knowing what the missing expansion was! This explains everything!
5-23-2008 @ 6:51PM
Meingaree said...
sigh, in the months we have been farming illi, only one has dropped.
qq
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