This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Transforms Thunderstrike into Shadowstrike.
Blasts up to 3 targets for Nature damage. Each target after the first takes less damage.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Thunderstrike is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name polearms among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Thunderstrike (item level 29) in item level among Weapon > Polearm, from item level 26 to 31.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstrike (this item) | 29 | 24 | 5.3 DPS | Not listed |
 Venomreaver | 29 | 25 | 5.3 DPS, +8 Strength, +8 Stamina, +10 Mastery. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 7,325 gold on 81 realms |
| Darkspear | 29 | 23 | 5.3 DPS. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 4,641 gold on 68 realms |
| The Needler | 29 | 23 | 5.3 DPS. World Drop | 100 gold on 53 realms |
 Pitchfork of Mojo Madness | 29 | 25 | 5.3 DPS. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 1,921 gold on 76 realms |
 Stoneraven | 27 | 20 | 5.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +6 Agility, +7 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike. World Drop | 250 gold on 51 realms |
| War Glaive | 31 | 25 | 5.6 DPS, +7 Strength, +11 Stamina. World Drop | 899 gold on 47 realms |
 Battle Scythe | 31 | 26 | 5.6 DPS, +7 Strength, +11 Stamina. World Drop | 149 gold on 44 realms |
 Telaari Polearm | 31 | 26 | 5.6 DPS, +7 Agility, +11 Stamina. World Drop | 1,992 gold on 48 realms |
 Ethereum Phase-Spear | 31 | 26 | 2.8 DPS, +7 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +11 Versatility. Vendor | 10 gold on 52 realms |
| Blight | 26 | 20 | 5.1 DPS. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 335 gold on 63 realms |
War Glaive has the highest item level here (31). The lowest listed price among them is Ethereum Phase-Spear at 10 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Thunderstrike among Weapon > Polearm: Wavecrash Polearm (item level 58), Glave's Angular Glaive (item level 60), Elysian Dory (item level 100), Sky Legion Halbard (item level 100) and Stone Sentinel Poleaxe (item level 100).
Nearest lower item levels below Thunderstrike among Weapon > Polearm: Bloodpike (item level 18), Rusted Pitchfork (item level 3), Taken Riftwalker's Starbarb (item level 1), Drakonid Defender's Pike (item level 1) and Drakonid Stalker's Halberd (item level 1).
Thunderstrike is part of the transmog set Shadowstrike and Thunderstrike (Hunter only). The other 1 piece:
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Thunderstrike is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Thunderstrike next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Thunderstrike
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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