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#1 Oct 02 2007 at 8:25 PM Rating: Decent
Can anyone tell me if feral druids are just meant for resto in 25man instance?
Cuz some people are telling me to respec to resto and I love being feral and don't like to heal lol hehehehhe.............. I need some support give me any opinion you got thats about this topic...





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#2 Oct 02 2007 at 11:36 PM Rating: Good
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Yes ferals can tank in 25man. In fact taking Gruul's Lair as an example you would almost definitely need 1 or 2. Also handy in The Eye where you will need 4 tanks for Reaver, but don't really need 4 for trash.

Unless your guild plans on swapping people in and out a lot, I'd say you definitely need a feral or 2.

At the moment, my guild always runs Kara farms with 1 Warr and 1 Feral tank. Our trips into 25mans usually have 2 ferals.

Just make sure you are geared up well, Heroics/Kara/Tier etc and you should be ok as a tank/dps hybrid in 25mans.

There are plenty of threads on this board about gearing. You can also check out emeralds list if you need to.

Don't know what experience you have or where you guild is right now, but try to get lots of time in Kara. Learn how to tank the trash and bosses in there.

Even as a feral you should be able to main tank every boss in Kara. This will serve you well to expand your skills in 25 mans.
#3 Oct 03 2007 at 4:40 AM Rating: Good
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Feral druids are perfectly viable in 25-mans, but that doesn't necessarily mean MTing. Most of the time it's about OTing or dpsing. A good feral druid is versatile and adapts to the situation. Even in fights where you would be purely dpsing and where a pure dps class might bring more dps to the table, most raid leaders like to bring at least one feral druid for battle rez, 5% crit, innervate and of course GotW (and some nice dps too :)

The guild I'm in currently brings 2-3 ferals in each raid, and we're starting MH/BT. So don't let anybody tell you only resto druids can be useful in 25-mans.
#4 Oct 03 2007 at 4:43 AM Rating: Good
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kadanis wrote:
Even as a feral you should be able to main tank every boss in Kara. This will serve you well to expand your skills in 25 mans.


Well to be honest I happily let a warrior tank Prince or Nightbane. At least a druid can outgear Prince. But we just don't have the abilities to MT Nightbane efficiently. All the other bosses are fair game.
#5 Oct 03 2007 at 10:50 AM Rating: Decent
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With some help from Fear Ward or Tremor Totem, a druid can tank Nightbane.
#6 Oct 18 2007 at 4:16 PM Rating: Decent
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It's possible, i have plenty of feral tanks in my guild.
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