Swipe (Bear Form)

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

Swipe (Bear)
Swipe (Bear) (8 ranks) Druid ability 8 yd range 20 Rage Instant Swipe nearby enemies, inflicting X damage. Damage increased by attack power.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Requirements	Bear Form
Improvements	Ferocity, [Naturalist]

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

Swipe (Bear) is mainly a tool to keep aggro on multiple mobs. It deals damage to all enemies in range.

Rank table

Rank	Level	Damage	Cost
1	16	9	16
2	24	13	36
3	34	19	90
4	44	37	1 62
5	54	54	2 52
6	64	76	4 77
7	72	95	17
8	77	108	17

Talent improvement

• Ferocity, in Feral Combat, reduces Rage cost by 1/2/3/4/5.
• [Naturalist], in Restoration, increases damage by 2/4/6/8/10%.
• [Feral Instinct], in Feral Combat, increases damage by 10/20/30%.

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.
• Damage-wise, this ability is generally more effective than [Maul] against multiple targets, especially acknowledging the fact that Maul prevents you from generating Rage on your next swing.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): renamed Swipe to Swipe (Bear) to separate it from Swipe (Cat), range increased to 8 yards.
  
• 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 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): [Feral Instinct] no longer increases threat generated in Bear form, but now increases damage done by your Swipe ability by 5/10/15%.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now affects targets within a range.

  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 2.0.10 (2007-03-06): No longer affected by [Savage Fury].
  

External links

Swipe (Bear)
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