New Feral DPS Rotation?!
by Sunfyre on Sep.23, 2009, under General
Okay, so I was browsing MMO-Champion, and I see a new post regarding the change to the ability [Predatory Instincts] in the feral tree. Apparently Jurin has a new feral DPS rotation figured out and I thought I would share:
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.
“Predatory Strikes: This talent now also causes the druid’s finishing moves to provide a 7/13/20% chance per combo point to make the next Nature spell with a cast time below 10 seconds instant cast.”
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-sheet.xml?r=Burning+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?
I did some theory crafting, and apparently cat druids should stack spellpower for this [Wrath], since armor penetration was nerfed into the ground!
On a more serious note, I generally don’t like to make fun of other people, but I really hope this poor guy was a troll.
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Latest on Thu, 09:38 pm: They just updated the 4pc T13 again. 10% Bonus damage and 5 seconds reduced CD.
: Btw, it's not worth it to acctually refresh your dot when it proc...just play as if it's a normal weap... The 2,5 sec you loose refreshing your dot could have been used to get more eclipse utpime and thus benefiting from Nature's grace, which is more important.
: It pretty much averages out to 300 haste all the time, which isnt bad, but you're right it's hard to predict when it'll proc and casting dots accordingly. I feel the extra haste to the raid is worth it though.
: our 4 set bonus has been changed to 10% increased starsurge dmg
: Buffing T13 4 piece set bonus! Yay we can finally use our new tier set.
September 23rd, 2009 on 7:00 am
This guy is crazy oO
and the mana cost of Cat form and spell etc… He go invest on mana o.o
crazy…
September 23rd, 2009 on 7:30 am
Wow. I dunno, maybe he didn’t realise that instant cast spells still trigger the GCD and that Cat Form is another 1.5-second GCD. That’s 3 seconds for ~600 damage. Kinda makes me want to cry.
If something like this was truly a DPS increase, ferals would already be casting Moonfire as part of their DPS rotation. But they’re not, so we can safely say that using 2 1.5-second GCDs to cast an instant spell is not worth it.
Shifting back into form isn’t really a mana concern due to Natural Shapeshifter (-30% mana cost) and King of the Jungle (-60% mana cost). On top of that, Improved Leader of the Pack returns 4% mana to you roughly every 6 seconds. Cat Form’s base mana cost is 35%, which is reduced to 3.5% by talents. Even one crit would restore you to full mana. The reason I even mention this is because all cat druids (and moonkins) should have a power-shifting button on the toolbar in case they need to shift out of a snare (ie, Hodir, nerfed Freya, etc.).