lvl85 Traffix Feral Dps Guide 4.0.6

[Madkicks1]

hey just wanted to say thanks i adopted a few tips and tricks from this and such helped a lot now in cat form i can pull 20k plus even with not focusing i would like to know what macros you use though because i haven't really found any that i like atm. All that ive really done is macro in auto attack to all my major abilities for both bear and cat which i found helped a lot in bear and minorly in cat.

[techan9ne]

@Madkicks1

Wow it's good to see even after few months past it is still able to help people. As far as macros I had another guy ask bout while back ago in a previous post but will gladly give it again for you!

#showtooltip

/cast [stance:1] Skull Bash(Bear Form); [stance:3] Skull Bash(Cat Form) ;

Its all the same macro with different spells. Stampeding Roar Skull Bash and Charge. just replace Skull Bash with one of the other 2. =D

[richard2mitchell]

@techan9ne How geared are you?

[techan9ne]

@Madkicks1

Also I have never thought of auto attack macro to abilities seeing as it already activates when key pressed for all aggressive abilities. And for help in bear I guess I never came to a point where I was like why am I not auto attacking lol Or maybe I'm just to focused elsewhere to notice :P

[godogs4ever]

hey man what was healing you?

[techan9ne]

@godogs4ever

Leader of the pack :P

[techan9ne]

Please Ignore the part about Blood In The Water talent, few weeks after publishing this video it was fully fixed and working as it should have from the the start. Thanks yall! =D

[drakola417]

So SR really isn't a main focus anymore? Keeping it continuously up really isn't an issue but focus more on FB?

[techan9ne]

@drakola417

No not at all. As I mentioned in the vid entirely used for between fights or extra combos during an encounter.

[julianaskoe]

ur awesome how much do u damage with ferocious bite if all cds is on?

[techan9ne]

@julianaskoe

Ha, tbh I never really look at it during real raid situations. damage anyways. Nor have I tested It either. On boss buffing like Halfus I can get to 180k plus. But the numbers I see on bites average form 40k to 90k average.

[Ballistikwog]

btw mate drood focus is the one you want to time your stuff

[jabbermouse]

addon list. please. :)

[techan9ne]

@jabbermouse

Bartender, Xperl Unit Frame, Recount, and Elkano's BuffBars, Feral By Night, Mappy, Prat, Quartz, FuBar.

Only ones relevant in the video. :P

[Ballistikwog]

what 2h wep enchant do you use, agility or hurricane?

[techan9ne]

@Ballistikwog

Agility all the way. Hurricane is useless =D

[Ballistikwog]

blizzard is so fucking stupid , why dont they just make the 1% buff proc off shred

[techan9ne]

@Ballistikwog

LOL! Now why would blizzard want to do something smart? It's not like them, look at the past haha.

[supergaga1712]

Thanks man for an awesome guide. As for my 2 cents : After a few tests, I've found primal madness to be a minor dps increase (about 0.1% per point) I prefer taking survival instincts, as it gives a LOT of help to your healers on most healing intensive fights. Still debatable if you're raiding with great healers.As for reforging and stats, weapon damage is actually ahead of agi. Haste is actually a little lower than crit until 372 gear. Hit is useless, except for interrupts until 4.1 IMO.

[techan9ne]

@supergaga1712

Well tbh, primal madness is what makes my rotation so amazing for me. In fact I think i would be pissed if i didnt gain my 20 more energy during my first 10 seconds of a boss fight for maximum dps burst. And Vulgar has some of the best healers on my server, along with the cats talent for increase in heal and self heal ability plus bear form I rarely come into a time were I die or get even close to dying without it being a raid wipe.

[techan9ne]

Technically, wep damage isnt REALLY a stat.. And I have a 372 wep giving me top notch wep damage. so stat wise agi it is. I mean when do you see a leather belt. going +4 strength +4 stam + 50 weapon damage :P Kudos if anyone gets the reference on leather belt =D And as of hit i have not read 4.1 patch notes or anything but right now without hit cap your missing interrupts rendering you useless in raids, or your missing key rotation points.

[Sw1fter]

@techan9ne 4 strength, 4 stam leather belt?! 'Ahhh, uhhh'

[MrAquaLand]

Gladly quit this life-ruining game almost 3 months ago.

[Ballistikwog]

@MrAquaLand gladly noone cares :)

[Smithyfanboy]

Thanks dude awsome guide. xx

[techan9ne]

@Smithyfanboy

Thanks a lot man, much appreciated. =D

[techan9ne]

@Smithyfanboy

Always a pleasure! and thank you so much!

[jabbermouse]

Like it. A lot.

