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The Feral Tanking Guide Part 4: Gear/Glyphs/Enchants/Gems/Consumables
November 27, 2009 by Chase
November 27, 2009 by Chase
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Expertise is an avoidance stat, because it avoids parries. If a parry is avoided, the mob doesn’t get “parry hasted” attacks.
If you are not expertise capped, haste is actually a negative value (for survival at least), because the more you attack, the more you are parried, the more free attacks the boss gets..
And Rawr keeps recommending that I drink Guru’s elixir and something else instead of stoneblood… But I’m too cheap…
And what’s your thought on the 2% armor increase vs 2% decrease in damage from Magic metagem?
Cae, you’re correct, but Blizzard has really moved away from parry-haste, to the point where they disable it for fights that kill tanks (Gormok and Patchwerk are, I think Gen V and Kologarn is as well). I didn’t want to further complicate the discussion.
I didn’t mention the 2% magic mitigation metagem because 1) it used to be bugged, and might still be, and 2) Druids are not generally used to tank magic-damage bosses. It’s certainly an option, but a very situational one.
As for Rawr, it’s a good tool, but I personally weight Stamina (survival) much more then Rawr does. Rawr only models a boss with a static damage attack, which isn’t very realistic for current content. You can simulate this by turning the simulated boss damage much higher.
Caelean, you took the poost right out of my mouth. Expertise as a defensive and offensive stat, I drink Guru’s and Fortitude, and use the 2% magic damage meta. Are we right or wrong in this or is it a wash?
LEH,
Guru’s/Fortitude isn’t a bad combo, but it’s not one I would recommend for progression content. (Which rewards the stacking of stamina, excepting Anub’arak.)
As for the metagems- well, do you take more physical damage, or more magic damage on a regular basis? 🙂
Expertise- no, I didn’t include parry-haste calculations. With parry haste included, that makes expertise more valuable and haste less so, but not in a dramatic fashion. Expertise is still much more of a threat stat, IMO.
Hey guys in some gear configuration i reach 16.75% expertise, how much i’m over capped? O.o
But believe me, with that configuration our highest dps’s (5k-6k) cant steal my aggro anymore…
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Again – great guide! thank you for your effort!
You may consider adding a 6th part where you could sow us how you setup your spell bars, key bindings and the macros you use 🙂
Cheers!
Cho, that’s a good thought. I’ll see what I can do.
I agree with what he was saying just not so direct