Druid: Balance PvE (updated for Cataclysm release) - Page 9

Eldormran · 01/22/11, 9:33 PM

Apparently in 4.0.6 Mastery is getting a 33% buff. Where will this change put the stat in priority? Will it be better than crit? If it is then the spirt/mastery gear looks better than haste/crit gear as above the hit cap you can reforge spirit to haste.

• Hamlet · 01/23/11, 12:22 AM

The 4.0.6 update for the guide is here now:

http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t110353-...clysm_release/

That's where the guide is going to be going forward. WC will be on that post soon too.

thedopefishlives · 01/23/11, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by thedopefishlives

I'm the one that provided the research for the new FoN numbers. Here's a few addendums based on your commentary:

Treants do Physical damage, and armor does mitigate the damage.
They do _not_ inherit the Druid's haste and crit. I believe, but did not have time to test, that they receive raid-wide physical crit and haste auras, as well as Heroism. I am uncertain about the raid-wide +AP% aura.
There should be an entry in the computations for glancing blows. Treant damage is on the white hit table, which has a 24% glancing chance against a raid boss.

To continue this train of thought to its logical conclusion, I tested raid buffs/debuffs for Force of Nature.

What works:

Target debuffs, such as the 4% Physical damage debuff on target from a rogue or arms warrior.
Heroism.

What doesn't:

Raidwide auras: 10% AP, 5% melee crit, 10% melee/ranged haste.
Totems.
Group buffs such as Mark or Might.

Untested:

Boss mechanics that buff a group, such as the buff from Neptulon in Throne of the Tides.