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Comment by esoterikpunk

One of the two new Gladiator weapons added in patch 2.1, the other being a +16 resilience/+348 healing hammer with the same stats

This item costs 3,150 Arena points.

Comment by 797

Nice to see they added some elemental shaman options. I hate using daggers, don't feel very shamany...

Comment by cyborg99

Alright, let's go about my post another way, since a lot of people seem to be confused by it.

My original post:

"Why does this Mace have to be a 1.6 speed? It's saying "**** you"(edited in case that was the reason it's down voted) to the Spell Damage Paladins because with a fast mace you get...
1) Very low Seal of Righteousness damage.
2) Very very VERY low Seal of Vengeance proc rates.
3) Even more laughable white damage(not a factor, but still).
Very disappointing for Blizzard, especially since PvP weapons tend to be slower."

My complaints with this item are not because of the DPS of the weapon, but the actual speed, and I listed the reasons why, because other than Holy Shock, Consecration, and the damage Judgements, how is a Paladin going to deal his Holy Damage that he spec'd this way for? His melee Seals.

1) 1.6 speed = a very low SoR damage, and a very low +damage benefit from gear. It adds up to the same overall, but it's just not as impressive to see lots of little numbers with SoR when you could be seeing higher hitting numbers. Plus the whole burst damage/PvP thing.
2) 1.6 speed = a low proc rate on Seal of Vengeance. 53.3333333...%, to be exact(forumla = PPM x 100 / (60 / *weapon speed*), 20x100 / (60/1.6))
53% may not be too bad, but when I used a Vibro Sword(1.4 speed, 46.6666...% proc rate, https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=31448), Holy Vengeance was either not stacking at all or it was stacking for 1 or 2 charges, then fall off completely. Hopefully, I'm wrong here.
3) 3 really isn't an issue, but bleh.

I hope this explains my post better

EDIT: I just realized after writing this, Horde Paladins truly get left in the dust because their unique Seal, Seal of Blood, is a Ret Paladin's Seal and gets nothing from +damage, so they are left with crappy(with this weapon) SoR. For once, I feel sorry for the Blood Elves.

Comment by 48703

I notice that weapons with +spell damage have around 40 dps. I think it's designed this way so rogues or dw warriors would not use and favor something else.

Comment by 38721

This didn't include the epic boost yet. It is now:

Damage: 22-111 (-1-+3)
Speed: 1.60 (+0)
DPS: 41.4 (+0.7)
Stamina: 28 (+1)
Intellect: 18 (+1)
Resilience Rating: 18 (+1)
Spell Damage: 199 (+12)

That's 78 spell damage more than Continuum Blade for only 2 stamina less. Yes, we'll miss some Spell Hit, but we also get more Int, which ain't bad for tanking at all.

Comment by 56231

This weapon is great for spelldmg paladins, Holy/Retri pala´s who go for dps would like this :), If you have seen "Fury of Light", then you know what I mean :P. I thought before seen that, that paladins can´t do dps with a spec like 40/0/21 (holy/retri) but now I know that they can with the right gear, this mace is rly good for that kind of pala.

Comment by Roulk

I'm trying to chase this Spell Mace, it's one of the best in the game for an Elemental Shaman.
One of the reasons for the fast attack speed could infact be to favor Shaman, who get a flat 10% of spell damage applied to each hit with Flametounge Weapon applied, regardless of weaponspeed. Thus, a fast weapon deals more flametounge damage... Elemental Shaman rarely melee... but a quick weapon is better just in case...

It's a shame that it doesn't come with any spell crit... but most shaman picking this up are already sitting between 30-40% lightning crit, so the extra damage and stamina on this mace make it a good choice.

Many shaman have Gavel of Unearthed Secrets, this Mace is a step up from the gavel... and then The Mindblade or Tempest sit just above if you're still stacking spell crit.

Comment by 33868

This mace will be available for honour next patch from a separate vendor to the arena one along with all of the other S1 Arena gear.
Easily accessible for the casual pvpers.

Comment by 99346

As of Patch 2.3 this item costs 25,200 Honor and 20 Eye of the Storm Marks.

Comment by Vaylos

This weapon is actually very good for AOE grinding. According to WoWwiki, seal and judgement of Light/Mana have an unfixed proc rate. That means that about 50% of the strikes you preform will heal or restore mana. With the fast attack speed, you experience a lot of healing and mana restoration which is really nice when AOE grinding and reckoning procs. The spell damage that this weapon carries helps out too, compared to Gavel of Unearthed Secrets and Continuum Blade, you will be doing more damage with concecrate and holy shield. Paired up with the Petrified Lichen Guard, you have a very powerful AOE combo.

Comment by 43387

After season 3 arena set coming out, this mace became virtually free to have as paladin tanking and can/should be considered as starting weapon for any tankadins.
With +40 spelldamage this is really great weapon to start raids and is enouhg to tier 5 gear equalents, which eases gearing up of other raid members.

