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Comment by 47728

good stats for all who can use, great for tanks IMO, good +hit tanking items are few and far between, so this being the only ranged with stam and +hit and a little more dodge is awesome.

Comment by 37310

Ogri'la is a new faction being implemented in the 2.1 patch.

Comment by 51116

Steelhawk Crossbow will take far less time to acquire than this item. Though if you are just hitting 70, and have farmed the rep it is a good weapon until you get into Kara.

Comment by Elementx

https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=32780

Best tank gun :-P

Comment by 45606

a fine x-bow，but not as good as the one from the first boss in Kara. Considering that boss can be killed by nearly every team，it is a better choice for a hunter to go to Kara.

Comment by Fuzzy

This is also a pretty good tanking gun, https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=32780#z0z, if you can find a druid who needs assistance with their epic flight quest, or one who has already finished it and is willing to go to a heroic Sethekk Halls.

Overall a Gyro-balanced Khorium Destroyer is probably better than both the crossbow and that gun, for tanking, but either one would be great to use until you could get the mats together for the Khorium Destroyer.

Comment by Blasterion

It is a very nice corssbow despite the ugliness. I do think the Honor Hold gun is easier to botain and looks nicer

Comment by Prinsesa

This is one of the best pre-raid weapons you can get as a Hunter.

The Thrallmar/HH Bow/Gun has a better top-end and more AP, but requires a tedious grind to Exalted, whereas the Crystalline Crossbow can be acquired on one's own time, simply by doing the Ogri'la dailies.

The Wrathtide Longbow is clearly superior in damage with regards to speed, damage range and AP, but given the rather murderous difficulty of a heroic Steamvaults run, this might be the most difficult weapon to acquire.

The Gyro-balanced Khorium Destroyer doesn't have any AGI or AP on it, despite having better DPS. The deciding factor is the fact that the Crystalline won't set you back a thousand gold in mats.

Depending on how casual you are, this is definitely a pro choice for a weapon, and working toward this actually opens up options for the other two. By the time you hit Exalted with Ogri'la, you might have made enough money to buy a Khorium Destroyer, or have run Shattered Halls enough to buy the Thrallmar/HH weapon.

Comment by 71213

most people like the khorium destroyer as a tanking gun, but thats just because of the stamina.personally i like this weapon much much better because of the +hit and avoidance that this weapon provides. and it doesn't cost 1000+ gold.

Comment by Fugazi

Easy to get, practically free, great stats for tanking (especially aggro-wise). Unless you are going to tank late T5 content this is quite the best all-in-one tanking ranged weapon you can get for T4 and heroics.

Comment by Allakhazam

This is the easiest epic hunter weapon to get. The rep quests are easy, you just have to do them every day and be patient. Plus you can get the +7 damage trinket along the way.

Comment by Thottbot

It's like the Veterans Rifle from HH, decent.

Comment by Thottbot

Almost everytime? Hardly. My guild has downed Attumen around 14 times, and it has dropped once. Not to talk about you need to get attuned to Karazhan and find a guild that does it. This is a decent crossbow - probably easier to get compared to you need to do all those boring Shattered Hall runs to get the rifle/bow.

Comment by Thottbot

Actually, even if you aren't interested in this as a hunter, a lot of warriors/rogues would grind the rep for it simply for the stats. This is probably the best ranged weapon with stats for melee classes. Tanks/dps warriors and rogues benefit from all stats.

Comment by Thottbot

Yes, this is one of the best tanking weapon ingame. agility is always good for some more dodge, stamina is need and hit rating is nice. Sometimes happens that you may miss the first and second shield slam and when that happens some inpatient mage (who is crazy about being 1st on dmgmeters) may get aggro with an unlucky timed crit.

The crafted engineer rifle is also really nice for tanking, but this one is much more balanced.

Comment by Thottbot

Decent for rogues, who probably won't get ranged weapons from raids until all of the hunters get em first. Veteran's Musket (or the Horde equivalent) are better however.

Comment by Thottbot

This crossbow is awsome based on the fact that it is FREE, in fact...you get paid to get it! Stat wise there are better options out there but if you're rolling around with a blue bow/gun/crossbow why not start the rep grind for this one? The only way to get rep with these guys is to complete Daily quests in Ogri'La that pay out 11g99s everyday! Whats not to love! You can use all the shards you get to down a couple of the elites at the Fel Camps for the crystals and you'll still have plenty left over for the crossbow. It is a no brainer to get this for Rogues/Hunters/Warriors who haven't been lucky enough for a better drop yet.

Complain all you want about dps/stats but if you don't already have something better you should be working towards it while running Kara and heroics for something better. It's the Crossbow that pays you!

Comment by Thottbot

Getting the crystals is even easier, just do the apexis guardians, can be easily 3 manned, did it with just me (prot spec warrior) and a resto druid, took the 2 of us a while since little damage, but its a safe fight.

Comment by Thottbot

Well I don't know what the hell that picture above is supposed to be showing but it sure isn't the crossbow.

Comment by Thottbot

If you're grinding Skyguard Rep, you're almost certainly grinding Ogri'la Rep at the same time, and vice versa. This crossbow, if considered by itself, would probably *not* be worth that kind of a grind. Instead, consider it as a nice added incentive for the work you are already doing.

That said, the Crystalline Crossbow is an ideal piece of gear for anyone who can use it. Rogues, warriors, and hunters will all appreciate the Stamina, Agility, and +Hit this weapon provides. In fact, rogues and warriors will probably prefer this over the Honor Hold/Thrallmar epics due to the generous Stamina bonus. Either way, use the one you like best.

And before anyone says it, yes, the Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer does have the superior damage rating, stamina, and socketability. Still, it's a lot easier to go out and get 4 Apexis Crystals with a few friends than it is to have 1500-2500 gold just fall into your lap.

Comment by Thottbot

plz disregard my comment, I am prob the biggest newb ever. I didnt have xbow skill maxed out that is why my crit shows up lower. There is no glitch, and i must say the xbow is absolutely great.

Comment by Thottbot

The Marksman's Bow has the same stats, but +22 AP instead of the stam bonus on this xbow. If you have a choise, I would go for the Marksman's Bow, but I think it's harder to obtain than this one.
BUT: Marksman's Bow costs you 159 Gold 99 Silver 84 Copper and this bow is buyable with apexis.

Comment by Thottbot

hey this is a cooool bow! best warrior reward, aside from the aegis, from ogri'la, and kinda fun to get too, added .40 chance to dodge for me.

Comment by Thottbot

Personally, IMO its easier to farm the honor for the gladiator crossbow. One weekend in the BGs is all it takes for most people.

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Crystalline Crossbow

	Phase 2

Item Level 100
Binds when picked up
Unique

Ranged	Crossbow

165 - 248 Damage	Speed 2.80

(73.75 damage per second)
+12 Agility
+16 Stamina
Durability 90 / 90

Requires Level 70
Requires Ogri'la - Exalted
Equip: Improves hit rating by 11.

Sell Price: 5 52

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This item can be purchased in Blade's Edge Mountains .

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