The Raid Battle for Dazar’Alor brings many items with strange effects to the World of Warcraft. We present some of them.
In World of Warcraft, there have been items with passive effects for a long time that did not directly relate to combat. In Battle for Azeroth, some of these effects were brought back, such as a ring that increases swimming speed. This trend continues in the new raid Battle for Dazar’Alor.
Blizzard has implemented many items in Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance that have fun or powerful passive bonuses. Some of these are only useful in certain fights or at specific locations, while others have more frequent utility.
What bonuses are there? The colleagues at wowhead have found the following passive effects so far:
- Twin-Pipe Buster Cannon (Ranged Weapon): Your attacks have a chance to fire an additional shot for 3552 Nature damage.
- High Tinkerer’s Cape (Cloak): Increases your Kul Tiras or Zandalar Engineering skill by 5.
- Mech-Jockey Grips (Leather Gloves): You move 20% faster when sitting in a mount that was crafted by an engineer. This effect does not stack with other effects.
- Crest of Pa’ku (Trinket): Using it teleports you to the next Totem of Pa’ku.
- Fogbreaker, Light of the Sea (Off-hand): Reduces the effect of the Howling Winds in the fight against Lady Jaina Proudmoore.
- Boots of the Gilded Path (Chain Boots): When you loot gold, your movement speed is increased by 30% for 6 seconds.
There are also two small “minisets” that mean a clear DPS gain:
- Lord Admiral’s Signet (Ring) and Daelin Proudmoore’s Saber (Sword): Your automatic attacks are drenched with the Ring of the Sea and deal an additional 220 Frost damage and slows the target by 10% for 4 seconds.
- Seal of the Zandalari Empire (Ring) and Loa Exultant’s Shroud (Cloak): Your primary stat is increased by 150 as long as you are in Zuldazar.
Clear “Hunter Item”: At least the “Boots of the Gilded Path” are already considered a clear “Hunter item” in the community. Hunters have the (rather jokingly meant) reputation of looting all items that come their way if they can wear them.
Shoes that allow you to get to the next loot location even faster after looting would therefore be perfect for them.
The reactions from the community are amused and expectant. Some players already say “More exciting than Azerite abilities”, while other fans simply hope that Blizzard introduces more interesting passive effects on items again.
What do you think of such effects on items? Do they belong to the classic Warcraft flair and should occur more frequently? Or are such bonuses annoying?
