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Comment by 41801

Your hits leech 20 life while the buff is active.

Comment by 53055

Best Hemo Weapon

When Naxx came out every non-dagger rogue wanted the Misplace Servo Arm for its proc, weapon speed, and top end. This is THE hemo weapon for rogues and there is no substitute. Drakefist was alright but sinister strike still out did hemo by a wide margin but with the 2.8 speed that this mace gives more hemo rogues will start show up in raids and BG's. It wont be a lolhemospecnoob style of play anymore

Think of the dual wielding possibilities

Comment by Caleb

Drops from Supremus in Black Tample.

Comment by 54006

leech 20 life for 6 second? that's a crappy proc. how many hits can you get in 6 seconds? 20 hits for 400hp... unless this thing proc every 10 sec or so, it's a crappy proc. and here i thought fel energy was suppose to make you stronger. it'd be a lot better if the proc was +AP of some sort.

22dmg more than dragonstrike topend, +50ap, .10 slower speed, and a useless proc that does nothing for your dps. that's not much of an upgrade considering the haste on BS mace is up for about 40%-60% of combat. in long fights, it's not gonna do more dmg than BS mace, and even if it does, it's not gonna be by much, as the BS mace will greatly increase off-hand dmg and whatever proc you have on off-hand.

Comment by Strit112

Also note that if the bufff only lasts for 6 secs, it will only allow 2 hits from this mace. So it would be good with a fast off-hand. So for a combat rogue with fast off-hand for combat potency, this is really great.

Comment by DELPylon

Enhancement shamans with Flurry and Windfury could probably make very good use of this, since to my knowledge haste effects do not lower the proc rates on chance on hit properties.

Comment by 31280

pylon is right i just wanna see how good they would be with a life stealing enchant on them im geussing they would be kinda like the Ancient Hakkari Manslayer with more spell damage gear u have the more life u steal from your target

Comment by 56773

Think of the proc this way ... as a Fury Warrior - Blood Craze (3/3) gives you 3% of your health over 6 secs, Blood thirst gives you 30 health per strike for 5 strikes, This proc gives you 20 per hit over 6 seconds. That's all adding up to a decent constant HoT thank you very much !!

In recent times, I've ended fights with VERY little HP left, had it not been for the little 3% / 6secs heals I get at least once a fight - I would have died... don't knock these little heals - they can mean a lot.

Comment by TheRaven

Whilst this weapon has very nice top end i would not recomend it for a fury warrior. It just lacks the stats we need on a weapon (namely Hit, Crit and AP)

Comment by 55524

unfortunately, since hte buff is only 6 seconds long, haste isn't going to have that much effect in getting extra hits off during the proc.

and it's only 20hp. bfd.

Comment by 61045

When something like this *drains* life, the implication is that you're gaining the life you take from them, so yes, it is healing you. Also, if you read Cheaney's post he actually mentions the healing that you get.

Frankly, I'm not sure why this isn't an appealing weapon, the damage range is top notch, it has a decent 50 ap and the drain is just a neat bonus. It's clearly a great alternative, or even an upgrade, to the the BS mace if you're already locked into other professions (you're the guilds' alch / herb for example).

Comment by 63556

If nothing else, this is the most dps on a one hand weapon with a speed this high in the game. This should certainly make it one of the best weapons for hemo rogues.

Comment by 37359

The speed of this weapon make it the best enhance shaman offhand weapon in the game. The only thing that might be better than two Syphons is Dragonstrike with a Syphon offhand.

Comment by 11019

I got this yesterday, the proc rate is not superb, but not bad either. Proccing about 1-2 per trash pack. The damage/heal is rougly 20-30, not static 20 and both of your weapons will do the leech. The downside is that it only lasts 6 seconds, but if you have SnD up like you should (as a rogue) the damage is ok.

For each proc I could deal maybe 200ish damage. I did not yet test it on bosses since my new maces are not enchanted and skill is few points from max. I'll report back when I see it on bosses

The proc is not something that makes this mace superrior, it's the speed and DPS.

