Fury druid gear question

hey there guys, I had a question about a specific gear setup for a fury druid. I was wondering what combination of gear does more overall damage.. Fort + EBOTD Zerker or Fort + Grief Zerker/Phase? I'm making this werewolf for PVM and would like to do as much damage/physical damage as possible.

Thanks|||You can figure this out for yourself by checking how fast each weapons attacks, but okay:


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                 feral rage       fury       damage
Grief zerker        8          6/6/6/6/10    447
eBotD col blade     7          6/6/6/6/9     648
eBotD zerker        7          5/5/5/5/9     356
Grief PB            7          5/5/5/5/9     433
Up-Shael Ribby      6          5/5/5/5/8     412
T-Reaver (2 shael)  5          4/4/4/46      348

Damages are per hit, the other numbers are the frames it takes to make the attack (so less is more). I think the 50 CB on ribby wins out over the ITD on Grief, but if you can get T-Reaver then go for that. You don't need a shield on a pvm wolf |||Quote:








You can figure this out for yourself by checking how fast each weapons attacks, but okay:


Code:

                 feral rage       fury       damage
Grief zerker        8          6/6/6/6/10    447
eBotD col blade     7          6/6/6/6/9     648
eBotD zerker        7          5/5/5/5/9     356
Grief PB            7          5/5/5/5/9     433
Up-Shael Ribby      6          5/5/5/5/8     412
T-Reaver (2 shael)  5          4/4/4/46      348

Damages are per hit, the other numbers are the frames it takes to make the attack (so less is more). I think the 50 CB on ribby wins out over the ITD on Grief, but if you can get T-Reaver then go for that. You don't need a shield on a pvm wolf




Well this is for hardcore, and i wanted stormy for the damage reduction. Plus I'll be doing so much damage with a grief PB that it doesn't matter anyways right?

I'm asking specifically in regards to the fort+grief zerker/pb or fort+ebotdzerker/pb setup because for some reason the damage on the grief doesn't register correctly with the attack/stat distribution menu. It also somehow adds to damage in a weird way so i was wondering would fort help increase the damage on the EBOTD more than the grief.|||Quote:




I'm asking specifically in regards to the fort+grief zerker/pb or fort+ebotdzerker/pb setup because for some reason the damage on the grief doesn't register correctly with the attack/stat distribution menu. It also somehow adds to damage in a weird way so i was wondering would fort help increase the damage on the EBOTD more than the grief.




Yeah, that's why the character screen is also called the LCS (Lying Character Screen). Blizzard didn't code it perfectly, and display errors occur occassionally.

The +xxx damage from 'Grief' won't register on the LCS. 'Grief' wins. Even with 'Fortitude'. Here's a very rough calculation:

'BOTD' eBA vs 'Grief' PB.

PB average base damage 33.

eBA average base damage 71.25.

Perfect 'BOTD' gives 400% wED. 'Fortitude' gives 300% ED.

71.25 * 5 * 4 = 1425 average.

Crappiest 'Grief' gives +340. 'Fortitude' gives 300% ED.

(33 + 340) * 4 = 1492 average.

Crappy 'Grief' in lower damage base weapon > perfect 'BOTD' in higher damage base weapon. Throw in more %ED and 'Grief' still wins.

If you do go 2Hander, take 'BOTD'. If you're going 1Hander, go 'Grief'.|||How much ED you have shouldn't have an influence on what weap you choose, it effects them all the same.

Fair enough about the HC/shielded bit. Just don't try a Tomb Reaver because once you're used to that kind of speed you won't be able to go back