HoW or OS - pvm fury

[Drood]

i have been looking around and its about even, i want to know what you guys think and why.

what are the pros and cons of each?

This is for a PvM fury druid so keep that in mind, thanks :D.

[pacifickarma]

I would suggest Oak Sage, since Fury adds a ton of AR and DMG, but not so much life!

[braincrasher]

On the other hand, lycantrophy adds enough life for pvm. With HoW you´ll have more damage and more life steal from Feral Rage. Monsters don´t really hit that hard, just have max lightning resistance and you´ll be fine.
For example, my one-point-smiter designed for Ubers only has about 1500 life and I´ve never died in Tristram. In pvm it´s all about damage and life steal.

[Master Zap]

+1 How here

shifters get a crapton of life from shifting
Id rather have more damage and leach

if you actually need the xtra 1k life to be viable on a shifter then your not doing something right. I usally only pop 5ish in lycanth to boot. This is coming from a hc player no less. If you on sc then i can see no reason to go sage. Sage is for elemental druids imo.

Damage is king imo


the only exception i can see is for untwinked or undergeared party support

[Scudstorm]

Don't forget that your spirit will die, regularly if not frequently.

And when it does, do you want to suddenly lose a ton of life or lose some dmg/AR for a few seconds?

And if it doesn't die regularly for you, keep in mind that when it does (because it will eventually), it probably means you're in a tight spot with some big baddies :P

[blanknineeight]

For pvm I think HoW is better.

[xpumafangx]

Ive all ways prefered oaksage. Also in pvm monsters hp are way to high to see a diffrence in damage being done to them if your using how or not.