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Comment by Obsidian

I got this on my fully restoration specced shaman and it kicks serious ass. The 'Use' is an awsome 3 minute cooldown spell that can crit (modified by your own spell crit chance or base 5%?). The animation is a black version of the paladins ranged execute. The spell is not migitated by the targets armor and I have never seen it be resisted.

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Nafnaf - Whoring warrior loot since 2006

Comment by dwite

Bosses are immune, but quite fun to use during PVP!

Comment by 32151

Shares a cooldown with attack power trinkets, has at least a 40 yard range, and can crit for double damage.

No idea if it checks your crit rating to determine crits.

Comment by 22966

Rumor had it that spell dmg increased the proc dmg. Sadly spell dmg does not add to the proc dmg, I'm wearing 450 atm and it hasn't hit for over 600 :(

Also I'm still not sure if spell crit helps it at all as im wearing 21% crit and it hasn't crit in about 10-12 throws since i picked it up.

Comment by 6812

Most end game bosses are immune to the thrown on use ability of this weapon. When one of our guild members asked a gm, their response was, "Bosses are immune to crowd control affects," an obviously false answer. This is unfortunate because not only is the use useless against bosses, it shows at least one gm has no idea what they are talking about.

Comment by Maori

The damage is effected by BG beserking and Deathwish, I was abe to make it hit for almost 900 by having both up.

Comment by Banquo

This serves as a pretty decent alternative to the tier one blacksmithing onehanders for a variety of classes. Initially, I was inclined to pass to other dps classes because of that.

I shelved my http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28431 to throw this around for awhile. Deathwish and Enrage do increase the Use ability and 2.1 patch notes include fixing it to do proper damage to bosses/CC immune creatures. The range is 30+ yards or so, outside of intercept/charge range at least and has no deadzone.

I'll hate banking this after I upgrade my blacksmithing axe.

Comment by 16626

Best item in the game for a warrior pulling mobs !! Instant cast means that warriors don't have to waste their time bow pull. Especially usefull for patrolling mobs that are dangerously close to others and require a quick pull.

So please do your friently neighborhood warrior a favor and let them have ths item !!

Comment by Uoyredrum

You can use the decapitator while charging/intercepting for a quick extra hit as an opener, although I reccomend saving it for if you get rooted or need to stop a rogue from vanishing, or just to get that last ranged hit for a killing blow. Very nice weapon, got mine yesterday.

Comment by 17570

pre-2.1 stats:
The Decapitator
Binds when picked up
Main Hand Axe
155 - 289 Damage Speed 2.60
(85.4 damage per second)
Durability 105 / 105
Requires Level 70
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 21.
Use: Hurls your axe in an attempt to decapitate your target causing 513 to 567 damage.

post-2.1 stats:
The Decapitator
Binds when picked up
Main Hand Axe
167 - 312 Damage Speed 2.60
(92.1 damage per second)
Durability 105 / 105
Requires Level 70
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 27.
Use: Hurls your axe in an attempt to decapitate your target causing 513 to 567 damage.

net change:
+6 crit rating
+6.6 dps

Comment by 51304

I am thinking to wield this as a main hand and fel edged battle axe or malchazeen as an off hand.. fury warrior

Comment by Jonse

Using it gives a 10 second cooldown to any +AP trinkets you have equipped.
Also when you use it, you throw an awsome black axe at the target, looks sweet :)

To bad it has a Icy Chill enchant look, hate that :/

Comment by miqqu

does it have a minimum range?

Comment by Trikk

The use effect averages out at about 3-4 dps, my average hit is 542 after 310 hits. 3 minute cooldown as mentioned before. Crits cause double damage, and my guess is that the crit chance is about 3-5% (haven't got large enough sample to judge it accurately yet).

Use effect works like a 40 yard ranged attack, no minimum range, with guaranteed hit, only immunity to physical damage.will protect the target. Armor does not mitigate the damage. Can be used in ghost wolf form for you shamans out there.

