Originally Posted by Mastahshake
Dukes, I was wondering why you would bother to throw the single point into frenzy.
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The point in frenzy was a random spare point - I was contemplating putting it in Frenzy but have decided that it isn't worth it with just one point, as it's much too random. My final spec is
this, which swaps the points I previously had in CF into IIS. The reasoning is such that although haste increases DPS, it also increases mana per second spent, while crit increases DPS and provides bonus mana back through moonkin form. The spec maximises crit (IFF/IIS) while still keeping a reasonable amount of regen. The single point in CF could go into Frenzy, Moonglow or Dreamstate, but I've put it in CF for a more static bonus to damage, rather than mana efficiency.
For those fights with pushback, Natures Focus is too much of a damage increase to skip in my opinion - Frenzy just isn't reliable enough even with a 15% proc chance to provide pushback resistance enough of the time, and Master Shapeshifter is effectively 5 points as I don't see NS being of much use, if any, while raiding.
I also go with Lord Beef's points on Typhoon/Starfall - on those fights where you can use them due to movement and not have mana issues, they're major DPS increases. Skipping Gale Winds aswell just isn't an option in my opinion.
I'm using Starfire primary, Wrath secondary (i.e. starfire most of the time, wrath to proc eclipse) rotation, mostly due to mana issues on longer fights making it better to gain the extra crit on starfire, and provide less use of Wrath overall. On high pushback fights, I'm going to experiment using the same rotation, but with starfire only during Eclipse, being able to use Barkskin every other eclipse. Between Natures Focus and Conc aura, there's no pushback on Wrath, meaning that it'll easily outpace Starfire for DPS, except under heavy haste (I've noticed that pushback seems to be dependent on haste too, so with bloodlust and conc aura, pushback isn't so much of an issue on Starfire).