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Post by
Kramp
Hi there.
Since I just finished gearing myself for heroics and I would like to share with you some equipments that will help you to survive those nasty bosses and trashs.
For each slots, I'll present a selection of gear obtained by professions, quests, reputation ( up to Revered ) and normal dungeons. I'll also gives you some suggestions for upgrades found in heroics or buyable with
Emblems of Heroism
. Then, I'll present a list of enchants, gems and glyphs.
This guide is not perfect, I probably missed some items but I think if offers enough choice for any feral druids who wants to be ready for 10 man raids or even further.
1.GEAR
2.ENCHANTS
3.GEMS
4.GLYPHS
Post by
Kramp
1.GEAR
Pre-Heroics Head
Titan-forged Leather Helm of Triumph
By far, the best tanking helm you could get before raiding but it's going to be a pain to get considering it cost 40 WG MARKS !
Headguard of Retaliation
A very nice helm obtained by completing
Vengeance be mine
. Enter Utgarde Pinnacle, say "Hi !" to NPC at the entrance of the dungeon, kill King Ymiron and recieve.
*Savage Gladiator's Dragonhide Helm*
It seems that, once again, PvP could come to the rescue. The whole pvp set is quite amazing. But If you do a lot of pvp, you’ll probably prefer to gem/enchant this set for pvp. If you eventualy upgrade your pvp gear to Hateful or Deadly, you could resocket/reenchant Savage to pure tanking.
Eviscerator's Facemask
If you are in a hurry ( guild is waiting for you ), Get this helm crafted this by your local leather worker. Cheap and just 6 stamina under Headguard or Retaliation.
Heroics Head Upgrades
Shroud of Darkness
Better than the 1st ones because this helm have a meta socket.
Drops from
Zuramat the Obliterator
, one of the 6 random bosses in heroic Violet Hold.
Mask of the Watcher
In the chest given by last boss in H Oculus.
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Pre Heroics Necks
Blood-Infused Pendant
A good neck obtained after unlocked the Oracles/Frenzyheart reputations.
Torta's Oversized Choker
Bind on Equip World Drop. Check for it at the auction house. Kinda crappy but it's the easiest tank neck you can get.
Amulet of Wills
Slightly better than Torta. Drops from
Sjonnier the Ironshaper
in Halls of Stone
Titanium Earthguard Chain
If you are a big spendor, consider this nice necklace. A JC will craft you for you but except to pay a lot.
Heroics Upgrades Necks
Chained Military Gorget
Buyable with 25
Emblems of Heroism
. A perfect reward for your first heroics.
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Pre Heroics Shoulders
Shoulderpads of Fleshwerks
Reward of
The Flesh Giant Champion
Trollwoven Spaulders
Consider these even if you dont have a lot of gold, you won't find something better in heroics. From leatherworking
Eviscerator Shoulderpads
Once again, a cheap craft from Leather Working.
*Savage Gladiator's Dragonhide Spaulders*
see
Helm
for details about Savage set
Heroics Shoulders Upgrades
Spaulders of the Careless Thief
If you did'nt had the money for Trollwoven, run heroic nexus. Drops from
Grand Magus Telestra
in H Nexus.
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Pre Heroics Cloaks
Flowing Cloak of Command
From 2nd boss in normal Culling of Stratholme.
Cloak of Peaceful Resolutions
Just need to be honored with
Wyrmrest
to get this cloak.
Durable Nerubhide Cape
Your LW friend will be happy to help you again.
Heroics Cloak Upgrades
Cloak of the Gushing Wound
Dropped by
Erekem
one of the random bosses in heroic Violet Hold
Post by
Kramp
Pre Heroics Chestpiece
Polar vest
Quick note about the "polar set" ( chest, belt and boots ). Don't let the lack of agi makes you turn your back of them, these pieces is simply too good to be true. We're talking about 437 STAMINA here. The 8 gems slots will let you complete this awesome HP pool with avoidance and threat stats. A bit pricey but easily the best crafts you could get.
Exotic Leather Tunic
I dont think you can find a better chest before Naxx.
Quest
in Utgarde Pinnacle.