It flies pretty slow though, and causes 10 sec cooldown on AP trinkets.

Comment by Antlah

what i would like to know is IF u happen to be DW two of these would it share the cooldown if u throw one?

Comment by 64846

Anyone know if the Mongoose enchant will appear on this or if it will just retain its normal glow?

Comment by Xathrus

Just a note: It's a 41 yard range on the Use ability.

Comment by mortel

Should I the decapitator or the planar edge?http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28431

The max damage on planar edge is 13 more because of the extra AP. However the the decapitator gives a little more crit.

Comment by 23349

The Decapitator is a superb piece of equipment for a Warrior tank to begin pulls with. Here are some reasons:

-The range on the throw is ~40 yards, significantly longer than a ranged weapon's 30 yards.

-The throw effect is instant cast, so no careful timing required for patrols.

-Works great with this 1-press macro to throw decapitator and switch to your tanking weapon:

/equip The Decapitator
/use The Decapitator
/stopcasting
/equip King's Defender

Comment by 35664

like one dude said this thing is great in PvP. esspecially if your oponent has about 400 hp left and starts running. boy i hate these kind of people. definetely worth to get it.

Comment by chimera

Ideal prot DPS (devastate) weapon :)

Comment by Teron

So, if the use is affected by spell crit.... would holding an off-hand with bonus to spell-crit increase the damage done by the use?

Comment by Belghast

I've seen the debate of whether or not this is a good tanking weapon going on in several venues, and in general I think people are missing a key aspect of this weapon. I agree with most of the critics that state this is too slow of a weapon to be a viable tanking weapon. One of the beautiful things however about weapons is that you can swap them out mid fight. In general I swap to the Decapitator on boss fights well after I have a good aggro lead on the party and plenty or rage pooled up. This allows me to increase my devastate dps significantly without costing any of my aggro generation ability.

Sure I am losing some of the pure mitigation that the King's Defender provides but I don't really feel its enough to make a large difference in most fights, and at times you are literally doubling the amount of devastate damage you are putting out over the Defender. So my suggestion is, start with a fast weapon to build rage and initial aggro, then swap to the Decapitator late battle for a dps boost.

Comment by Lorum

This weapon can be dual-wielded after patch 2.3.0

Comment by 94757

Like using the same non-unique trinkets, this will most likely share the cooldown with itself. that is do say if you are dual weilding them, and throw it then the 3 minute cooldown will apply to both.

Comment by Flintloch

Heres the important question, when you dual wield them, will they cross on yer back the way they do for prince?

Comment by 99612

I went and got a 2nd one and left it in my bank till today, Really awesome running around with two of these.

Only thing I dislike is if you use one they both go onto a 3 minute cooldown.

Comment by 103857

Quick question, anyone else notice since 2.3.2 that this item randomly glows alot more?

Comment by Nafre

Is there any other weapon in the game that has a throw ability? I`m a prot pala, as horde i had mana tap but as draenei all i can do is run to the mob and aggro. The boomerang isn`t a viable choice since it can`t be changed after the pull. Thanks in advance. To this weapon, i`m glad it`s there for the throw helps a lot for tanks, palas in particular.

Comment by 22103

Was disappointed to find out that, when wielding two of these, they share the same cooldown. So even though you have two, you cant use the ability any more often than if you had one.

Comment by 45232

does anyone know if WF will proc when you Hurl the axe? and if other shammy wep. ench's will proc as well.

Comment by 88162

Im going to use this to Decapitate blinking gnome mages!! :D Be afraid!

Comment by 133178

Duuuuuuude...this is killing me buzz...man I have no idea whats going on right now...what's this about? Oh right that axe....yeah that thing gives me a buzz man.

Comment by zomg123

In Patch 2.4.2, this has changed from Main Hand to One Hand, giving Shamans and Warriors more viability.

Comment by Benjii

I picked this beastie up 2 days ago. Haven't used it as much since i mostley play on my hunter atm. Although when i logg the warrior this monster makes my day. Every day!

