Self healing; or, I miss War StompFollow

Once you get barkskin at 44, none of that will matter too much. You'll take 20% less damage and can't get pushback when casting spells. Also with 2.33 or one of the more recent patches, when you use barkskin in forms it will automatically bring you into caster form which is a very big plus.

Bash. Bash > Warstomp.

That is all.

Actually a tutorial on proper bash usage would not be out of order as I've never used it outside of a group. Does 5/5 Furor make this usable in solo play to interrupt self healing casters or do lag issues make this impracticable? For that matter should I only do it if I have less than 40 Energy making the shifting a net gain in Energy? More specifically, if I am level 24 and am fighting 3 level 22 Ashenvale Bears, and after killing one of the bears I pick up a level 24 Elk on a poorly aimed swipe; should I bash one of the bears or the Elk to have the best chance of getting my healing touch off? I don't remember which I did hit with it, but I picked wrong and would like to avoid doing so in the future.

i dont know if he was really looking for a list of mob. think he might have been asking if he should do the higher lvl one first or not. i cant remember if you can dodge or not while casting but even if you cant i would do the higher lvl mob bashed if all are melee. just for the fact if you can dodge less chance on higher lvl mobs and higher lvl mob should be hitting for more unless non-elite. really there are alot of diff situations and like skribs says no one is gonna make a big bad list of what to do when would be longer than some of the F.A.Q. on alla.


edit:skribs not scribs : )


Edited, Mar 31st 2008 3:56am by punkspider

I found it helpful to put points into Nature's Focus until I got Barkskin. Then I just dropped it when I did the Mangle respec at 50.

If I accidentally pull an extra mob, Warstomp is the best. Once you get the Low Health warning, hit Warstomp and immediately cast regrowth, you should just get it off as the stomp runs out, then cast rejuv and switch into bear. Unless the mobs are 3 or 4 levels higher thenyou,or you have too many, those 2 HoTs will heal through the damage you are taking. But if it's really crappy then it's nature's grasp and then Cat (or cheetah if you have it) and get the **** out.

Stop making bad pulls! That's seems to be the simpler answer imo.

Bash is great, especially with brutal impact. In response to your question, yes, it is a terrific interrupt on caster mobs. Before I got maim for cat form, I'd fight mobs in cat for pushback from higher attack speed but sometimes shift to bear and bash if I saw them casting a spell that I absolutely had to interrupt (ie, heal).

In the situation you outlined, in which you had three like-level mobs on you, I agree with other posters that if possible you want to run. (This will become less necessary as you get higher lvl but a 24 druid has a tough time with three mobs. At 40, you will tear through them like a hot knife through butter.) However, if you're gonna bash one, pop out and heal, I'd bash the one with the quickest attack speed. If they seem equal, bash the one that does the most damage (usually the highest level).

you remind me of my friend dimo teacake. here's a snippet of what happens in instances with him (hes a warlock):

*everyone sits down to rest, dimo spams life tap to get mana back, i begin to mark targets*

ok, kill the skull first, then move onto the X. rio, i want you to own that fel puppy asap, just blow exorcism and stuff on it then work on the skull with me. get a trap on the square and then fear yo-yo the....hey, where's hathmon [dimos voidwalker] going?

dimo: hey guys, hathmon aggroed a few groups! *dimo looks around* guys? guys?! dont zone out without meeeeeee!!!!!!11!

aaaand scene.

well, sorta. most of the time he just aoe fears for no reason at all. well, i take that back; he does it for a reason, and that reason is to sow chaos and make it so we dont get lazy. it works too, because i have yet to see anyone else kill 7 elites in shattered halls with a priest/war/lock trio all in blues. nothing prepares you for bad pulls like constant bad pulling!