Heroics Chest Upgrade
Crystal-Infused Tunic
Offered by last boss in H nexus.
*Savage Gladiator's Dragonhide Robes*
see
Helm
for details about Savage set
T7 chest
With the current lack of bear gear obtained with
Emblems of Heroism
, buying t7 is a wise choice unless your guild have Naxx on farm status. The chest will cost you 80
Emblems of Heroism
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Pre Heroics Bracers
Njorndar Furywraps
Reward from
Not-So-Honorable Combat
Eviscerator's Bindings
Eviscerator to the rescue. LW craft
Heroics Bracers Upgrades
Bindings of the Tunneler
Drops of
2nd boss
in H UK.
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Pre Heroics Gloves
Handwraps of Preserved History
Complete the Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme
chain
to get those wonderfuls gloves. Nothing better before Naxx.
T7 gloves
With the current lack of bear gear obtained with
Emblems of Heroism
, buying t7 is a wise choice unless your guild have
Sartharion
and Plague Wing on farm status. The gloves will cost you 60
Emblems of Heroism
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Pre Heroics Belt
Polar Cord
see
Polar vest's
note
Trollwoven Girdle
The 2nd piece of trollwoven. A wise investment. Basicly a "threat for survival exchange" from polar.
Glitterscale Wrap
Revered with
Oracles
.
Heroics Belt Upgrades
Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt
From last boss in Utgarde Keep.
Post by
Kramp
Pre Heroics Pants
Dark Arctic Leggings
Really Cheap LW craft. Really good pants.
Heroics Pants Upgrades
-
Chain Gang Legguards
from random trashes in H VH. Since it's BoE, you should look at the AH if you really want them.
Gored Hide Legguards
Off
Gal'darah
in heroic Gundrak.
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Pre Heroics Boots
Jormscale Footpads
Cheap LW craft. Nice boots
Heroics Boots Upgrades
Slag Footguards
From
Volkhan
, 2nd boss in heroic Halls of Lightning.
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Pre Heroics Rings
Titanium Frostguard Ring
and
Titanium Earthguard Ring
2 excellent that will kick your your wallet in the nuts. I personally prefer the frostguard since the earthguard seems to suit plate guys better.
Signet of Arachnathid Command
Offered by
Anub'arak
in Normal Azrol-Nerub
Iceforged Battle Ring
A chain in Storm peaks, starting
here
for horde and
here
for alliance
Dragonflight Great-Ring
From the
chest
offered to your group after killing the last boss in Oculus
Heroics Rings Upgrades
Keystone Great-Ring
A neat ring that will drop from
The Prophet Tharon'ja
in H Drak sooner or later.
Post by
Kramp
Pre Heroics Weapons
Titansteel Destroyer
If you know a guy who's about to put his destroyer in the trash, you could always take it as an ok tanking weapon but it will be replaced fast. BUT, it's also a neat dps weapon so you could always get it for tanking and then enchant it with a dps enchant once you got a real tank weapon.
Whale-Stick Harpoon
If you are a fisherman, you are probably farming the Kalu'ak reputation to get your
fishing pole
. Grab this excellent harpoon while you are doing your 3 dailies.
Witch Doctor's Wildstaff
From
1st boss
in Gundrak.
Stave of Shrouded Mysteries
Buyable after reaching revered with
Kirin Tor
Heroics Weapons Upgrades
Staff of Trickery
from
last boss
in H VH.
Enraged Feral Staff
From
last boss
in H UK.
Trinkets
In Wotlk, bear trinkets are rare, here's a few selection. If you can't get any of them for now, your 70s trinkets will be fine.
-
Figurine - Monarch Crab
BoP JC craft
-
Indestructible Alchemist's Stone
Suggested by Nnoutaja
-
Essence of Gossamer
2nd boss in H AN
-
Valor Medal of the First Warr
40 emblems.
-
Offering of Sacrifice
From
Gal'darah
in H Gundrak
suggested by Reedyn
-
Sonic booster
BoP Engineering.
Idols
Sad to say but
Idol of Terror
is still the best single target/mitigation idol. If you did'nt had the chance to get it you could always grab
this one
. For AoE tanking,
Idol of Perspicacious Attacks
is quite nice. ( do a few dailies in Venture Bay, you'll get it in no time ).
