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Comment by NeoTMS

Part of the Atiesh questline. You have to use it in Stratholme on the Atiesh demon.

Comment by 6956

Go into Strat's side entrance and take a left. The "consecrated earth" is a glow on the ground just beyond the fountain in this circular room. Using the staff here will summon Atiesh.

Comment by 8088

Part of the getting the Atiesh staff. It is used on the demon located in Stratholme (5-man instasce). Note: Demon requires timing coordination and a lot of pots so be careful when you are getting prepared for who you take.

Comment by Thottbot

looks like it was mirrored over from the priest staff onto this staff (the warlocks).

All of the comments from the warlock and priest staff are linked together right now since thottbot's programming doesn't recognize a difference in them right now.

Comment by Thottbot

When you click the warlock or mage version of the staff, it pulls up the comments from BOTH staves COMBINED...

Comment by Thottbot

It's the staff of Medivh - the design of the staff has been a matter of fact for years, how could they implement it in WoW then have it look absolutely nothing like how it's supposed to?

Just blame Medivh for having no imagination and move on.
;)

Comment by Thottbot

Anachronos, the big Bronze Dragon hanging out in front of the Caverns of Time, starts the quest after you collect the 40 splinters.

If your in a guild that is having a hard time with AQ40 and decide to skip it and to try and get the 'phat looties' from Naxx, you're never going to get this staff.

You're going to need to be at least Neutral with the Brood of Nozdormu, and be able to kill C'thun to get the base. As well as kill Kel'Thuzad for the head, but that should go with out say.

Comment by Thottbot

Just so everyone knows, they didn't deisgn the staff out of nowhere. It is the staff of Medivh from the other Warcraft games. Yes, it is an owl on a stick, but it goes along with Warcraft lore. Personally I would love to have it and show it off because it was based off of a really awesome character.

Comment by Thottbot

This is the legendary staff based off of medihv's staff in WCIII. The stats and effects change depending on what class is using it.
WARLOCK VERSION:

Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
Two Hand Staff
130 - 244 Damage Speed 2.90
(64.4 damage per second)
+30 Stamina
+29 Intellect
Durability 145 / 145
Classes: Warlock
Requires Level 60
Equip: Improves your chance to crit with spells by 2%.
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 150.
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects of all party members within 30 yards by up to 33.
Use: Creates a portal. Teleporting group members that use it to Karazhan.
Item Level 90

DRUID VERSION:

Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
Two Hand Staff
130 - 244 Damage Speed 2.90
(64.4 damage per second)
+28 Stamina
+28 Intellect
+27 Spirit
Durability 145 / 145
Classes: Druid
Requires Level 60
Equip: Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 300.
Equip: +420 Attack Power in Cat, Bear, and Dire Bear forms only.
Equip: Restores 11 mana every 5 sec to party members within 30 yards.
Use: Creates a portal. Teleporting group members that use it to Karazhan.

MAGE VERSION:

Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
Two Hand Staff
130 - 244 Damage Speed 2.90
(64.4 damage per second)
+31 Stamina
+32 Intellect
+24 Spirit
Durability 145 / 145
Classes: Mage
Requires Level 60
Equip: Improves your chance to hit with spells by 2%.
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 150.
Equip: Gives party members within 30 yards a chance to get a critical strike with spells by 2%.
Use: Creates a portal. Teleporting group members that use it to Karazhan.

PRIEST VERSION:

Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
Two Hand Staff
130 - 244 Damage Speed 2.90
(64.4 damage per second)
+28 Stamina
+28 Intellect
+27 Spirit
Durability 145 / 145
Requires Level 60
Equip: Increases healing done by magical spells and effects of all party members within 30 yards by up to 62.
Equip: Increases your spell damage by up to 120 and your healing by up to 300.
Use: Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Karazhan.
Item Level 90

Its pretty much an wooden owl on a stick, and the cloth strip hanging off of it glows a different color for each class.
Alot of people say "oo they dont look that shiney for the ultimate staves". Well i think of it as an "old money" kind of staff. Old money doesnt need to show off and be flashy. Old money is pimp, and it knows it.

Comment by Thottbot

The bird on top is a raven, not an owl. The appearance almost exactly matches how it looks in the Warcraft III cinematics, most prominently visible when Medivh appears as a raven and warns king Terenas of the plague.

This is probably one of the only items that has been modeled before they even started working on WoW, explaining the not-so-legendary looks.
But it would've been very odd if they changed it into something more appealing, while it has been so well visible before.

