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Comment by axhawk

The theorycrafting on this potent weapon is still rather sparse, so I spent several hours testing the limits of the proc and it's dps contribution. First off, the basics:

The 264 version proc has an average damage of 2250, while the 277 version has an average of 2538.
The damage does not scale with any character stats (though the dps does, more on that below).
The damage does scale with any percentage damage increases that affect spell damage, such as Avenging Wrath, Curse of Elements, Blood Presence, etc.
The drain can proc off of any weapon attack, as well as some odd events such as applying or refreshing effects such as deathknight diseases or the paladin talent Righteous Vengeance. These odd events do have some requirements though. The drain can proc off of the refreshing of some DoTs or debuffs so long as the character is within melee range of and facing the target for the drain. Specific to the deathknight class, the drain can proc off of the disease application of Icy Touch (assuming you are in melee range), can double-proc off Plague Strike (the strike and the disease application), and on each target that is in melee range and in front of you from Pestilence.
The drain has a base proc rate of 2 procs-per-minute, or 11.3333% chance per swing, and has no internal cooldown.
The drain can proc multiple times per attack, provided there's are more than one weapon event for the attack. For example, the drain can multi-proc off the following:
- On any or all of the multiple targets of Cleave, Whirlwind, Divine Storm, Heart Strike, or Sweeping Strikes.
- From a melee (or special) and it's subsequent seal proc, Blood-Caked Blade proc, or Windfury proc.
- From both the physical and shadow portions of Scourge Strike.
The drain can not proc from any spells, excluding the odd events mentioned above.
The drain is incapable of critting and functions on the spell hit table. However, it doesn't seem to be resistible.

Now, with a 2 PPM baseline, the weapon will deal 2 procs a minute before any waste or special attacks or talents are factored in, giving it a minimum dps of 75. In practice, the proc will usually provide between 200 and 400 dps, depending on the character's haste rating, spec and rotation (and therefore number of procable attacks per second), spell hit chance, and +damage buffs present. A good estimate is that it will provide approximately 4-8% of a character's dps. For many classes, this means the proc is worth the equivalent of between 400 and 800 additional attack power, though it's place on the best-in-slot list is strongly dependent class, spec, haste rating, and rotation. In general is can be assumed to be near the top of the list, however, as the proc itself provides a fairly respectable amount of dps while also making it easier for the healers to keep you alive through miscellaneous raid damage.

References
Melee/BCB Doubleproc
Scourge Strike Doubleproc
Heart Strike Doubleproc
PPM Recount Parse

Edit: Updated some of the info based on some of my more recent test results.

Comment by 495427

Is this the final effects or still beta?

Comment by 314157

No socket bonus? May just be an armory/wowhead bug.

Comment by HandofDeath

this weapon is a pre-shadowmourne dual-wielding it with shadowmourne causes cataclysm

Comment by Treston323

@Speakeasyzj

The way the proc works is what makes people believe its better than Shadowmourne. Last I heard about the proc is that it scales with SP, has no ICD and even procs off seals. With the ret 2pc t10, it will be even better.

Anyways, even if this weapon came out on top for ret, I'm sure blizzard would fine that a problem and either buff Shadowmourne or nerf Bryntroll.

Comment by Johnny333

so... can we have Proc from icy touch and plague strike diseases, will we get better PPM than 2ppm?
of course.... as the character is within melee range and facing the opponent..

Melee Attack : 3.4 seconds.
Frost Fever : damage every 3 seconds.
Blood Plague : damage every 3 seconds.
whats the final PPM?

Comment by mack

not the best choice in term of stamina (even if gemmed with 3 +30sta) but hell, this beauty will work like a charm on dk tanks with blood spec

Comment by gaudaloht

Best macro ever if u are a warrior arms with that weapon

#showtooltip Bladestorm
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\LordMarrowgar\\IC_Marrowgar_WW01.wav")
/y BOOOOOONE STOOOOOORM!
/CAST Bladestorm

Comment by 312797

This weapon is great for end game raiding. Is it the Best? No, but it is a good weapon that will last you a good long while. With that said this weapon is also a godsend for soloing older content. I'm going to be honest this weapon has opened up new possibilities for what I can solo as my retribution paladin. Now I've been able to solo a lot of things as prot, but as ret old world bosses are less forgiving they require a lot more reaction time. With this axe the chance for error is dramatically reduced because you have a constant healing intake. One boss for example is the raptor boss in Zul Gurrub. Before I could only get him to about 1/2 before he killed me; now it is quite easy to simply not worry at all about health until he whirlwinds, which I just run away from and flash of light, or holy light, depending on what I need.

All in all it's a great axe no matter what you use it for, whether it's for PvE, PvP, or old world dungeons.

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Bryntroll, the Bone Arbiter

	Phase 4

Heroic
Item Level 277
Binds when picked up

Two-Hand	Axe

886 - 1,329 Damage	Speed 3.40

(325.74 damage per second)
+185 Strength
+173 Stamina

Red Socket
Yellow Socket
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Socket Bonus: +8 Strength

Durability 120 / 120

Requires Level 80
Chance on hit: Steals 2412 to 2664 life from target enemy.

Sell Price: 34 83 29

Dropped by: Lord Marrowgar

Drop Chance: 7.17%

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