Warshrike

Warshrike
  • Warshrike
  • Winged Knife
    • Item Level: 77
    • Speed Modifier: -20
    • Range: +0
  • Damage: 27 to 35
  • Durablity: 20 of 20
  • Required Strength: 45
  • Required Dexterity: 142
  • Required Level: 75
  • 25% Chance to cast level 9 Nova on striking
  • +30% Increased Attack Speed
  • 50% Piercing Attack
  • 50% Deadly Strike
  • Replenish 1 Quantity every 3 seconds
  • +200 - 250% Enhanced Damage

Warshrike is an elite unique Winged KnifeWinged Knife found in Diablo 2 Resurrected. Warshrike has a Bright White tint.

Warshrike is a Winged Knife, so it is thrown rather than swung, and Replenish 1 Quantity every 3 seconds is what keeps it in hand. Throwing weapons are consumed on use, and a stack that does not refill ends in a trip back to town.

The 50% Piercing Attack is worth more on this weapon than the number reads, because the Barbarian Throwing MasteryThrowing Mastery grants pierce as well and applies it to throwing weapons only. At level 30 of the mastery that is another 50%, which puts a throwing Barbarian at the 100% cap without going near BallistaBuriza-Do Kyanon.

Pierce also multiplies what the knife triggers, since every target a throw passes through is a separate hit. The 25% Chance to Cast Level 9 Nova rolls again at each of them, and the 50% Deadly Strike doubles the physical damage on half of them. Behind that sit 200-250% Enhanced Damage and 30% Increased Attack Speed on a base already in the fast throwing class.