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Bear tanks in Rated BGS :,(
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Post by
EvilElpay
My conflict with playing a guardian druid is that my defensive abilities seem lackluster compared to all of the other tanks for rated battlegrounds. Savage Defense giving dodge is fun, but you can’t dodge when stunned and you can’t dodge when being attacked from behind. I know you can keep your back to a wall when it’s appropriate, but there will be many times where you are exposed. My mastery increasing armor is fun, but does nothing against casters. Might of Ursoc is nice because 30% extra health is always good, but it has no damage reduction. So for the most part, as a guardian druid carrying a flag, if I get zerged I am relying mainly on barkskin and Frenzied Regeneration. Now I love that Barkskin has a 1 min cooldown with 20% damage reduction, and it will be interesting to see how Frenzied Regeneration works with the new rage regeneration mechanics in Mop. But compare and contrast these defensive cooldowns to any other tank in the game present or in MoP, and you can see why I am hesitant to going guardian in rateds next expansion. I know we have some of the best mobility, but that is only good for the first few minutes of carrying a flag before the debuffs kick in.
Hopefully, I am just pessimistic and things will be just fine, but I am getting my warrior to 85 in the mean time. They seem to have been dominant in pve and pvp since vanilla.
Post by
Thror
I am not into rated battlegrounds at all, but I do not think there has
ever
been a reason to pick a Feral Druid as a FC for an RBG over a prot warrior.
Post by
norvak
I am going to still play resto in arena/rbg. We are awesome pvp healers in MoP. Leave the flag carrying to the warriors.
Post by
jarhed
I always carry a flag on my druid bear, never had issues with other players zerging me. usually takes at least 3+ to give me any issues. Guess we will see how everything turns out the next few days
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Thror
I always carry a flag on my druid bear, never had issues with other players zerging me. usually takes at least 3+ to give me any issues. Guess we will see how everything turns out the next few days
How much RBG Rating did you get?
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