Anessazi Edge
Legendary Ceremonial Knife
- Legendary
- Level 70
Properties
410.2 Damage Per Second
117–469 Damage
1.40 Attacks per Second
Primary Attributes
- +626–750 Intelligence
Secondary Attributes
- Zombie Dogs stuns enemies around them for 1.5 seconds when summoned. (Witch Doctor Only)
Random Affixes
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Damage
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Fire Damage
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Cold Damage
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Holy Damage
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Lightning Damage
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Poison Damage
- +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Arcane Damage
Ancient & primal values
Ancient
- +825–1,000 Intelligence
- +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940) Damage
Primal
- +1,000 Intelligence
- +1,560–1,940 Damage
Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.
All possible random properties (19 primary, 13 secondary)
Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.
Primary
- +6–10% Damage
- Reduces cooldown of all skills by 6–10%.
- Reduces all resource costs by 8–10%.
- Increases Attack Speed by 5–7%
- Increases Mana Regeneration by 12–14 per Second (Witch Doctor)
- Chance to Deal 16–24% Area Damage on Hit.
- +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
- +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Fire Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Cold Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Holy Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Lightning Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Poison Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Arcane Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
- +15,474–18,429 Life per Hit ancient +20,271–23,950
- Increases damage against elites by 5–8%
- 34–39% chance to inflict Bleed for 300–400% weapon damage over 5 seconds.
- Sockets (1–1)
Secondary
- Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
- +120–150 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor)
- Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
- +6,428–8,914 Life after Each Kill ancient +9,805–11,590
- 1–2.6% Chance to Fear on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Stun on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Blind on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Freeze on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Chill on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Slow on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Immobilize on Hit
- 1–2.6% Chance to Knockback on Hit
- Ignores Durability Loss
Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot
The secrets of this blade are known only to the artisans of the Silzer Plains.
Anessazi Edge
The Anessazi Edge makes your Zombie Dogs briefly stun all enemies around them when summoned. For the Witch Doctor this means reliable crowd control you can trigger anytime by re-summoning. It opens defensive synergies, for example with items that benefit from stunned enemies, or simply breathing room in dense fights.
Since the effect is tied to summoning, you want to recall your dogs frequently, which pairs well with builds that already lean on summons. You can wield the ceremonial knife or extract its power into the weapon slot of Kanai's Cube. Combined with stun-dependent bracers or damage scaling, it becomes a solid control and protection package.
What exactly triggers the power
The stun lasts 1.5 seconds and has no roll range, so every Anessazi Edge works the same way, and a Primal Ancient copy is only worth it for the other stats. What matters is the trigger: the stun happens only at the moment of summoning, centered on the dogs. As long as your Zombie Dogs simply stay alive, no new stun occurs. How often you lock enemies down therefore depends entirely on how often you call the dogs anew.
Stats on the knife
Intelligence is already built in at 626–750, so you do not have to spend a random slot on it. The rolled property is an elemental weapon damage bonus of (981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490), such as Poison, Cold or Fire; pick the element that matches the elemental bonuses on the rest of your gear. The Mystic can reroll an unsuitable property. Followers can carry the knife, but the power is tied to the Witch Doctor's Zombie Dogs and only works for that class.
Craft of the Silzer Plains
The flavor text is brief: the secrets of this blade are known only to the artisans of the Silzer Plains.