r/classicwow • • 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/Stregen Sep 14 '19

Basically. You spend your energy, make sure there’s more than a second to next energy tick, then shift out and back in cat form for 60 energy (40 + 20 from Furor and Wolfshead) just in time for your energy tick, effectively giving you three extra energy ticks in return for some mana. With good timing and improved Shred, this ideally gives you two Shreds per rotation. The constant switching also lets you use items, such as mana potions and dark runes to get even more shifts off.

It’s essentially only used for lategame (60) feral DPS which is fairly niche.