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Windfury Weapon
Last wiki revision 2023-07-11
Windfury Weapon is an Enhancement shaman temporary weapon imbue that gives each main-hand melee attack a chance to strike two additional times, dealing damage based off attack power.
- There is no internal cooldown on Windfury Weapon. However, Windfury Weapon cannot proc off itself.
- Windfury Weapon hits can generate Maelstrom Weapon stacks.
- Windfury Weapon stacks with Windfury Totem, as the latter is not applied as a temporary weapon enchant.
- Unlike rogue poisons, Windfury Weapon is applied as a temporary weapon enchant. Therefore it cannot be used with a weapon stone or oil on the same weapon (they will overwrite each other).
- Windfury Weapon should always be the chosen imbue on the shaman's main-hand, with Flametongue Weapon imbued on the off-hand.
- Consumable imbues (ex. Shaded Weightstone, Shadowcore Oil) should never be considered over Windfury Weapon. These imbues do not compare in terms of damage for enhancement, and unlike Windfury Weapon they have no synergy with the shaman's mastery, talents, or abilities.
- Windfury Weapon quickly gained notoriety during the original World of Warcraft run for its ability to sometimes "one-shot" players. This was due to its strong tuning and relied on the use of slow two-handed weapons. Low-armor classes were primarily susceptible, specifically Mages and Priests as their base health pools were the lowest in comparison to other classes. Newer level 60s were also susceptible if they were under-geared.
- This phenomenon occurred less often after the changes made in patch 1.11.0, and all but disappeared in patch 2.0.1 when enhancement gained the ability to dual wield weapons.
- A 3-second internal cooldown was added to Windfury Weapon in The Burning Crusade. This was later removed during alpha testing for Warlords of Draenor, which also removed Windfury Weapon as an imbue and changed it to a passive ability.
- Rockbiter Weapon
- Frostbrand Weapon
- Flametongue Weapon
- Earthliving Weapon (Wrath Classic)
- Windfury Weapon (Heroes of Azeroth), TCG card
Categories
- Imbues
Source
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Windfury_Weapon · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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