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Feral DPS

2010-02-28T10:06:50Z

14528 DPS on a 300 second fight in Simcraft. No tricks, no hysteria, etc.
This is the highest DPS Tauren setup I am aware of.
Night elves can hit 14590 DPS according to EJ, the difference of 1% hit is 32.79 stat points, at 2.1586 DPS per point of haste, plus their racial +8 agility at 1.9223 DPS per point of agi, is 86.2 DPS… So this setup is likely higher DPS than any posted on EJ.
DPS on a typical “real” fight (300 +/- 10% duration, various interruptions in DPS due to movement, stuns, etc): 12097

Section 1 - Trinkets
First trinket is obviously Deathbringer’s Will.

Second trinket:
Herkuml War Token (with agility food): 14528 DPS
Death’s Choice (with haste food): 14524 DPS
Whispering Fang Skull (with haste food): 14482 DPS

Section 2 - Enchants
Mongoose: 14528 DPS
Berserking: 14487 DPS
Massacre: 14464 DPS

Section 3 - Spec and Glyphs
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#0ZERMsfrz0eo0huAkbAczb:VpmVMz

Section 4 - Gear
Head - Sanctified Lasherweave Headguard, Arcanum of Torment, Relentless Earthsiege Diamond Fractured Dragon’s Eye
Neck - Sindragosa’s Cruel Claw, Fractured Cardinal Ruby
Shoulder - Sanctified Lasherweave Shoulderpads, Greater Inscription of the Axe, Fractured Cardinal Ruby
Back - Shadowvault Slayer’s Cloak, Greater Speed, Rigid Dragon’s Eye
Chest - Sanctified Lasherweave Raiment, Powerful Stats, Fractured Cardinal Ruby Rigid King’s Amber
Wrist - Toskk’s Maximized Wristguards, Greater Assault, Rigid King’s Amber Fractured Cardinal Ruby
Hands - Aldriana’s Gloves of Secrecy, Precision, Rigid King’s Amber 2xFractured Cardinal Ruby
Waist - Astrylian’s Sutured Cinch, Nightmare Tear Fractured Cardinal Ruby Quick Dragon’s Eye
Legs - Sanctified Lasherweave Legguards, Icescale Leg Armor, Fractured Cardinal Ruby Rigid King’s Amber
Feet - Frostbitten Fur Boots, Icewalker, 2xRigid King’s Amber
Finger1 - Frostbrood Sapphire Ring, Precise Cardinal Ruby
Finger2 - Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance, Rigid King’s Amber
Trinket1 - Deathbringer’s Will
Trinket2 - Herkuml War Token
Weapon - Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General, 3xFractured Cardinal Ruby
Relic - Idol of the Crying Moon

Feral Tanking

2010-02-28T13:57:21Z

Work in progress…

Maximum Effective Health

This is from Rawr… I’m working on a way to simulate probability of dying on a given encounter, since this is all that matters for a tank, not effective health. I suspect more avoidance and less hp/armor might be better in this regard.

HP: 74060 (78476 with 10-stack of Unidentifiable Organ)
Armor: 44087
Effective Health: 359073
Total avoidance, post-DR in Icecrown: 39.839%
Savage Defense Uptime vs 1.75 attack speed single-target boss level mob: 93.347%
Savage Defense Shield Value: 2527

Hit rating: 114
Expertise rating: 212
TPS: 10895

Switching to Heroic Oathbinder gives 355261 effective health and 11758 TPS, probably a good tradeoff if they become plentiful.

All gems are Solid Majestic Zircon unles otherwise indicated.

Sanctified Lasherweave Headguard, Helm Enchant, Austere Earthsiege Diamond
Bile-Encrusted Medallion, Shifting Dreadstone
Sanctified Lasherweave Shoulderpads, Shoulder Enchant
Sentinel’s Winter Cloak, Armor
Ikfirus’s Sack of Wonder, Powerful Stats, 3x Solid Dragon’s Eye
Toskk’s Maximized Wristguards, Stam Enchant
Sanctified Lasherweave Handgrips, Armor Enchant
Astryllian’s Sutured Cinch
Sanctified Lasherweave Legguards, Leg Enchant
Frostbitten Fur Boots, Tuskar’s Vitality
Devium’s Eternally Cold Ring
Band of Making Baby Jesus Cry
Unidentifiable Organ
Sindragosa’s Flawless Fang
Wrathful Gladiator’s Greatstaff, Mongoose
Idol of the Crying Moon

Color Coordination - IMPORTANT

2010-06-11T14:32:57Z

Remember to go black before next raid.

