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Anzu's Piercing Talon

Item Level 43
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
5 - 8 DamageSpeed 2.60
(2.5 damage per second)
+4 Intellect
+7 Stamina
+4 Mastery
+5 Critical Strike
Requires Level 38
Sell price: 86 gold71 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

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Anzu's Piercing Talon Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Anzu's Piercing Talon is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 21660.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Anzu's Piercing Talon Compares

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:

  • Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, and Shield
  • Holy Paladin: Sword, Mace, and Shield
  • Protection Paladin: Sword, Mace, Axe, and Shield
  • Survival Hunter: Polearm, Staff, Axe, Dagger, Sword
  • Outlaw Rogue: Axes, Maces, Swords, Fist Weapons
  • Frost Death Knight: Dual Axes, Maces, Swords
  • Arcane Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Fire Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Frost Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Affliction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Demonology Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Destruction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Mistweaver Monk: Staff, Mace, Sword
  • Windwalker Monk: Fist Weapons, Axes, Maces, Swords
  • Havoc Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons
  • Vengeance Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons
  • Devourer Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons, Daggers
  • Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 7 items nearest to Anzu's Piercing Talon (item level 43) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 32 to 39.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Anzu's Piercing Talon (this item)43382.5 DPS, +4 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Mastery, +5 Critical Strike. World DropNot listed
Blazefury, Reborn39354.6 DPS, +6 Stamina, +4 Agility, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Soul Blade37324.6 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery. World DropNot listed
Volcanospike37322.1 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. Boss DropNot listed
Avool's Sword of Jin35304.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike. World DropNot listed
Lydia's Sharpened Swordbreaker33284.2 DPS, +5 Strength, +7 Stamina. World DropNot listed
Howling Sword32264.2 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World DropNot listed
Hope Ender32274.2 DPS, +4 Agility or Strength. World DropNot listed

Next item levels up from Anzu's Piercing Talon among Weapon > Sword: Honorable Combatant's Cutlass (item level 59), Stormsteel Saber (item level 59), Teebu's Scorching Straight Sword (item level 60), Notorious Combatant's Cutlass (item level 60) and Plundered Splitblade Slicer (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Anzu's Piercing Talon among Weapon > Sword: Felsteel Longblade (item level 31), Crystalblade of the Draenei (item level 31), Baron's Broadsword (item level 31), Dawn of Demise (item level 30) and Light-Etched Longsword (item level 30).

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

About Anzu's Piercing Talon

Anzu's Piercing Talon is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. It is acquired in-game from the sources listed above. This page collects its first-party game data (identity, effects and where it comes from) from the official World of Warcraft client build.