Comment by homcy

If my eyes are correct you can dual wield this... OHHH DAYUM

Comment by sensou

Matching Mace (OH?): https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=32943

The (unfortunately rare) 2.80 speed makes this Mace great for Shamans (DW), Rogues (SS/Hemorrhage viable), and even some Warriors.

Comment by Bobbie

Only 1-handed 2.8 speed weapon in the new end-game.

Comment by 76083

I'm interested in knowning if dual wielding these can cause the proccs to stack, causing melee hits to leach 40 hp a hit. You would think they would since blizzard conveniently made it non unique.

Comment by 81462

I just picked one up, Any clue if there is a story behind the "54" etched on the bottom of the handle?

Comment by loozerr

This item is Misplaced Servo Armv2.0

Comment by 76083

With Curse of Shadows, Shadow Weaving, and Misery, the leeching effect steals 25.6 hp every swing when it proccs.

Comment by Tildy

Whereas the Servo Arm's is an "Equip:" effect, this mace's is a "Chance on Hit:".

The Servo Arm's effect can proc off nearly anything, including the following:

Hits from the weapon held in the other hand
Abilities (yellow hits)
Poison procs
Procs of a second Servo Arm held in the other hand

However, both weapons benefit from many of the same character attributes, such as fast attack speed (Slice and Dice, Melee Haste), and by extension Dual-Wielding.

Comment by 36705

In the upcoming patch, Enhancement Shaman will now get a generous amount of + spell damage. Would that spell damage effect the proc on this weapon?

Comment by 61362

The spell would and will effect the proc since the proc is considered a spell and receives spell modifiers (Shadoweave, Misery etc).
Anyways it would only make it better than best.
This is currently the best Enhancement offhand avaible.
Crit 1.7k WF offhand on Shade of Akama :p

Comment by Jagema

This mace is ideal for Shamans, since it has a slow speed, though sadly it lacks crit%. -> One hand, not unique!

On the other hand, Rogues can make the most out of this aswell, with the incoming 2.3 expertise rating coming in and increased critical damage bonus aside from the stunproc, this is a great speed for a mainhand and will guarantee you some rather high damage. Take into account that Sinister Strike is normalized at 2.60 speed, and Hemorrhage isn't, so this speed would be good for Hemo specced rogues, atleast for a mace as there aren't that many maces with this or higher speed that I know of.

I'd say it's an "upgraded" version of Fool's Bane.

Comment by 91848

Propably the best rogue hemo mace we're going too see for some time. /Drool

Comment by Kazuro

Any info about if that proc increases loads of agro ? Since its healing effect.

Comment by 96922

Does the proc consume Improved Shadow Bolt charges?

Comment by Rekka

it does 20 base dmg + 20 healing. Healing effects by default are 50% threat, and only healing you actually need gives any threat at all. I believe tis dmg IS increased by shadow weaving and curse of shadows

further more a warriors battle/berserker stance innate threat modifiers ( believes rogues as well) means all of it generates 30% less threat, and if you spec imp zerker stance that threat reduction applies as well. Enh. shamans do not get any innate threat reduction and the threat reduction for spirit weapons does not apply to the threat from this proc.

All in all the threat generated from this proc is pretty marginal when compared that a single swing from this weapon is probably going to be in the 800+ range 30-50 more threat is less than 5% more threat per swing while the proc is up.

Comment by 100857

when i used these on a private server they proced all the time so it is worth getting this mace

used on a enhance shaman and hemo rogue

Comment by 110267

What about to dual wield it with https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=28433

Comment by godnoble

What is the internal cooldown of the proc? What percentage of the time is it actually active?

Comment by Sunwind

Comparing the proc on this weapon to a crafted SSC/TK weapon (Dragonstrike), it's pretty poor. An upgrade of the haste proc from Dragonstrike (or a slightly weaker version, since it may be dual-weilded, would have been much better..or any other proc for that matter, +AP, etc.

Comment by 134003

Would Dragonstrike (Because of its haste proc) be better than this weapon?

Comment by Roulk

(Calculated using Yo!'s simulator in T6+ Gear)
After Sunwell, this is still the best Mainhand Weapon for an Enhancement shaman.
A close second is Season 3 weapons, followed by Claw of Molten Fury, Vanirs fist and then Naj'entus' axe.

