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Comment by Balseraph

This is quite a nice little trinket, my rogue very much enjoys its use.
Applying to ranged AP as well makes this a good trinket for just about anyone with gun or blade.

Comment by wsuhoey

Shares cooldown with Uniting Trinket :(

Comment by 19583

What makes this trinket better than the average AP-on-use trinket is the fact that it lasts 20 seconds, instead of the usual 15.

I don't want to do the math, but I'm sure that it makes it significantly better. Have yet to find a replacement (heroic badge turnin trinket comes to mind, but that's exponentially harder to get than this.)

Comment by Majic

hey whats better? Core of Ar'kelos or https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=31617#M0z?
if you could tell me thatd be awesome cause i needa decide for my rogue :O

Comment by 25329

well xaraphyne im not sure what class u are but i cant rly think why 26crit < 52 ap.. thats 1crit per 2ap and most ppl thisk that 1crit>2ap

Comment by 43897

Better than Bladefist's IMO due to the longer duration and the 52AP (AP being more important than crit at least for a combat sword rogue, which is what I'm playing atm).

Comment by 91945

Will it's ability stack with Bladefist's breadth? Leading to an increase in AP by 400 for the first 15 sec???? Because that would be sweet.

Comment by 44139

...wtf? At level 70, 26 crit rating from Bladefist's Breadth is more than 1% chance to crit. You'd choose 52 AP over that?

52 AP adds not even 4DPS to your white damage. I'm a Shaman, and I'd choose Bladefist's Breadth over this trinket any day of the week.

My second trinket (Ancient Draenei War Talisman: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=31617 ) happens to add 21 crit strike rating at the moment, though it has the exact same use effect as Bladefist's Breadth. I'd not even replace that with 52 AP thank you very much.

On the subject of the Core of Ar'kelos vs. Bladefist's Breadth:

I would argue that Core of Ar'kelos is better then Bladefist's Breadth because AP tends to scale better then raw critical strike rating.

As I understand it a fully buffed rogue in black temple gear will only need about 4 attack power per single DPS increase. So in reality, to a rogue this trinket could be worth as much as a raw 13 DPS increase.

However any black temple rogue would have a much better trinket so that argument is somewhat mute.

Of course this is all subject to my own opinion, and is therefore somewhat flawed : /

But in the end, I feel that critical strike rating is overrated because people are able to see a much more a bigger number

Comment by 59546

There are still a few trinkets that allow you to "double dip" ie - If you have a Serpent Coil Braid and an activated trinket (Icon of the silver crescent/hex shrunken head).

For a mage you can pop your Icon/Hex Head and then consume a mana gem to get the +spell damage modifier from both.

However, if you consume a mana gem first it will put your trinket on cooldown.

Comment by Allakhazam

Why does it say "Increases your melee and ranged attack power by 200. Effect lasts for 20 seconds."?

Is there any other attack powers than ranged and melee? Couldnt it just say "Increases your attack power by 200."?

Comment by Thottbot

2 min cooldown. Good dps trinket.

Comment by Thottbot

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=25633/uniting-charm
So unfortunately you can't proc both at same time :(

Comment by Thottbot

A noticable damage increase overall. I attribute it to the "to hit" capability that this offers. This thing stays in my bottom slot, while other trinkets get swapped out situationally in the top. Consider this a keeper for quite awhile~

Comment by Thottbot

At first glance, this doesn't seem much better than the Uniting Charm: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=25633/uniting-charm

However, the effect of the core lasts 5 seconds longer, or 25%. Pretty nice for a rogue, dual-wielding warrior, or melee shaman.

As a BM hunter, I keep the Charm because it makes me look like I'm popping The Beast Within. Nice little psyche-out for PvP :)

Comment by Thottbot

Recreating this post on Trinket threads as it may be useful to you:
A macro:
/use Name Of Trinket
/cast Name Of Move
Then swap in this macro's icon to where the attack icon was. A good start to any fight and it'll be ready for you again before you know it. If you want to choose when trinket pops rather than blowing your cooldown at first chance, place macro in 2nd bar at same spot as regular attack and assign Shift/key#.

You can even do multiples
ie:
/use Core of Ar'kelos
/use Crystalforged Trinket
/use Bladefist's Breath
/use Yet Another Choice
/cast Backstab

If a trinket is not ready or equipped, you'll just get "item not ready" and your attack continues like normal.

Comment by Thottbot

As a mortal strike arena warrior, I can say this is better then bladesfist breadth for a warrior because of the AP stat. I don't even own a pve set so I can NEVEERRR get badges, ever. This thing is great, reminds me of Earthstrike from pre-bc. I did alot of running away after I saw "____ gains earthstrike".

Comment by Thottbot

According to Maxdps.com this trinket is better for a fury warrior, that even the new epic badge reward. There are better trinkets out there, (hourglass of the unraveler) to name one, but this thing is awsum for a green

Comment by Thottbot

Better than Crystalforged Trinket lol

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Core of Ar'kelos

Item Level 108
Binds when picked up
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Equip: Increases attack power by 52.
Use: Increases your melee and ranged attack power by 200. Effect lasts for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

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