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 2 of 2)
5-23-2008 @ 7:34PM
Hansbo said...
Noone else that notices the reseblance of the name to the planet "Z'hadum" from Babylon 5?
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5-24-2008 @ 11:28AM
Angus said...
I loved the little nod to Bab 5.
I wish the author had paid more attention to that.
5-23-2008 @ 9:40PM
Jesse said...
"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?"
You just blew my mind.
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5-23-2008 @ 9:43PM
Teaspoon said...
Funny, I thought that the Silithid were the early incarnations of the Zerg. Their boss C'thun looks more than a little like the Overmind. Until the lore got stomped in about the old gods creating the Silithid, I was expecting them to just be part of the Zerg's sweep across all the worlds they could find. Now that we know the old gods created them, it looks more like Azeroth's Silithid are the origin of the Zerg. The Harbinger in the Arcatraz shouts some very Zerglike things too.
To me, this also suggests that if Azeroth were to appear in Starcraft it would be as the Zerg homeworld with little patches of ruins where the old cities stood before the Silithid overran them.
Thunder Bluff, of course, would still be standing with the remnants of Tauren civilisation fighting off (and probably eating - a bull's gotta eat some time!) any Zerg/Silithid that approach. Eventually the Terrans will show up, rescue/recruit them (interestingly similar to Thrall rescuing them from the Centaur and recruiting them to the Horde, really) and give them powered armour and heavy weapons. Tada! Tauren Marines!
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5-23-2008 @ 11:08PM
BenMS said...
That's the coolest idea ever!
I am intrigued by your theories and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
5-24-2008 @ 12:21AM
Mognet T said...
I don't think the Zergs and the Felhunters are related. If anything the Zergs share a common bond with the Silithid...
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5-27-2008 @ 9:46AM
Ringosis said...
"I don't think the Zergs and the Felhunters are related. If anything the Zergs share a common bond with the Silithid..."
Well assumeing the Xel'Naga did infact use the Silithid as the basis for genetically engineering the zerg as they obviously did with the Draenai to create the Protoss then it is quite possible that the Silithid could have gone through the portal to Draenor and hovered up some Naga and Felhunters and added them to the zerg genome to create the 2 famous Felhunter and Nagaesc looks that they have.
5-24-2008 @ 1:13AM
crispy said...
This is a very nice staff, however I don't think I (mage) would take it over a lock. I think the Archie sword+Rage OH is better for a mage.
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5-27-2008 @ 9:46AM
Ringosis said...
I don't get it, unless this is some heavily disguised sarcasm...surely there was never any debate wether Starcraft and Warcraft take place in the same universe?
What with them featureing the exact same races and very similair architecture and styles. Wouldn't the real conspiracy be that they aren't the same universe?
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