Woestave

An underwhelming weapon with fantastic modifiers. One of only four unique items with the "-X to Monster Defense per Hit", the

Woestave can reduce Hell

Baal to 0 defense in 59 hits.

Equipped on a

Holy Freeze mercenary it would provide three additive sources of slow against non-cold immunes, effectively crippling boss monsters.

Additionally it also has Open Wounds (Prevent Monster Heal doesn't work on hirelings) which prevents the high health regeneration of enemies such as .

Hit Blinds Target also doesn't apply to bosses, so useful curses such as

Life Tap or

Decrepify will not be overwritten in these scenarios.

Unfortunately, the lack of IAS and a disappointingly low damage modifier makes this weapon a curiosity instead of being useful, even if upgraded.