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Embershank, the Malady  
 

Lore Item No Trade Placeable
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: 1H Piercing Atk Delay: 18
DMG: 34 Dmg Bonus: 33 AC: 35
Backstab DMG: 32
Fire DMG: 1
This item is placeable in yards, guild yards, houses and guild halls.
Skill Mod: Backstab +12% (34 Max)
STR: +22 DEX: +30 STA: +28 WIS: +20 INT: +20 AGI: +35 HP: +450 MANA: +435 ENDUR: +435
SV DISEASE: +35 SV COLD: +34 SV MAGIC: +35 SV POISON: +26
Required level of 75.
Effect: Fiery Strike V (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 75
WT: 1.9 Size: MEDIUM
Class: WAR RNG BRD ROG BST
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 8 (General: Raid)
Slot 2, Type 20 (Ornamentation)

Item Lore:Scents of brimstone and burning flesh waft from this blade
Item Type:1H Piercing
Stackable:No
Submitted By:Tide, Antonius Bayle
Lucy Entry By:Numadar [Momentum] MS
Item Updated By:SwiftyMUSE
Source:Live
IC Last Updated:2022-01-14 17:45:26
Page Updated:Sat Feb 8th, 2020

*This item is the result of a raid event.
Expansion: Serpents Spine The Serpent's Spine


Rarity: Common
Level to Attain: 75

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This item is the result of a quest.
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Quest Name
Ashengate North Event: Lethar the Black

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Ashengate North (Raid)
NPC Name
Artifacts of the Reliquary



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Zone Name
Ashengate North (Raid)

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Uploaded July 13th, 2009 by Cylius
Updated August 7th, 2009
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# Jan 25 2021 at 1:55 AM Rating: Good
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Stat Changes
# Nov 08 2007 at 10:33 AM Rating: Decent
Now that they have redone the dmg/dly on the TSS and TBS piercers Alla's needs to redo the search feature to reflect the new values on these fine weapons.
dagga fix
# Nov 07 2007 at 9:25 AM Rating: Decent
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.529 ratio now, without elemental factored in and unaugged. Sweet knife!

Edited, Nov 7th 2007 12:27pm by Modef
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My Opinion
# Dec 14 2006 at 7:57 AM Rating: Decent
Actually Embershank by itself is .656 ratio. WITH a 3 dmg aug (Etched Obsidian Shard) it would be 35/21 which is .60 ratio (pretty damn good) HOWEVER, a rogue that is raiding in TSS in these encounters more then likely has DoDH completed progression, which means if they were a wise rogue They would have the 2.0 at 27/19, PLUS hopefully the slot 4 1 dmg aug from frostcrypt (28/19) and then lets say an Etched Obsidian Shard in slot 8 as well making it 31/19. Now then because this so called rogue is past DoDH progression and has his demi title and his 2.5 aug (thats 1 more dmg) it would be 32/19 which is a .594 ratio.

In conclusion... a rogue at this point in the game to get an Embershank more then likely has some past progression and means that the 2.0 can still out dps the Embershank.

As a rogue myself just in a guild that is about to master the demi plane, I plan on my 2.0 looking as such, and would much rather have it than the embershank.

Embershank is a good piercer for those rogues who maybe missed out on the whole DoDH progression, or joined a guild that is no longer doing it or cant complete.

Now as far as the Backstab ability being most of our DPS, sure the embershank has it beat because of the 3 + dmg more then the 2.0 (fully auged to max) when looking at it from the surface, but 2.0 also adds 15 BS dmg (mot much but still) and plus it has its deciever's blight effect (which I know you could always bandolier it and click it and switch out) but come on.

Edited, Jan 8th 2007 12:24pm by Gangrenous
My Opinion
# Mar 14 2007 at 1:15 PM Rating: Decent
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If you added Nightshade Shard of the Ancients(+4dmg aug slot:30), Verdant Emerald of Wounding (+1dmg aug slot:4), and Mossy Tundra Stone(+4dmg aug slot:8) to the Rogue 2.0 you'll get 36/19. Which is better than adding the slot:8 aug(Mossy Tundra Stone) to the Embershank, the Malady and making it 36/21.
My Opinion
# May 31 2007 at 7:04 AM Rating: Decent
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I'm wondering where you are getting that Nightshade Shard of the Ancients is +4 dmg? Looks to me like it's +1 dmg.

Mossy Tundra Stone isn't able to be added to piercers, now, either.