Mounting Vengance is the best offhand regardless of the speed difference.

Comment by 154428

enhacement shammy, using this as OH, claw of molten fury in MH, last Hyjal run downing 4 bosses, this drained 9419 health, with 392 procs. I'd "guess" when it procs, I usually get 4 heals off of it, so basically 110 xtra dmg per proc for me. I've seen 6 procs a good bit and had 8 nice little green 21's a few times. A bit trickier with shammys and ss/flurry procs, If a rouge would mh this with their fast oh daggers, would be interesting to see their avg number of heals/drains per proc. I'd eventually like to dw two of these

Comment by NightmareMJ

If you can manage to get two of these, this is the ultimate weapons for a Rogue(with at least 21 points in combat), Furry warrior(or hybrid warrior using duelwielding), and Full enhancment shaman(both need flurry however).

I.e.: If the rogue has an enhancment shaman in his group then for 15 secs(obviously poping some cooldowns during when both of these maces proc) the rogue can atk with both weapons at a 1.4 speed, from just procs and talents only, if he/she has haste rating in addition then this figure can be much lower. So for 6 secs(assuming no windfury totem procs of course) you get 8 total atks or more +6 main hand swings with hemo/sinister strike for a total of at least 14 hits for a total of ~280 health leeched and damage delt extra, now if using bladefurry and you get 2 targets close by this doubles to 560 health/damage done, very desierable for pve and pvp aplications, this works with warriors even better because of whirlwind, which will hit up to four targets once with each weapon for a total of 8 melee atks as well, combined with flurry and perhaps bloodlust and windfury for another possible 6 hits, making it on par with a rogue using bladefury assuming you can hit four targets with whirlwind(which can also proc windfury on each of the whirlwind hits as well I hear.), so obviously better for pvp in that case or for atking certain bosses with lots of addspawn.
For enhancment shaman the bonus is not quite as extreme since a windfuryweapon enchant proc will not count towards multiple hits like with warriors and rogues using a windfury totem, it still is impressive however do to their gear nature. The proc is a physical school drain so buffs like the warrior 4% increased pysical damage will yield slightly more damage with this proc as well.

So for pvp, a 3v3 team of flurry/whirlwind/ms warrior, mace/combat rogue(up to adrenialine rush and then hemo/dirty deeds build) and enhancment shaman, all duelwielding these would be....just disgustingly powerful ;) good luck people. (me and my friend have both fought a 2v2 team of enhancment shaman and rogue both duel wielding these at around the 2100-2400 braket before and we could not bring their health down at all, with bladfury the rogue was just to strong and the shaman was strong as well, my friend's lock was full vengeful SL/SL spec of course with a rogue partner in full venge, these guys were in almost entierly pvp gear(so assume lots of armor pene and extra haste rating(not to mention the rogue had dragonspine of course).

(sorry for the wall of text.)

Comment by 170488

So would DW syphon be the best combo for an enhance shaman?

Comment by LordZED

Well got 1 of those + claw mh from hyal. W8ting to get 2 on my fury warrior. Maby it does not show top dps on maxdps.com but i still love them for 2.8 speed. Big wf crits and that makes it nice for fury pvp and proc is nice. 2 dps saryfice for cool look and good to have proc ? For me always :)

Comment by somegaijin42

But the question isn't "What's 6 times 9?" The question is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"

6x9 = 54
OR:

six times nine
six = one + five
nine = eight + one
Forget your parentheses, and you get
one + five x eight + one.
Correct order of operations makes 42.

Comment by 34089

After several nights of raiding, recap puts the damage from the proc on this at just over half of the damage from the poison vial proc, meaning you can pretty much discount the proc in your calculations for this.

Comment by 126756

Screw the lack of stats the proc is decent and the speed, dps and top end dmg must be sick for a topped out enhance shaman.

Comment by 226038

Is this a very good rogue weapon ?

