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sprintlphie · 03/14/08, 3:15 PM

I was full balance s2 and ran war, elemental sham, balance druid, hpriest,hpally. We were able to get it to slightly over 2k before the team broke up. Our weakness was teams with mages.

After I finished my s3 resto set this season, I decided to go back to moonkin.

I'm currently running a 5s setup with War, mm hunter, balance druid(myself), disc priest, and hpally. We are slightly over 2k about 2074 currently. I've been experimenting with different specs with this lineup. 48/0/13, 34/11/27 (resto gear) and 13/11/27(resto gear). This setup has its pros and cons, but its definitely not as strong as a 2345 setup. Full balance, I play like mage, help dps but cc most of the time. With resto spec, 3 healer setup ( very boring setup imo ) With the nerfs to mana burn next patch this setup wouldnt even be viable anymore. I've been trying more hybrid spec recently and it also has its ups and downs. Good thing is that we can help heal if needed. However, if im helping with heals, we basically become a 3 healer setup but with weaker heals. If I help dps, my dps is way weaker than being full balance. 800 dmg with barely any crits on wrath =\. Good thing is being versatile on doing anything. Being hybrid is mainly for its NS against burst team. One good counterspell on our pally while his bubble is down is GG for one of our class if we play against a good 2345 or 4 dps team.

By being 48/0/13, our strat would be to split dps by applying MS on 2 targets and I would assist one person. Once someone gets low I would cyclone their primary healer (usually pally) and try to finish them off. Does this strat always work? Nope, it really depends on how the other teams play. We're still trying to figure out a better strat in the meantime.

If they are on our priest I would cyclone two of their dps to negate their dmg. I find myself choosing most of the time whether to CC or try to cast that extra wrath to try to finish our target. We don't have an instant interupt as shamans or mages. If I'm being focused, all I'm able to do is IS,MF and cyclone.

Overall, I feel like the balance druid in 5s is very mediocore. We are able to do alot of things, dd, cc, tank melee in moonkin, and even heal if needed. Most of the time I'm not able to do everything because of the global cooldowns. If we get an instant RANGED interupt then it would improve our class alot. Only thing we can do now is switch to cat and maim. With that, it's not instant, takes alot of mana, plus its melee. Warstomp (race permitted) is probably our best atm lol. Bad thing about moonkin's is that our burst isn't the best even if we were free casting. It's because the low amount of crit that the arena gear provides which isn't even comparable to shamans, mages, or locks.

It would be great to hear other people's experience in 5s. I always do research on armory to see what lineup the top moonkin players run and its usually a 4 dps team.

03/14/08, 3:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
sprintlphie Glass Joe Ohshii Tauren Druid <DPS> Bloodscalp	I was full balance s2 and ran war, elemental sham, balance druid, hpriest,hpally. We were able to get it to slightly over 2k before the team broke up. Our weakness was teams with mages. After I finished my s3 resto set this season, I decided to go back to moonkin. I'm currently running a 5s setup with War, mm hunter, balance druid(myself), disc priest, and hpally. We are slightly over 2k about 2074 currently. I've been experimenting with different specs with this lineup. 48/0/13, 34/11/27 (resto gear) and 13/11/27(resto gear). This setup has its pros and cons, but its definitely not as strong as a 2345 setup. Full balance, I play like mage, help dps but cc most of the time. With resto spec, 3 healer setup ( very boring setup imo ) With the nerfs to mana burn next patch this setup wouldnt even be viable anymore. I've been trying more hybrid spec recently and it also has its ups and downs. Good thing is that we can help heal if needed. However, if im helping with heals, we basically become a 3 healer setup but with weaker heals. If I help dps, my dps is way weaker than being full balance. 800 dmg with barely any crits on wrath =\. Good thing is being versatile on doing anything. Being hybrid is mainly for its NS against burst team. One good counterspell on our pally while his bubble is down is GG for one of our class if we play against a good 2345 or 4 dps team. By being 48/0/13, our strat would be to split dps by applying MS on 2 targets and I would assist one person. Once someone gets low I would cyclone their primary healer (usually pally) and try to finish them off. Does this strat always work? Nope, it really depends on how the other teams play. We're still trying to figure out a better strat in the meantime. If they are on our priest I would cyclone two of their dps to negate their dmg. I find myself choosing most of the time whether to CC or try to cast that extra wrath to try to finish our target. We don't have an instant interupt as shamans or mages. If I'm being focused, all I'm able to do is IS,MF and cyclone. Overall, I feel like the balance druid in 5s is very mediocore. We are able to do alot of things, dd, cc, tank melee in moonkin, and even heal if needed. Most of the time I'm not able to do everything because of the global cooldowns. If we get an instant RANGED interupt then it would improve our class alot. Only thing we can do now is switch to cat and maim. With that, it's not instant, takes alot of mana, plus its melee. Warstomp (race permitted) is probably our best atm lol. Bad thing about moonkin's is that our burst isn't the best even if we were free casting. It's because the low amount of crit that the arena gear provides which isn't even comparable to shamans, mages, or locks. It would be great to hear other people's experience in 5s. I always do research on armory to see what lineup the top moonkin players run and its usually a 4 dps team.