T9 set bonuses and idols!

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MMO-Champ has some new information about T9 set bonuses and Idols for resto druids. Check 'em out:

2 piece bonus: "Increases the critical strike chance of your Nourish spell by 5%."

4 piece bonus: "Your Rejuvenation ability now has a chance for its healing to be critical strikes."

EEEEEE.

CRITTING HOTS?

Does anyone else feel like KDunster in Bring It On when she's all crazy and dancing on the bed like nuts cause that teenybopper boy wrote that song about her or something?

Yeah. That's me right now. =D I've just disinegrated into the mentality of a 16 year old cheerleader.

>.>..........*ahem*

We knew that crits on ticks was a doable thing - they had the technology and coding to make it work, what with Primal Gore and such. The question on all of our barky minds was, when is this gonna go live with healing ticks?

Looks like the answer to this question is "In 3.2, with 4 piece T9."

I wonder how often it will proc? What the internal cooldown will be (if there will even be one)?

We'll just have to wait and find out.

As for the idol, it's pretty sweet: "Each time your Rejuvenation spell deals periodic healing, you have a chance to gain 234 spell power for 9 sec. "

I think this is a solid mechanic. Any idol that will give me more spell power overall is awesome. I use rejuv all the time, and I don't see that changing (barring something crazy), so I like this quite a bit. Depending on the proc rate, it might even be pretty OP.

Also, think about the 4 piece bonus in conjunction with this Idol. People will be using rejuv like nuts! I really don't mind this, because I don't feel like Blizzard is forcing it upon us (like, say, Nourish). We already use rejuv quite a lot (or at least, I do), and so these added perks are quite nice and fit my play style like a glove.

And as usual, all of these things are subject to change - the PTR isn't even out yet, and all this info is just datamined at this point, not truly tested.

Keep checking back for more info - I'll be updating the blog as new info comes to light!

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