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Winterstorm  
 

Lore Item No Trade Placeable
Slot: PRIMARY
Charges: Unlimited
Skill: 1H Piercing Atk Delay: 23
DMG: 22 Dmg Bonus: 33
This item is placeable in yards, guild yards, houses and guild halls.
STA: +10 WIS: +10 HP: +50 MANA: +50
SV FIRE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10
Recommended level of 51.
Effect: Wintercall (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: 6.5) at Level 50
WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: SHM
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 4 (Weapon: General)
Slot 2, Type 20 (Ornamentation)

Item Type:1H Piercing
Stackable:No
Lucy Entry By:Atarak
Item Updated By:SwiftyMUSE
Source:Live
IC Last Updated:2021-12-19 22:40:16
Page Updated:Thu Oct 9th, 2008

Expansion: Shadows of Luclin Shadows of Luclin


Rarity: Common
Level to Attain: 55

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This item is found on creatures.

The Deep
NPC Name
Thought Horror Overfiend



Zone(s) Found In:


Zone Name
The Deep
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Winterstorm item window 2016

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everything i can tell you about this weapon
# Mar 03 2004 at 9:55 PM Rating: Decent

Ok i've had this weapon for some time and it's really a great little spear, the gfx kindda sucks it looks like your stock luclin spear like the kind you see on elemental island in twilight sea, as for the click effect well it's nice to have somthing to click on to enhance what your DoT's are doing, and it saves mana, doesn't cause alot of aggro, and isn't poison based, the JBB has it's uses but I admit when it comes to stats the JBB really sucks and I hate shuffling items around.
The sit time isn't really an issue but canni time is untill I got canni 5, the dam/delay is nice when you feel like having fun with rabid bear, but those times are far and few between. All around if you have the means to get one do so thier nice. oh and the newer server indeed don't see many JBB's as not near as many ppl go to seb as they used to.
Anyway thats all i can think of happy hunting.
WOW
# Apr 01 2003 at 3:59 PM Rating: Default
weee this is a goood wep for my shammy. Smiley: bowdown
just curious
# Jan 06 2003 at 2:13 AM Rating: Default
everyone in here is talkin about jbb. what is a jbb exactly? just wonderin.
#REDACTED, Posted: Oct 28 2002 at 7:30 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) My shaman meleed all the way til 26, when I realized he had gaps in his equipment and put him on hiatus til I have the cash to finish twinking him. He had full jbb minus bracer bp and leggings, and an iksar bp. He also had a lot of +hp items.
recast time?
# Jul 19 2002 at 10:44 AM Rating: Decent
So with the new change of the right click and a 6.5 second cast time...is there any recast wait time?

/agree what epic...?
RE: recast time?
# Dec 16 2002 at 1:33 AM Rating: Decent
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Clicky spell items never have a recast time. They usually increase the spellcasting time of the original spell by a good chunk to make it less useful (ie Vermillion Robe of Torrefaction = wizzy nuke. They pretty much doubled the cast time)

So ya get a free nuke, just takes a long while to cast, and usually, unless you're sitting on a horse, the time spent sitting rather than waiting for the click would make you regen enough mana to cast it again ;P
JBB And Winterstorm
# Jun 19 2002 at 3:37 AM Rating: Decent
As much as I hate to laugh at fellow shaman, I must.

There is nothing saying you cant use both the JBB and this sweet thang....

Click..click..click...click...DING.
This Sucks
# May 09 2002 at 10:22 PM Rating: Decent
JBB 9 sec cast time 263 points of damage 32 points per sec useful at level 45 dropable, sellable and fairly common

Winterstorm 6.5 sec cast time 180 points 27 points per sec usefull level 51 very rare no drop

JBB drops of a mob in the mid 50's
Winterstorm drops off a level 63 mob that takes a full guild to get to and kill

So they reward us by making it an inferior right click...most if not all of the non iksar shaman will have a JBB before they get this. The only reason I got it was for the proc when I full around with melee. I got a message from Absor about this..he said his idea to balance it would be to lower the damage on the JBB! Come on....Jesus I hate VI sometimes
RE: This Sucks
# Jan 22 2004 at 3:06 PM Rating: Decent
I am sorry sir on the newer server JBBs are not fairly common. In fact on stromm there may be as many as 8 serverwide. There are easily 3 times as many winterstorms on the server as JBBs. The evolved burrower is a good lewt drop mob that guilds hit often and its easy to swing over and hit THO. When its not so easy to just spend the cash and buy a JBB the arguement changes.

Edited, Thu Jan 22 15:07:05 2004
RE: This Sucks
# Dec 18 2002 at 1:47 PM Rating: Decent
Yea right... this sucks..

I am an Iksar shaman, Iksars were so powerful they made them unable to use the normal armors, they made Iksar ones with less AC (AC bonus) less wisdom (wisdom base stats) etc... etc...
I can't use the JBB bracer, so I would love a right click nuke, not really useful, but hey, its a game so it's just to have fun.

Now look at the ratio, 22 23..
With swift like the wind, voice of the berserker, carnage, rabid bear, I was seeking a good weapon to melee well with my 280 str, dex and 1200 attack. I got a Tae aew War maul (33 36 but 2h blunt) so I would love a 1h piercing weapon with great ratio as a shaman, easy to switch.

