Friday, October 26, 2007

Druid items on PTR 2.3

Looking through the new leather items that A'dal are selling on patch test realm, I can only confirmed that the items are between tier 4 and tier 5. There are:
4 items for chests (75 BoJ),
3 items for feet (60 BoJ, missing resto),
2 items for hand (60 BoJ, missing bear-feral and resto),
3 items for head (75 BoJ, missing bear-feral, resto's is a drop),
2 items for legs (75 BoJ, missing bear-feral and balance),
3 items for shoulders (60 BoJ, missing bear-feral),
4 items for waist (60 BoJ), and
4 items for wrist (60 BoJ).


Bear-Feral
ChestVestments of Hibernation
75
FeetFootwraps of Wild Encroachment
60
WaistWaistguard of the Great Beast
60
WristBand of the Swift Paw
60
Total
255 BoJ
Cat-Feral/Rogue
ChestShadowtooth Trollskin Cuirass
75
FeetNyn'jah's Tabi Boots
60
HandTrickster's Stickyfingers
60
HeadGrimgrin Faceguard
75
LegsShallow-grave Trousers
75
ShoulderShoulderpads of Dancing Blades
60
WaistBladeangel's Money Belt
60
WristMaster Assassin Wristwraps
60
Total
525 BoJ
Moonkin-Balance
ChestBlessed Elunite Coverings
75
FeetMoon-walkers
60
HandGrasp of the Moonkin
60
HeadMask of Primal Power
75
ShoulderPauldrons of Tribal Fury
60
WaistStarfire Waistband
60
WristArmwraps of the Kaldorei Protector
60
Total
450 BoJ
Tree of Life-Restoration
ChestShimmer-pelt Vest
75
HeadHelm of Natural Regeneration
(drop from Jan'alai in Zul'Aman)
-
LegsPants of Splendid Recovery
75
ShoulderGnarled Ironwood Pauldrons
60
WaistLife-step Belt
60
WristGargon's Bracers Peaceful Slumber
60
Total
330 BoJ


This is how the whole set looks like:

Here I compared the balance and resto gear and will get to the feral part soon. These new items are in-between Nordrassil (t5) and Malorne (t4) set. the biggest differences are the reduction of +spirit (no +spirit at all on BoJ moonkin gear) and the increase in Mp5 and spell haste rating for moonkin.

Balance:
Nordrassil Regalia
Total Chest Legs Head Hand Shoulder
Armor 1703 419 367 341 262 314
Stamina 160 36 37 35 26 26
Intellect 150 32 36 28 27 27
Spirit 114 25 26 24 23 16
Spell Damage 244 54 54 54 41 41
Spell Crit 92 17 26 25 24 -
Spell Hit 44 19 -10 -15
Mp5 7 -7 ---
Sockets1m 3y 4b 1y 2b 1b 1m 1y -1y 1b
Malorne Regalia
Total Chest Legs Head Hand Shoulder
Armor 1540 379 332 308 237 284
Stamina 133 28 32 28 24 21
Intellect 142 27 35 29 27 24
Spirit 97 19 18 22 21 17
Spell Damage 195 46 44 36 33 36
Spell Crit 67 -25 24 18 -
Spell Hit 19 19 ----
Mp5 11 -6 --5
Sockets1m 1r 3y 2b 2y 1b -1m 1r -1y 1b
Badge of Justice Reward - Leather spell damage (Ptr 2.3)
Total Chest Legs Head Hand Shoulder cf. t5 cf. t4
Armor 1287 404 328 252 303 -49 79
Stamina 115 33 33 28 21 -8 14
Intellect 126 34 39 30 23 12 19
Spirit 0 -----88 -79
Spell Damage 179 54 46 40 39 -11 28
Spell Crit 52 22 30 ---14 10
Spell Hit 26 ---26 -18 7
Spell haste 25 --25 -25 20
Mp5 7 7 ---7 7
Sockets 3r 3y
1b
1y 1r 1b 1r 1y -1r 1y


Chest: The tier-chest carries spell hit which is over the BoJ chest.
Legs: There isn't any other choice than tier set, is there? Oh yeah, Arena Reward.
Head: Since the BoJ helm does not have meta socket for my favorite Insightful Earthstorm Diamond, I'd say the tier-helm is better.
Hand: BoJ hand of course. Imba spell haste rating and then spam Starfire. I would sacrifice spell hit on shoulder for the tier set bonus.
Shoulder: The hit rating is great, but it can be traded for the sake of set-bonus. Take both maybe?
Feet:Moon-walkers is a better choice over Naturewarden's Treads for its 23 spell hit. Socketed with Potent Noble Topaz for the spell crit or Glowing Nightseye for the stamina.
Waist: Starfire Waistband and Belt of the Crescent Moon are very hard to choose from. The former is good for mp5 while the latter is good for the spell haste rating.
Wrist:Elunite Empowered Bracers from Black Temple owns Armwraps of the Kaldorei Protector for the spell hit rating. However, the latter is still a nice upgrade from Windhawk Bracers or Bracers of the White Stag. If spell hit rating isn't the issue, then throw in a Runed Ornate Ruby on the Vindicator's Wyrmhide Bracers, then you have the best moonkin bracer in the game, for now.

Restoration:

Nordrassil Raiment
Total Chest Legs Head Hand Shoulder
Armor 1703 419 367 341 262 314
Stamina 165 36 37 40 26 26
Intellect 151 33 36 28 27 27
Spirit 129 31 27 31 24 16
Healing 461 103 101 103 77 77
Mp5 34 -11 8 9 6
Sockets1m
1y 6b
3 b 1 b 1m 1y -2b
Malorne Raiment
Total Chest Legs Head Hand Shoulder
Armor 1540 379 332 237 308 284
Stamina 127 28 30 22 28 19
Intellect 142 29 38 25 27 23
Spirit 119 25 26 24 25 19
Healing 370 88 84 62 68 68
Mp5 32 -10 7 10 5
Sockets1m 1r 1y 4b 1y 2b -1m 1r -2b
Badge of Justice Reward - Leather healing (Ptr 2.3)
Total Chest Legs Head Hand Shoulder cf. t5 cf. t4
Armor 1388404 353 328 303 -53 156
Stamina 11834 30 33 21 -2119
Intellect 13735 40 39 23 11322
Spirit 6030 -30 --45-34
Healing 346101 86 86 73 -3849
Mp5 3412 12 -10 912
Sockets3r 3y 2b -1r 1y 1b 1r 1y 1b 1r 1y

Chest: Mp5 on the BoJ chest over the sockets on t5.
Legs: Mp5 and sockets over the spirit on t5.
Head: Since the BoJ helm does not have meta socket for my favorite Insightful Earthstorm Diamond, I'd say the tier helm is better.
Hand: Tier set is your choice as it's better than Bark-Gloves of Ancient Wisdom.
Shoulder: Mp5 on BoJ shoulder over the spirit on t5.
Feet: No new items from ptr2.3. Enchanted Leather Sandals from Mount Hyjal is not much better than Orca-Hide Boots, except for the stamina.
Waist: Life-step Belt wins over Belt of Primal Majesty, which is a Dreamstate restokin belt with spell haste rating.
Wrist: Grove-Bands of Remulos for the mp5. The latter is useful to support the ToL aura if spirit is lacking in other armor pieces.

Next time I'll take a look at the feral gear.

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