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Comment by ryurt

It's actually not as great as other items you can get in the zone, for only 5 +dmg less you can get the Wraith blade and Sapphiron's left eye. You lose out on a few stats but is it worth the extra dkp for it? Not really.

Comment by Desacrasa

Fire Mages, this is the best staff in the game for yourselves.. the 20 spell penetration ensures your Fireballs hit for there full damage more often.

Comment by Quintuple

This might not be the best staff currently ingame (Atiesh is better), but how many Atieshes can your guild make compared to the drop rate of this item, assuming you can defeat Kel'thuzad (needed for both)?

40 splinters at a 25% drop rate (on average) with 13 bosses = 3.25 splinters per run = 12-13 runs needed for a single Atiesh.

This item has a drop rate of 30%, so you'll need 3-4 runs to get one.

People in a guild like that are not going to wait till everyone has his/her Atiesh, they need the upgrades, especially with TBC coming very soon. So, yes, Atiesh is better, but you'll see more people walking around with this one for it's just far more common.

Comment by evoker

Very good for Fire mage since crit gives back mana but you can't compare an epic drop off Kel'Thuzard with Atiesh. Ofcourse Atiesh is better but even on Kazzak-EU one of the top EU servers, we have only 3 Atieshes and a dozen Soulseekers.

Comment by 8161

Argueably the best staff in the game aside from the legendary Atiesh.https://www.wowhead.com/classic/item=22630

Comment by Thottbot

Drops from Kel'Thuzad last boss in Naxxramas.

Comment by Thottbot

ide run throught washinton DC naked for that.....

Comment by Thottbot

Wraith Blade and Sapphiron's Left Eye would give you:

Left Eye: 26 damage, + 1% crit, + 1% hit, 12 sta, 8 int

Wraith Blade: 95 damage, + 1% crit, + 1% hit, 10 sta, 8 int

Total: 121 damage, 2% crit, 2% hit, 22 sta, 16 int

Compare that to Soul Seeker:

Total: 126 damage, 2% crit, -25 resist, 30 sta, 31 int

The Left Eye/Wraith Blade combo gives you:

5 less damage
+ 2% hit
-25 less resist
8 less stamina
15 less intelligence

Looks like the Wraith/Eye combo > this staff for pve damage. 2% to hit is huge, and it scales. I'd take that over -25 resist and 5 damage. The int and stamina aren't that big a deal.

That's kind of lame.

Comment by Thottbot

Here is a short vid i found of the Soulseeker staff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD4De1Byh4s

it has very good picture

Comment by Thottbot

shamans are supposed to heal, not dps, there is better healing staffs. amd yea, crit is for warlocks main dps = shadow bolt

Comment by Thottbot

it may be easier to get than atiesh, but if i could choose definatly atiesh (mage version)

Atiesh, Greatstaff of the guardian:
(MAGE VERSION)
https://www.wowhead.com/classic/item=53982

same +dmg affect and more, plus other sweet effects, and its orange (legendary).

Comment by Thottbot

Soulseeker has:

2 more intellect.
25 less resistance to target.

Atiesh has:

24 more spell damage and healing.
33 more spell damage and healing party aura 30yd.

I don't know how much the 25 less resistance to target is worth, but I'm kinda sure that atiesh is better, but as you'd have to kill around 214 bosses in naxx (average drop rate 18.66≈18.7%, 40 pieces*100/18.7%=213.9≈214 bosses) depending on how lucky you are and assuming you'd get all pieces that drop, then kill kel'thuzad and c'thun and get the pieces that they drop too and then summon and kill some �berleet 5 man boss in stratholme, I'd rather just kill kel'thuzad 4-5 times average and pick up soulseeker.

Comment by Thottbot

is it a mage or a priest staff and check that human out i would do alot for that account

Comment by Thottbot

Sold by shay shay's %^&* LOL

Comment by Allakhazam

Thats a Beauty.... =D

Comment by Allakhazam

http://www.wowwiki.com/Image:Staffofkelthuzad.png

Comment by Allakhazam

craaaaazy

Comment by Allakhazam

world first drop.

gratz guys.

imba staff.... just 2 imba

Comment by Allakhazam

it's quite nice, but -25res is a lot of points wasted that could've been used to something useful. i suppose since it's the last pve boss dropping it that the reward is more for pvp :).

wraith blade + sapphiron's left eye

+121dmg
+22sta
+16int
+2%crit
+2%hit

has more damage output in bossfights as long as your hit isn't capped already.

Comment by Allakhazam

title

Comment by Allakhazam

hey im new. can anybody tell me what im doing?

