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Commento di 66374

This item has a bit of history to it. During the Third War, after Tyrande freed Illidan from his prison, he sought to defeat the demons in Felwood, particularly Tichondrius. Arthas, already plotting against the dreadlords, told Illidan of the Skull of Gul'dan, saying that it would give him great power if he were to use it. Illidan managed to fight his way to the Skull, and consumed it, giving him his wings, horns, demon form, and all the knowledge the orc warlock once possessed.

Commento di Patze

Also this doesn't share cooldown with damage trinkets, so you can have both on same time.

Commento di 16226

There's a minor "misspelling" or "lack of words". It should've said: "Increasing spell haste rating by 175 _for_ 20 sec." like the buff says.

Commento di 40225

The reason this isnt legendary is due to the fact that when Illidan consumed the skulls power, be probably took most of the legendary powers with him, hence an epic

Commento di 39890

Blizzard is almost making the lore look stupid.

I thought okay killing illidan ~not so big deal, there is dozen other possibilities later on to be the big bosses.

But the items like this. They have affected the whole lore and have been within since the start. This should be atleast Artifact, like unique on whole server.

Commento di Valaran

Lore aspect aside, nothing - until this - makes up for the fact that any mage lucky enough to have it is still using Neltharion's Tear from BWL all the way through Hyjal and BT. I have been wearing it for almost 2 years now; and it's still by far one of the best available mage trinkets in the game.

In my opinion, it was simply about time they added a fitting upgrade to it. Granted, lorewise, they probably could've named it something else.

Commento di 54211

If they just rename it to "Fragment of The Skull of Gul'dan" it would fit better into lore and explain it's diminished powers. And since it's a fragment it should not be a unique item so you can have more than one.

Commento di 67687

Look, the Skull, in the eyes of your character, IS the only one in the world. It's power was diminished by Illidan, and now he's dead.

Commento di 5688

I agree with the general consensus that putting this item in now in such a forgettable fashion is a major error on the part of the designers. More proof that different designers of different parts of the game just don't talk to each other.

Lore designers: "Let's make this big storyline about this warlock who starts it all and how even after his death he shapes the future of multiple worlds...etc"

Item designers: "Hey remember that thing that Illidan ate? Wouldn't it be gnarly if he dropped it?"

Commento di 56071

I would like to remind everyone of something important...

In warcraft lore, Illidan is said to have ABSORBED it. All that was left was a slightly powerful skull, with a mere fraction of its former power. Also, methinks this is the skull Illidan is so famous for holding and staring at. (BC into movie, before Illidan aggros.)

Commento di 40225

Drysc posted the reason this item isn't legendary is because
"Illidan has one hell of a digestive tract"

Commento di Rombus

Why would it be legendary now? Yes, it has a significance in lore, however, Illidan consumed most of its power himself to get him to his current state. What we see now is what's left. There are a lot of important things in lore that drop, that doesn't mean they're legendary or artifact-worthy.

Commento di Apotheosis

I don't think Illidan literally ate the skull. He probably just drained it of it's magical powers through some form of spell. I mean the thing IS an Orc skull after all, and while Night Elves may be a bit taller/larger than your standard Human, I doubt their throats are that much bigger, and I know for a fact that a Human can't swallow a skull whole, let alone an Orc skull...

Commento di 74684

Well, who knows? Maybe they will have a way to update the skull to make it legendary. Make it some ungodly long quest that takes weeks to get finished. That might provide a way to make it unforgettable.

Hexas - Dethicus

Commento di 79494

Combine this with Blade of Wizardry (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31336) and Quagmirran's Eye (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27683) for some insane +spell haste rating.

But that of course is common knowledge, 15 hours a day dedicated to raiding, 2.5k gold, and a couple runs through heroic slave pens.

Commento di 89923

Goes great with Icon of the Silver Crescent, they have the same cooldown, so they work perfectly in a macro together. Just make sure you have the Skull first in the macro, because if you use Icon first it will put a 20 sec cooldown onto other trinkets.

