Shifting Perspectives: Gearing a new cat druid at 80, part 2

By Allison Robert
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Cloak

One of the cat's best options is available to anyone who can get their hands on 50 Frost emblems, but two very good cloaks also drop off Faction Gunships-25 and Marrowgar-10. I would leave the Onslaught cloak alone until after you're sitting on four-piece tier 10, and even then the Frost badge belt is probably the better immediate buy if you're not likely to spend much time in ICC.

Enchant: Enchant Cloak — Major Agility. If you're an engineer, Flexweave Underlay. If you're a tailor, Swordguard Embroidery.

  • Recovered Scarlet Onslaught Cape This is close to best-in-slot for most players; you'd only get better off an Insanity run in ToGC-25 or heroic Faction Gunships-25. Available for 50 Emblems of Frost.
  • Shadowvault Slayer's Cloak Expect a lot of competition for this, but if you get an ICC-25 PuG, you may see this off Faction Gunships.
  • Shawl of Nerubian Silk Dropped by Marrowgar-10. Possibly a better option than either of the two cloaks above if you're looking for hit and expertise (two stats that get increasingly difficult to find on ICC gear).
  • Accursed Crawling Cape Dropped by the Devourer of Souls in normal Forge of Souls. A surprisingly good piece, full of meaty cat stats.
  • Saronite Gargoyle Cloak Don't bid on this over a plate DPS, but it's dropped by Faction Gunships in ICC-10.
  • Drape of the Drakerider Dropped by Razorscale-25, so be on the lookout if you get her as the weekly raid quest.
  • Titan-Forged Cloak of Victory Available for 25 Wintergrasp Marks of Honor.

Chest

Honestly? This is another slot that's easy to call. If you're going for the tier 8 bonus, get the tier 8 chest, and use that with the tier 8 helm until you can make the switch to four-piece tier 10. If you've outgrown tier 8, there are several great non-set pieces you can use until you can afford tier 10.

Enchant: Enchant Chest — Powerful Stats.

Bracers

It may not seem like there are a lot of options here, but even the cat's second best-in-slot (heroic Toskk's is best in slot) is relatively easy to get. If you're not up to pugging ICC-25, the leatherworking BoE from Trial of the Crusader is a good alternative.

Enchant: Enchant Bracers — Greater Assault. If you're a leatherworker, you'll want to slap on Fur Lining — Attack Power instead.

Gloves

Ferals in four-piece tier 10 usually switch out either the chest or gloves for a non-set piece (principally Aldriana's Gloves of Secrecy off Rotface if you can get them), but (as always) it's pretty individual to each player. Toravon has a chance to drop the tier gloves if you run VoA regularly.

Enchant: Enchant Gloves — Major Agility. If you're an engineer, Hyperspeed Accelerators.

Belt

Unless you can get a raid that clears Putricide for Astrylian's Sutured Cinch (or, alternatively, Lady Deathwhisper for Soulthief's, below), your best bet is the Frost emblem belt.

Enchant: Eternal Belt Buckle.

Legs

You have a lot of options here, but you're best off saving toward tier (not least because they contain the increasingly hard-to-find expertise).

Enchant: Icescale Leg Armor.

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