3.3 277 Feral Tank Best-In-Slot list

[Darksend]

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Since Blizzard was kind enough to put up EVERY drop from ICC, including the 10 and 25 man hard mode loot with the except of the Lich King himself, I have decided to go ahead and put together a brief list of what druid tanks should be looking for.

Preface, in ToC the hard mode offset items had an extra socket. In ICC the normal mode items ALSO have an extra socket when compared to the set items. Despite this the 4-pc set bonus for bear's is just way to important to pass up. This is reflects that decision and takes the gloves and shoulders from the set instead of the better offset items, as well as the set legs which are only slightly worse than the offset legs.


WEAPON:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Bloodfall
Heroic
Binds when picked up
PolearmTwo Hand
886-1329 DmgSpeed 3.40
(325.7 damage per second)
+175 Agility
+183 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Yellow Socket
Durability: 120 / 120
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 122
Equip: Improves haste rating by 98
Equip: Increases your attack power by 212

HEAD:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Sanctified Lasherweave Headguard
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherHead
564 Armor
+183 Agility
+183 Stamina
Meta Socket
Red Socket
Durability: 70 / 70
Classes: Druid
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 114
Equip: Increases your attack power by 196
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 106

SHOULDERS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Sanctified Lasherweave Shoulderpads
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherShoulders
521 Armor
+136 Agility
+136 Stamina
Red Socket
Durability: 70 / 70
Classes: Druid
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 90
Equip: Increases your attack power by 165
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 82

CHEST:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Ikfirus's Sack of Wonder
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherChest
694 Armor
+167 Agility
+183 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Yellow Socket
Durability: 120 / 120
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves hit rating by 114
Equip: Increases your attack power by 228
Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 106


LEGS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Sanctified Lasherweave Legguards
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherLegs
608 Armor
+183 Agility
+183 Stamina
Red Socket
Yellow Socket
Durability: 90 / 90
Classes: Druid
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Increases your attack power by 212
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 122
Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 106

HANDS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Sanctified Lasherweave Handgrips
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherHand
434 Armor
+136 Agility
+136 Stamina
Red Socket
Durability: 40 / 40
Classes: Druid
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves haste rating by 82
Equip: Increases your attack power by 165
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 90

BRACERS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Toskk's Maximized Wristguards
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherWrist
304 Armor
+102 Agility
+102 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Durability: 40 / 40
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 60
Equip: Increases your attack power by 120
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 68

BELT:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Astrylian's Sutured Cinch
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherWaist
391 Armor
+120 Agility
+136 Stamina
Blue Socket
Red Socket
Durability: 40 / 40
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 90
Equip: Increases your attack power by 181
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 74

BOOTS: (going to list two here because they are extremely close and for how easy it is to get the crafted ones I think they are definitely the better choice thus they are listed first)

The World of Warcraft Armory (only the pattern is present on armory)
Footpads of Impending Death - Item - World of Warcraft

Footpads of Impending Death
Binds when equippedFeetLeather457 Armor
+120 Agility
+120 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Agility
Durability 60 / 60
Requires Level 80
Item Level 264Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 80 (1.74% @ L80).
Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 64 (7.81 @ L80).
Equip: Increases attack power by 129.

The World of Warcraft Armory

Frostbitten Fur Boots
Heroic
Binds when picked up
LeatherFeet
477 Armor
+120 Agility
+136 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Yellow Socket
Durability: 60 / 60
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 90
Equip: Increases your attack power by 181
Equip: Increases your armor penetration rating by 74

[Darksend]

Update for accessories

RINGS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Devium's Eternally Cold Ring
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Unique-Equipped
Finger
756 Armor
+102 Strength
+141 Stamina
Red Socket
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Increases defense rating by 54
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 46

The World of Warcraft Armory

Abomination's Bloody Ring
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Unique-Equipped
Finger
+57 Strength
+124 Stamina
Blue Socket
Requires Level 80
Item Level 264
Equip: Increases defense rating by 56
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 63
Equip: Improves hit rating by 53

Note: I honestly think the heroic 10 man Twin's ring is better than the second ring I have listed and will probably be using it as my second ring for a long long time.

