What to socket as feral pvp?

[Deleted]

Like the topic says, i got a problem decided with what i should socket my gear for feral PvP.

Here are the choises i got atm:

-Resilience.
-Agility.
-Mastery.

All of them seem viable, and have their pros and cons, still can't make up my mind though.

So any useful and constructive information would be appreciated.

[Babetina415]

Agility (red) > Mastery (yellow) > rest
Make sure to gem to fit the requirement of your crit mod meta.
Meta: [Relentless Earthsiege Diamond] (yes the level 80 one since it has AGI)
Reforge everything into mastery.

[Deleted]

Agility (red) > Mastery (yellow) > rest
Make sure to gem to fit the requirement of your crit mod meta.
Meta: [Relentless Earthsiege Diamond] (yes the level 80 one since it has AGI)
Reforge everything into mastery.

Alright.
Red: Agi.
Yellow: Mastery.
But what about Blue sockets? If you're spellpencapped?

[Balduvian]

I'd go for...

Red = 40 Agi.
Yellow = 20 Agi / 20 Mastery. (rather then pure Mastery)

For blue you basically got a "must-do" option and 3 viable options after that:

Blue = 50 SpellPen. (Get max 3 of those, 2 should do fine and 1 with cloak enchant is another option.)


After you feel like you no longer need SpellPen gems you could gem for either of these 3 options:

20 Agi / 20 Hit. I prefer not to gem Hit at all but instead reforge the "not so helpful" stats such as Expertise and Haste. Always try to get rid of those stats asap. If you didn't reach atleast 5% Hit after this (and I doubt you don't) I'd even prefer to reforge some Crit into Hit rather than gemming for it.

20 Agi / 30 Stam. I never gem for Stam either, but it's a viable way to go.

40 Agi. <-- That's what I usually do/did. There shouldn't be to much blue sockets on your gear anyway, but since most socket bonuses are actually worth something nowadays, it might be better to go for the Agi/Stam one after all.


Oh and about the meta. There really isn't a decent one for us at the moment. I'm leaning towards 54 Crit + Fear Duration -10% at the moment, untill they fix the other ones.

[Chilifan]

Socket for what you need
5% melee hit (this will grant over 4% spell hit which is also required)
97 spell penetration
40 Agility in reds
20 hit + 20 mastery in blues and yellows (enough to have more blues than reds)
Use the relentless earthsiege (21 agility + 3% crit damage)
That's what I gemmed, but there are other options.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't socket for resi seeing you don't need that much as a feral druid

[General_Typhus]

I wouldn't socket for resi seeing you don't need that much as a feral druid

Care to elaborate? I've never heard this before.

[Aserium]

I wouldn't socket for resi seeing you don't need that much as a feral druid

Don't need it much as a Feral?
This isn't a PvE Discussion.

[Balduvian]

Don't need it much as a Feral?
This isn't a PvE Discussion.

I wouldn't say Feral needs less resi than other specs/classes, but there's absolutely no reason to gem for it either imo. The resi you get from items will be more than enough and Agi is simply an insane stat to stack for Feral Druids.

[axxey]

Feral has very good baked in survivability and cooldowns so resil isn't as vital vs other classes needs.

[Balduvian]

Feral has very good baked in survivability and cooldowns so resil isn't as vital vs other classes needs.

You could afford wearing 5-6 PvE pieces back in S8, but I doubt we can afford that this season. It looks like I'm going to run S9 with only 2 PvE pieces (Chest and Tol Barad Trinket). Oh well, every PvP item finally got Agi so PvE gear is no longer a must have anyway.

[Ganjadude]

why would spell pen be good for feral got agi in reds crit in yellows atm but probaly gona switch to mastery and and the agi stam purple in pants for socket bonus in pants cause some of the sockets are blue n bonus gives 10 agi so just put 40agi instead

[Balduvian]

why would spell pen be good for feral got agi in reds crit in yellows atm but probaly gona switch to mastery and and the agi stam purple in pants for socket bonus in pants cause some of the sockets are blue n bonus gives 10 agi so just put 40agi instead

Because you don't want your Roots/Cyclones or even Faerie Fires to be resisted at crucial moments. Also, pure crit in yellow sockets is bad. Crit is our 3rd stat on the priority list (without counting weapon dps). Mastery is overall quite a bit better and Agility is A LOT better. Gemming agi/mastery in yellow sockets is a must.