Comment by 40815

This mace can give paladins a little extra leeway in their itemization for getting to uncrittable (490 defense). 18 resilience translates to 0.46% reduction in critical strike chance, 490 defense on its own gives you 5.60% crit reduction, which is the crit chance of level 73 mobs against players. So you can go as low as 479 defense (5.16% crit reduction) and still be uncrittable with this mace--so you can go for more pure avoidance gems, such as dodge, more stam or more spelldamage, whatever your need with this extra bit of leeway.

By the time you're able to get the next real upgrade from this mace for tankadins (Amani Punisher), your defense shouldn't be a matter of concern. Until you kill the eagle boss in ZA though, you'll be best off with the Gladiator's Gavel.

Comment by ig0tfish

Exact same stats as Gladiator's Spellblade. https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=28297

Comment by 30398

Can anyone tell me which is better for a PvP Shadow Priest ?

This with Gladiator's End Game - https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=28346

Or the Gladiator's War Staff - https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=24557

Comment by 97402

im a 70 shaman. Just got all of my S1 gear. I pvp most of the time. love to gank. I have just one question though. Would you choose this mace or the other glad dagger over https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=28770 ? My guild does run kara but i believe im a little under geared and their is many people who want the dagger. Im leaning towards this mace but im not sure, id like to know your opinions. =) thx

Comment by Allakhazam

This is now purchasable for 25,200 honor and 20 EotS marks. I'll be picking one up for my Spriest tonight :D

Comment by Allakhazam

i luv the way this thing looks!

Comment by Thottbot

just....soo....freaking...hot

Comment by Thottbot

omg best tankadin weapon yet.

Comment by Thottbot

Looks like shadow priests beat mages and warlocks when it comes to arena weapons. Anyone else noticed it's much better than Gladiator's Spellblade?

Comment by Thottbot

Who knows...maybe they were giving us priests a little payback since we haven't had gladiator shoulders or hood until 2.1.

Comment by Thottbot

This is good for pallies, but omg...yea im a shadow priest...i think it's funny that we have like very miniscule yet nevertheless better stats on this than the locks and mages can only get with the dagger.

Comment by Thottbot

anyone have a pic? or can tell me if this has the same model as another weapon?

Comment by Thottbot

you are quite wrong about ret pallies, they are viable and they can do very nice dps
the simple answer to what was said earlier is that you should get your int elsewhere. or do you expect them to make 10 different kinds of glad weapons to suit all classes and specs as well?

Comment by Thottbot

Its funny to me because I have two friends that were orginally holy to be able to get a chance at ret gear. After raiding they both had a nice Holy set and a nice ret set. I've played both the characters and they are both amazing. They whole idea of that ret pallys are bad is really outdated. In the end it always comes down to gear and skill.

Comment by Thottbot

I cant decide 2h staff or 1h+oh? I m shadow priest pve spected but with improved physic scream and silence for pvp. When u get off hand +51 spell dmg from vendor for badges, one hand mace with 199spell dmg and u put on it +40 spell enchant or soulfrost:

1H Mace+Off hand(+46 stamina, +18 intellect):
199+
40/54
51 =290/304 spell damage and +18 resilience(0.5%)

Staff(+48 stamina, +35 int):
199+
40/54=239/253 spell damage and +25 resilience(0.6), spell critical strike rating +36(1.6), spell hit rating +21(1.7)

Since im draenei(Symbol of hope) i realy dont miss +17 intellect same with +spell crit since shadow priests are not class dependable on crits. Finally-spell hit rating. Is it worth -51 spell dmg?
Definitely not, so now i know what i grab:)

Comment by Thottbot

Got on my elemental shammy. Really nice before the karazhan/ZA ones, unless you are a pvper, with res and nice amount of stam.

Comment by Thottbot

How many honor points is this now?

Comment by Thottbot

easily the best and easiest pally tank weapon to get before heroics and raids

even as end game weapons go this is one of the better weapons out there for pally tanks.

only a handful of weapons offer as much or more sta and spell damage as this does.

of the ones i know of (in order of spell damage and overall stats for the most part):

hyjal boss drop https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=30910/tempest-of-chaos
s3 mace https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=33687/vengeful-gladiators-gavel
random trash drop from hyjal https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=34009/hammer-of-judgement
s2 mace https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=32963/merciless-gladiators-gavel
ssc boss drop https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=30095/fang-of-the-leviathan
za boss drop https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=33283/amani-punisher
za boss drop https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=33467/blade-of-twisted-visions
gruul drop https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=28802/bloodmaw-magus-blade

Comment by Thottbot

This comment has nothing at all to do with the mace BUT

if a holy paladin heals a holy paladin and both of them start spamming holy lights on each other they will never run out of mana :D

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Gladiator's Gavel

	Phase 1

Item Level 123
Binds when picked up

Main Hand	Mace

22 - 110 Damage	Speed 1.60

(41.25 damage per second)
+28 Stamina
+18 Intellect
Durability 105 / 105

Requires Level 70
Equip: Improves your resilience rating by 18.
Equip: Increases spell power by 199.

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