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Druid Tanking/DPS Shoulder Enchant/Yellow Gem
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Post by
Thundurmaul
I have shoulders that are both for tank and dps(feral) and I'm wondering what would be a good enchant and gem(Yellow) for that. I'm not hit capped and I'm not expertise capped. I like to focus on dodge quite a bit. Thank you in advance.
Post by
Aadramelekh
You know, actually linking that armor piece may be useful. Maybe a yellow gem won't exactly provide the best bang for the buck. Usually for Bear Tanks the socket bonus on any item is only worth taking if it is agility or stamina. Otherwise, gems should be mostly focused on stamina. Just link that shoulder piece and we'll see.
Also, the best shoulder enhancement for Bear Tanks is this:
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
- it can be purchased from your main Capital City (Orgrimmar or Stormwind) PvP vendor for 10,000 honor points.
PS: for anyone else that may be taking a look at this - people, learn to provide the necessary details when asking such specific questions. It's not as easy as asking 'I got a new item for feral DPS - what enchant and gem should I place on it?' - that is STUPID. Link the item and provide a few numbers about your hit / expertise / AP / crit etc. Or, for tanking, provide some numbers on your HP, dodge chance, hit, expertise etc.
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Post by
ruleofthumb
the best shoulder enhancement for Bear Tanks is this:
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
...
lol
Post by
LookOut
the best shoulder enhancement for Bear Tanks is this:
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
...
lol
Why lol? it's true what aadramelekh says, it's better than all alternatives.
The hodir enchant
is a tiny bit of dodge and defense, which is an even tinier bit of dodge.
Stam however is multiplied by our bear form and stacks with kings. Moreover,
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
provides the most stam of any shoulder enchant (the only other one i can think of is
this one
).
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Post by
curlymon
Would the Inscription Shoulder Tanking enchant be worth taking over the 30stam one?
Depends on gear. If you are low on stam for the area you are in, the Glad will be better for you. If your just about where you want to be or over the Insc tanking is worth a look at. Figuring out if you need more stam or not is fairly difficult to do unfortunately.
Post by
Aadramelekh
If your just about where you want to be or overHmmmm I didn't know there could be such a thing as 'enough stamina'. It
IS
the best stat to stack for a Bear (with gems / enchants), especially after 38% dodge and up, self buffed (MotW).
And to quote someone above you, lol
Post by
curlymon
If your just about where you want to be or overHmmmm I didn't know there could be such a thing as 'enough stamina'. It
IS
the best stat to stack for a Bear (with gems / enchants), especially after 38% dodge and up, self buffed (MotW).
Rawr quotes it in as best in quite a few situations. With it being best for druids who are closer to best in slot die to the very high amounts of stam at those levels. Once you reach the "soft caps" for the area you are fighting in all stam does is increase your time to live without heals, which is not a bad thing of course. But once you are past these minimums avoidance plays a much larger role. This point is when you start looking at the Inscription chant.
That being said the Inscription chant is not all that much better then any of the other crafting specials so I would not swap over to it just for the chant.
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232114
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Post by
curlymon
the best shoulder enhancement for Bear Tanks is this:
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
...
lol
hes right. that shoulder chant is the best for druid tank..
lol.
Let me invite you to play with the bear module of Rawr.
Play with the tanking mode options (norm t7, heroic t7, norm t8, etc.)
Play with the various levels of preset threat weighting.
Now do the same but start loading in best in slot gear while playing with them.
Play with the optimizer and set it to use overall and then weighted to survival rating or mitigation rating.
Now tell me that it does not show up as a better choice in quite a few situations.
The math is there... nothing is immutable and as I said:
That being said the Inscription chant is not all that much better then any of the other crafting specials so I would not swap over to it just for the chant.
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232114
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Post by
curlymon
Dont think you clearly got what I meant,
That is the best shoulder enchant for druid tanks
lol @ the person who just said lol.
seems we have some confusion
I got very little sleep last night but I'm fairly sure that my argument is NOT for the Gladiator chant...
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