Ranking top 20 War Agro Weapons (any zone)

[baue1446]

Just looking for a quick list (doesnt have to be too in depth) of aggro 1h weapons. Trying to include VP/TOV specifically but you dont have to be limited to those 2 zones.

Im sure this list is out here somewhere on these forums. But just wanted to keep it updated with all the new changes to poison/disease agro nerf. Obviously theres going to be a lot of things climbing up and down from peoples own opinion. Which is fine but I am sure the list isnt going to vary THAT much. Please try and use current tests and not "well back in my day <insert weapon here> was crazy agro" type of lists.

[Troxx]

Did you try searching?

End-game warriors pretty much use some combination of:

-trident of the deep sea
-red epic
-willsapper
-Nev's horn (BiS offhand threat so they say)

And that's about it.

Everything else scales down from there these days. Some of the VP swords with stuns should still be good. Frostbringer is still actually pretty good (and cheap). Frostreaver and 2hs Epic still do pretty well.

[Jimjam]

As well as the nerf to counters, rune has been considerably neutered for aggro generation.

[Snaggles]

Ive seen some m use kflame or Jaelen’s in the Mh. Little to no proc aggro but swing aggro is solid.

Hope they fix the Feverblade some day as it was a great midrange option.

[Troxx]

Originally Posted by Snaggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ive seen some m use kflame or Jaelen’s in the Mh. Little to no proc aggro but swing aggro is solid.

I haven't ever seen a tank do it when threat was actually important (other than silence mobs like Lady M).

If they ever get around to fixing poison/disease counter aggro - there'd be a lot more options.

[Snaggles]

Originally Posted by Troxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I haven't ever seen a tank do it when threat was actually important (other than silence mobs like Lady M).

I’m not weighing in if it’s optimal. I’ve seen it done though a number of times so that’s an anecdotal fact.

[AEH84]

I assume you aren't including Scepter of Destruction?

Trident and Kreizenn flame, I believe, have almost identical aggro. The aggro just comes from different places. Trident from the proc and Kflame from the insane white damage.

For PURE aggro, I'd look at:
Red blade (obviously)
WESS (Proc aggro)
Kflame (White Damage)
Trident(Proc aggro)
Howling Cutlass (Proc aggro)
Nev Horn (White damage)
Essence Mace (White damage)
Doze tooth (White damage)
Jaelen's (White damage)

I wouldnt put much stock into whether you've seenother tanks use a specific combo since most just see what others use and target those items without understanding why.

[PatChapp]

Red blade and trident are popular because of the +hp on top of the agro. It's why willsapper, red blade and trident are the goto
Any one of those + a swiftblade of zek/blade of garbage seems to hold agro fine on mobs you can open with a totem click.

[AEH84]

Originally Posted by PatChapp [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Red blade and trident are popular because of the +hp on top of the agro. It's why willsapper, red blade and trident are the goto
Any one of those + a swiftblade of zek/blade of garbage seems to hold agro fine on mobs you can open with a totem click.

Kflame has the exact same stats as the trident and better white damage. Total aggro per minute is basically identical on Kflame and Trident. People just use trident because that's what others use.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by AEH84 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kflame has the exact same stats as the trident and better white damage. Total aggro per minute is basically identical on Kflame and Trident. People just use trident because that's what others use.

Trident's nice for the slow proc on top of it's agro generation. Can never go wrong with a weapon that can apply a mini slow if Shamans are having trouble landing the initial slow. I don't think many raids are banking on the MT's DPS to get them across the finish line.

Trident slow uses CR instead of MR, so it can slow a few targets that are MR immune if I recall correctly.