NECKS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Bile-Encrusted Medallion
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Neck
756 Armor
+102 Strength
+141 Stamina
Red Socket
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Increases defense rating by 54
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 46

The World of Warcraft Armory

Noose of Malachite
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Neck
+78 Strength
+141 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Increases defense rating by 68
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 60
Equip: Improves hit rating by 52

TRINKETS:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Sindragosa's Flawless Fang
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
+258 Stamina
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Use: Increases resistance to Arcane, Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow spells by 268 for 10 sec.

The World of Warcraft Armory

Corroded Skeleton Key
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
+228 Stamina
Requires Level 80
Item Level 264
Use: Absorbs 3200 damage. Lasts 20 sec.

Note: See below regarding the purchase of this.

The World of Warcraft Armory

Unidentifiable Organ
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Unique
Trinket
2128 Armor
Requires Level 80
Item Level 264
Equip: Each time you are struck by a melee attack, you have a 60% chance to gain 27 stamina for the next 10 sec, stacking up to 10 times.

CAPES:

The World of Warcraft Armory

Sentinel's Winter Cloak
Binds when picked up
Back
737 Armor
+90 Strength
+124 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Requires Level 80
Item Level 264
Equip: Increases defense rating by 48
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 48

The World of Warcraft Armory

Royal Crimson Cloak
Heroic
Binds when picked up
Back
185 Armor
+78 Strength
+141 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Requires Level 80
Item Level 277
Equip: Increases defense rating by 68
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 68
Equip: Improves hit rating by 44

[Darksend]

EMBLEM OF FROST PICK ORDER:

Which will be slightly out of order to start. First let me say that since all of the set pieces cost badges now, unless it is something that will last you a very long time you are better off saving for your 4pc bonus.

It will take 310 badges to get your 4pc. That is a lot of badges. If you do the 3 new instances, a random daily every day, the weekly every week, and all 4 bosses of 10 and 25 man, you will have 146 badges when the new gate is opened.

If you clear through Putricide in 10 and 25 that is an additional 47 per week. That is 240 by the time the second gate opens if it takes 2 weeks. If the last gate opens 2 weeks after that, you can have a max of 350 badges.

It will probably take 3 weeks for each gate so realistically you can have your full 4 pc set, idol, cape, and trinket by the time you get to Sindragosa, or 452 emblems if the 3 week estimate holds.

3 examples where the upgrade does not justify the cost:

The World of Warcraft Armory (Shadow Seeker's Tunic)
-The 264 version of the best-in-slot chest is BOE, and it only has 16 less agi and hit instead of crit.
The World of Warcraft Armory (Vengeful Noose)
-Again comparing to the 264 version of the best-in-slot belt, you gain 16 agi haste and some extra ARP but worse socket colors and less AP if you use the emblem belt.
The World of Warcraft Armory (Cat Burglar's Grips)
-Compared to the, wait, you already have the set gloves because you need them to upgrade to the 277 version for your 4-pc set. You gain a socket with the emblem gloves but lost haste for crit, and lose some ap and arp.

Now to the items you want to get:

As always, this depends GREATLY on what items you already have for these slots.

Because of how valuable I feel the 4pc will be, and because of my current gear level, I will be buying my 4 set pieces in the following order before anything else:

The World of Warcraft Armory (gloves)
The World of Warcraft Armory (legs)
The World of Warcraft Armory (shoulders)
The World of Warcraft Armory(helm)


The World of Warcraft Armory (Idol of the Crying Moon)
-My first purchase once I complete my set. It is 220 agi when fully stacked, 67 more than the Idol of the Corruptor (please do not tell me you were using the dodge one).
The World of Warcraft Armory (Sentinel's Winter Cloak)
-This is the best cape in the game until hard mode Prince, and even then I still think this is better than the 277 one listed above. However until we start doing hard modes I prefer the expertise on the LJ cape I currently have so will leave this till second.
The World of Warcraft Armory (Corroded Skeleton Key)
-If you have either version of the Satrina's scarab/Jug vit, hold off until you can get the one listed above from Sindragosa. I personally plan on using the heroic Satrina's + heroic Sindragosa's and probably will not ever buy this.

[Leoj]

Can you produce a list that is not all heroic mode yet? Preferably just Normal mode. Or would you say to take all the same items at non heroic levels and then upgrade to the heroic ones.

