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Offline Mordwin

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Kitty DPS Flowchart
« on: July 17, 2009, 02:03:34 PM »


About sums it up... :D

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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2009, 03:01:04 PM »
roflmao  XD XD
I dont know much about kitties, but funny as hell!

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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2009, 05:10:59 PM »
roflmao  XD XD
I dont know much about kitties, but funny as hell!
"Is X on your bar" is claw, no feral druid should use it as they have mangle. In fact no level 80 druid of any spec should need to use it, ever.

The trash one is Swipe (cat).

The mangle bot part is because kitty DPS is murdered by not having mangle up on the boss at all times, bleed damage is a massive part of cat DPS.  Only one mangle is needed though so if there's a bear tanking the cats shouldn't need to mangle at all, if there are multiple cats one of them is designated the mangle bot while the other gets to do the higher damage (mangle is far less damage per energy than shred so the only reason you'd ever do it in a boss fight is for the debuff).  What it fails to mention is that mangle doesn't stack with trauma so if there's an arms warrior specced into that then no mangle bot is needed at all.

The "John Madden" bit is a reference to the sheer insanity of keeping track of everything and the amount of button mashing even if you do manage it, cat DPS is a twitch game and acknowledged by Blizzard as the toughest in WoW.  Assuming you don't have a mangle bot...

1.  Keep savage roar up.
2.  Rip at 5 combo points.
3.  Ferocious bite at 5 combo points if the previous rip is still ticking.
4.  Tiger's fury at moments precisely calculated to maximise the DPS boost it gives you (reality check version: When you have less than 40 energy and it's not on cooldown).
5.  Keep mangle up.
6.  Keep rake up.
7.  Shred if nothing else needs attention.

You will, of course, notice how the two buffs, debuff, and two bleeds all have different timers just to keep things interesting.

Technical dissection aside, yes I found it funny :D
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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2009, 06:10:00 PM »
http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t63774-cat_dps_guide_dummies/

Oh, and of course, you have to do this whilst remaining aware of your surroundings and situation and move as needed...

Much fun :D

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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 06:20:32 AM »
Necro time \o/

Someone has done an actual kitty DPS flowchart in case anyone's interested in learning the pain of optimal kitty DPS...
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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2010, 11:16:02 AM »
And thats one of the reasons why , if i'm ever going to give lorilay a raiding offspec, its going to be boomkin, not kitty. Jeese

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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2010, 06:01:11 PM »
It seems to be all about cooldowns and debuff durations. A addon that shows debuff/dot durations should make kitty dps alot easier. Ofcourse you still have to use your brains to use the right ability.  :)

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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2010, 06:28:18 PM »
It seems to be all about cooldowns and debuff durations. A addon that shows debuff/dot durations should make kitty dps alot easier. Ofcourse you still have to use your brains to use the right ability.  :)
By all accounts Bad Kitty makes it a whole lot easier, not tried it myself as I don't DPS with Daff.
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Re: Kitty DPS Flowchart
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2010, 09:13:23 PM »
Been using CatRotationHelper and ClassTimers, but BadKitty looks like it combines the two and more... will need to give it a spin I guess :)