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Questions for pro druids from a newbie reformed warlock
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Post by
Migis
Just started a Druid Alt, Drueish, thank you very much. Going feral to eventually tank for raids. Currently at lvl 25, and have a few questions
1. Stat stacking should be in what order: Stam, Agil, Str?
2. Weapon skills seem not to matter or skill up when shapechanged: true or false?
3. Any spells particular I should have in my bear/car bar or forget about it completly?
4. Currently rocking the armor piercer spear +16 agl, BoA shoulders, BoA haste trinksx2, and assorted of the fang gear, again goes back to stat stacking
5. Glyph of Maul/Thorns, what other glyphs should i be on the look out for?
6. Cat form: rotation has far as bleed damage/combo points? shed vs. rake and how many points for the finisher?
7. Life bloom and belt of aqauious are both a life saver and easy mode, not really a question but very helpful
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Post by
ironblades
1-thats pretty much what i statck i do put some hit/stam gems in yellow sockets. though gear alone gets you pretty close to the expertise cap
2- weapon skill who needs been 80 for a while have yet to have 1 weapon skill to 400
3- not that i can think of
4-again see above while leveling your leatehr pretty much stacks its slef aslong as you don't get caster gear
5-unburden rebirth is realy nice, i have survival instincts and frenzied regen as 80 tank, dps glyphs for leveling included rip, mangle
6-cp it all depends on target, prepatch soloing stuff same level i went mangle, rip,tigers fury mangle, feriocious bite, basicaly it was a one shot rotation, early on its all depndent on how muchh health the guy has, play around with it.
7-at 80 lifebloom as a tank casting it on self sucks. 12% of mana for maybe 10% health. its better to just cast regrowth and healing touch as bad as it i.
for large pulls i do regrowth, rejuv shapeshift attack. this way you don't have to shapeshift out for agood amount of itme. later you get lotp and healing issuses are reduced, because mana and health are regen in battle.
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Post by
bwirum
Oh come on, you fully intended to be a fuddy duddy.
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Post by
Aadramelekh
Not to be a fuddy duddy but most of those questions have been answered in the
Druid FAQ
Amen. L2READ THE DAMN FAQ! >.<
Sorry, it gets to my head sometimes...
Post by
curlymon
Take a look at the <insert spec here> section of the
Druid FAQ
. It is at the top of the forums to provide a convenient source of information for budding and experienced <insert form here> alike. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask them.
Take a look at the <insert spec here> section of the
Druid FAQ
. It is at the top of the forums to provide a convenient source of information for budding and experienced <insert form here> alike. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask them.
Canned responce in a nice tone for all you peeps who get easily frustrated with this :P
Post by
DrDrako
While yes, the FAQ can answer most questions out there, the OP is talking about leveling (unless i misread his post somehow). most of the stickies are based on lvl 80 content/gear/talents. he has none of these on his level 25 druid. when he hits 80, THEN we'll direct him to the "helpful threads" section.
To the OP:
1. Stat stacking should be in what order: Stam, Agil, Str?
For leveling, basically anything you can find through quest rewards / AH goodies that has any mix of agi, strength, and stam. at lvl 58+, even earlier if you're lucky/careful, you can start getting some hit gear which will help, and at lvl 68+ you'll venture into the wonderful world of Armor penetration.
2. Weapon skills seem not to matter or skill up when shapechanged: true or false?
we dont use weapons, only our claws, so weapon skill is useless to us. (besides the achivements)
3. Any spells particular I should have in my bear/car bar or forget about it completly?
once you hit lvl 50 and get mangle, claw becomes useless. can't think of any others... and unless you're tanking, growl and challenging roar are useless for the most part.
5. Glyph of Maul/Thorns, what other glyphs should i be on the look out for?
not unless you decide to try out Moonkin form, in which case wrath/moonfire are rediculous.
6. Cat form: rotation has far as bleed damage/combo points? shred vs. rake and how many points for the finisher?
shred is positional, so if you can ever use it do so. all else claw(until you get mangle) rake, then ferocious bite. again, for leveling, you really shouldnt worry too much about rotation and such, that's when you hit 80, or at least 74 and get
Savage Roar
.
hope this helped! :)
Post by
Migis
It did indeed, and thank you for realizing that I wasn't asking for raiding advice, and jumping down my throat for not reading stickies.
I also gathered that weapon speed and dps doesn;t matter till 60ish as well, and really are just stat sticks, please correct me if I'm wrong.
As a tanking 5-man bear beside the AoE taunt and glyphed maul is there a 360 thunderclap/conencration druid version that I get later on? I assume it would be swipe but A. it's kinda rage pricey, and B. it's weak
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Post by
Migis
no worries man I understand we go through the same thing over on the lock boards.
Appreciate all the help
Post by
pelf
And btw, even if you're only leveling and asking questions about that, it's good thing to CLEARLY say that you've looked through the FAQ, so that us ol' grumpies wont
mangle
you.
I see wut u did thar.
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Post by
Migis
wow, so even after my questions were answered, and I gratefully thanked everyone, and explained how I understodd why regualrs here would get mad, you still found the need to write up why I shouldn't have had my questions answered, and that I should have resorted to old stickies that are geared for higher levels.
I hope you feel that you have proven your point, and showed your superoity over me. Kudos sir, I'm sir you are the best WoW player in the universe and your guild must thank the very stars that you bless them with your pressence.
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Post by
MegaVolt
Rotation for leveling:
Mangle -> Rake -> Mangle until 5 CP -> FB
Usually one cycle should kill a mob, at least if its not a higher lvl then you. If not just Mangle 1-2 times more and stuff won't get up.
For tougher enemies you can finish with Rip instead of FB (those that live long enough to it has a chance to tick).
Speed up with Tigers Fury to give you 60 energy in between or with Berserk whenever possible. Pre-Mangle just use Claw instead.
It's usually not worth it to prowl and stun and shred from behind. You lose too much time prowling.
As for leveling I'd take agil/str over sta. Killing stuff faster is always good.
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