Guardian Druid Review of Druid of the Claw Hero Talents - Return of Catweaving
Mid-March, Blizzard revealed 12 new Hero Talent Trees in a sneak peek at the new system coming with the The War Within expansion.
Our Guardian Druid guide writer, Pumps, offers an early review of the Druid of the Claw Hero Talents that attempts to reunite two specs that were once one with the return of catweaving, but does it go far enough?
The War Within Hero Talents Overview
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Druid of the Claw Guardian Druid Review
Blizzard has recently released a preview of the Druid of the Claw hero talent tree! For Guardian, this revolves very heavily around auto-attacks enabling your next Maul to proc a new ability,, with the addition of some new Catweaving perks.
Hero Tree Core Concepts
The Druid of the Claw hero talent tree has two core concepts — and potentially Catweaving.
Massive Attack
The first core concept is, which is trying to get as much out of in combination with the applied DoT. While these two are mostly passive, attempting to get the most out of them will be integral and looks like it could be quite an enjoyable playstyle. The synergy brought from a few of the hero talents such as and add another layer to our rather simplistic rotation which is great to see.
Catweaving and the Bear Aura
The second core concept of the tree is Catweaving potential. Catweaving is where you shift into Cat Form to apply and maintain Rake and Rip and then shift back to Bear Form for your normal rotation. This has historically been one of the highest DPS variants Guardian could play but has been out of the «meta»