Post by
Kramp
2.ENCHANTS
By order of personnal preference
Head
-
Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector
Revered with Argent Crusade
-
Heavy Borean Armor Kit
LW
Shoulders
-
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
10k honor.
-
Master's Inscription of the Pinnacle
Insc only
-
Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle
Exalted with Sons of Hodir
-
Lesser Inscription of the Pinnacle
Honored with Sons of Hodir
-
Heavy Borean Armor Kit
LW
Cloak
-
Enchant Cloak - Major Agility
Enchanting
-
Enchant Cloak - Superior Agility
Enchanting
Chest
-
Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
Enchanting
-
Heavy Borean Armor Kit
LW
-
Enchant Chest - Super Stats
Enchanting
-
Enchant Chest - Super Health
Enchanting
-
Enchant Chest - Mighty Health
Enchanting
Bracers
-
Fur Lining - Stamina
for LW only
-
Enchant Bracers - Expertise
Enchanting
-
Enchant Bracers - Greater Stats
Enchanting
-
Socket Bracer
for BS only
Gloves
-
Enchant Gloves - Major Agility
Enchanting
-
Enchant Gloves - Expertise
Enchanting
-
Enchant Gloves - Precision
Enchanting
-
Socket Gloves
for BS only
-
Heavy Borean Armor Kit
LW
Belt
-
Eternal Belt Buckle
A BS craft, can be used by everyone.
Pants
-
Frosthide Leg Armor
LW
-
Jormungar Leg Armor
LW
-
Heavy Borean Armor Kit
LW
Boots
-
Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality
Enchanting
-
Enchant Boots - Superior Agility
Enchanting
-
Enchant Boots - Greater Fortitude
Enchanting
Weapon
-
Enchant Weapon - Mongoose
Enchanting
-
Enchant 2H Weapon - Massacre
Enchanting
3.GEMS
by order of preference
Meta
-
Effulgent Skyflare Diamond
-
Austere Earthsiege Diamond
Prismatics
-
Enchanted Tear
Dragon's eyes
JC only
-
Delicate
-
Solid
-
Precise
Red
-
Delicate Scarlet Ruby
-
Precise Scarlet Ruby
-
Subtle Scarlet Ruby
Blue
-
Solid Sky Sapphire
Yellow
-
Rigid Autumn's Glow
-
Thick Autumn's Glow
Purple
-
Guardian's Twilight Opal
-
Regal Twilight Opal
Green
-
Enduring Forest Emerald
-
Vivid Forest Emerald
Orange
-
Glinting Monarch Topaz
-
Accurate Monarch Topaz
Glyphs
Majors
-
Glyph of Growl
Because a missed growl is NEVER funny.
-
Glyph of Maul
for more AOE goodness.
-
Glyph of Frenzied Regeneration
+20% healing as a tank when I need them the most ? DO want !
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Minors
-
Glyph of Challenging Roar
Because we all know how AOE DPS can be trigger happy sometimes.
-
Glyph of Thorns
Maximising AOE threat is now less annoying
-
Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth
1 or 2 bag slots saved is 1 or 2 more pieces of gear in your bag
Post by
Kramp
That's it folks. I hope it helps. I'll keep updating it if I find more items.
Post by
Aadramelekh
Took you quite some time to write all this, a very nice and valuable effort! ^^
However I would have a few comments: on the Cloak, Belt and Shoulders. For those, having the Durable Nerubhide Cape, the Trollwoven Girdle and the Trollwoven Spaulders requires no other upgrade from heroics. And even from 10 man raids, only the Cloak will be probably replaced with the
Gale-Proof Cloak
(which happens to be, imo, the second best tank cloak for ferals so far, after the 25 valorous emblems
Platinum Mesh Cloak
). The belt and the shoulders are so nice, with high agility, stamina and expertise, that you may never have to replace them. Only the
Valorous Dreamwalker
shoulders or the
Concealment Shoulderpads
would be better, but that is if you have access to 25 man raids. Also the Trollwoven Girdle is an EXCELLENT tank piece, add an eternal belt buckle to it and it becomes imba. The belts that drop from 25 man content are much more DPS oriented, and most of all they lack expertise to start with. And expertise is among the tank's best friends.
