Post by hashmel
Bear mulitpliershealth=148.665% in
DB with
IMotW,
SotF, and
HotWarmor= (1 +
3.7) *
1.33 *
1.1 = 689.
33% armor from cloth/leather + non cloth/leather armor + armor from agil/chants/buffs = total armor
Bear statsstamina=acts as a buffer against all but percentage based attacks giving healers more time to respond and calculates percentage based abilities like SI, FR, imp/talented rune tap, and lotp heals
agility=increases armor, dodge, and crit chance
crit=increases threat and procs SD
strength=gives AP
attack power=increases threat and damage absorbed by SD
dodge=completely avoids incoming melee damage, useless vs spells
hit=prevents your attacks from missing, 8% hit will ensure all your physical attacks will land
expertise=prevents you from being dodged and parried, 6.5% (26 exp) will ensure you won't be dodged, 14% (56 exp) will ensure you won't be parried, you want to be at or above the dodge cap but there's no urgency to gear toward the parry cap.
40% dodge is the universally accepted amount to aim for.
Enchantments for bearshead=
Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector or
Mind Amplification Dishshoulder=
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator or
Master's Inscription of the Pinnacleback=
Major Agility or
Flexweave Underlaychest=
Heavy Borean Armor Kit or
Powerful Statswrist=
Major Stamina or
Fur Lining - Staminahands=
Major Agility,
Heavy Borean Armor Kit, or
Reticulated Armor Webbingbelt=
Frag Belt or
Personal Electromagnetic Pulse Generatorlegs=
Frosthide Leg Armorfeet=
Greater Fortitude,
Tuskarr's Vitality, or
Superior Agilityrings=
Staminaweapon=
Major Agility,
Mongoose, or
MassacreSocket Bracer,
Socket Gloves, and
Eternal Belt Buckle are
not enchants and as such will
not overwrite enchants
I don't agree with all of these namely agil to boots but they're included for maximum dodge and player preference.
Spec0/55/11+5 is the basic bear spec, can put the last 5 toward...
-
3/3 Natural Shapeshifter+
2/2 Master Shapeshifter for consistent threat (114.4% damage)
-
3/3 King of the Jungle+
2/2 Nurturing Instinct for large bursts of threat and the leftovers into NI so you can actually heal yourself when you're soloing (110% damage, 126.5% damage during enrages)
Personally prefer the latter as I do an extensive amount of soloing and pvp when there's no raid going on and healing ~30k is a pain in the ass with a tiny mana pool and 0 bonus healing.
Improved Mangle isn't bad for bears it's just that there're other talents that're so much better and we just don't have the points for everything.
Furor is mostly just to advance down the resto tree and isn't as valuable as many other talents those last 2 points could go into so invest what's necessary then move on. As you'll really only shift into bear for the rage before a pull there's no urgency for a 100% proc, simply shift into bear again till you get the rage then pull.
Infected Wounds should be considered a must have, if your tanking it most likely means a paladin is not so they can't apply their debuff which means you'd better have one of your own. Can also be applied much faster and to many more enemies within that time frame. The exception would be if you're grouped with a death knight with Improved Icy Touch but I'd prefer not to respect every run depending on the group composition.
the major glyphs are required and depending on your preferences can choose from glyphs of unburdened rebirth, thorns, challenging roar, and the wild.
In Cataclysm the talent trees remain the same but we recieve 5 more talent points so at 85 you'll combine both specs into 1.
Macroes/cast
Mangle (Bear) (Rank 5)/cast
Maul (Rank 10)/cast
Swipe (Bear) ( Rank 8)/cast
Maul (Rank 10)/cast
Lacerate (Rank 3)/cast
Maul (Rank 10)Replace swipe and lacerate with the appropriate macro and add the mangle one to your bar but keep the unmacroed mangle handy for berserk+mangle spams when mauling would have you go rage starved.
/cast
Survival Instincts/cast
Frenzied RegenerationMakes a handy "Oh Sh*t" button and you don't risk being CCed between SI and FR.
Socketsred=agil/stam (shifting) or exp/stam (guardian's)
blue=stam (solid)
green=hit/stam (vivid) or def/stam (enduring)
If you have no interest in matching colors then use stamina (solid) gems.
MetasAustere Earthsiege Diamond (1 +
3.7) *
1.33 *
1.1 *
1.02 = 703% armor from cloth/leather + non cloth/leather armor armor *
1.02 + armor from agility/chants/buffs = total armor
as apposed to (1 +
3.7) *
1.33 *
1.1 = 689.
33% armor from cloth/leather + non cloth/leather armor + armor from agil/chants/buffs = total armor
Effulgent Skyflare Diamond static 2% magical damage reduction which aside from health, resistances, protector of the pack, and barkskin is our only magical defense
TauntingGrowl sets your threat equal to that of the highest threat holder and gives you aggro, if left at that said highest threat holder will peal the mob off shortly, a good combo to generate a comfortable lead in threat even at a distance is growl followed immediately by faerie fire.
Challenging roar doesn't modify threat and after the duration the mobs will revert to the highest threat holder giving you till it wears off to generate enough threat to become said highest threat holder.
Savage DefenseThis is the reason SD isn't to be relied on as more than an icing on the cake trash mob ability, it's not meant for blocking boss attacks.
