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Comment by Talgar

Dropped from Heroic The Oculus.

I got it yesterday, from Varos Cloudstrider.

Comment by 214952

Upgrade to The Brutalizer :P

Comment by GrimAlchemist

Identical to Infantry Assault Blade, except a one-handed axe and faster.

Comment by 151313

Orc DK tank weapon, only other lvl 80 1h tanking axe you can get two of are Last Laugh from 25man KT.

Make sure you reach expertice cap before DW tanking with two fast weapons or you will parry gib your self into the ground.

Comment by 364735

hit rating only decreases your chance to miss whereas expertise decreases your chance to be dodge AND parried. so if your hit rating value increases your chance to hit by 5%, expertise will decrease your chance to be dodge by 5% and your chance to be parried by 5% effectively increasing your amount of true hits by 10% for equal values of hit and expertise. for this reason, expertise is a better threat stat than hit rating is.

however, since mobs and bosses have a soft dodge cap, after this is reached, hit rating and expertise are equal to each other. Meaning, once you reach 5-6% reduced dodge with expertise, additional expertise only decreases your chance to be parried. Now, an additional 1% of expertise = 1% of hit.

For this reason, tanks must first stack expertise to avoid dodges and parries, however once the soft dodge cap is reached, tanks should look to stack additional hit. For frontal one handers, 5-6% will pretty much eliminate misses. At this point, you will pretty much not miss or have an attack dodge or parried by any mob, nor will you have any attack miss or be dodged by a boss. However, bosses tend to have varying levels of parry which also tend to be quite high. For this reason, the hard expertise cap is rarely realized.

It is also for this reason that tanks should stack hit after the soft dodge cap is realized because it is more plausible to eliminate misses completely rather than having less parries, but that chance that attacks can still miss as well as be parried.

In summary, tanks should stack expertise until dodge is reduced by 5-6%. Then stack hit until missing is reduced 5-6%. At this point there will be no attacks dodged or miss. Subsequent attacks will either hit (crit =)) or parry. Additional expertise can be added to reduce parries, however again, block value is probably a more beneficial stat at this point in terms of threat.

also, this axe is a slower weapon than red sword of courage and has higher top end dmg. Since devastate and revenge are both instant attacks and modify through your weapon dmg, both these attacks will do more dmg with this axe. The only difference will come through your white dmg and in turn rage generation which are negligible these days

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Cloudstrider's Waraxe

Item Level 200
Binds when picked up

One-Hand	Axe

173 - 322 Damage	Speed 1.90

(130.26 damage per second)
+24 Strength
+49 Stamina
Durability 90 / 90

Requires Level 80
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 33.
Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 19.

Sell Price: 14 4 76

Dropped by: Varos Cloudstrider

Drop Chance: 11.83%

Cloudstrider's Waraxe

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