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- This article is about the Druid Bear Form ability. For the hunter pet ability see Swipe (pet). For the Cat Form ability see Swipe (Cat).
| Swipe |
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| Class | Druid |
| Properties |
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| Type | Offensive |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
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Improvement
talents | Ferocity, Naturalist |
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| Ranks | 6 |
| Requirements | Bear Form |
Swipe is mainly a tool to keep aggro on multiple mobs. It deals damage to all enemies in range.
Rank table
| Rank | Level | Damage | Cost
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| 1 | 16 | 9 | 16
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| 2 | 24 | 13 | 36
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| 3 | 34 | 19 | 90
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| 4 | 44 | 37 | 1 62
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| 5 | 54 | 54 | 2 52
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6  | 64 | 76 | 4 77
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Notes
- The Idol of Brutality increases Swipe's damage by 10.
- In unlimited or extremely high Rage situations, Swipe can also be used in addition to Maul even if there is only one target.
Talent improvement
Tips and tactics
- This is a good Ability to use to keep Aggro on more than one target. Putting talent points into Ferocity makes this ability very viable for tanking.
- The feral talent Primal Fury gives you 5 Rage on a crit in bear form. If you crit on many of the targets from a swipe, you'll get a lot of Rage in return.
- All other procs you may have, like Omen of Clarity for example, will have a high chance to proc while spamming Swipe, because you will be hitting many mobs every 1.5 seconds.
- Damagewise, this ability is generally more effective than Maul, especially acknowledging the fact that Maul prevents you from generating Rage on your next swing.
Patch changes
- Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): The Bear Form and Dire Bear Form version of this ability no longer has a targeting requirement and hits targets behind the druid and to the sides.
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now available at level 71, dealing 260% weapon damage, costs 50 energy with no cooldown. All talents affecting the Bear Form version affect the Cat Form one as well.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Feral Instinct no longer increases threat generated in Bear form, but now increases damage done by your Swip ability by 5/10/15%.
- Previously, threat generation was 1.75x damage done. Now the threat multiplier has been removed. However, the increased damage compensates the lost of threat, especially in AoE tanking scenarios.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now affects targets within a range.
- Old, only affected 3 targets.
External links
| Swipe | Swipe (Bear) | Swipe (Cat)
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