Comment by MarioMetroid

They should give this weapon a special animation on the victim in BGs and Arena. If the victim reaches 0 HP from the Use effect, the victim should not be ressurectable and maybe have a headless corpse ;).

Comment by TristanPEJ

so, I was curious. for DpS could this be put into a shock rotation macro just for a bit of extra damage?

Comment by 77289

This Axe is awesome if you need to Execaute an Enemy player fast :D

Comment by 88576

Does using both axes at the same time share cooldown ??

Comment by 175971

Has anyone had two of those axes and tryed using both use or if you have two the CD is on both when one is "used" this will prolly get a negative rating though lol just curious :)

Comment by Rinkotsu

No one has mentioned this but the Decapitator's on use throw does NOT activate GCD. And it also for some reason shares a 30 second cooldown with AP trinkets. It also affects Sweeping Strikes.

Comment by Musluk

It's damage is modified by defensive stance as well, thus making it 450 ish per throw. However, on multi mob pulls, it is a great option to hurl at the secondary target to get over the healing aggro, while slamming happily on the main target.

It is also very nice to use on multi boss pulls (Karathress, Council etc) if you don't have enough MD's. Just chuck one at the boss and it'll come running to ya. The threat will be around 450*1.3*1.15=673 threat for warriors, modified by defensive stance and defiance. Unfortunately, it doesn't deal holy damage, so paladins will only get 500 ish threat, and in LK, both warriors and DKs will get 653 average threat per pull... it may be a moot weapon by then, but it's pulling capacity will make it still useful I believe.

It has never critted for me though, heh.

Another note, that crossed my mind, is that it doesn't seem to get bonuses from one handed specialization etc. Still I'd love to pull Arthas with AXE ON HEAD style :)

Comment by 67896

This sword is awesome when it's used with the Goblin Rocket Launcher (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23836), the rocket itself does around 1000 to 1700 damage and then this axe does around 600, i've dished out nearly 2000 damage before the mob even touches me =D.

Comment by Arannia

EDIT: The Use effect is a spell, not a ranged or melee attack.

EDIT2: Why was I downrated? o.O

Comment by 162057

Can this be used in a macro to swap to decapitator, use it, then swap back to other weapon?

Comment by Bobaloo

Hmm...

If it's supposed to decapitate, then why is it only 513-567?

Comment by Yuksu93

can anyone say if you dual wield it does each The Decapitator share a CD?

Comment by 306366

Does this share any kind of CD with Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket?

Wanna know before I waste time farming for it, and unfortunately theres no list of things that the Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket shares a cd with.

Comment by Jiaan

Darkmoon Card: Death can proc off this weapons use ability, turning a 500~ish hit into a 2k~ish hit (2.5 if you count the throw). The only downside of it is that you have to wait 30 seconds to throw it after you equip it, stopping it from being extremely useful for pvp and slowing down pulling if you're a tank.

Comment by 261533

lol now rogues could get this...

Comment by Cubedout

is it just me or has the glow on this been nerfed?

Comment by Adversus

Brilliant choice for transmogrification. The native effect also gets rid of annoying endgame enchant effects.

Comment by ozrix84

Trivia: This weapon's visual is used for Heroic Throw's icon.

Comment by tenterflex

Unfortunately in Warlords of Draenor, enchanting Illusions do not change this weapon's appearance.

Comment by gothicafulgen

Got this awesome weapon today on my Elemental Shaman, currently level 95. What mail set would make for a decent transmog with this that is semi simple to acquire?

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The Decapitator

Item Level 32
Binds when picked up

One-Hand	Axe

3 - 7 Damage	Speed 2.60

(1.9 damage per second)
+4 Critical Strike
Durability 110 / 110

Use: Hurls your axe in an attempt to decapitate your target causing 5 damage. (3 Min Cooldown)
Requires Level 27

Sell Price: 5 65

Dropped by: Prince Malchezaar

Drop Chance: 15.62%

The Decapitator

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