I discovered this about a year ago. The reason why I kept it a secret is simple: To keep the price low and fill my private stash. Only told a handfull of buddies about it.
But with about 1000 of them stashed away, I think it’s time to make it public.
The item I’m talking about:
[Raptor Punch]
Use: Increases your Intellect by 4 and decreases your Stamina by 5 for 5 min.
It’s a reward from a neutral level 18 quest in Ratchet. You need level 13 at least and will only get 5. So it’s a bit nasty to farm.
When I got this with my alt (the main had skipped the quest), I was wondering, if it takes the food slot or alcohol slot. If it would have been alcohol, it would be the best alcohol for casters. But it counts as neither.
It also stacks with the int buff from mages. My next thought was, that it probably doesn’t stack with the Blasted Lands buff. But it does.
Didn’t found anything about this on the net. So:
FIRST!
It’s a rather small buff and won’t be the next big revolution in min maxing. But I know there are probably thousands out there, who will want it. So snatch up everything you can asap.
There probably won’t be much on the auction house. Most people have sold it to the vendor. Makes me a bit sad to see so much Raptor Punch poured down the drain. But this way I got 1000 of them for measly 100 Gold, which is nice. Sorry for that.
If you stack everything it can be, atleast on Ally side with 4 blessings. My point being if you care about getting 5int there are waaaaay better buffs you can get.
Well all these buffs stacks so you use them all? Technically this 5 int thingy is a must-use for casters and healers Miniscule gain for sure, but hey, minmaxing is minmaxing.
Why do people pay so much for Jujus, when Elixir of Giants is almost as good? It won’t have that much effect. RNG will have a much greater impact on your logs.
It’s all about flexing. Show how dedicated you are towards the guild.
It has always been like that, even in the ancient times. Many people just don’t realize it, because they never got into these circles.
I’ve grown a bit out of this. I’m not 20 anymore.
So many people already had a burn out. At first they were like: “mY mOlTeN cOrE lOgS aRe sO mUcH bEtTeR tHaN yOuRs. GeT fLaSkS aNd l2p”
I did see phase 1-5 as warm up, to prepare for Naxx. Nobody cares about old logs.
When I start burning my flasks, runes and blasted lands buffs, I don’t want to miss out on that 5 Int!
I’m taking zanza over cerebral in our speed runs for safety. I have 100hp on chest and 9 stam on bracer for that one time it will save my buffs. With full world buffs and large mage team int is near worthless, crit is worth maybe 5sp equivalent. I wouldn’t take your buff if it was freely offered. Literally I’d click ot off.
Miniscule gain for sure, but hey, minmaxing is minmaxing.