Swipe (Cat Form)

This article is about the Druid [Cat Form] ability. For the hunter pet ability, see Swipe. For the [Bear Form] ability, see Swipe (Bear).

Swipe (Cat)
Swipe (Cat) (1 rank) Druid ability 5 yd range 50 Energy Instant Swipe nearby enemies, inflicting 250% weapon damage. Damage increased by attack power.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Requirements	Cat Form
Improvements	Ferocity, [Naturalist]

[[Category:druid abilities]][[Category:druid abilities]]

Notes

• Available at level 71.
• Hits all targets considered to be in front of the druid and within melee range.
• This attack is the only offensive [Cat Form] ability that does not generate or consume combo points.
• The damage has a chance to crit on more than one target.

Talent Improvment

All talents that improve Bear Form's Swipe also apply to Swipe (Cat).

• Ferocity, in Feral Combat, reduces Swipe (Cat)'s Energy cost by 1/2/3/4/5.
• [Naturalist], in Restoration, increases Swipe (Cat)'s damage by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• [Feral Instinct], in Feral Combat, increases Swipe (Cat)'s damage by 10/20/30%.

Tips and Tactics

• A Feral druid with most of the talents mentioned will hit each target for about 1400 damage on average and crit for up to 3600 with around 5,500 attack power.
• Useful for farming multiple mobs that are a few levels lower than the caster and who will die quickly or to deal what can be some sizeable AOE damage to a group of PVP opponents.
• Use of this ability should be carefully weighed in certain situations, especially in instances or raids, since it uses most of the druids's energy and doesn't generate combo points. This is a very good way to use up an [Omen of Clarity] proc.
• Combine with [Savage Roar] and [Berserk] and a high crit chance to deal a very large amount of damage when in close quarters combat, especially useful in pvp.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Percent of weapon damage done reduced from 260% to 250%.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB