Claw v Shred for Bears

[Rudishoes]

Unfortunately, you forgot to factor in Savage Fury, which would change your maths.

Duh! Not like that was the point of the thread or anything. :P My mistake.

Also, by ignoring the damage from combo points you tip the favor towards shred. The logic behind including combo point damage is that claw generates combo points quicker than shred.

Like I stated above, rapid shifting with Furor (and possibly a Wolfshead helm) makes this a moot point. The time it takes to generate combo points with shred becomes the same as the time it takes to generate combo points with claw. Shifting into humanoid form, shifting back to cat and mashing the shred/claw button takes about 2 seconds due to the global cooldown, and is easy to time in between energy ticks, so DPS forumlas begin to look like:

Claw = 1.2(b+115)/2
Shred = (2.25b+180)/2
Imp. Shred = (2.25b + 180)/2

Like I stated before, it really makes less of an argument for Improved Shred (especially with the wolfshead helm), but the talent shines in letting you get a ravage followed immediately by a shred when you open up on a mob/player.