Comment by axellemaelstrom

got this not long ago, one of the best ghostly-strike weapons at level 70.

with https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=57124 my https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=14278 hits for 175% NON-NORMALIZED weapon dmg.

which means, at around 2k attack power, your 40-energy ghostly strike will hit 1200 non-crit. with https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=31223 it will hit 1300+ non-crit.

i understand that you can't spam ghostly-strike but when you combine 1300-ghostly-strike with 5-point eviscerate you are looking at some mad burst dmg for a non-dagger rogue.

plus, the 2.8 speed is really really nice for PPM enchants. it's better than https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=35071 imo. plus, it looks very nice. and most importantly, the weapon proc: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/spell=40291 has a very sexy sound, it's very intimidating to your opponents.

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Winterhoof&n=Axelle

Comment by Iggey

Just to put this into an outrageous view.
Let's say a Warrior is Dual-wielding two of these, and miraculously the procs occur at the same time, while 4 mobs are surrounding you with Retaliation popped.
You'll get two attacks in from each weapon during the six seconds the proc lasts.
The mobs attacking you will hit you about 2 times each, allowing for 8 total counterattacks.
Throw in a Bloodthirst, Hamstring, another instant attack (Rend?) and use Whirlwind.
Do all the math and:
2 attacks each weapon (4) + 8 counterattacks from retaliation (8) + Bloodthirst+Hamstring+Rend (3) + Whirlwind (8) x 20 healing/damage =....

A total of ((2+8+3+8)x20)=420 bonus damage dealt, and 420 damage healed.
Considering the scenario, I don't think it's really worth it. It's still a nice addition, but it really won't add as much as you'd think.

Even so, the slow speed and high damage per hit makes this ideal for any dual-wielding class. Even though Wrath kind of reduces the usefulness of BT.

Comment by 656208

For anyone wondering how well this would work for a Bear now that on-hit procs are triggered by Swipe... well... don't go out of your way to get hold of one. I did, and then did a stack of testing by soloing a bunch of BC heroics.

The Siphon Essence effect procced thousands of times during the runs but still only managed 3.5% effective healing. Contrast this with Mark of Conquest (5%), Darkmoon Card: Heroism (7.5%), Lifeward (35%) and Improved Leader of the Pack (45%). Potions and Frenzied Regeneration made up the small amount left over.

Given the paltry returns and the lack of a suitable off-hand to go with this item, my advice would be to stick with a Lifewarded 2-Hander. The compound effects of more stamina+agility (which improve returns from ILotP) and higher critical strike+attack power (which reduces damage via Savage Defense) far outweigh the health returned via the Siphon Essence proc.

Self-healing bear builds can skip this item.

Comment by 917459

If you're running this solely for transmog, consider farming Bloodskull Destroyer. It is the same model, and drops from Lieutenant Drake in Old Hillsbrad heroic. Daily cooldown on running it, and it is also larger scale than the Syphon.

Comment by 925133

I just got this mace for transmog, and I'd say it's probably one of the best-looking 1-handed maces in the game. However, I don't exactly have much experience.

Comment by Allakhazam

Drops of Supremus in the Black Temple, a big blue infernal boss. The proc, when it goes of, leeches 20 health from the target on every hit (20 damage + 20 health back), lasts for 6 seconds.

Edited, Jun 5th 2007 8:44pm by Makenzie

Comment by Allakhazam

Here's an image of the mace

Comment by Allakhazam

any 1 knows howmany life it drains?

Comment by Allakhazam

Auch... Can you say Enhancement Shammy? :P

Comment by Allakhazam

hemo rogue? xD

Comment by Allakhazam

any 1 knows howmany life it drains?

Comment by Thottbot

if it "is" 20 per hit... and baring inmind a rogue using this with speed increasing abilites and duel weilding with a fast Oh wepon...

let's just say that they "should" heal around 180 every 6 seconds off this proc...

that is a extreamly nice little HoT indeed ^^

Comment by Thottbot

I would love to dual wield this with dual battlemaster. Unrealistic, but fun to think about.

Comment by Thottbot

the proc on this thing lasts for 6 seconds.
in that 6 seconds every hit from your mainhand AND offhand will give you 20 HP from your enemy and give it to you.so with blade flurry,slice and dice and dragonespine trinket topped with a haste pot,this thing goes nuts!