Cataclysm

2010-06-10T01:09:15Z

Thoughts?

Cat: http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0ZighfRsbtbbub0dMxobxctb
Bear: http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0Zi0IfRcotcfz0Gz0tobEctb
Leveling: http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0Zi0hfofbtbrub0dhxobxctb
Resto: http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0VGcsd00hZZf0ftfucxkAcoVo
Moonkin: http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0vGcod0qIdhIkfzbZbgctbz

Not sure if it’s worth going that far into resto for nature’s swiftness as moonkin, or if something like this would be better:
http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#0EGfsdMqIdhIkfzbZbxczb

Druid changes!

2010-04-10T17:29:11Z

AoE sprint is kind of cool, mushrooms might be fun, the aoe bleed seems useless although I guess swipe will be affected by rend and tear, so thats a little more threat. Druids healing in caster form I think is nice. Will be good for 5man plow to 85, so will aoe sprint.

But overall? Pretty boring.

Restoration Druid: BiS List

2010-01-26T02:35:17Z

With the gear available today there is no single definitive Best In Slot list for a resto druid, but there are some very good personal ones and a general guideline you can follow. No matter how you gear up, you should keep the haste rule in mind.

Haste Cap for 1 sec GCD.
735 haste rating or 22.42% with 3/3 CF and full raid buffs.
856 haste rating or 26.09% without CF but full raid buffs.

Right now the wishlist I have that does not include any heroic ICC gear, nor tribute cloak from togc. This is also under the assumption I’m aiming for 3/3 celestial focus in my build and under 800 haste.

>>> Resto BiS List - Updated 1/25
That list does not include any specfic profession-related gems or enchants for general usage.

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>>>Resto BiS List - 277 - Updated 3/12
That list does not include any specific profession-related gems or enchants.

The tricky part of making a updated list is due to keeping the haste cap each piece may or may not be a definitive upgrade until you can balance out the equation. The Royal Scepter from LK25 Heroic would actually be a higher upgrade due to the fact you could drop celestial focus, but this is more of a personal choice for me.

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Item comparison for chest/shoulders swap: Sticking with armor level of leather (and for aesthetic sake of your tier set) Badge chest & Tier 277 shoulders vs. Tier 277 chest and Princes Shoulders:
Item Comparison
Almost identical, more of a haste vs crit with a sprinkling of other stats.

Feral Druid Preliminary BIS Lists

2010-01-23T10:46:05Z

Preliminary, work-in-progress, etcetera.

Tanking, not including hard-mode loot, not including Arthas loot.

Weapon: Season 8 Gladiator’s Staff (Mongoose)
Chest: Ikfirus’s Sack of Wonder (Powerful Stats)
Head: T10 (Stam/Defense)
Shoulders: T10 (Stam/Resil)
Hands: T10 (Armor)
Legs: T10 (Armor/Agi)
Back: Sentinel’s Winter Cloak (Armor)
Neck: Bile-Encrusted Medallion
Wrist: Season 8 (Stam)
Waist: Season 8
Feet: Season 8 (Tuskar’s Vitality)
Finger1: Ashen Band of Endless Courage
Finger2: Devium’s Eternally Cold Ring
Trinket1: Juggernaut’s Vitality
Trinket2: Unidentifiable Organ (on fights where the stack will not drop. Not clear which is best otherwise, possibly Sindragosa stam trinket)
Relic: Idol of the Crying Moon

All +30 stam gems except for one +15 stam +10 agi gem where the socket bonus gives the largest amount of stam.

DPS, including hard mode loot, not including Arthas.

Weapon: Distant Land (Berserking)
Chest: T10
Head: T10 (hit/ap)
Shoulders: T10
Hands: Aldriana’s Gloves of Secrecy (+20 hit)
Legs: T10
Back: Sylvanas’ Cunning (+23 haste)
Neck: Sindragosa’s Cruel Claw
Wrist: Toskk’s Maximized Wristguards
Waist: Astrylian’s Sutured Cinch
Feet: Frostbitten Fur Boots
Finger1: Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance
Finger2: Frostbrood Sapphire Ring
Trinket1: Deathbringer’s Will
Trinket2: Herkuml War Token
Relic: Idol of the Crying Moon

Gemmed to reach the expertise, hit, and arpen caps, getting good bonuses when possible without using more than 1 blue gem. Rest into agi until the hard cap which occurs at some point… Then haste.