Ruthless Shiv

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 9 other two-hand polearm items between item level 28 and 50; 4 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 34.8 damage per second ranks 6th of 10 two-hand polearm items in this group; Blight (item level 50, requires level 45) has the most, 43.3.
• Attack speeds among the 10 two-hand polearm items in this group run from 2.30 seconds (Poison-tipped Bone Spear) to 3.80 seconds (Heavy Spear); it swings every 2.70 seconds.
• +19 Strength ranks 2nd of 3 two-hand polearm items with Strength; Bonechewer (item level 48, requires level 43) has the most, +23.
• +8 Stamina ranks 3rd of 3 two-hand polearm items with Stamina; Khoo's Point (item level 44, requires level 39) has the most, +20.
• Eyegouger has the most fixed stat points in this group, 33 against 27 here.
• Same stat line (Strength and Stamina): Bonechewer.
• Next two-hand polearm items up with Strength: Bonechewer (item level 48, requires level 43), Eyegouger (item level 48, requires level 43).
• Other weapon types for the two-hand slot within 3 item levels of 39: staff (9): Staff of Protection, Staff of Jordan, Big Stick; two-handed sword (9): Boneslasher, Sword of the Magistrate, Moonsteel Broadsword; two-handed mace (8): The Pacifier, The Shoveler, Huge Stone Club; two-handed axe (7): Manslayer, Obsidian Cleaver, Shadow Crescent Axe.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bloodpike	28	23	23.1 (3.20s)	none	-
Heavy Spear	35	30	22.4 (3.80s)	none	-
Headhunting Spear	36	31	24.7 (3.20s)	+11 Agility, +6 Spirit	-
Poison-tipped Bone Spear	36	31	31.3 (2.30s)	none	-
Ruthless Shiv	39	34	34.8 (2.70s)	+19 Strength, +8 Stamina	-
Grim Reaper	40	35	35.6 (3.10s)	none	-
Khoo's Point	44	39	38.8 (2.50s)	+20 Stamina, +10 Spirit	-
Bonechewer	48	43	42.0 (2.80s)	+23 Strength, +10 Stamina	-
Eyegouger	48	43	41.8 (3.00s)	+10 Strength, +23 Agility	-
Blight	50	45	43.3 (2.70s)	none	-