Comment by Thottbot

@ Rarw.. Would you be quiet please.. One of my best mates just got that weapon, yes, as an enhancement shaman.. armory - maltesers - kthx

Comment by Thottbot

I would like to see this with windfury.

Comment by Thottbot

yea you are so cool... hey guess what mace rogues in raids FTL. good day
Mr, you should go check some max dmg and a few other stats on the weapon. Even with a mace spec you can own the meters with the right gear setup and this weap.

Comment by Thottbot

i duel wield these on my shammy ^.^ check out armory
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Doomhammer&n;=Vankyz

Comment by Thottbot

For the post that says this procs like crusader or fiery, you are incorrect. Crusader and fiery and many other procs operate as an on-equip chance to proc. This weapon, very much like Thunderfury operates as a chance-on-hit proc. This is what makes weapons such as this quite astonishing for classes with lots of instant attacks(rogues/fury warriors). I use this similar to the way that I did Thunderfury in that I spam instants; bloodthirst, whirlwind, and hamstring and occasionally throw in a heroic strike to dump rage. This forces the weapon to proc extremely often.

Now, quite ironically, you can also force on-equip weapons to proc more often using the same technique. This is because blizz takes your rate of attack per minute and applies a custom proc rate to your particular character based on the number of attacks per minute. Raising the number of attacks per minute through instants doesn't affect the proc rate that has been calculated and increases the number of procs since you've increased the number of attacks in that minute. You can test this with mongoose by checking your procs per minute with auto attacks and then testing the procs per minute with your instants added in. So... get out there and force those weapons to proc!

Comment by Thottbot

this is possibly the best off hand weapon for an enh shaman in the game. The speed is, anyway - not sure about the proc.

Comment by Thottbot

I know everyone loves to banter and ramble about items they don't have, but, since I actually have this weapon, and I am a rogue in a BT/Hyjal guild, I thought i'd give my input.

1. This weapon is not for PvE. As of patch 2.2, (right now) nothing approaches the consistent DPS of PvE sword spec.

2. The weapon is best used with its twin, the Swiftsteel Bludgeon, which I just got last week. The two in conjunction make for a fierce combat maces build, (solid for arena) or as I used to do, Hemorrhage. As a rogue, using an extremely slow offhand (As in, dual wielding the syphon) would be foolish, due to the functionality of Combat Potency. Additionally, using a 2.80 speed weapon for shiv is a poor decision all around.

3. Every single time the proc goes off, so long as I am consistently striking my target (farming, for example), it heals ~160 or ~180 hp (8 or 9 procs). When I first got the mace, I paid a lot of attention to the proc, and played around with it, but I rarely got 10 ticks. I would add that, to be honest, the proc is nothing special. Also, the proc is shadow damage, and can be resisted by anyone or any mob, both in part or in full.

4. Finally, my guild is entirely "god looted" by the guild leader with a focus upon "PvE Upgrades before PvP/farming". (Note: this is how many real guilds in BT/Hyjal work) Thus, the only reason I received the first swiftsteel bludgeon was because the guild's one fury warrior/DPS support was not present at the time of the drop :)

(I received the syphon first due to a generous DPS warrior, and a kind guild leader. This was partially in honor of the fact I had long been a prominent mace PvP rogue, ever since the Misplaced Servo Arm from Naxxramas, last October 28th, 2006).

Footnotes for the stupid: in the case that you have questions regarding my integrity, you may go to: http://www.wowjutsu.com/us/akama/Acquired%20Taste.html#_theblacktemple
to view the "looted items list" for Supremus. I think the rest speaks for itself.

Comment by Thottbot

i just saw a shammy with this weap and the other mace that looks just like this with mongoose and it looked like she wtf pwned things.

Comment by Thottbot

I agree with the rogue, i mean Kunzer
The 3rd Rogue in our guild was kinda low on DKP and decided to get the Syphon and the Swiftsteel bludgeon as upgrades to his combat spec, as the upcoming sword drops would get outbided from the other 2 rogues and fury warrior maybe
Ofcourse that was after i got my first syphon ^^

For Hemo rogues this combo (the 2.8 syphon and the 1.5 swiftsteel) is one of the best around, all rogues tell me that at least.

