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Cat DPS in heroics
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Post by
pezz
I recently got my Druid to 80 and my DPS in heroics is pretty terrible. I've read all the stickies, and practicing the full cat raid rotation on dummies gives me DPS which I think is pretty reasonable considering my gear. My DPS in heroics is terrible though. I've tried just going through the normal rotation on a single mob which either dies way too fast for me to get rolling if it's the one I'm supposed to be killing, or it gives me aggro. I've tried putting one or two combo points on something, using SR, and swipe spamming, but swipe doesn't seem to do too much in that context and I'm hugely energy starved.
Is there any sort of rotation I should be using for heroics trash or bosses? Since sometimes even the bosses don't live long enough for me to really get all of my DoTs, mangle, and SR up consistently.
Post by
Heckler
Well, not knowing what your gear looks like or what you consider "terrible" dps, I can't provide much specific help. If there's three or more mobs, Mangle -> SR -> Swipe -> TF -> Swipe Spam. "Energy Starved" is somewhat meaningless, since energy regenerates at a constant rate... 45 Energy = 4.5 seconds. Clearcasts are all you can pray for to help out.
IMO a fresh 80 in heroics should be able to hold >2000 dps on average (overall), and push 3k on bosses.
Also, it's not a "bad" thing to pop Berserk on Trash as long as you know it will be back up before the bosses. If you do a 4- or 5-pull and the boss is still a ways off, Mangle -> SR -> Swipe -> TF -> Berserk -> Swipe Spam (Berserk right after TF is "bad" because you lose the +Weapon Damage of TF, which does affect Swipe, but having a full energy bar when you enter Berserk is a lot more satisfying when Swipe spamming than waiting for energy.)
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Post by
pezz
Alright, so my DPS isn't as bad for my gear as I thought. Linking my armory probably wouldn't work since I've got a tank set and a resto spec as well, but I will say I
wish
I had all i200 gear, and I am getting close to 2k overall.
Thank you both for the advice!
Post by
UnholyDeciever
IMO a fresh 80 in heroics should be able to hold >2000 dps on average (overall), and push 3k on bosses.
thats not really true if they are new to heroics because most people dont understand how to use a rotation, gems ,chants, glyphs maybe after couple runs but a new 80 i wouldnt expect them to do 2k dps and 3k on boss
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Heckler
True, if they don't know what they're doing, and they have the wrong spec and glyphs, then they wouldn't be able to. Perhaps what I should have said is "The best you could expect to do as a fresh 80 is..."
I assumed he already knew how to play properly. I can push 1500 single-target, with no gear on whatsoever, self-buffed on the boss-training-dummy... Expecting anything less from a player even in full greens seems crazy. (Also, by "push 3k" i meant "Get close to 3k").
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