Str AA + Int AA Combo

[Bulzie]

Has anyone been successful with combining the Str AA melee line with the Int Crit Spell line?  I currently have this set up now with like 4,8,8 in Str and 4,4,8 in Int.  I loaded up on Str gear and decent sword.  This combo works fairly well for solo in that I can melee and still cast the spells for crit dmg but still can't take hard hits.   For groups I don't think this spec works very well as it kinda [Removed for Content] you on Power pool since you want to wear Str gear for the melee side of things.

[Bullet Catch]

<p>I play on a PvP server. I am a healer first. I went INT & WIS.  for the Serene symbol and the crit chance on heals. Fir Fury line, I took animal form and Energy vortex(i get confused sometimes when the illy and trouby start with Precision and the illy big INT buff) </p><p>I think that wardens can get away with ding the STR line because they can melee spec in the warden tree. I would think that wis line would be better used for fury's. </p><p>Do you raid by chance?</p>

[Goozman]

<p>You mean STA and INT, by the way <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I was STR + INT for a long time, and while Fury melee dps is completely awful, it had its uses. For one, double attack used to proc animal form (it no longer does), which meant more dps while power leeching, but primarily meant getting power back a lot faster. Second, the heal proc owns... I'm always meleeing even though it sucks because it accounts for about 5% of my zonewide (raid) dps, and natural boon would proc quite a bit. Natural boon was also a godsend while using animal form soloing or dueling, because it would heal me quite a bit while I'm stifled.</p><p>Now, however, the double attack is pretty worthless as Fury melee dps sucks and it no longer works with animal form, that only leaves natural boon, which would still be useful when using animal form. However, natural boon alone isn't worth keeping the str line for me, so I was forced to switch.</p>

[Rueny]

I've been using STR/INT for 2-3 weeks and I like it allot so far.  Quite frequently I'm in the caster group with no melee in the group so I can Agitate my self and  I'm getting Natural Boon to proc a good amount of time.  A 32% change to pop off a power free group heal anytime a melee attack hits was just too much to pass up... Naturally it liks like it would be super sweet if I was a warden.

[Daine]

I used STR/INT for most of my time up to this point, I found it to be an awesome combo.  Out of power?  Whack the enemy until you heal your group!  I also tank for my wizzy fiance often, it's a nice combo.  However I've started doing some instancing and thinking about raids so I respecced...went all the way down INT for the spell crits, then went down AGI for the nice heal crits (/droooool) but didn't get the end ability...finished it off with 5 points in STR to get me more carrying capacity plus that nice fast attack move.  It's worked well for me so far <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[CodeKill]

Well as a raider I'm setup with the AGI for AOE blocking, STA 4,4,4,4 Wis 5 Int 4. This allows me to Blaock for the grp tank, or casters, have 8.? Heal Crits, and boost to Wis and Int. My Eof AA's 40 of them are all used for grp buffs and healing spell boosts.

[Rattfa]

I play PVP and have gone STR/INT. I generally equip the Blackscale Maul when PvPing or doing instances. It's a high damage, high delay weapon, but the double attack from STR means you can do a nice amount of melee damage between nukes/heals. If I'm OOP then I switch to the Staff of Spectral Fury, has a nice heal proc and combined with the heal from STR line and the Ring if Light and Darkness I can heal and power up at the same time. I didnt know animal form doesnt proc off double attack...so that's interesting....