Archaic Defender

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 30 other two-hand sword items between item level 25 and 47; 14 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 11.1 damage per second ranks 14th of 31 two-hand sword items in this group; Nightblade (item level 44, requires level 39) has the most, 43.4.
• Attack speeds among the 31 two-hand sword items in this group run from 2.40 seconds (Headstriker Sword) to 3.60 seconds (Pysan's Old Greatsword); it swings every 3.10 seconds.
• +15 Dodge ranks 1st of 3 two-hand sword items with Dodge, the most in this group (level with 1 other item).
• +40 Bonus Armor ranks 1st of 2 two-hand sword items with Bonus Armor, the most in this group.
• Same stat line (Dodge and Bonus Armor): Guardian Blade.
• Next two-hand sword items up with fixed stats: Frost Tiger Blade (item level 40, requires level 35), Sword of the Magistrate (item level 41, requires level 36), Boneslasher (item level 45, requires level 40), Chromatic Sword (item level 45, requires level 40).
• Its lowest listed price, 2 gold, ranks 5th of 24 listed two-hand sword items in this group.
• Cheapest listed two-hand sword items at a similar or higher item level: Broad Claymore at 2 gold (item level 34, requires level 29), Headstriker Sword at 4 gold (item level 43, requires level 38), Exquisite Flamberge at 5 gold (item level 41, requires level 36).
• Other weapon types for the two-hand slot within 2 item levels of 36: two-handed mace (12): The Pacifier, Viscous Hammer, Cobalt Crusher; staff (7): Big Stick, Staff of the Shade, Windweaver Staff; polearm (3): Headhunting Spear, Poison-Tipped Bone Spear, Heavy Spear; two-handed axe (3): Massive Iron Axe, Bullova, Midnight Axe.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Glimmering Flamberge	32	27	9.8 (3.20s)	none	1 gold69 silver
Combatant Claymore	33	28	10.2 (2.90s)	+10 Stamina, +15 Spirit	399 gold99 silver
Broad Claymore	34	29	6.2 (3.30s)	none	2 gold
Pysan's Old Greatsword	35	30	10.8 (3.60s)	+15 Strength, +10 Hit	-
Stonecutter Claymore	35	30	11.0 (3.10s)	none	7 gold
Archaic Defender	36	31	11.1 (3.10s)	+15 Dodge, +40 Bonus Armor	2 gold
Flamberge	36	31	10.0 (3.20s)	none	-
Moonsteel Broadsword	36	31	11.2 (2.80s)	+4 Stamina, +10 Hit, +6 Critical Strike	200 gold
Frost Tiger Blade	40	35	28.8 (3.40s)	+14 Critical Strike	1,417 gold54 silver
Exquisite Flamberge	41	36	12.7 (3.00s)	none	5 gold
Gutrender	41	36	12.7 (2.60s)	none	15,593 gold96 silver
Sword of the Magistrate	41	36	12.6 (3.30s)	+8 Strength, +15 Stamina, +10 Hit	300 gold