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Comment by Tremed

It's an egg... on a stick.

Comment by funckle1

Blizzard adding MORE class-specific weapons after going back to group loot because all of the wasted warglaives and ranged weapons weren't gonna be enough

Comment by EverGuardian

It's... cool.

Comment by Mowana

So for those that are much like myself. The tooltip suggests that its a 3 second channel. This does NOT include the cast to start the channel.

To use this correctly you press the button then wait for the cast to start the channel

Comment by ItsJakub

Does not benefit from Shattering Star debuff

Comment by Gormogon

The benefit from mastery part seems like a small detail, but its absolutely huge. at normal levels of gear, eg overall ilvl same as this staff which is 398, a properly itemised devastation evoker will have 80-90% mastery, and way more with elemental lariat and primal ritual shell procs. that means the tooltip damage is just about doubled at max value, which is what makes the use worth.
Otherwise, the fact that it has a cast time and THEN it begins a channeling, along with the fact that it has 0 synergy with the rest of your rotation (it doesnt generate charged blast stacks, it doesnt reduce fire breath and eternity surge cooldowns through feed the flames and casuality respectively, it doesnt proc essence bursts), would probably mean its not worth pressing. The fact that it neither generates nor consumes essence burst means you probably want to press this outside of dragonrage, but definitely at high hp levels because of the mastery benefit.

This is pure theorycrafting, but most things point toward this being a lower priority than empowers on pull. its PROBABLY best to first put up your dot with a rank 1 fire breath, both to start fishing for burnout procs asap and to buff the following burst with 5% more crit from (2) tier bonus and a chance for bloodlust from (4) tier bonus, then follow up with rank 1 eternity surge for another chance at bloodlust, and then press this with a guaranteed 5% extra crit and a chance for 30% extra haste to make the cast and channel times more bearable. Unless of course the numbers on this are just so huge its best to get it on cooldown as soon as possible. althought with a 3 min cooldown its very unlikely those 2 extra globals will grant an extra use.
As far as using this mid-fight is concerned, im not sure whether its worth using during dragonrage. Dragonrage is a self-fueling engine, giving you guaranteed essence burst procs, which reduce the cooldowns on your empowers when consumed, and those empowers extending the duration of your dragonrage to triple or sometimes even more the original duration. During this vicious cycle of dragonrage, its extremely hard to squeeze this in, because the total time spent casting and then channeling is DREADFULLY long. there's no squeezing this anywhere, even with bloodlust, because its such a huge time commitment. it is GUARANTEED to not only cost you the time actually spent casting and channeling it, but also one full cycle of empowers dragonrage extension, which is 12 sec. Maybe the numbers on this are just so huge that deal is actually worth it, but i have a hard time seeing this being the case, and definitely not in anything other than pure single target.

Comment by EuliX

Can someone explain how it works? Does the staff give the mastery buff after using it to it's full effect? How does it work for healers?

Comment by EuliX

Does anyone have a WA for when the staff gives the mastery buff?

Comment by Trants

Small note that probably won't matter too much: I found out today you can get locked out of arcane casting if silenced while channeling this.

Comment by xLunacyx

Remember to use it with Dragonrage if the target isn't full hp.

Comment by Krokaar

Can it be looted from the vault ?

Comment by maverick27

want to add the on use is heavily nerfed in pvp

Comment by Lews

I am throwing together a loose model of where folks won theirs *If they won it from the Vault*

Anybody who recalls any of the following information please let me know!

A) How many tiers they had completed that week - along with the highest difficulty they completed the tier requirements under (ie: Normal-RaidFinder-Heroic-Mythic)
B) How many tabs they had unlocked per tier (Raid/Mythic/PVP)
C) Which tab they won their Kharnalex & its ilvl

Thanks Kindly,

Lews T

Comment by HavVokz

Just received this today from the Timewalking weekly. Never knew you could get it outside of the raid. Honestly super surprised!

Comment by TynaVan

Preservation Evoker can Nija loot the staff. No Primary spec priority for dps on the staff :/

Comment by Fister

By TynaVan (547 – 10·18) 25 days ago (Patch 10.0.5)
Preservation Evoker can Nija loot the staff. No Primary spec priority for dps on the staff :/

It's not ninja looting as its evoker only bud, any evoker can roll on it and should - its BiS for both Dev and Pres

Comment by MrEleven

Is it possible that the staff will have a quest follow up to get a second form ?

Comment by dlflyboy

I just got this today from the timewalking raid. Love it!

Comment by Arkron

About this item's 'use' ability and its synergy with Dragonrage, does anyone know if the staff "snapshots" the Dragonrage buff when it starts channeling (i.e. it still retains maximum Mastery boost even if DR ends while channeling) or if DR should still be up as it finishes channeling to get the maximum benefit?

Comment by Banjoboozle

You would think this staff would have its own unique icon.

Comment by Stormwalker03

Does anyone know if this staff can be upgraded? I really don't want to lose this, I rather love it, but it's now my lowest iLvL item.

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Kharnalex, The First Light

Item Level 398
Binds when picked up

Two-Hand	Staff

462 - 626 Damage	Speed 3.60

(151.1 damage per second)
+1,786 Intellect
+1,086 Stamina
+482 Haste
+193 Mastery
Durability 120 / 120

Use: Focus the light of the Dracthyr legacy upon your current target, dealing [54880 * (6) * (1 + Versatility)] Arcane damage over 3 sec. This benefits from Mastery: Giantkiller. (3 Min Cooldown)
Requires Level 70

Sell Price: 152 80 83

Dropped by: Broodkeeper Diurna

Drop Chance: 21.30%

Players can win this item when selecting the following class specializations:

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This item can be purchased in Stormwind City (2) and Orgrimmar .

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