Post by
Reedyn
You missed out one veery good tanking trinket:
Offering of Sacrifice
from Gal'darah in Heroic Gun'Drak.
Post by
Kramp
Took you quite some time to write all this, a very nice and valuable effort! ^^
However I would have a few comments: on the Cloak, Belt and Shoulders. For those, having the Durable Nerubhide Cape, the Trollwoven Girdle and the Trollwoven Spaulders requires no other upgrade from heroics. And even from 10 man raids, only the Cloak will be probably replaced with the
Gale-Proof Cloak
(which happens to be, imo, the second best tank cloak for ferals so far, after the 25 valorous emblems
Platinum Mesh Cloak
). The belt and the shoulders are so nice, with high agility, stamina and expertise, that you may never have to replace them. Only the
Valorous Dreamwalker
shoulders or the
Concealment Shoulderpads
would be better, but that is if you have access to 25 man raids. Also the Trollwoven Girdle is an EXCELLENT tank piece, add an eternal belt buckle to it and it becomes imba. The belts that drop from 25 man content are much more DPS oriented, and most of all they lack expertise to start with. And expertise is among the tank's best friends.
Of course
Trollwoven
is better than
those
but some players might have troubles to get Troll ( overpriced leather, lack of time to farm ) so I am presenting a possible heroic upgrade over any blue they might have.
Each piece are not ( well, they probably should, I'll work on that ) necessarily presented by the best to the top, It's just a selection
Post by
Kramp
You missed out one veery good tanking trinket:
Offering of Sacrifice
from Gal'darah in Heroic Gun'Drak.
Added.
Post by
Felrass
Very nice with the enchant list, i was thinking of composing one for tanks cause there is very little change to tank enchants depending on class ^_^
Post by
109094
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Aadramelekh
For me, the Powerful Stats enchant wins over the Heavy Borean Armor Kit. It's trading 8 stamina for 10 str, 10 agi and the less useful 10 intellect and spirit.
Post by
109094
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Aadramelekh
For me it is
Ok, for you it is :) so what? For me it isn't. And small numbers make a big difference only when they appear in many many places, otherwise... they remain just what they are - small. It is all about personal preference.
Post by
109094
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Aadramelekh
and just incase you missed it the first time times I said it. which is better is DEBATABLE I did not miss that part. And I never addressed you in that post with the intention of a contradiction anyway :) Somehow you felt the need to answer me. I simply stated that
for me
, the +10 all stats looks nicer than +18 stamina. Period.
Post by
Thror
I can't believe you forgot the +90 Stamina Fur Linings. Very nice list, i will return to this topic quite often. It is also nice to know that majority of my gear is already in a very fitting shape for heroics. I am about to craft both my Trollwoven armor pieces today... then i need to get a better neck... wrists... and i am good to go :D
Which heroic should i start with? I think Utgarde Keep would be nice, two good pieces for a feral druid can drop there... and even though my staff is not totally bad, it could use an upgrade... anyone wants to check my armory?
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drak%27thul&n=Throrr
Post by
Aadramelekh
Getting your Trollwoven pieces will be a great improvement. However. Get a second tank oriented ring. No hard to come by. Try the Ring of Earthen Might if you like. Should find it on AH. Also get some decent tank trinkets. Though some of the best drop precisely from the heroics you are trying to gear up for :) If you are lucky, you'll get an Enraged Feral Staff from HC Utgarde Keep. That is a VERY good tank weapon. Get a good necklace. Even the crafted Torta's Oversized Choker is better than yours. Look for it on AH as well. Make it a priority to buy the Chained Military Gorget once you gather 25 emblems of heroism. Get the Bindings of the Tunneler from HC Utgarde. I have completed all the heroic raid content and still using those for tanking until I get the Thrusting Bands from Naxxramas. And an overall direction: aim for ~40 expertise skill and ~160+ hit rating or more. You will NEED them.
Even though your armor is kinda low at the moment, the new patch will bring a great improvement for you. Good luck, brother bear!
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