Fayguard Bladecatcher  

 

1st Off, Replace that Rev whip ASAP. That weapon has dropped in hate ever since hate existed, and there are a PILE of better weapons that you can get for next-to-nothing. It's too fast, with not enough damage up front (trust me, I won it on my 1st Hate raid, and only use it in the <<<RARE>>> occasion that i need aggro (and don't feel like chain snaring to do so).
Ok, back on topic...
Unless you got your sig wrong, and you are on the FV server (where no much is no-drop) getting into Seb and getting to where this drops isn't just a walk in the park. (basicly zone into seb, with key, and hang a right and work your way back into the kitchen area, he pops at the very back)
It does have an AoE Point Blank proc though, so you still risk breaking mezzes, but have no fear of damaging yourself. If you've read any other forums on AOE procing weapons, you know I'm a fan of them, in the right situation, but If you want this as a permanent upgrade to the Rev whip, i'd look elsewhere, having an aoe proc on your main use weapon could get messy if you don't switch it out quickly should you need to. Centi Shortsword (12/25+stats), Lammy (9/19 stats), Crystalline Shortsword (12/24 stats) are all good upgrades to the spam whip, and will pull a LOT less aggro, and net you more damage in the longrun ;).

I personally would love one of these (grr never pickup groups in seb anymore) but it would go into the "Situational" bag with the Swarmcaller, Lupine Dagger, Sword of Skyfire, Samata Warstaff, etc.

Wolveran Shadowbane
54.1 Wood Elvish Dealer of Pain and Chain-Jolts aka Ranger

Jolting blades, call of fire (the upgrade to this spell), boon of the garou, and imp form are the only spells I know of that don't stack with call of sky.

Call of Sky stacks with all other weapons procs (atleast all the ones I've seen so far) and doesn't overwrite them. So using this and Call of Sky you'll have to the potential to proc none/either/both on any given hit.

The only thing I've seen so far that doesn't stack with Call of Sky is Boon of the Garou (44th lvl enchanter spell... which has it's own lifetap proc)

Atriel :)

Ill admit its not useless bu the effect is a disadvantage, AoE generally = Bad but i can think of a few times i would use the weapon. Like when we pull 6 frogs in disco and chain stun AoE em this wweapon would be fun. But Whenever you have mobs on a floor above or below you you can aggroe then with AoE. Id like to have this weapon but it would probably spend alot of time in the EE bag. I would hell keep this put away on raids unless it was just uss fighting the boss mob.

I agree. Sure, AoE is something you have to use with care, and everyone has a horror story about an AoE spell breaking mez and causing their whole group to get killed (Well, I do, anyways :P), but there are times when AoE is not only not dangerous, but desireable, as well.

I am, obviously not at the lvl it takes to get this item, but I've used my own AoE spell in some situations to taunt everything onto me, so that the rest of my party could escape, or to get several mobs off a caster. And even as a Ranger, I have several different weapons on me at all times, and in the event that something like this would cause harm, 99.9% of the people who could get ahold of this will be smart enough to put it away.

You've never seen what an area affect proc does in a crowded dungeon, have you? Trust me, the trains you can cause in Guk with a painbringer are not to be believed, and no one likes a broken mez. Still, on a raid or something where there's only one target in range, it's a good blade.