This doesn't deserve to be at the bottom of the top 50 list. 10 icons, a couple hundred K, what's not to like? The icons are common and rather easy to block though. If you're looking for pure power for 1-player, this is the best you can do for under a million.

Rating: 9
Date Posted: Jul 24, 2007

Someone tell me: how does a Comb deal Light damage?

One Player: 10 / 10
The cheapest 10-iconer, only running 2 types (decreasing the likelihood of it being blocked), and it fits very nicely to be supplemented by Essence of Esophagor or to supplement Bow of Destiny when the time comes to upgrade.

Two Player: 6 / 10
The low-end Thief Dagger and higher-end Dusty Magic Broom and Air Faerie Crown beat this. If not for the Dagger, this or its brother the Staff of Righteous Fury would be solid Two Player weapons to a point. As it stands, the Staff is better (due to randomness and one extra Light), but both are fenced into a small range of usefulness.

Final Score: 10 / 10
Until the advent of Golden Compass, this was considered worse than Ramtors Spellbook, but both have their weaknesses now, making the 9-icon game quite interesting indeed. All One Player battlers will use the Comb at some point, but Two Player battlers should look elsewhere.

Rating: 10
Date Posted: Jun 30, 2007

Power (1/4) 10 Offensive icons

Price (2/2) The cheapest 10 icon multiuse weapon

Tactical (2/3)A bit of a victim of the commonality of light attacks and the many light defense dual duties, but still a worthwhile offense.

Another Angle (1/1) This revolutionized the BD so much when it was released, that many people suspected it and the other NQ2 weapons would be downgraded. That never happened, and newer weapons are revolutionizing the BD again, but this is still worthy.

Alternatives: For 2p, Jittery Jupple Potion pr Steaming Skeem Potion may be cheaper options. Otherwise go with Ramtors Spellbook, Staff of Righteous Fury, or Royal Wedding Ring

Upgrades: The next step up is 11-iconers such as Sword of Apocalypse and Goo Blaster

Defenses/Countermeasures: Thief Dagger, Amulet of of Inevitable Betrayal and Sword of the Dead all come out even or better against this, and Patched Magic Hat blocks most of the attack

Rating: 6
Date Posted: Jun 10, 2007

Woah! The price for this has come down nicely. Cheaper than its cousin (or sister, brother, father, mother, uncle, 3rd aunt.. whatever you might wanna call it ), Ramtors Spellbook. Some even goes as far to say as this is BETTER than the latter.

Whatever the case may be, it`s become a very common and popular weapon to own, even by beginner level stats pets. Great for 1-player, pretty good for 2-player, and gets rid of your nasty tangles too... if you don`t mind Scuzzy`s dandruff...

Rating: 7
Date Posted: May 10, 2007

This has dropped a lot in price since it was released more than three years ago, and there is almost no chance of a downgrade now that 9 icons is the newbie/intermediate standard -- this isn't the crazily underpriced weapon it used to be! It is, however, the cheapest 10-iconer out there, and will serve you well in 1 or 2-player battles. Just watch out for light defenders like Patched Magic Hat and Dusty Magic Broom/Air Faerie Crown.

Rating: 7
Date Posted: May 07, 2007

powerful and relatively inexpensive. it's a ramtors spellbook with physical instead of dark, which makes it slightly less attractive. however, physical isn't too common to block. this will pull a few physical through most shields except gshield.

also keep in mind if your opponent uses sinsis helm or winged scarab that they are giving up a weapon slot to block <half of this weapon.

Rating: 8
Date Posted: May 29, 2005

10 icons for such a good price! It's a steal if you can get it under 1 million. Good combination of icons as well. Hard to go wrong with this weapon.

Rating: 9
Date Posted: May 21, 2005

A great value weapon with some good icons. The low price is because people think it will be down graded, but it now costs as little as some 8 iconers.


2 player
5 light past burrow and 5 physical make a good tactical weapon, but the light is commonly blocked by some good dual duty weapons and the physical can be blocked 3/5

1 player
10 icons for this price is excellent value 5/5

Rating: 8
Date Posted: Mar 01, 2005

It's easier to block than Ramtor's Spellbook, but it's cheaper. Still, it loses a point for having one of the two most common icons. But at least you can comb your hair with it or eat it.

Rating: 7
Date Posted: Oct 28, 2004

The cheapest 10 iconer on the market, it gets 5 icons through burrow.The downside about this weapon is that you will never know what TNT will do with this, downgrade it or retire it.But for now this is worth the gamble

Rating: 8
Date Posted: Aug 26, 2004