Best PvP Druid Spec!

[Bstore2]

Hey everyone : )


I Just hit 80 with my druid and cant decide what to pvp in! I plan to just do rated bgs in cata, so if that affects which spec you think will be most fun/in demand then cool

So tell me what spec you pvp as and why do you like it so much! let's hear it : )

[Kreuz Kontrol]

which spec you think will be most fun/in demand then cool

Most fun: Moonkin
In demand: Restoration

Any class that can heal is always going to be more in demand as the healing spec. of their class in comparison to their DPS specs. However, they're not always the most fun.

[bashastick]

Most fun: cat. Gd utility, great damage and finally a reliable interrupt.
In demand: resto. pvp will always need healers.

[Deleted]

I personally got bored playing cat, they died far too easily and didn't see much fun eventually.

However I now need a secondary spec to dedicate to PVP and like the OP I've no idea what to choose out of Boomkin and Resto. Even this poll has pretty much made general opinions even across all 3 specs!

My only possibly "swing" to one spec over the other may result in my guild (i.e. my 4 mates who play WoW). Currently their main PVP specs are a holy paladin, disc priest, enhancement shaman and a warlock. Now if I go resto, that's 3 healers in a group of 5 which seems a bit excessive, unless someone can convince me that free Wraths do a lot of damage in PVP! With boomkin, things become a bit more even.

Do people have any PVP specs that are working so far?

[nwo]

Boomkin or resto... I personally prefer resto. Cat is just meh.

[powy]

Feral cat all the way our bleeds just melt our target

[Deleted]

Problem is in cat, many things melt you as well!

[phalk]

Problem is in cat, many things melt you as well!

Only if you're bad. Get some resilience, use bear form and select your targets.
You are not a ranged DPS that can kill things from far away. Need to play as a melee.
Moonkins die way easier than ferals at PvP.

[GrieverXIII]

Global People, also Starfall : Boomkin
Rogue with bleeds ticking harder than locks dots : Feral
Tanking 5+ people at a time : Resto

Pick one.

[Deleted]

Bear Form........in PVP!!! Not sure the universe can take such a revelation! :P

[phalk]

Bear Form........in PVP!!! Not sure the universe can take such a revelation! :P

Have you ever heard of playing defensively while being focused?
You have tools. They are there to be used.

[Deleted]

Best tool being a healer minion by your side that keeps you alive through rogue stuns or warlock dot spam! :P If you're being focused on, without heals your bear form is only going to last so long!

[exochaft]

The one thing that we cannot see on live at 80 is what will make feral druids really useful in PvP at 85, and that's Skull Bash. Yes, a reliable interrupt is sexy to have now, but the part that most people haven't seen in action yet is the +30% mana cost component that gets put on the target.

We haven't seen the mana cost increase from Skull Bash at 80 because mana regen is through the roof for healers, and with resilience they can fake-cast heals until they're blue in the face because of it. At 85, mana disappears much, much faster, and even if we miss an interrupt via fake-casting, they will eventually NEED to heal, and it will drain their mana if you keep the pressure on.

[phalk]

The one thing that we cannot see on live at 80 is what will make feral druids really useful in PvP at 85, and that's Skull Bash. Yes, a reliable interrupt is sexy to have now, but the part that most people haven't seen in action yet is the +30% mana cost component that gets put on the target.

We haven't seen the mana cost increase from Skull Bash at 80 because mana regen is through the roof for healers, and with resilience they can fake-cast heals until they're blue in the face because of it. At 85, mana disappears much, much faster, and even if we miss an interrupt via fake-casting, they will eventually NEED to heal, and it will drain their mana if you keep the pressure on.

Yeah, but our bleeds are so insane right now that we can basically drop dots on the DPS then focus on the healer and the DPS will die while the healer is self healing lol. We can put up very high pressure right now at 80.

On duels I usually just open in cat, put bleeds up then tank in bear while waiting for the kill. 4s stun from Bash while bleeds are ticking is almost a guaranteed win over anything. Also, bear damage isn't as low as before.