Question 'bout haste. Doesn't it regen energy faster/help attack speed? For me, I've been using the priority haste=crit, with hit being right under that, and I've been cranking it up to 19k at an IL of 352. Could I be doing even better if I ditched the haste and hit capped?

[techan9ne]

@jabbermouse

Well for haste it does NOT increase energy regen for ferals..sad but true. It does give an extreme minor boost in attack speed but so little you wont notice even if you gain 1k or more haste. So id suggest putting haste under the least needed stat you'll ever want. Crit is much much more important. Hit is a MUST imo for raiding for 2 major reason.

[techan9ne]

1. INTERRUPTS!!! In Hard Modes you NEVER want to miss. 2. Miss a FB and then lose the opportunity for the bigger hit because you running buffs wore out or the boss has shifted. It also will mess up your rotation if you miss an important needed crit. Granted, its ok to miss being a cat, but for maximum dps and not wiping your raid due to a miss interrupt I highly say Hit cap PLZ. Which also answers Hit > Haste.

[LilleDroo]

traffix getting a lot of views ic :)

miss u in wow

[techan9ne]

@LilleDroo

I LOVE YOU! <3 you need to text me more often woman!

[julianaskoe]

hey champ does fericous bite got better damage than shred and does feral druids got better damage than fury warrior and frost dks?

[techan9ne]

@julianaskoe

Well a 5 pt FB will hit harder then a shred. In raids single target tbh we are all about even. At high end raids, the difference of top5 is usual 1-3k dps. So at that point it becomes skill and lucky crit procs for all 3 classes. So I'd say in all honostly 3 equally geared classes on a none buffing, non aoe fight it comes down to skill.

[inferno045]

I just had a quick question, do you use the ferosious bite glyph?

[techan9ne]

@inferno045

Naw, I can't picture a situation where It would be useful. I really don't understand the purpose of such a glyph lol Plus the ones im using I love and don't want to lose for a what I consider a dps loss glyph.

[lukkecc]

can you tell me what addon u used for changing dmg/healing combat text ? And please font texture ;) cheers great video btw

[techan9ne]

@lukkecc

nicedamage and xdamagefont

both are checked to be turned on. for some reason I need both for it to work even though they are 2 entirely different addons from different people. I use the Pepsi Font too btw. Which is awesome because I love pepsi! ^_^

[DanielBje]

savage roar will do more dmg overtime than a FB, that is why you should consider use shred>SR. Spend 1-2 points at it as it boosts your dps. You will not miss those points in any lack of FB.

[techan9ne]

@DanielBje

To tell you the truth I've tried this time and time again during Raids and Hard Modes and single target I try this method and I see my dps drop throughout the overall fight. However when I used between boss changes or target change, even running away from blue fire then coming back to boss it was increased. So maybe on paper or theorycrafting which ive done myself its better but not in practice.

[afkhajiit]

traffix youre famous

[techan9ne]

@afkhajiit

I am? What I do? o.0

[Madkicks1]

i was just wondering your addon and macro set up?

[techan9ne]

@Madkicks1

The addons relevant to feral dps would be 5.

Major one being the FeralByNight that displays a suggested spell to use next. Recommend greatly to help time your energy to when you can use an attack.

Bartender, Xperl Unit Frame, Recount, and Elkano's BuffBars. If you want to know every addon that i have in this Ui gladly send me a message and ill send you a full list. ^_^

As far as macros i have 3. Each one is extremely simple used to combine a spell that can be used in bear or cat.

[techan9ne]

#showtooltip

/cast [stance:1] Skull Bash(Bear Form); [stance:3] Skull Bash(Cat Form) ;

Its all the same macro with different spells. Stampeding Roar Skull Bash and Charge. just replace Skull Bash with one of the other 2. =D

[Damingo54]

WOW Pro guide, speaks clear music doesnt cover voice and knows what hes talking about. Best one ive seen so far and cant wait to see another.

[techan9ne]

@Damingo54

Thanks very much for the props on my video! I never thought about making another one perhaps going into a more detailed approach or something. So thank you also for the idea! I'm happy you liked it. =D

[lutheramex]

Blood in the water is fixed as of 4,0,6

best guide for cats ive seen for a while thx

[techan9ne]

@lutheramex

Yea I read the patch notes about that previously. I was under the assumption it WAS fixed. Turns out it still clips it off for me at 2 - 1 seconds. I'm not sure if it's still just not entirely fixed.. or possibly my timer is just off or even latency. Hopefully it's just me and I need to fix it. :P thanks for the compliment and comment! ^_^

[lutheramex]

Blood in the water is fixed as of 4,0,6

[LinkashiDragonmaw]

good video!

[LilleDroo]

<3