Swipe (Bear)

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 yd  range 3 sec cooldown 15 Rage Instant cast Requires Bear Form Swipe nearby enemies, inflicting X damage. Deals 20% increased damage against bleeding targets.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	3 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	22
Other information
Requirements	Requires Bear Form
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• Swipe (Bear)
• 8 yd  range
• 15 Rage
• Instant cast
• Swipe nearby enemies, inflicting X damage.
  
  Deals 20% increased damage against bleeding targets.

Swipe (Bear) is a druid [Bear Form] ability learned at level 22. It is mainly a tool to keep aggro on multiple mobs. It deals damage to all enemies in range.

Modified by

• [Nature's Vigil] (talent)

Patch changes

• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Swipe base damage has been increased to 929, up from 215. Attack power scaling has been decreased to 12.3%, down from 17.1%.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Swipe (Bear) cooldown has been reduced to 3 seconds, down from 6, and is now on trainable at level 18 (training cost has been reduced). In addition, the bonus threat from this ability has been removed and replaced with increased damage done.
  
• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): The Bear Form and Dire Bear Form version of this ability now have a 6 sec cooldown and rage cost increased to 30
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): renamed Swipe to Swipe (Bear) to separate it from [Swipe (Cat)], range increased to 8 yards.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): 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. Now properly affected by area-of-effect damage caps.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): 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 (14-Oct-2008): Now affects targets within a range. Old, only affected 3 targets. 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.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (09-Jan-2007): "Swipe" has had its threat bonus multiplier removed.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Self cooldown removed.
  

External links

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