Comment by Thottbot

Interesting point you made (beside the swearing, that is), I found it quite remarkable to find such great difference in stats.
It may be due to the fact that the mage version has yet to be found, and may still change.

But when calculating the item points used it can make sense. For easy experimention I used http://subcreation.net/itemlevel/ to calculate items levels (uses the Hyz system), the item scores below refer to the raw item scores used in this calculation.

Let's compare:

The stats that are the same, and therefore can be left out of the calculations:
- 150 damage/healing
- Karazhan portal

The mage version:
- 31 sta - Item score: 7130
- 32 int - Item score: 7360
- 24 spi - Item score: 5520
- 2% hit - Item score: 5000
- 2% crit to all party members - 2% crit has an item score of 5200. I assumed it is multiplied by 5 (the number of party members), so 26000.

All added together: 51010

The warlock version:
- 30 sta - Item score: 6900
- 29 int - Item score: 6670
- 2% crit - Item score: 5200
- 33 damage/healing to all party members - As above, but now for 33 damage/healing with an item score of 6336, resulting in 31680.

All added together: 50450

So the difference would be 560 points, which seems to be equivalent to only a few stat points, or they can be attributed to the inaccuracy of the calculator.

Of course, this may be wrong:
- the calculator can just suck
- my assumption for the value of the party member effects is wrong
- I may have misinterpreted the way the calculator should be used
- etc. etc.

Bottom line is that the stats for these items may be defendable using WoW's item values.

But I sure agree that is seems imbalanced.

Comment by Thottbot

To make everyone know...
medivh is the son of the woman who killed sargeras, she got corrupted and when medivh born, the cursed transfered to him, and from him to the stave.So he opened the dark portal to let the orcs come to azeroth and make it less powerfuller to the coming of the legion, then when orc became good, undeads came and started to corrupt the world

Comment by Thottbot

Gotta love how the CASTER legendary gets outdated so guickly :)

Comment by Thottbot

Why actually keep the staff when you could sell it? I mean it's over 17g vendor! Think of all the darkmoon reserve! ;)Not to mention, of course, you would become world famous among all warcraft players as the dumbass who actually turned it into vendor trash...

Comment by Thottbot

There seems to be a conflict. Some people want this staff to look menacing and evil with at least two different glows, maybe some spikes and acid dripping from a shark's mouth or something. Another group finds the simplicity of design and lore behind the current model admirable.

The only resolution to this conflict is to increase the size of the current staff by 10000%, allowing it to sweep grandly though the entire city of Ironforge every time its wielder turns around.

Comment by Thottbot

The staff will port you OUTSIDE Karazhan, and eaven if you wanted get this staff, Karazhan attunement would be easyer.

Pre-BC, this staff was like... well lets say like doing a lvl 65 or maybe 66 instance at lvl 60, and it was very hard. i myself never got a splinter - The mages (priests got Hammer of Twisting Nether) had priority - and since im warlock i could just cry tears of flame in anger :(

Now, after BC, this staff is easy to get if you have a guild willing help you whit it. I heard of guilds grinding it to their casters for the Portal to Karazhan (evryone HS shattrath and take the port, easy and fast for repair etc)

To clear out the quest // drop to get it:

Pieces
The staff has been split into several pieces which were scattered around the world.

Kel'Thuzad's underlings in Naxxramas each have a chance to drop a .
Once all 40 Splinters have been found, they may be combined into the , which gives a quest to visit the dragon Anachronos. You are then given a quest to obtain the Staff Head and Base of Atiesh.
Kel'Thuzad drops .
The drops from C'Thun in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.
You have to travel to Stratholme to cleanse the staff, and then slay Atiesh, Hand of Sargeras.
(Than ks to WoWWiki)

http://www.wowwiki.com/Atiesh%2C_Greatstaff_of_the_Guardian

Comment by Allakhazam

First.

Comment by Allakhazam

So where is the consecrated Earth? And can anybody link to the demon that this spawns?

Comment by Allakhazam

Second :)
Posting in legendary.

Comment by Allakhazam

Back to Thottbot you 'first post omglol' heathens!

Comment by Allakhazam

lol

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Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian

Item Level 60
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Requires Level 60
Use: Exorcises the taint of Sargeras from Atiesh. Only usable on consecrated earth. (15 Min Cooldown)
"An entity of great evil is imprisoned within the staff."

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