So just grab this weapon if you have the balls to stay alive on this fight, and go have fun in mistmoore with this, meleeing like god himself.
RE: This Sucks
# Jun 09 2002 at 2:23 PM Rating: Default
hey genius! how long do you think fights last? if you plan to chain cast these effects, the winterstorm will outdamage the JBB incrementally the longer the fight lasts. for example, you can only cast the jbb 6 times in a one minute period, where you can cast the winterstorm 9 times in the same period. i trust you can AT LEAST do the math. so your comment about the effect being an "inferior right click" is deep rooted in utter ignorance.
RE: This Sucks
# Aug 14 2002 at 11:37 PM Rating: Good
Pheign is clearly the Non Genius here, you clearly didnt read the difference in damage. He compared dps's not cast times. So he did do the maths, where as Pheign clearly cant.
RE: This Sucks
# Sep 23 2002 at 9:14 AM Rating: Decent
apparently tassio isnt the genius, since pheign was talking about DPS in relation to the cast times.

thxu
RE: This Sucks
# Oct 01 2002 at 1:46 PM Rating: Decent
Well, in regards to the dps 263dmg/8secs is greater dps than 180dmg/6.5secs. So over the course of the fight without resists or interrupts you will do MORE damage with the jbb PERIOD. KK thx la~
RE: This Sucks
# Oct 01 2002 at 6:15 PM Rating: Default
Hmmm...you seem to be missing the most important point here...Iksars can't use the JBB >=D
RE: This Sucks
# Apr 18 2003 at 9:11 PM Rating: Decent
-> In 8 sec, your JBB makes 264 dd
-> In 8 sec, your Winterspear does 180 + 40,5 = 220 dd


This item don't beat the JBB in terms of proc but i think it's not its purpose.
It's - before anything else - an awsome SPEAR, really sweet in melee and coming wiht lovely stats.
Basicaly, this item have to be seen as kinda mix between Spear of Fate and JBB, though not as good as the sum of those two items.

It's a bit like a HoS compared to a full set of individual buffs = Not as good, but it's all in one :-)



Edited, Fri Apr 18 21:46:03 2003
RE: This Sucks
# May 16 2002 at 7:03 PM Rating: Default
make a note though, JBB is not usable by iksar shaman.
Click
# May 09 2002 at 6:01 PM Rating: Decent
The effect on this item is now a clickable effect with a 6.5 second cast time I believe. It's kinda like a JBB for Iksars now.

~Bax
Shaman Meleeing
# Apr 13 2002 at 12:14 PM Rating: Decent
In response to the level 51 Shaman who says shamans do not melee, you are correct for lower levels. At higher levels when you are soloing with spear of fate, jbb, and you get some high level gear with nice ac and hopefully some type of regeneration on it you will be able to melee quite effectively once the mob is slowed they dont do much dmg to you. Dot the mob up start meleeing with pet at your side if you get low on hps then its time to torpors. Simple easy and effective Cannibilize after fight for a couple of seconds and pull again.

60 Shaman From Eci

TassMajere
wtf?
# Mar 24 2002 at 8:47 PM Rating: Default
what does "recomend lvl of 51" mean??? you can't equipe it till 51?
RE: wtf?
# Apr 28 2002 at 4:56 PM Rating: Default
Recomended level of 51 means if you equip the item before that lvl the dmg/dly or ac will be less than if you were 51+
shaman meleing
# Mar 07 2002 at 9:41 AM Rating: Decent
well at 59 i mele alot after i get the debuffs on and a jbb is just to slow on the cast time to be worth it in a good group i just mele and hell with this weapon and with celerity (or a better chanter haste) i bet i could hold my own on dammage output lol since my piercing is maxed at 200 and with self buffs i can get my attack around 1100 with the spear of fate.
at least this could be a fun toy on raids when u makin fun of the tanks and outdammaging the war's

kuxx razorspear lvl 59 luminary
wow
# Feb 18 2002 at 2:23 AM Rating: Default
wow
epic?...
# Feb 07 2002 at 4:33 AM Rating: Default
What epic?
Heh
# Feb 07 2002 at 1:56 AM Rating: Decent
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68 posts
I kept looking through todays update thinking, "Where's the Shammy Weapon." This thing is just too awesome.

Wintercall
Decrease Hit Points (HP) by 180 (L1)


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Classes: None

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Skill: Evocation
Allowable Targets: All

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Range to Target: 200 feet

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Resistance Check: Cold

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Spell Duration: Instant

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Spell cast on you: You stagger as spirits of winter slam against you.
Spell cast on someone: Soandso staggers as spirits of winter slam against them.

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Edited, Thu Feb 7 00:55:03 2002
WOH!
# Feb 06 2002 at 6:51 PM Rating: Decent
I have epic spear and I would still use this thing! Despite what people think, shammys melee quite a bit especially when soloing. With this bad boy i could miss like the wind!
#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 07 2002 at 1:44 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Not all Shaman do melee much. I do the same melee times as a cleric, when its a weenie or I'm fm and don't need to do anything to the pull. I find things work better for me when I don't melee, and I have noticed that I have soloed things far beyond what alot of shaman sites say I should. But getting to the weapon, I think the epic has more wis and it has the dot, but if they were the same I would be willing to switch it out after the dot for this to whack on the weenie mob. Also very good if you go along to a raid for youngins and want to save mana, and if it looks good like the War Spear we get in DN.... very nice for impressing people.
RE: WOH!
# Apr 19 2002 at 10:43 AM Rating: Default
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110 posts
Wouldn't bat an eye at this weapon at all, but I am still waiting on something with a delay of about 50 or 60 and insane ratio. Something like that would be marvelous for farming for tradeskills. fire off a JBB between shots, then get in a hit, hopefully proc, and do another JBB. Naggy hammer is alright for this, but loosing the shield is sorta annoying.
RE: WOH!
# Feb 06 2002 at 8:40 PM Rating: Default
Yes, we do... I'd whip this sucker out whenever I was meleeing.
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