For the last couple of weeks, I feel like I have been championing the cause of Gale Winds. You know, the talent that we all hated during Wrath that seemed like a complete waste of points? The talent that we only really took on the fights like Anub’Arak heroic, where AOE mattered?
Lots of things has changed in Cataclysm, most notibly the fact that Hurricane is terrible for both damage and mana at this point in the game, but also the fact that Typhoon is actually a pretty awesome spell now.
But alas, many people seem to look down on Typhoon and on Gale Winds as a talent. I opt to change that!
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Cataclysm has been out for a little over a month. In that time, we have seen a lot of hotfixes across all classes. I was beginning to wonder if they would ever get around to do an actual patch, but thankfully, it’s well on its way.
Some of the changes to moonkins has already been announced, and they are pretty exciting to say the least. I wanted to take a moment to adress some of the more interesting changes (ei. I won’t be talking about soothe being instant!). Please note that we might still see a lot more changes on the PTR before the patch goes live.
Oh, and before I forget, I’m going to link to a page at the top of my site (way up at the top, in that little grey area, because that’s all I can do – maybe I’ll add a link in the side bar) where I’ll keep a list of PTR changes for this and future patches.
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Back in Wrath of the Lich King, moonkins were the unmentioned kings of AOE. On fights where it really mattered (think Anub’Arak and the like), we could pull out some serious deeps with a well timed starfall and chain casting hurricane inside Nature’s Grace. These days, however, I feel that–
Wait. Sorry. I have to say this. I fall asleep at night dreaming about the day when I can stop making references back to Wrath of the Lich King. I don’t quite feel that we do Cataclysm justice by continuously comparing it to WOTLK. We need to look ahead. Work with what we’ve got. I’ll stop living in nostalgia now!
Cataclysm has changed the way we handle AOE, for better and for worse. I think its time we take a good, long look at our AOE abilities.
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A lot of debates have sprung up recently across druid forums, and I think it would be beneficial to take a look at the spell – there seem to be a lot of people who are unsure of how to best benefit from Typhoon.
Previously, this talent has been very lackluster for a 41-point ability. Up until Icecrown Citadel, the only fights where you would ever consider using this was A) Knockbacks on Faction Champions, and B) for AOE damage on Anub’Arak 25 heroic. But Icecrown Citadel offer us a few more places where Typhoon can be handy. Surely, it is not a major part of our class, but on those special encounters, it really does shine.
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Just thought I would cover some of the initial druid changes on the PTR. I say “initial”, because I really hope this isn’t the last we will see. Ghostcrawler said they wanted to give us a burst ability for PvP (which might spill over into PvE), and acknowleged that moonkins was too dependant on eclipse, while at the same time passing on two quite solid suggestions in the druid forums.
So it is a bit disheartening to see the following:
- Nature’s Grasp: Now has 3 charges, up from 1.
Great for PvP I suppose. Definately not bursty, but anything helps the dueling moonkins, I suppose.
- Starfall: Te damage done by this spell has been significantly increased.
Great. In reality, it increases the initial hit by an average of 140 damage, and the splash damage by 23 damage. This gives it another 2.800 damage on a single target, or 3.260 for two targets. Not a massive buff, but a buff none the less, though it can hardly be considered a burst to do 2,8k more damage over 10 seconds.
- Typhoon: Mana cost reduced to 25%, down from 32%.
Allow me to take a moment to jump up and down. We now save 245 mana on each Typhoon. Joy.
I really hope that this is not the last thing we have seen to moonkin buffs this patch. A lot of other classes are getting some really nice buffs, and I do think we should get some love as well. Never the less, it’s not like the patch is out yet, so we might see more stuff coming soon.
