Algari Competitor's Skewer — Transmog Set Guide

Algari Competitor's Skewer is a one-handed dagger of uncommon quality, added to World of Warcraft with the The War Within expansion. It's a short blade with a massive guard and a dark grip, rendered in the cold gray-steel palette of Khaz Algar forging. Its silhouette is deliberately utilitarian: no glowing inlays or gemstones — just heavy metal and a faceted edge.

The item belongs to the crafted PvP "Algari Competitor's" set — an entry-level gear kit for the arenas and battlegrounds of The War Within. The set is easy to recognize by its uniformly rough silhouette: heavy pommels, minimal decoration, dark metal. The "Skewer" is the dagger piece of this set and artistically echoes its paired Algari Competitor's Dagger.

The dagger doesn't drop from bosses and isn't sold directly — it's crafted. To get the appearance, you either craft the item yourself or buy a finished copy from another player.

• The recipe is Plans: Algari Competitor's Skewer. The plans teach you to craft the dagger and require Khaz Algar Blacksmithing skill of 50.
• The plans are sold by the vendor Hotharn in the city of Dornogal. You can find him by the Aspirant's Gate, at roughly /way 55.5 76.9.
• The set's recipes are paid for with Honor — a currency accumulated by taking part in PvP battles. One recipe in the set costs 7,500 Honor.
• An additional reagent used in crafting is Forged Combatant's Heraldry — it can also be bought from the same vendor for Honor, or obtained from PvP chests and War Mode supplies.
• The finished dagger is bind-on-equip, so to unlock the appearance you must equip the item on your own character.

If you don't have your own Blacksmithing profession, the easiest route is to look for a finished dagger on the auction house or commission a craft from a player-blacksmith: crafters regularly list "Algari Competitor's" set pieces for sale, and a purchased copy unlocks the appearance for your collection once equipped just the same.

The "Skewer" model has a direct sibling within the same set — it differs in its stat profile and slot, but is kept within the same artistic line. No recolors with separate identifiers are documented for the Skewer itself.

Both dagger versions are obtained the same way — via plans from Hotharn for Honor. The Algari Competitor's Dagger grants Agility instead of Intellect, so collecting both appearances is easiest for those who already farm PvP gear for different characters. If you specifically want the "Skewer" silhouette, you should farm the item itself — there's no exact model twin from other sources.

• It fits well into stern military looks — sets with dark metal, leather, and minimal gold.
• It pairs with the "Algari Competitor's" set gear: the unified silhouette makes the dagger a natural addition to this season's plate or mail kit.
• It suits caster classes that want a combat-style rather than a magical blade — cold steel contrasts with glowing and bejeweled models.
• It harmonizes with gray-blue and steel-black armor palettes, while next to bright gold or fiery sets it looks debatable due to its deliberately plain styling.
• It looks great dual-wielded with the same dagger in both hands for rogues and shamans — two identical blades form a cohesive "on-the-march" silhouette.