Rate my Randimar's Rarities

Two legendaries for me again this week - Twipp's Energy Boots and Huetotl's Firebrand.
Not really inspired by the boots, but thinking of buying the Divine Weapon. Worth splashing out on?

Also spotted a Shielding Token so grabbed it (my 2nd).

 

Yes, Huetotl's Firebrand () is one of the best Priest weapons. I'd grab it immediately.
I've seen e.g. vampire players praise it over Vampire's Blade and *
It's very good for NS+MF builds. It's the best Divine Weapon with 2x Mass Frenzy together with St. Olf's Fiery Pike ().

* Sorry, I was confusing Firebrand with Sacrificial Axe (which has very similar graphic with different colouring). The Axe is the vampire cycling weapon I've heard talk of.

 

Thanks, I thought it looked pretty good.

 

Double Mass Frenzy on weapons is hard to get.

Only Epics and higher get Mass Frenzy on Divine Weapons. In addition, Huetotl's is the highest level Divine Weapon to get it. So it's pretty unique.

Does Sacrificial Axe's lack of Vampire Attacks interfere with the Vampiring? I have one and was wondering if I should use that over Vamp Blade. It's a better Trait Cycler to be sure...

 

Yes!

 

Yes, Sacrificial Axe replaces Vampire's Blade in token-hungry [heal/inspiration]-slave priest builds.
And maybe it's okay for all-around priests who don't have St. Portia's Maul.
But it is not better than Vampire's Blade for vampires.

 

St. Portia's Maul - If only Strong Bludgeon would proc Talented Healer, I bet you'd use it on a vamp.

 

Yes, we should petition Blue Manchu to rename Strong Bludgeon to Strongheal Bludgeon. I'm sure then it would proc Talented Healer.

 

More choice in legendaries than usual in this week's Randimar's and ~3k gp to spend currently. Shouldn't be hard to get to 3.5k or even 4k until Saturday though.

Dangerous Club - nice for a blue token, right?
St. Osrim's Corona - a good one, but I have Savage Plates already
Waasker's White Cup - hmm...?!
Xemu's Staff - does almost everything but lacks focus and reliability IMHO

Epics:
Aegis Of The Defender
Azure Shield
Corian's Boots
Cudgel Of Healing Light (*)
Demon's Golden Blade (*)
Plates Of Ixicha (*)
Rusty Healing Armor
True Mail (*)
Vigun's Blessed Blade (*)
Xochu's Icy Circlet
Zachary's Boots

Some nice epics there, I marked my candidates with (*). What do you think?

 

It is a nice club for a blue token and might be interesting but usually it is more worth to get a second silver token for for a far superiour weapon or go tokenless with similar weapons.
The Cudgel is good for specific Firestorm builds and the other Priest weapons also fit into some builds.
The Plate is great and the Mail is nice if you want to go full armor.

I personally would buy the Cudgel and the Plates.
Get the Golden Blade and the Mail if you have something in mind for them and if you really want a Blessed Blade just replay the level 3 and 4 Adventures for a while and you will get it sooner than later.

 

Xochu's Icy Circlet is actually pretty nice too. Whether you need or want it is another matter.

 

Very nice. Good not only to save a token, but as a tech weapon versus blocks. Should be bought IMHO.

This is a great staff for low-level SP firestorming. All cards are playable here, even Able Bludgeon. I would buy it without any hesitations.

A great weapon for a supporting priest in a Firestorm team.

Probably the best Cone of Cold item. Should be bought.

Yes, I know that's 6K gold, but the items are worth it.

 

I kinda prefer the epic Maquah Of Ancient Blood, so 2k gold can probably be saved. Maybe 2.5k if he can get the maqua for free from one of the 50g leagues.

edit: I wouldn't buy the Cudgel either. You don't need a priest to FS in SP and for MP Healing Hand Mace is better.

 

Hmm... you may be right here, but I feel that if you want Unnerving Strike for your warrior, three copies is better than two

A weapon for should be better than a weapon for . But you don't always have the tokens! As for the priest in SP, I feel that his support makes the team much more stable than 3 wizards.

 

I often run a priest as well. She serves as a tank on melee levels (strong weapons - some heals), and a heal-bot on demon/geomancer levels (starting with blessed club as the weapon at zero tokens). Some adventures are quicker with 3 wiz, but I had terrible luck with it early on and got used to bringing a priest. I think much depends upon which items you have available. If I had 6 Lavastaffs I might run 3 wiz about all the time.

I think there should definitely be a stronger version of Vampire's Blade (maybe ) using strictly vampiric attacks and a drawback or two. Having only the tokenless version kinda makes it seem like BM forgot about the concept.

 

Definitely!
I'd like to see (viable) vampiric weapons at every token combination.
Right now there's basically just Vampire's Blade; Lifesuck Spear and Draining Dagger are okay but basically suck in comparison. Bynzer's Black Spear is cool but you want more DPC (and more focus) on a vamp.

 

I would love to see more Unholy Melee cards, for sure! And some new vampire weapons to boot.
Does anyone notice how Invigorating Touch appears to be a Gold, but isn't valued as such on any items? I think the card is incorrect and it should be Silver.

 

Yeah, Vampire's Blade is level 2?

 

ok Crazy Sal's Halberd appears in my club reward the day after my club finished. grr, is it a great item?? worth the $10

 

You need to build around it to get the full benefit. A spear warrior staying at range 2 could maybe use it. For a step attack warrior there are better options. Your damage output will drop if you equip Crazy Sal's on a step warrior. I've tried this, it was no use. I wouldn't pay either real money or even 2,500 gold for it myself. I have two and I never use them.