How Good is Fyr'alath the Dreamrender Legendary Axe for DPS & Tanks?
The World First Fyr'alath the Dreamrender has been completed and plate wearers across the globe have begun their journey to obtain the legendary 2-handed axe, but how good is it compared to other weapons found in Amirdrassil? Our guide writers, Mandl (Blood DK) and Bolas (Retribution Paladin), break down the new legendary weapon to give a rough idea of how it works and it's relative value for both tank and DPS.
Is it worth the countless hours of accumulating bad luck protection and small fortune of gold spent on materials to craft?
Fyr'alath, the Dreamrender Legendary Axe Overview
Fyr'alath the Dreamrender's Effect
Fyr'alath the Dreamrender's additional effect is split into two separate effects — a passive, and an on-use charge + channeled damage effect. We will break down how each of them works, and more importantly, how they interact with each other.
Mark of Fyr'alath: Passive DoT Damage
Mark of Fyr'alath is Fyr'alath the Dreamrender's passive effect, and is always active. Any time you hit a target with either an auto-attack or an ability flagged as a melee skill, you apply Mark of Fyr'alath to your target. This does a decent amount of ticking damage, and lasts 15 seconds. Its ticking damage is not hasted and cannot crit, and we assume that both of these are bugs as it massively reduces the relative power of this legendary depending on gear and itemization choices made by players of different specializations.
For Death Knights specifically, this is applied by the following spells:
- Blood: Heart Strike, Death Strike, Marrowrend, Soul Reaper (initial hit), Consumption (all targets), Bonestorm (every tick)
- Frost: Frost Strike, Obliterate (main target only), Frostscythe, Soul Reaper (initial hit)
- Unholy:
