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Comment by 8763

This is undeniably one of the best hunter weapons available at this level. It gives you a whopping 61 total RAP, 70 if you have the Careful Aim talent. It's slow speed also means huge Raptor Strike crits.

All you need to get it is Friendly rep with the Sporeggar, which is extremely easy to obtain by collecting Glowcaps (https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=24245#00zc) and turning them in to Msshi'fn (https://www.wowhead.com/cata/npc=17924).

Comment by 18676

For leveling to 70 you cannot beat this weapon. Even at lvl 70, it has the best balanced hunter stats in the game that I've seen, beating out other higher level items like the https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=29329. High agi/sta items like the Quill might be better for pvp, but while grinding out 70 a balance of stats this good shouldn't be passed up. Achieving friendly with sporregar is as easy as doing all the quests they give, takes no more than an hour or two. Sadly, this weapon doesn't look terribly exciting, but the stats make up for that deficiency.

Comment by Sentient

An excellent weapon for a Savagery +70 AP enchant.

Comment by 116289

Indeed, this wep is good for lvling. Using it on my 66 hunter (Patch 2.3) with Aspect of the Viper, never get oom, which is extremly good for a BM hunter.

I would say, keep this wep until you get either https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=31291 (Crystalforged War Axe) or https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=27903 (Sonic Spear)

Happy lvling :)

Comment by 181666

I just got this weaon with my 64 Hunter and combined with this, and Aspect of the Viper I can grind non-stop.

100% recommended as a Hunter weapon!

Comment by 145521

Tbh, you shouldn't have aspect of the viper on all the time. Just get full mana and switch back to Hawk.

Comment by Catalyze

I had always taken this polearm as the weapon for my hunters (3). Last night I went to do the quest again with my latest hunter (Survival specd). I took the staff instead and here is why:
1. The Agility and the AP are the same
2. The Stamina is the same (300 health)
3. The only difference is trading 20 Intellect for 20 Hit rating
At this low a level Hit is a lot harder to find than Intellect. For a MM build, Intellect is a lot more important than it is for a Survival spec (MM getting AP from Intellect). With the staff equipped it is 2% to Hit. With some other quest gear, at level 62 I have almost 6% hit on an even level mob. Basically, I won't miss on even levels. I would rather have the 2% more hits (and more damage) than the 300 mana. Missing is wasting mana since you get nothing for your miss but still use the mana. Just as Hit capping is so important for end game raiding, I feel it plays a very big part in leveling since a lot of the time we tend to attack things a level or two higher. Without Hit, you are really missing close to 8-10% on higher levels. You can find Hit on items around level 65 and up (trinkets, cloaks, etc) but at this level it is hard to find. Give some thought to 300 mana or 2% more shots hitting and saving the mana to make them. Since BM and Surv builds are putting points into crit in the MM tree at this level, we tend not to take the Focused Aim (3% to hit) and are using Lethal Shots (5% crit) for our points. So if you are low on hit, this is a good way to start building it up.

Comment by Isilien

Hunters post-Cataclysm should definitely pick up the staff instead of this weapon, as they no longer need Intellect.

Comment by Thottbot

I almost vendored this until I got a good look at the stats - this thing is almost as good as Barb of the Sand Reaver, https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=52839/suspicious-red-drink, which is an epic! FYI for hunters - if you haven't got a good 2H weapon yet and have Burning Crusade go get this polearm ASAP!

Comment by Thottbot

It will do until something better comes along.

Comment by Thottbot

who do you get it from?

Comment by Thottbot

The quest is obtained in Sporeggar, Zangarmarsh at aprox. 25,42.

You need to have some rep with these little SpungeBobs to get it. I think it's friendly but might remember wrong.

"Kill 12 Bloodscale Slavedrivers and 12 Bloodscale Enchantresses, and then return to Gzhun'tt at Sporeggar in Zangarmarsh".

The weapon is an awesome hunter wep, and so far i haven't seen any good replacements. A good hunter weapon (imo ofc) should give you good stats and first and foremost good +RAP, then who gives a damn about it's DPS. :)

Slap a +25 AGI enchant on this bad boy and you end up with a +86 RAP bonus! :)

Comment by Thottbot

I am still using this at 70 because of the stats.

Comment by Thottbot

got it gaining rep with the sporelings... god i hate naga ne rate its stats are freaken sweet! to bad it looks stupid perfect for a hunter though i like it more than my old rage reaver

Comment by Thottbot

Got Terrok's Quill tonight.
Still haven't used it.
I'll lose 300 Mana only to gain 7 RAP and 30 HP.
Gotta love phat green lewtz
Waiting for Sonic spear before I get carried away with enchants on 2h greens though.
PvP I'll stick with Crystalforged War Axe.

Comment by Thottbot

Nice spear! I'm only a few hundred away from friendly with Sporeggar so I'll be getting this shortly. I hate to give up my hellreaver though, not so much for the stats (got a +25 agi 'chant on it) but for the look.

Comment by Thottbot

I'm 70 and still use it. It's a great combination of stats for a MM hunter.

Comment by Thottbot

I only wish this weapon looked better

Comment by Thottbot

can some1 pls link an image i wonna see how it looks!

Comment by Thottbot

basically its a spear nothin to it.

Comment by Thottbot

The only class that should have this is a Hunter, that is out of the question and yes, this is way beyond beyond beging a freaken green

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Two-Hand	Polearm

172 - 259 Damage	Speed 3.20

(67.34 damage per second)
+21 Agility
+45 Stamina
+20 Intellect
Durability 85 / 85

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