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[Taelas]

You've brought this up several times and I'd like to say that I simply don't think it is true. As someone who has played a Druid tank alongside a Warrior tank when there are things we're just trying to multi-target tank, I can say with surety that Thunderclap blows swipe away for aggro generation. I have basically never been able to hold aggro with swipe spam versus Thunderclap spam without switching targets. And since a Warrior can always just switch targets, as well, I'd say this is a wash. :)

I bet you're thinking back to pre-nerf Druids where swipe really did reign supreme. Now it does significantly less damage and so less threat. In my experience, Swipe by itself is a terrible way to try and hold aggro if there is a significant amount of healing going on. Eventually I tend to lose aggro to a healer if I'm not swapping targets to hit everything with a Maul or two. It's not a big deal, but realize that Swipe was significantly nerfed a few patches ago and it is not longer as good of an answer.

It was nerfed, yes. It's still much, much less of an issue to tank 3 mobs for a druid than a warrior. Like I said--I can swipe-tank heroics (with a good healer). And I don't even have the Idol of Brutality. At most, I switch targets to add a maul or a mangle.

Of course, Thunderclap has a CD, whereas Swipe doesn't.

It really is that easy. I pull in caster with Wrath, add a Moonfire on my secondary target, another Moonfire on the third target if I can manage it, go bear, Demo Roar, and start spamming swipe like crazy, adding those occasional maul/mangles. It's enough.