Splice 'n Dice — Transmog Set Guide

Splice 'n Dice is an epic-quality one-handed dagger added to World of Warcraft with the The War Within expansion. It is a short, nimble blade with a surgical-looking edge: a thin curved cutting edge, a metallic sheen and a dark handle reveal its origin in the nerubian laboratories of Azj-Kahet. The model is kept in a cold gray-steel palette with subtle accents characteristic of the entire City of Threads gear set.

The dagger belongs to the group of weapons designed for agility specializations — rogues, feral druids and demon hunters. Its swing speed is 1.80, which is typical for daggers: for transmog this means a fast and frequent attack animation in the main hand.

The dagger's name alludes to dissection and fits it into the dungeon's overarching theme, where the nerubians conduct ghastly experiments to "transform" living creatures. The surgical shape of the blade is a direct hint at the "laboratory" origin of the weapon.

Splice 'n Dice drops in the City of Threads dungeon — one of the The War Within dungeons, located in the southern part of Azj-Kahet, deep within the nerubian capital. At the heart of the location lies the Hall of Transformations, where chosen nerubians are turned into mighty "ascended."

The specific source of the dagger is the final, fourth boss of the dungeon, Izo, the Grand Splicer. She is an elite nerubian humanoid, a master of alchemical transformations: in battle she takes the form of either a nerubian lord or a nerubian sage, summons shifting anomalies and injects players with experimental threads.

Key loot parameters:

• The dagger drops only from Izo, the Grand Splicer — the last boss of the run.
• The drop chance according to Wowhead is around 0.81%, meaning the item is rare even for a boss loot table.
• The dungeon is run by a group of five players on difficulties from normal to mythic and Mythic Keystone.
• There are no limits on the number of attempts — the City of Threads can be rerun without time restrictions.

Because of the low drop chance, prepare for regular farming: each run gives you a single attempt from the final boss, so the path to the model you want almost always takes several clears.

• It harmonizes with plate and mail gear from the The War Within dungeons — the shared gray-steel palette of Azj-Kahet makes the dagger part of a unified set.
• It pairs with nerubian and spider-themed looks — chitinous shoulders, dark leather armor, bone accents.
• It is suitable for dual-wielding with similarly shaped City of Threads daggers — two identical blades in the hands look tidy thanks to the matching model.
• It contrasts with bright and gilded sets — the cold metal of the blade stands out against "holy" looks, which makes it a debatable but memorable choice.
• It fits dark "laboratory" and "murderous" character concepts thanks to the surgical shape of the blade.