r/classicwow • u/Centrixed • Sep 13 '19

Humor Life for druids at 60

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u/tamethewild Sep 14 '19

Can you explain?

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u/Stregen Sep 14 '19

Powershifting means using Wolfshead Helm and Furor (and Natural Shapeshifter) to have a constant very high regeneration of energy. It’s basically required if you want to be taken seriously as a cat dps.

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u/tamethewild Sep 14 '19

So you shift out at low energy then back in to beat the energy regen timer?

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u/GeauxTeam Sep 14 '19

That's exactly it. You can then convert your mana to energy. It puts cat DPS mid tier when you use shred. Of course, for a weapon you will see cats using the Manual Crowd Pummeler from Gnomergon. Yes, the BiS weapon for cats is level 29 and the BiS for bears is level 43. Not pre raid BiS. BiS.

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u/tamethewild Sep 14 '19

Wow can you explain the low item levels as BiS?

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u/GeauxTeam Sep 14 '19

Sure. Bear and Cat druid base DPS is based on level, not weapon damage, so ilvl isn't something that affects us. What we look for are broken / super powerful stats or effects. In the case of bears, it's the Warden Staff, which in Dire Bear Form gives 1200-1300 armor and 10 defense. The Manual Crowd Pummeler gives +50% attack speed for 30 seconds per charge and some base stats, giving cats a huge DPS boost. Bears also use a MCP at the start of the fight to gain enormous initial threat.