[felhoof]

The same list is the same list. You still want the sack of awesome, there's only one real option for bracers or belt and there are a couple options for boots. But really, that's it.

Also Bloodfall is a good choice - but don't skip on Cryptmaker - Item - World of Warcraft. Arpen and hit, huge strength and more stam than anything else here. It doesn't have agi, so it's not as good as bloodfall in general, but it may be a good threat/EH weapon.

[Darksend]

Just as a head's up, I am currently working on a pretty big update to the list for people who only have access to 10 mans.

[Darksend]

http://mother-bear.blogspot.com/2010...pc-vs-264.html

For those 10-man only raiders out there.

In short, the chest from frost badges is still bad because the 264 drop is BOE. By using 2-pc 251 set and the 3 264 items, you gain 83 ArP, and 63 haste but gain 33 agi, 49 stam, 72 armor, 53 AP, 76 crit, 12 expertise, 100 hit, and 3 sockets.

One final note: hard modes will be out soon giving even 10 man raiders access to the 264 tier items. The hard mode versions of the dps loot ARE STILL dps loot. This combined with the new VOA boss dropping 264 gloves and legs (although in reality we still do not know how this will work) and you already using 251-helm and shoulders.... I think it would be a waste of gold to craft legs and badges buying either the gloves or the saronite for the legs if you have any plan on doing hard mode 10-ICC.

[Ssakciik]

The list is pretty much what I had in mind, just wanted to get your thoughts on the hit.

As your list stands now you only get 114 hit from the chest. Although I love the stat weightings on Sentinel's Winter Cloak it seems that using Royal Crimson Cloak (+44 Hit) and the Ashen Verdict rep. ring (+55 Hit) would bring the overall hit rating to a more comfortable level at 213.

[felhoof]

Who cares about hit rating for the hardest fights?

I think those are fine alternates, but armor is simply too good most of the time to sacrifice it for hit, and the rep ring is utterly ass.

[Darksend]

Hit is garbage on bosses. And this coming from the biggest hit/expertise whore I know.

[Nevas]

Basically all you need for hit is 5% due to all your melee swings being special attacks(Maul). Any extra hit is for taunt for which you can glyph(replace maul glyph).

[Swidtter]

So... why is Idol of the Corruptor better than the dodge one (it has a 100% uptime) whereas Idol of the Corruptor has a low uptime due to the Internal cooldown

[felhoof]

Idol of the Corruptor doesn't have a low uptime. I'm not sure where you'd get that idea. It's not 100%, but it's quite high. The reason is that Corruptor provides agi - which is modified by BoK and provides avoidance, armor and threat. Mutilation doesn't.

Nevas, where did you get this idea that all you need for special attacks is 5% hit? That's the first I've heard of it.

[owlcapwn]

Nevas, where did you get this idea that all you need for special attacks is 5% hit? That's the first I've heard of it.

He probably means in raid with boomkin or spriest

[felhoof]

That still wouldn't be correct, since those give +3% spell hit, not melee hit.

[owlcapwn]

Youre totally right, I read it wrong thought he was only talking about growl. Gotta stop posting when im tired

[Kazeyonoma]

uhh, no, white hits, And yellow hits, all have an 8% chance to miss, you need 8% hit (combined between gear/talents/debuffs) to never miss with either your white hits or yellow hits. if you are dual wielding then your white hit miss chance sky rockets to 27% or so, but your yellow hit chance stays at 8%

[felhoof]

Nah how it works is, that special attacks(shows as yellow attacks in combat log) only require a hit cap of 5%. 8% is the hit cap for melee swings, but druids don't use melee swings(we use maul instead{special attack}]. Even though you cap your melee at 8% they can still glance, while special attacks never glance.

There's almost a smidgen of correct infomration in here, but for the most part you're wrong.

The cap for white and yellow hit is 8%. It requires 8% melee hit from any source to take all misses off the table.

White hits, in addition, can glance. A glance cannot be taken off the table. I believe the glance chance is 28%, but I could be wrong; it's in the mid-twenties at least.

Yellow attacks cannot glance.

[Kazeyonoma]

I think it's like 24-25% felhoof for glancing at least that's what we've been preaching for the crit cap # in the DPS forums =P

[felhoof]

They're 24%. I just checked again.