Thread: Change to Predatory Strikes in 3.2.2

Once you get your rotation/gear up, shifting out to waste 3 GCD's for a wrath will not be worth it at all. It's supposed to be a feral pvp buff for insta cyclones/healing touches/regrowths and roots.

Originally Posted by kingkow

Once you get your rotation/gear up, shifting out to waste 3 GCD's for a wrath will not be worth it at all. It's supposed to be a feral pvp buff for insta cyclones/healing touches/regrowths and roots.

it only has one practical use and that is to use an instant br


But obviously the op doesnt know much of feral dps considering its tight and intensive rotation

Lol never thought of instant Brez but the cast is so short doesnt matter too much.

Originally Posted by killarth

But obviously the op doesnt know much of feral dps considering its tight and intensive rotation

I wonder what could have tipped you off lol. Perhaps it was the AP gems :P

that's a pvp talent, or in the better case istant br/ istant healing touch in some fights

In a feral spec with no spellpower, your wraths hit for.. what, 2.000 damage? It can hardly be much more than that. You will lose at least 2 GCDs by doing this (cancelaura to get rid of the form and instant cast wrath, then a GCD to switch back to cat form) so that means that you are doing 1k DPS in those two seconds. How much do you reckon your white melee swings do in two seconds, plus any combo move you might do after your finisher. Its not worth it.

It is, however, pretty awesome for pvp - an instant healing touch can save your little kitty butt.

Originally Posted by Zoken

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I've looked a little since the patch hit, and not seen any discussion at all on the new change to Predatory Strikes.

Anything interesting to note about it? I assume it's a pure DPS increase to cast Wrath after every finisher. I'm pulling about 2.7k DPS self-buffed on the boss-level training dummy (I forget its exact name) doing this. (Armory: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...+Blade&n=Jurin)

Does energy regen while out of form? I have noticed somewhat smoother use of abilities, but I haven't looked into it.

Anyway, what do other druids think?

lol... seriously, of all of the possible uses for this new spell that is definitely the last one that i would have come up with.

Clearly Druids need a 6 second Pyroblast/Soulfire type damage spell.

Originally Posted by Ruan

Clearly Druids need a 6 second Pyroblast/Soulfire type damage spell.

Starfire

Originally Posted by Rathok

lol... seriously, of all of the possible uses for this new spell that is definitely the last one that i would have come up with.

i though of it at first but it was quicly shown that it wasnt worth it, now we just need "fun talents" in CC to allow to cast certain spells in cat or bear ^^

We were talking about my feral kitty buddy last night, but we both agreed that its just not worth it. To make the shifting out viable, you should have both ILotP (for mana regen, while you are in feral form) and 5/5 Furor (for max energy, when you shift back info feral form). Now, the fact is, that no PvE kitty will have those. You have to drop points, either from Feral Instincts, Imp. Mangle, or Infected Wounds. All three talents worth more then a shiftout Starfire, or a Wrath. Tbh, we dont even need that new feature for an instant shiftout attack, since we have Moonfire. We could do the same for ages, but its just not worth it.

Conclusion. Its a PvP buff for ferals. Period.

Originally Posted by Qieth

In a feral spec with no spellpower, your wraths hit for.. what, 2.000 damage?

more like 600

Originally Posted by Ruan

Clearly Druids need a 6 second Pyroblast/Soulfire type damage spell.

Originally Posted by frozenvoid

Starfire

starfire isnt 6 second cast