Blade of Prophecy
Blade of Prophecy is a legendary two-handed sword that can be found in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls. This item can be found and equipped by any class, though it's used almost exclusively by the Crusader, due to the legendary bonus that works only for that class.
The Smart Drop system ensures that this weapon will usually roll with the mainstat appropriate to the class that finds it.
Blade of Prophecy properties
This item has a legendary affix that only works for the Crusader. The effect procs the Condemn skill effect, creating an explosion on up to two affected enemies.
- All stats listed in the database scale up to the level of this item when dropped.
- See the sample screenshots below to see how this item will roll at level 70.
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Blade of Prophecy: Legendary two-handed sword
Item stats at level 70:
Primary Attributes
Secondary Affixes:
The Blade of Prophecy was lost until a champion worthy to carry it |
Salvages into:
- Level 1-60: 1 Fiery Brimstone
- Level 61-70: 1 Forgotten Soul
Item Examples
Several examples of this item equipped on level 70 characters can be seen below. View hundreds more samples of the Blade of Prophecy via DiabloNut's armory.
Bugs in Function
This item was added in Reaper of Souls and after an early patch adjustment the legendary affix began to malfunction. Fans complained and Blizzard offered some explanations.[1]
Lylirra: I’ve passed along your reports to our QA team (to see if what you’re describing is a possible bug) and our developers (to see if what you’re describing was an intended change that just didn’t get passed along to our team), as well to verify what exactly is functioning differently with the Blade of Prophecy (if anything at all, since it’s possible the item hasn’t actually changed in the last few days). I’m not sure I’ll be able to find out this information today, since most folks don’t begin their shifts until Monday, but hopefully we’ll be able to provide some clarity soon.
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Alright, folks. Here’s the follow up:
Blade of Prophecy currently only procs two extra explosions of Condemn, regardless of how many targets are Condemned while the weapon is equipped.
This is intended functionality of the weapon, and has been since it was implemented. (This is really what I wanted to confirm.)
No changes have been made to Blade of Prophecy since RoS shipped, and no known bugs are currently active with the weapon.
Just as an FYI, I’ve already passed along the feedback regarding BoP’s tooltip and the relevant secondary affix being somewhat misleading/confusing. :)
Looks at tooltip, looks at this statement. *Brain explodes from the cognitive dissonance.*
Lylirra: When I passed along the feedback from earlier posts in this thread to the dev team, they’d agreed with the posts that the description is confusing and not really representative of the behavior of the proc, so it’s something they’d like to fix and just make much more clear to players. Since it’s a text change (and therefore hitting client side data), it’s not something we can hotfix, but we are looking to tackle with a future patch.Patch 2.1 did indeed change the tooltip for the weapon to something making the function clearer:
- The text on this item no longer improperly states that all enemies hit by Condemn will trigger another explosion
Gallery
Wizard holding the blade.
Barbarian holding the blade.
Monk holding the blade.
Alternate view.
In-game.
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