Power builds questions
It’s definitely viable, probably not optimal for anything.
However now that DPS meters are widespread, I have been seeing some pretty hysterical reports that people running meta max DPS builds of all professions are failing miserably. So if you’re going to run a DPS build, make sure you’re actually doing top notch DPS and know your rotations in a practical setting. The main priority of druid is to maintain all the damage buffs as much as possible (or keep the party alive for healer obviously.)
I am neither a raider nor run a DPS meter, just my view from the outside.
Condi is better, because power rangers/druids are the worst.
The benefit of the power druid over the condi druid is the off-hand axe. Skill 4 is a really good pull, that with benefit can be used at bosses like Escort, sloth, trio or xera. And at these bosses a power build will do really well. At other bosses like VG or KC it will do fine and about as well as the condi build. At the rest, I’d give the edge to condi any day.
That said, as druid your main job is healing/buffing. So I’d take staff over LB any day for that reason.
Since last patch, condi druid have been abit better off, and it do mean that even “crippling” a condi build with axe off-hand, its still better dmg then the power build.
TLDR: if you already have a berserker druid, and know how to play it, it will do fine. Is it as good as a condi druid? prob not.
The benefit of the power druid over the condi druid is the off-hand axe. …
Did you get these the wrong way around or am I missing something? On mine for power build I run LB/GS, and condi is A/T…..
EDIT: Disregard, I saw you’re referring to the PvE one with S/T, my bad!
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The benefit of the power druid over the condi druid is the off-hand axe. …
Did you get these the wrong way around or am I missing something? On mine for power build I run LB/GS, and condi is A/T…..
The OP was asking about raids/fractals, there a power druid dont run GS since the dmg is less then sword/axe and even also bring less group support. Some take LB in swap, but thats for special cases, normally taking staff in swap will be the optimal.
Sadly even after the last GS buff, its still not worth taking. Sword (for dmg) and off-hand axe for the skill 4 pull on the other hand, can be usefull.
And yes, condi druid run SB+Axe/torch. Or if you need the pull, Axe/torch + Axe/Axe.
oh another thing worth mentioning, consider full heal druid (magi gear/tinkets + magi staff). Its used by more or less all raid groups, Exo gear is fine. Get it easy from AC with the right stats and the right runes (monk).
If a person were to go full magi heal druid, does the difference betweeen power and condi become pretty much meaningless? Since at that point you’re only fighting to build up astral force anyway, and maybe help with CC a little.
If a person were to go full magi heal druid, does the difference betweeen power and condi become pretty much meaningless? Since at that point you’re only fighting to build up astral force anyway, and maybe help with CC a little.
Generally yes, but 99% of full heal druids use the magi stat sett (so power), since as a full healer druid you are going to be on staff more or less all the time (unless you are in avatar) and staff do power dmg. That said, the dmg you do as a full heal druid is so little that it dont really matter. Your focus is on 2 things, healing and buffing, and you buff by healing (using avatar).
And yes, you also cc, thats also an importent part of your job, lightning wyvern, and nr.3 in avatar. both good cc’s