For enhancement shaman, in pvp, is a good counterweight of his low survivability chances, as it can easily burst an instant of 5-7k dmg! on a cloth player, if all crit of course and with a good base AP of 1500. In PvE, these dual wielded (Yes this weapon is not unique, you can dual wield it) are the best to have, unless you are an orc shaman and get the axe from the first boss of Black temple.

Now for the proc of syphon
When you have two of them, the proc doesn't seem to stack, it just renews the timer. I dual wield this , never seen 2 buff icons. The buff icon looks like the Mana drain debuff icon from kazrogal boss at hyjal which is the same like the icon of "Soul essence" material.
The drain it does, its like 6 sec and drains 20-21hp per hit, i do about 8-10 hits i think (more if it reprocs from the other syphon). The good thing is that if there is any shadow debuff on the target from a warlock and a shadow priest, the drain/hit raises. I even got 31hp/hit back

You can call it minimal, but it's nice for arena too, the proc is really often , especialy with 2 of them.

If you see a shaman holding the Syphon and the Swiftsteel bludgeon tell him he is a real noob enhancement shaman and that he really should learn to play.

PS 5-7k dmg is not a joke. If all your hits crit, you can get two white attacks 1k+0.5k plus stormstrike 1k+0.5k plus two windfury hits 2.2k+2.2k = 7.4k total damage instantly on a purged priest or mage. That is ofcourse in theory, but it has happened to me sometimes, to instagib purged cloth users who had not pvp gear on them in arenas.

Comment by Thottbot

Just got this on my enhance shaman, replaced the MH from al'ar, rogue using the kael mace was mad at me, but oh well, his is practically just as good

Comment by Thottbot

definitly a enhancement shaman weapon the best there is in the game actually

Comment by Thottbot

Just got this on my Enh shaman.

I used to have Netherbane in my off hand, and Talon of the Phoenix in my main hand.

Using a simulator, it would be best to use the mace in the off hand, and the Talon in the main hand. The alternative was the mace in the main hand, and Netherbane in the off hand. The difference was minimal, though (6 DPS difference according to the simulator).

Now the question ofcourse is... if it procs, do 'your melee attacks' include windfury procs? I need some more testing on this, but so far I've seen mixed results.

For example, 2 normal hits, both weapons hit on stormstrike, and 2 windfury hits, and only five times the 20 damage.
Another example: 2 normal hits, both weapons hit on stormstrike, and two windfury hits, and four times the 20 damage.

If there is any other enhancement shaman that could shed some light on this, I'd appreciate it. It's hard to test since it doesn't proc that often and windfury could be on 3 sec cd and doesn't proc again before the siphon effect ends.

Comment by Thottbot

Well, lets look at this honestly, most of the health stealing effects weapons offer are based on spell damage, and at that level, 180 hp isnt that much for a rogue. What is most logical is a shaman (enhancement of course) using that because they have spell damage which can make it more devistating. Plus WF proc, mm.

Comment by Thottbot

These are awesome i seen a enhancement shaman duel wield these babies with wind fury it pwns face!

Comment by DrainPipe

As an shaman with 2 syphons I can say that the buff does not stack. The second simply replaces the first. However, 2 syphons still provide a far better uptime for the buff so equipping 2 is not bad at all. In fact, 2 syphons is perfect for a shaman since you'll have matching speeds at 2.8, the slowest speed for a 1h. Raids may want to prioritize syphons for shamans since warriors and rogues have more options, including warglaives.

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Syphon of the Nathrezim

Item Level 141
Binds when picked up

One-Hand	Mace

196 - 365 Damage	Speed 2.80

(100.18 damage per second)
Durability 105 / 105

Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases attack power by 50.
Chance on hit: Fills you with fel energy allowing all melee attacks to drain life from opponents.

Sell Price: 13 86 29

Dropped by: Supremus

Drop Chance: 16.20%

Syphon of the Nathrezim

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