Axe vs Sword… again…
Axe vs Sword, patch 2.3 October 19th, 2007Sorry for the last post folks, but I just couldn’t stop myself.
Long time ago a friend of mine, who used to be sword spec advocate here, while I was the axe spec guy, wrote two great posts:
Now since I’ve come back to WoW after quite long time, and my gear obviously suck, I’m going to finish my S1 set from honor next patch, while saving arena points for S3 weapon, which should give me a good point to start rocking again. Yes, I know Mace spec is the way, it was the way, and most likely will continue to be the way of true high end arena warriors, no question here. But I don’t like to jump into the bandwagon, and I really really don’t like maces (too much TUF I guess).
I’m not going to repeat what was already said, everybody and his dog knows how Axe Spec works and how Sword Spec works (if you don’t read the linked posts). Swords used to be the spec of choice before TBC, I guess it started with Maydie’s movie showing mega double-crits while fully buffed, on berserker and often with old, exploitable sweeping strikes. The biggest flaw of sword spec (which is pointed out in the second article) was that it wasn’t really giving a free attack, but rather finishing the current swing, it was hasting the attack. That flaw is now fixed, and I somehow missed that when reading patch notes that were implemented while I wasn’t playing WoW.
And so on the one side I’ve the awesome reincarnation of Zin’rokh (picture by mmo-champion.com), while on the other side, there is equal in stats axe. I’m an orc, a flurry specced orc (that’s not set in stone, especially with 2.3 around the corner tho), so the obvious choice for me would be an axe, right?
A topic about this case arrived on US forums, and it looks like noone is really supporting axes these days, even 31/30 specced orcs (another thing is that the topic turned into 31/30 vs rest of the world fight, usual sight on official forums). I’m not convinced enough to say that swords are better, yet - I’ll try to grab the sword and test it, theory crafting is never good enough when talking about low-rate procs. It’s not like I’m going to keep that S3 sword till the end of my days, If I ever decide to come back to an axe - WotLK is comming…
To end this little flash from the past, I’ll quote: “Ultimately I always say people should take the wep spec they personally enjoy more” and add “, unless you are really power hungry”.
Terhix