Joel’s Scattered Thoughts

Here’s a list of pre-kara bear tanking gear. Now to get my poor little druid up to 70…

Shifting Perspectives: Bear Tanking Strategies Part 2 - WOW Insider

There are lots of very nice pieces of leather gear that have high armor values, and with the Dire Bear multiplier, you can climb to over 20,000 armor very quickly prior to running any 5 man instance content at all.

In fact, let s take a quick look at a common set of pre-Karazhan leather gear, gear that can be obtained without Heroics, or even instances except for a single Arcatraz run , gear appropriate for bear tanking, and see where it gets us.

* Braxxis Staff of Slumber - 550 armor
* Stylin Purple Hat - 232 armor
* The Dreamer s Shoulderpads - 187 armor
* Cloak of the Valiant Defender - 262 armor
* Heavy Clefthoof Vest - 500 armor
* Umberhowl s Collar - 281 armor
* Verdant Gloves - 393 armor
* Manimal s Cinch - 348 armor
* Heavy Clefthoof Leggings - 503 armor
* Heavy Clefthoof Boots - 394 armor
* Mark of Tyranny - 180 armor
* Badge of Tenacity - 308 armor

This gives us a total of 4,138 armor. Multiply that by the Dire Bear form multiplier, and we have 20,690 armor.

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