I just use:
/stopcasting
/use The Skull of Gul'dan
/use Icon of the Silver Crescent

Commento di lias

Hex Shrunken Head will replace Icon of the Silver Crescent. This trinket combined with Hex Shrunken Head will be a very good jump in DPS over other trinkets in the game.

Commento di 70510

truly the best caster trinket in-game, particularly for warlocks(ironic isn't it? Gul'dan was a warlock himself)

every time i see a caster with it i grow amazingly jealous, eventhough the spellhit may not have been that important due to huge spellhit on BT loot, it has increased in signifigance with the new patch

items are now more focussed in spellhaste and spellcrit rather then spellhit, making the spellhit in this trinket ever so important to refrain from socketing and enchanting gear with spellhit(allowing raw spelldamage, spellhaste/spelldamage and spellcrit/spelldamage gems)

for any caster, perhaps less for a shadowpriest(a lot of damage over time damage, high spellhit from talents) getting this is a true must

Commento di Nexovus

Using this with Icy veins as a deep fire/ IV spec can give you a powerful and long damage "burst".

Commento di 150529

ok,let's analyze the word "legedary".What it means.It means an item of great power?And the answer is NO.It means an item that has a great important to lore.And I think it had great imortance in lore.Anyway,I have 1 question.I see this picture of the lock having winds and being semi-daemon.You become like that by using that item?

Commento di 46812

Just to answer your question, you do not get the wings when you activate this trinket.
The wings come from the Hood of the Malefic (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31051).

Yet, the green glow comes from the trinket.

Commento di 145270

The Fragment of Gul'dan
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
Requires Level 70
Equip: Improves spell hit rating by 25 (1.98% @ L70).
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 55.
Use: Tap into the power of the fragment, increasing spell haste rating by 175 (11.1% @ L70) for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

(A fragment of the once all powerful skull of Gul'dan)

Commento di 64436

It depends on your other gear, making a comparison like that isn't a viable mathematical assessment of the two. You'd have to kill Illidan to get this so you can make some assumptions about the other items and plug them in, then check against sunwell tier 6 too. I won't do it but if you could I'm sure it'd be useful :) Also this would be used with Icy Veins, might stack differently than spell dmg....

Commento di 102479

Talking about a Illidan drop and 600 DPS in one Sentence ...
And "ignoring hit" - hit is the most important and cheapest "dmg" stat you can get and in most cases you can safe hit on other Equipment Parts (especially gems) and get more Spelldmg/crit/haste there.
But it doesn't relay matter, because before you enter Skull&Head will be the best combination. (Maybe Shadowpriests will still wear Timbal ...)

Commento di 31389

I got this recently, and I have a feeling that this trinket is going to be like the Neltharion's Tear of the Burning Crusade, at least I hope so.

Even into the expansion, I expect this trinket will still be good into the first 1 or 2 raiding tears, much as the tear trink was off of Nefarian.

Commento di noherczeg

Important for Burn healers in the Brutallus fight:

Don't heal on casters with active trinket. It looks the same as they look when hit by the debuff. When the first time i healed burn i thought my eyes went crazy. Then i realized that they arent affacted by burn, its just the trinket debuff.

So shame on me, but try not to do this on your encounters :)

Commento di 195057

alas poor wilson, i knew him

Commento di 86829

i absolutely shat my pants on brutallus - when running past a lock to the safe spot with burn, he popped his skull trinket!

Commento di 215134

You can see alot of Elemental Shamans at arena, +320 haste Meta, This Skull, Bloodlust / Heroism, Skycall totem +100 haste. There is more ofc.

Commento di 146819

Even though there's obviously something better somewhere in WotLK, I think it's still worth trying to get.

Trust me, it makes one hell of a drinking cup....

Commento di 318560

"What do you think, Willson?"
"Oh I don't know, Illidan. The plan seems so retarded like always."

Commento di 35644

Maybe the power of Gul´Dan was transfered into Iliidans skull during the absorbation of the skull?

Commento di Akario

What's this look like with metamorphosis on?

:D

Commento di Hallrik

I think it should be an off hand. Just to give the appearance, but that's just my suggestion.