Comment by Allakhazam

how is -resistance useless? That's increased damage, AND works toward +hit. -25 resistance is pretty beastly, especially if you have other pieces of gear with -10 and stuff. It all adds up and you can have your own personal Curse of Elements or Curse of Shadow. I'd say the -resistance is more PvE than PvP because bosses have such high resistances, and in PvP, if someone has 20 Shadow Resist, this staff will make it 0, since they made it so you can't have negative resistances.

Tell me if I'm wrong on any of this.

Sorry if this double-posts

Comment by Allakhazam

i vendored mine a few minutes ago..

Comment by Allakhazam

need

Comment by Allakhazam

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Laughing Skull

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 2:23pm EDT by mokie

Comment by Allakhazam

Works for both fire mages and warlocks. and -resistances work awesome in pve.. -resistances and +hit are different things by the way. Learn game mechanics before putting something in.

PS. not shadow priests im sorry.. crit rating is wasted on you guys.

PPS. GIVAH!

Comment by Allakhazam

thats crazy. gratz

Comment by Allakhazam

OMG obviously a Moonkin weapon.

Comment by Allakhazam

double post ftw...

Edited, Sep 11th 2006 at 4:47pm EDT by echmult

Comment by Allakhazam

OMG.. what a lock item.. wish i had it.. >.<
Spell dmg - imba
Sta - imba
int - hmm.. also a bit imba
+2 crit chance - imba
-25 res.. umba (poop).. xP

Comment by Allakhazam

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Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 2:27pm EDT by mokie

Comment by Allakhazam

Weapon Skin : http://www.worldofraids.com/v2/?page=viewitem&idd=55

Comment by Allakhazam

If the mob/boss youre fighting doesnt have its resistances reduced to 0 (bosses seem to have between 100-150 resistances), then -1 resist is equivalent do +5spelldmg dps-wise. In other words, if you measure DPS output, -10 resistance will make youre dps just as high as +50 spelldamage (if you already have around +600spelldmg already that is. if you have less, then its effect is slightly smaller).

Comment by Allakhazam

WTF ASS

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Comment by Allakhazam

Sorry, But whoever said this staff was wasted on a shadow priest was dead wrong.

Have this on my 60 Shadow priest. I put +22 int on it, It is wicked. Probably going to put the BC +int on it now.

Comment by SeekerWi

This item is potentially more useful than even Atiesh, the caster legendary. If +25 spell penetration effect is put to use fully, it will increase the damage dealt by AT LEAST 6.67%. 25 spell resistance is equal to a 6.25% chance to resist a spell, after all.(100/93.75 = 1.066..). The more resistance the enemy has, the more the increase is. If someone swaps to a shadow resistance set with 200 resistance before engaging you, he'll resist/lower the average damage received by 50%. In this case, going from 200 to 175 effective resistance is going from 50% to 56.25% damage taken - an effective damage increase of 12.5%! And damage isn't the only benefit, as it will also increase the likelihood of target being affected by important CC, assuming they have resistance to that school of magic. Fear for warlocks is a good example.

This huge bonus showcases the importance of spell resistances/spell penetration. Of course, in case of targets who have their magic resistance at 0, or low enough to be put to 0 without the soulseeker bonus, the bonus is useless.

In PvP combat, mages will often have enough spell penetration to zero out the enemy as it is, with at least 25 coming from frostfire set and 10 from a talent. The bonus in question then becomes less useful, though undoubtedly still great on a mage - and often overall better than Atiesh, the much desired LEGENDARY.

Warlocks and Shadow Priests are the real highlight, however. These guys don't have as much magic penetration available as mages, and often enough players utilize shadow resistance/shadow reflectors specifically to counter their damage. For these classes, this staff is undoubtedly better in PvP than Atiesh. It is almost a given an enemy will have enough magic resistance to make the Soulseeker effective. Even being buffed by a Druid's Mark of the Wild offers 27 resistance, or equipping a shadow reflector - 20.

Atiesh is still better in the sense of buffing players around you, but for your personal use, you'll often find out that the Soulseeker is better. This staff truly is a good reason to stop chasing after the orange carrot on a stick.

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Soulseeker

Item Level 89
Binds when picked up

Two-Hand	Staff

142 - 265 Damage	Speed 3.20

(63.59 damage per second)
+30 Stamina
+31 Intellect
Durability 120 / 120

Requires Level 60
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 126.
Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 2%.
Equip: Decreases the magical resistances of your spell targets by 25.

Sell Price: 32 77 28

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