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Post by
Thunderbro
I've been playing with the talent calculators lately and I came up with this spec for Tanking.
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?druid=503032130320210530123501351005503112000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
I just wanted your guys' advice on this spec.
Post by
Thunderbro
Bump
Post by
Toldry
Advice? Why do you want
advice
on a WotLK spec?
You can't even play in WotLK yet.
Why don't you wait for Blizzard to announce the
final
specs, because right now, a lot can change and after something will change, our "advice" will be irrelevant.
Post by
gelf
Rend and Tear is, as far as I can tell, a Cat dps talent and not really worth spending points if tanking in Bear is your main job.
Primal precision is worth taking for the 10 expertise, means you miss bosses less and therefore hold aggro.
Choosing between Savage Fury and Shredding attacks is quite tough, one reduces the rage cost of your lacerate, the other increases damage of your mangle... I'd need to crunch the numbers but personally needing 2 less rage each lacerate sounds better to me, after all you can use that ability 3 times for every Mangle you put out (though with reduced cooldown on mangle maybe Savage Fury would be better?)... for the time being I'd put the points in Shredding attacks, which also has the benefit of making your cat ability Shred cheaper, improving your cat rotation when you aren't tanking.
Infected Wounds is probably a pvp talent, however it is a disease effect, and if you're running with Death Knights (and let's face it there will be at least one in every 10 man raid) then they get benefits from that extra disease.
In the resto tree I'd always put 3 points into Intensity, because that way you can change into Bear, hit enrage and have 20 rage right off the bat.
My build:
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=0ZxbGsfrzVhRAdho0Ecub
Hope that helps, but be prepared for changes before release :P
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Post by
gelf
Shredding Attacks vs Savage Fury is a tough choice. Yes Savage Fury adds extra damage to Maul (bear) and Mangle (bear) but I prefer Shredding Attacks for the rage savings on Lacerate. However if the points are available then points should go in both.
Rend and Tear isn't worth the 10% increase in damage to Maul on bleeding targets (so you won't get it on the initial Maul while building aggro early). I would only take Rend and Tear for the 50% extra crit chance to Ferocious Bite for soloing and maybe the 10% extra Shred damage in cat for raid dps, but while Tanking I think it's not worth 5 talent points.
I agree that 4% extra physical damage in Bear from Master Shapeshifter would probably be overwieghed by spending more points in Feral, so I've adjusted my build.
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=0ZxhGsfrdVuRAuho0E0u
I put the last point in Primal Tenacity for the damage reduction while stunned, which could save your hide.
Post by
gelf
The problem with everyones spec as far as i can see is they take away from the one good thing about being a feral druid. being able to dps and tank with the same spec
I think that with the new talents people are going to have to choose whether they want a tanking build or a dps build. Feral druids will still be able to dps better than prot Warriors and Pallys by shifting into cat form, but if tanking is your role then you're going to have make some compromises that will potentially lower your cat dps.
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