Commento di patrikman

After some counting I learned I can have
246 + 280 + 175 + 320 + 320 = 1341 spell haste at 1 time.
My gear + Blade of Wizardry + Skull of Gul´dan + Quagmirran's Eye + Mystical Skyfire Diamond
That would be like 80+ % reduced casting speed, would be fun I´d say :D

Commento di 512576

You can get the skull that turns you into a half-demon, but getting the sword that steals your soul 'breaks the lore'. I understand most of the Skull's powers have probably been absorbed by Illidan, but they could have at least given us some kind of non-canon Frostmourne, while still destroying it in the storyline. Onyxia's supposed to have been killed by Varian Wrynn, but they brought her back for Vanilla WoW and even WotLK.

Commento di Ahmi

Also known as Wilson (check Azerothian Super Villains).

Commento di Forrtress

In my opinion, this item should've been an off-hand held item, only because Illidan holds it in his hand too

Commento di 794503

Can't believe there's no mention of when Deathwing had the skull, however brief. Gotta love how Khadgar kicked Deathwing's ass to get it back.

This should definitely be a legendary imo, in "Beyond the Dark Portal" is says that a warlock can still channel their power through their remains once dead, thus you can't completely drain the power from an artifact like this unless you destroy the dead warlock's soul which has never stated to be the case with Gul'Dan.

The Lich King was given power from Kil'Jaeden and used a helm to channel this, Gul'Dan was given power from Kil'Jaeden and now we use his skull to channel this. One day maybe we can channel Kil'Jaeden's power through one of his body parts...

Commento di Levarus

The Skull of Gul'dan SHOULD be a held in off hand item, not a trinket -.-

Commento di Lightbrand

Imagine an adventurer's journey in his life so far in Azeroth.

Classic: Acquire Sulfuras, Thunderfury, Corrupted Ashbringer & Atiesh.

TBC: Acquire The Bladefist, Gorehowl, Warglaives, Skull of Gul'dan and Thori'dal. Kill Shade of Aran with Atiesh.

Wrath: Acquire Val'anyr and Shadowmourne. Arthas dies to retconned Ashbringer :(

Cata: Kill Al'akir with Thunderfury, Kill Ragnaros with Sulfuras, Acquire Dragonwrath and Fangs of the Father, Kill Deathwing with Fangs (though he technically died to Dragon Soul).

Mist: Acquire Legendary Cape, defeat Garrosh with Gorehowl, obtain Tusk of Mannaroth, optionally picks up Xal'atoh.

Warlords: Kill Ner'zul with Shadowmourne. Kill Kargath with The Bladefist, get another pair. Kill Blackhand with The Black Hand. ~~Smash Gul'dan with Skull of Gul'dan~~. Acquire Legendary Ring, ~~and Ultimately kill Grommash with either Gorehowl again or if you're twisted, his son's Xal'atoh.~~ Ram Mannaroth with Tusk of Mannaroth.

To some, our adventurer's actions may sound like poetry to the ears, to some it's borderline creepy. But as a bonus story, what if I told you on the first visit to Blackwing Descent, our favorite adventurer bared an eerie grin throughout the raid...because inside the trusty backpack lied two heads that failed to make it to the capital all these years...

Commento di tidus93

http://i.imgur.com/kcqD17V.gif
Very relevant gif

Commento di Frenzey

Does anyone else find it an amusing turn of events that Illidan was carrying this item around in WC3 and BC....and now with the Legion expansion announced, (alternate universe) Gul'Dan is messing around with Illidan's corpse/body?

Commento di 1697730

Maybe this item triggers something like an easteregg / extra dialogue in Legion, if you wear it while interacting with Gul'dan in any way. I don't know when we will see him again, though.
In the pre-released "The Tomb of Sargeras Audio Drama" on the official site, Gul'dan was very very reflective when being told that he had died in "another world", so this would definitely fit I think.

Just a guess, because for example, Manastorm's Duplicator triggers something in the fight against Millificent Manastorm in Violet Hold and there are probably other eastereggs like this.

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