So whether you're going for that one or not really depends on if you need the hit to get to the cap (197 hit rating with Focused Aim, 295 without) more than anything else. The main difference, as you can see, is the loads of extra hit dumped on that weapon. It's a comparable weapon even though the item level is 13 levels higher. Then, of course, there's Black Ice, which drops from 10-man Eye of Eternity. The difference is quite small indeed, and both are excellently itemised weapons, so you can't really go wrong with either. In the end, a lot of it obviously comes down to what drops (first). If you haven't, remember that haste rating provides the largest per point dps increase of all the dps stats. More importantly, have you hit the sweet spot (<1.5 second cast time on Steady Shot, which is 523 haste rating for MM/Survival hunters, and none for hunters with Serpent's Swiftness) regarding haste? If you have, haste rating in general decreases in value by quite a bit, although as I'm not a theorycrafter, I'm not entirely sure how it compares to the aforementioned 0.1% crit and 28 AP. Are you in a 10-man group which provides the 10% extra AP buff, but lacks a 10% stats buff such as Blessing of Kings? Then you might want to lean towards the Claymore. Are you a survival hunter with the 15% extra agi talent? In that case, go for the Wraith Spear. So what it comes down to is this: do you want to exchange 0.1% crit and 28 AP for 45 haste rating? My guess is yes in general, although your answer will obviously be determined by personal factors. But, factoring in the extra crit from the additional 26 agility on the Wraith Spear, it's a very close call indeed. Looking at crit, at first sight one might assume the Claymore also wins by a mile. Exclusively looking at Attack Power, the Claymore comes out on top with an extra 28 AP (this is the AP from agility with a 1 agi=1 AP conversion rate, added to the 'pure' AP). The most likely alternative is the Wraith Spear, also available in 10-man Naxxramas. Comment by 227738From a purely 'huntard weapon' perspective, let's compare this to alternatives around the same gear level.

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