So, Nightshade getting aug'd to 36/19 can't happen currently.
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My Opinion
# Dec 24 2006 at 1:13 AM Rating: Decent
I don't know much about rogues but don't most their DPS come from their backstabs?

And wouldn't this make their total dmg increase compared to what you described (2.5 and aug'ed)?
My Opinion
# Jan 10 2007 at 11:03 PM Rating: Default
You would bandolier it and still keep your epic equiped most the time. In no way would this "replace" a rogues 2.0 which is 2 years old.

Also for an offhand, if you can get this you would also get the 1hs from sothgar. Making this weapon barely worth it if at all.
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# Jan 10 2007 at 10:11 PM Rating: Default
You would bandolier it and still keep your epic equiped most the time. In no way would this "replace" a rogues 2.0 which is 2 years old.
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# Nov 22 2006 at 8:02 PM Rating: Decent
Correction, there is not a 0 bs mod on this wep, its 12%. Hence making it 1 dmg better than (2.5). Not considering that if augged it would be 34 dmg 1 magic dmg...
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# Nov 24 2006 at 10:48 PM Rating: Decent
For one, your looking at the wrong mod. I am talking Damage mod, not skill mod..... ALSO, the slot 8 augment means nothing since it fits in both epics and therefore is a meaningless point.

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# Nov 12 2006 at 9:41 AM Rating: Decent
this this is insane...bye bye 2.0 for rogues...hello dps even more. I just wish my guild could even attempt this raid...

Edited, Nov 12th 2006 at 9:44am PST by xrposiedon
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# Nov 15 2006 at 3:26 PM Rating: Decent
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this this is insane...bye bye 2.0 for rogues...hello dps even more.


I disagree with your statement concerning the Rogue's 2.0, strongly. Granted, this weapon is better than the 2.0 in terms of DPS, but that doesn't mean it's going to replace it. In fact, the smart thing to do if you're a Rogue and obtain this weapon, and have your 2.0, is to move your 2.0 to the secondary slot and put this weapon in the primary slot.
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# Nov 15 2006 at 10:49 PM Rating: Decent
Actually that isn't all that smart at all... DPS from nightshade is good in primary mainly because of backstab. In terms of raw melee DPS Nightshade is easily outdone by many other weapons eg Notched Blade od Bloodletting, Shademaul, etc etc.
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# Nov 22 2006 at 2:20 AM Rating: Decent
I think your all wrong. For one, the epic is a horrible offhand. Two, none of you took into account the type 4 and 30 slots in the 2.0. Combining the augs aviable for the 2.0 and then comparing it to the Emershank and the overall gain is fairly small. You can not compare a bare 2.0 to this weapon because no Anguish rogue with only 2.0 and no FC 1 grp aug will be able to get this dagger. This is not an anguish level raid!

Rogue 2.0(+dp page) decked out excluding slot8 aug is 29+2ele / 19 . +15bs mod
Emershank is 32/21. +0bs mod

Grats rogues 1 dmg increase in maximum backstab and the replacement of the 2 elemental dmg. Also, reminded that we are hindered by the 2 delay on the emershank.

Ratio DECREASE from using Emershank over 2.0 is -0.002 without elemental landing.
Same thing WITH epic elemental landing.... -0.1 ratio.

Overall, the rogues get shafted on the ratio of the dagger decreasing our mainhand damage and slightly increase our overall backstab damage. Pretty horrible if you ask me compared to what other classes are getting. Our mediocre maybe upgrade.

Thanks sony for the great dagger itemization in TSS and the poor planning of the FC/2.5 page in our epic for comparison.

Cheers,

Rundler
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# Jan 07 2007 at 5:57 PM Rating: Decent
Ok, last I knew. There was a limit on weapon delays with haste....something like 1.0sec delay. Meaning no matter how much haste you have, you would not get better then 1.0 delay. If that is still true, then the emershank will out dps the 2.0 rogues epic. Lets face it, I would rather have a 34/10, then a 31/10 :). But the epic does have its epic effect! That is also a big increase in the DPS. hummmm. this is to had to think about...ok i will take one of each. Band them in and out for BS, and use 1hs and 1hb for normal attacks :) ya thats it :)
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# Jan 31 2007 at 9:48 AM Rating: Decent
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There is no cap to the minimum delay you can reach but only that you cannot parse anything under 10 delay thus making it there but not there.

Edited, Jan 31st 2007 12:50pm by laissez
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