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Comment by coolio

This sword is awesome for tanking, nice speed, damage and the silence effect is even better.

Comment by 60495

This seems like it would have some utility for pvp - perhaps a warrior in 5v5 could use it to disrupt casters? A prot warrior would be resilient enough against melee - with spell reflect and a decently proccing silence, I imagine he's more than pull his weight as a 'utility' class.

Fairly easy to get and - while not high dps - 6 seconds is an eternity in pvp; especially when the opposition doesn't expect it. Diminishing returns exist in pvp for the silence, perhaps, but still. Worth a try, I would wager.

Comment by 37812

This weapon gained notoriety on the Rogue forums when it was revealed that Blizzard CM, Caydiem, who was in charge of helping balance the class was revealed to be MH'ing the sword on her own rogue. It's now a regular WoW meme.

It is a great utility sword for the level though and should be considered for 59 twinks. Just don't MH it on your rogue.

Comment by 257078

This sit on the hips

Comment by 42728

duel wielding these is stupidly OP even on a lvl 80, there is no DR and they dont share a PPM, its a flat %, vs a caster theres no way they'd even get a chance to cast. or even vs a DK, time to put in a ticket to get the proc rate reduced...

Edit : 14% Chance to proc.

Comment by Lanetolsun

Whenever some player/players think out something that blizzard did not -like using old weapons& items- blizzard punished their intelligence instead awarding them.. Like most of them this got nerfed too.. /sigh

Comment by TombLordMalifact

This weapon was golden, back before it was nerfed. It always felt good to watch those high-level ganker-casters squirm when me and a buncha' lowbies jumped on them and ripped 'em to shreds with this. The poetic justice in killing the guy who just ganked you with a lowbie weapon was priceless.

Comment by butcher098

it sheath's on the side, not on your back like its shared model Ginn-su Sword.

Comment by PhoenixUnity07

Anyone tried dualing these in bg on a low level dk? While nerfed at 80, these things would murder in Lv59 BG's.

Comment by Hyperlynx

Does not proc on level 70 targets. Tested 5-24-11. Procs fine on the level 60 target I tested at the same time.

Comment by 298330

This used to be a 1.6 speed sword.

Comment by Leachmore

proc chance is ~5-7% (approximately with 13 procs out of 220 successful hits 49 lvl rogue vs 49 lvl plant mob), not 14% definitely. With this attack speed(2.40) and such a miserable chance, you should not rely on this proc in any case

Comment by sephyre

If you're going for appearance, here is a list of daggers and swords with that Japanese look and their respective handle colors:

Daggers:
Stealthblade Black handle: Very low random drop from Sunken Temple mobs
Assassin's Blade Blue handle, random drop primarily in regular Shadowfang Keep; also drops from pick-pocketed boxes from level 20-ish mobs
Permafrost Dagger Blue handle, random Outland world drop
Sliverblade Brownish handle: Very low random drop from Scarlet Monastery mobs
Dreadblade Brown handle, random world drop from level 40-50 quest zones/dungeons
Talongrip Dagger Brown handle; Horde quest reward from The Queen and Her Court in Stonetalon Mountains
Survivor's Blade Blue handle; Alliance quest reward from Bael'dun Rescue in Southern Barrens

Swords (one handed):
Felsteel Longblade from Plans: Felsteel Longblade -- sits on your back instead of hip
Doomforged Straightedge Black handle: Very low random drop from Blackrock Depths or Overmaster Pyron who guards the entrance
Hanzo Sword Black handle: Very low random world drop from mobs in level 50-60 quest zones and dungeons in Azeroth
Rune Sword Silver with black patterns; random drop from level 48-53 mobs
Wicked Mithril Blade Black handle, from a blacksmithing pattern: Plans: Wicked Mithril Blade
Assassination Blade Green handle: low random world drop from mobs in level 50-60 quest zones and dungeons in Azeroth
Reforged Blade of Heroes Green handle; Very difficult to get; involves rare drops and such; it's too complicated to summarize quickly.
Ginn-Su Sword Green handle; Low random drop from mobs in Uldaman -- sits on your back instead of hip
Skystrider Katana Brown handle, random drop from Outlands.
Silent Fang Brown handle, ~~drop from Darkmaster Gandling in scholomance EDIT: No longer drops in game.~~ EDIT 2: There is a way to get this now thanks to Hegs' comment. See here: Link to Old Scholomance attunement article
Joonho's Mercy Blue handle, 0.02% drop from a rare mob in Azshara, General Fangferror
Taurajo Butcher's Blade Blue handle, Horde quest reward from The Butcher of Taurajo in Southern Barrens
Scourgebane's Slicer Red handle, quest reward from Ice Delivery in Winterspring
Sword of the Falling Sky Red handle, Alliance quest reward from Saving Foreman Oslow in Redridge Mountains
Misery's End Wood sword, Alliance quest reward from Feegly the Exiled in Southern Barrens

Swords (two handed):
Duskbringer Black handle; very rare world drop from Shadowfang Keep; debate as to whether this still drops
Blade of Hanna Brownish handle; Very low drop rate from vanilla raid mobs
Archaic Defender Brown handle; random drop mostly from level 32-38 mobs
Strike of the Hydra Brown and green; 30% drop from Aku'mai in Blackfathom Deeps
Mo'grosh Toothpick Wood sword, the mob that drops it is no longer in the game, so it is a rare one to have.
Ta'Kierthan Songblade Purple/gold; ~~dropped by rare mob Lord Darkscythe in Eastern Plaguelands~~ EDIT: No longer drops in game.
Emil's Brand Reddish/pink handle; Alliance quest reward from Insane Druids
Headstriker Sword Green/blue-black; world drop; mainly off 39-45 level mobs, (some level deviation for instances).
Frost Tiger Blade Silver/gold handle; taught by Plans: Frost Tiger Blade, dropped primarily by level 35-45 mobs.
Boneslasher Gold handle; rare drop from Razorfen Downs
Shin Blade Blue handle; random drop mainly from the old vanilla raids
Helboar Carving Blade Blue handle; quest reward from Testing the Antidote in Hellfire Peninsula

Comment by Idokick

Got Gladiator rank in S3 wielding this weapon on the last possible day and gaining +200 rating with a rogue friend of mine. Enjoyed it, but sadly deleted the weapon.

Comment by Volleynova

Caydiem's Rogue Weapon of Choice.

Comment by NagisaStreams

Once again obtainable with the return of Scholomance in 10.1.5

Comment by Hegs

As of patch 10.1.5 this item is now obtainable again after doing the attunement quest to grant access to Old Scholomance: Link to the news article explaining the attunement

Comment by Crysanthummum

I just got this and I am very happy!

Comment by antoniop23

Getting Silent Fang can easily become a schlep; This sword may of been ≈14% drop chance back in the day (according to data here), but it took me at least twenty-eight clears to finally get this to drop since the reintroduction of the old school old school. I know unlucky RNG, but 28+ roll attempts was suspicious. If you're determined, keep at it -- it does still drop as of the date of this post.

Also, in the many multiple repeat drops of the other items in Darklord Gandling's loot table, I got one non-listed Headmaster's Charge staff the run just before Silent Fang dropping, which I, of course, took as a good sign that Silent Fang was on its way!

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Silent Fang

Item Level 24
Binds when picked up

One-Hand	Sword

2 - 5 Damage	Speed 2.60

(1.3 damage per second)
Durability 90 / 90

Chance on hit: Silences an enemy preventing it from casting spells for 6 sec.
Requires Level 17

Sell Price: 2 8

Dropped by: Darkmaster Gandling

Drop Chance: 15.32%

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