Hammer of the Sun  

 

Actually, this is one of the best Cleric range slot items out there. It has 15AC, 5Wis, 50HP and 50mana (+some useful melee stats) and a right click DoT (sorry I don't remember casting time. 9sec maybe) The DoT stacks with the other Cleric Undead DoTs.

All in all, a nice item.

its a *<CLICK>* that NOW fits in range, shush, its solo time, any cleric that wouldnt, has no sense of funnn. effect link says instant, not sure about that, but if it is, yeah its good =p

Edited, Sun Aug 25 22:26:07 2002

I got this hammer last night, only cause it would have rotted otherwise. Not every drop in game HAS to be some uber upgrade. This is a fun toy for when you DO want to melee (i.e. you have full mana) and proc is decent for undead mobs (exp in HS anyone??)

I'll still use Dain hammer over this for the wis/saves (omg yes there ARE clerics on these raids that DONT have blackstar/epic!!) =p

Main reason i use it though... it looks cool equipped, and it's fun to pick on some of my melee friends (the ones that arent uber guilded) that i have a better dmg/dly weapon than them! ;)

The risk vs. reward for this is actually in-line in my opinion. Easy fight for some toys. Best thing that dropped off him was two Group Aego's and MOONFIRE druid spell!!!

~K~

I have my epic, Blackstar (from Ntov) and I still use the Hammer sometimes. The ratio is great, the proc is good against undead and, most importantly, it's fun!

I generally find that in xp groups I don't have to sit and med much (especially if I have KEI, c2, or the 55 bard song), so I'm usually up and either pulling or pounding on mobs. The Hammer is especially nice in places like HS or the Grey where there are lots of undead.

I've experimented using it to solo in the Grey - use the Hammer until it procs, then root the mob and relax a bit. With Mark of Retribution, I do a fair amount of melee damage. I didn't notice much difference in efficiency between rooting and nuking/dotting and meleeing a mob to death. The snakes in the grey are light blue/low dark blue and they don't hit that hard, so meleeing (with the occasional root to CH myself) isn't dangerous. Of course, meleeing is a lot more efficient if you have some kind of haste up.

Thank you, Phil, for providing real information. The rest of you...

I really wish it were possible to filter out posts from people pretending like they're uber.

1) This drops in Ssraesha Temple. It's on a mob deep in the basement, minimum level 63. You need, IMO, 5 solid groups to take him.

2) This does not come up in roll on a pickup group. Most of the clerics on the raid that takes him will have their Epic. Meaning, they're uberguild raid clerics. They're not soloing, unless it's the Pained Soul for VP. This will either go to the most junior cleric who doesn't have his epic, the cleric who wants to squeeze out a little more ac for some reason, the cleric who wants it as a toy... OR, alterinatively...

Gage says, 'Thanks for the Hammer of the Sun, Lowfyr'

3) Yep, I can solo at 59. Just about any cleric can. Ooh, a sliver of xp after 2 hours, higher risk, and lame loot. Or maybe I can just join an xp group by putting on LFG and pausing for 15 seconds. Hrm.


XXOO,

Lowfyr Wildforge
59 Cleric, Vazaelle
56 Cleric, Torvonnilous
54 Cleric, Brell Serilis

P.S. Not to be a jerk, but jeez guys. Stop pretending to be the top of the heap when your best character is wearing a thick leather apron.

Aren't all you clerics tired of that stupid little orc pawn running up and hitting you while you med? well fear no more! with this nifty and almost utterly useless weapon you can teach them true fear.

On a serious note, the 5 wis and 15 ac isnt too bad, and if you're clever enough to figure it out, this weapon now offers a way for 50+ clerics to solo, if only on low blues.