Lionheart Sword Crafting Chain
The entire sword line in TBC is a three-tier upgrade path, and each tier eats the previous sword as a reagent.
| Tier | Item | ilvl | Key Mats | BS Skill |
| 1 | Lionheart Blade | 107 | Primal Might x10, Felsteel, Khorium | 350 |
| 2 | Lionheart Champion | 123 | Blade + Primal Nether x8 + Primal Might x2 | 375 |
| 3 | Lionheart Executioner | 136 | Champion + Nether Vortex x5 | 375 |
The full path from zero to the last tier costs around 12 Primal Might, 8 Primal Nether from Heroic dungeons, and 5 Nether Vortex from 25-man raids. That last component is what turns the craft from a gold sink into a time-gated grind tied to your raid schedule.
What is Lionheart Executioner?
Lionheart Executioner is an epic crafted two-handed sword at ilvl 136 with some of the highest DPS numbers among two-handers in The Burning Crusade. It sits at the top of the Blade - Champion - Executioner chain and only characters with Blacksmithing 375 and Master Swordsmith can equip it. Sword spec Warriors get the most out of it: 3.60 speed fits Mortal Strike perfectly, and the +100 Strength proc pushes burst to a level that rivals T5 raid drops.
Ordering through a service solves two major headaches: you don't need to level Blacksmithing from scratch, and you don't spend weeks waiting for your guild to hand you Nether Vortex instead of funneling another caster craft. For players who want to walk into Phase 2 with a finished weapon on the first reset rather than chasing the loot list a month behind - a carry on this crafted sword settles it for good.
Sword vs Mace: Why Lionheart Executioner
The eternal TBC debate - sword or mace. Short version: for PvE content and Arena cleave comps, the sword wins on consistent damage output and sword spec synergy. Mace spec with its 10% stun chance on 3.80 speed is about control in PvP, not about parsing. On Warcraftlogs, the average DPS of Arms Warriors running this sword in SSC/TK is consistently higher than those who brought Stormherald and try to deal damage between stunlock rotations.
The catch is you can't reforge Stormherald into a sword spec weapon or vice versa - the BS specialization choice is permanent. ChaosBoost boosters always confirm this before crafting, because every couple weeks someone shows up asking "can I swap" - and the answer is always the same. You can't.




