Nightbane Staff

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 25 other two-hand staff items between item level 16 and 29; 15 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 15.0 damage per second ranks 1st of 26 two-hand staff items in this group; no two-hand staff item in this group has more.
• Attack speeds among the 26 two-hand staff items in this group run from 2.50 seconds (Medicine Staff) to 3.70 seconds (Oaken War Staff); it swings every 2.70 seconds.
• +7 Shadow Resistance: no other two-hand staff item in this group carries Shadow Resistance.
• Staff of the Friar has the most fixed stat points in this group, 21 against 7 here.
• Next two-hand staff items up with fixed stats: Twisted Chanter's Staff (item level 24, requires level 19), Staff of the Blessed Seer (item level 25, requires level 20), Staff of the Friar (item level 25, requires level 20), Cryptbone Staff (item level 26, requires level 21), Ogremage Staff (item level 27, requires level 22).
• Its lowest listed price, 49,999 gold, ranks 16th of 19 listed two-hand staff items in this group.
• Cheapest listed two-hand staff items at a similar or higher item level: Magician Staff at 49 silver99 copper (item level 29, requires level 24), Dwarven Magestaff at 90 silver (item level 27, requires level 22), Oaken War Staff at 36 gold (item level 28, requires level 23).
• Other weapon types for the two-hand slot within 2 item levels of 23: two-handed mace (12): Bronze Warhammer, Rakzur Club, Trogg Beater; two-handed axe (10): Night Reaver, Blackrock Champion's Axe, Boahn's Fang; two-handed sword (7): Executioner's Sword, Blessed Claymore, Onyx Claymore; polearm (4): Gargoyle's Bite, Pearl-Encrusted Spear, Pitchfork.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Channeler's Staff	20	15	6.3 (3.40s)	+6 Intellect	45,200 gold
Defias Mage Staff	20	15	6.2 (2.80s)	+7 Intellect, +7 Critical Strike	29,999 gold99 silver
Staff of Conjuring	20	15	6.3 (3.00s)	+7 Intellect	49,000 gold
Staff of Nobles	20	15	6.2 (3.20s)	+7 Stamina, +7 Intellect	43,584 gold42 silver
Witching Stave	21	16	6.7 (3.60s)	+6 Stamina, +8 Intellect	19,536 gold58 silver
Nightbane Staff	23	18	15.0 (2.70s)	+7 Shadow Resistance	49,999 gold
Cedar Walking Stick	23	18	4.3 (2.80s)	none	-
Staff of Horrors	23	18	7.2 (3.40s)	none	15,199 gold99 silver
Twisted Chanter's Staff	24	19	7.5 (3.40s)	+6 Stamina, +10 Intellect	500 gold
Long Staff	25	20	6.8 (3.00s)	none	-
Staff of the Blessed Seer	25	20	7.7 (3.00s)	+4 Stamina, +11 Intellect, +5 Spirit	2,222 gold
Staff of the Friar	25	20	7.9 (2.60s)	+6 Stamina, +9 Intellect, +6 Spirit	-