Windfury is all luck, you can have long strings of small, no proc, worthless hits... having a faster weapons helps mitigate those strings, without lowering DPS.  The whole reason warriors want a higher per-hit damage weapon is for instant attacks, and shaman have none.

Not only is a speed amazing, but the proc is half decent, it looks good, and being an axe, Orc shaman get +5 skill when using it.


For the same overal reasons, it's a good paladin weapon as well.  Just because a warrior wouldn't want it doesn't make it a peice of junk.

What about Crusader?

LOLZ, dude, the slow attack idea doesn't work any more, I guess you have no idea what they're talking about here. The Hacker's regulart attack speed is still 2.1, but when you use something like MS or Raptor Strike, it hits with the same force as a 3.3 speed axe, meaning it gets a HUGE upgrade.

Whereas the Arcanite Reaper, whose regular speed is 3.8, will also hit with the force of  3.3 with MS and anything like it. Meaning that wep speed is no longer a factor, so that means aside from mods, the hacker is wholly better than the AR.

Read posts and patch notes dude.

The mechanics of most instant melee attacks have been modified to improve item balance. Previously, instant melee attacks did damage based on the damage range of the weapon, plus a bonus for the player's attack power. This bonus was then multiplied by the speed of the weapon. As a result, slow weapons did more damage than was intended, and fast weapons were considered inferior by most players. We have changed the way the attack power bonus is calculated for instant attacks. This change does NOT affect attack power calculations for normal melee attacks. Instead of multiplying by the speed of the weapon, the attack power bonus is now multiplied by a fixed number pulled from the following table:
          o Two-handed weapons: 3.3
          o Daggers: 1.7
          o All other one-handed weapons: 2.4
      As a direct result of this, many weapons have shifted position in their relative power. In particular, many Epic (purple) quality items are now more powerful than slower Superior (blue) weapons.
      This change was not made to reduce the power of instant attacks, but to correct the relative imbalance of weapon itemization. At a given level requirement, epic quality weapons should always be more powerful than superior quality weapons.
      Please also note that all normal weapon swings will be completely unaffected by this change. The following abilities are affected by the design change: Sinister Strike, Ambush, Backstab, Whirlwind, Mortal Strike, and Overpower.

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warrior on new antheron realm.. only level 50 but i own this.. bought for 175 gold.. noobs are telling me it sucks cuz it doesnt have high max damage (which i could cae less about) and cuz its fast (but since 1.8 all my instant attacks are based on 3.3 speed anyway).. not sure about the proc yet as i havent used it but dont be a noob as say this sucks.. until i get in a guild which runs zg often its the best weapon out there.