I don't know how things will be at 85, but I'm feeling almost overpowered right now. And maybe the resilience incoming nerf will make things look even better.

[Gecko]

I'm 100% Feral, but even I can admit that Boomkins have it made in PVP and Kitties still have problems (at least until 85). Hopefully at 85 that will change and Ferals have a better time at PVP than, well, forever...

[exochaft]

Yeah, but our bleeds are so insane right now that we can basically drop dots on the DPS then focus on the healer and the DPS will die while the healer is self healing lol. We can put up very high pressure right now at 80.

If you get the full PvE gear, it may be possible. But even in full wrathful kitty gear against perhaps a resto druid or holy pally in full resil sporting over 40k HP and multiple-instant cast heals... if you can't burst them down at the start, you aren't going to win. The problem with the level of resil now (and I have no idea why Blizz didn't see it coming, I saw it just when they announced it) and the reason it's being nerfed is that it put us back into the non-Cataclysm PvP style of "nuke/kill before the opener CC wears off!" I will say, at least, that if I can't even kill the full-resil healer solo, I at least made them blow a couple cooldowns.

[phalk]

If you get the full PvE gear, it may be possible. But even in full wrathful kitty gear against perhaps a resto druid or holy pally in full resil sporting over 40k HP and multiple-instant cast heals... if you can't burst them down at the start, you aren't going to win. The problem with the level of resil now (and I have no idea why Blizz didn't see it coming, I saw it just when they announced it) and the reason it's being nerfed is that it put us back into the non-Cataclysm PvP style of "nuke/kill before the opener CC wears off!" I will say, at least, that if I can't even kill the full-resil healer solo, I at least made them blow a couple cooldowns.

Nah, I have no intention to kill a high resilience healer on my own, but I guess no one can with the current resilience. The goal is to not let they heal the others, haha.
But agains't other DPS with no heals we almost always win. Hell I can even destroy ret and prot paladins easily now, and they were a pain before.

---------- Post added 2010-10-19 at 04:56 PM ----------

If you get the full PvE gear, it may be possible. But even in full wrathful kitty gear against perhaps a resto druid or holy pally in full resil sporting over 40k HP and multiple-instant cast heals... if you can't burst them down at the start, you aren't going to win. The problem with the level of resil now (and I have no idea why Blizz didn't see it coming, I saw it just when they announced it) and the reason it's being nerfed is that it put us back into the non-Cataclysm PvP style of "nuke/kill before the opener CC wears off!" I will say, at least, that if I can't even kill the full-resil healer solo, I at least made them blow a couple cooldowns.

Nah, I have no intention to kill a high resilience healer on my own, but I guess no one can with the current resilience. The goal is to not let they heal the others, haha.
But agains't other DPS with no heals we almost always win. Hell I can even destroy ret and prot paladins easily now, and they were a pain before.

[exochaft]

Nah, I have no intention to kill a high resilience healer on my own, but I guess no one can with the current resilience. The goal is to not let they heal the others, haha.
But agains't other DPS with no heals we almost always win. Hell I can even destroy ret and prot paladins easily now, and they were a pain before.

Amen to death to prot paladin/warriors! The DK tanks are a little tricky... though if you DoT-and-run, it doesn't give them a chance to bubble.

On the healer note, at 80 it's nigh impossible to kill a full-resil (may be possible again after the next resil nerf). However, at 85, we have the tools to kill healers solo... suppose playing beta too much makes you play like that on live.

[Deleted]

Feral cat all the way our bleeds just melt our target

This!
I just love to run up to stuff, bleed it up and go to next target and watch the Killingblows come streaming in

[Deleted]

This!
I just love to run up to stuff, bleed it up and go to next target and watch the Killingblows come streaming in

IF you're in top possible feral Wrathful gear,
IF the opposing player can't heal
IF no other player that can heal is in range
IF the other play has low resilience.

Chances are it's never quite that simple or entertaining!