Cyclone Range Reduced In 2.4
Everyone hates it and more so when used in Arenas. Yet,a spell that seems so overpowered to others is pretty much the only reliable source of crowd control for Druids and thus an important part of their survivability. We’ve seen the nerf threads in the forums before and it seems like those whiners got their wish. I’m talking about the Druid spell Cyclone.
Cyclone’s range has been nerfed to 20 yards instead of 30 yards for patch 2.4. This has some pretty serious implications for all druids but most especially for Moonkin druids. This reduction in the range of cyclone means that druids would have less time to cast it if there’s a threat coming at them whether it be in battlegrounds, arena or even in dungeons or outside in the worlds of Azeroth or Outlands.
I don’t play a Moonkin but as a mage, I understand the importance of cyclone to them. Mage instincts would tell me that a Moonkin druid would use it to gain some distance while incapacitating the the enemy so he can launch a nuke from afar much like a mage would use polymorph or frost nova to do the same thing. Mage instincts also tell me that cyclone is used as crowd control like polymorph or even as a panic button to buy you some time to possibly shift out and throw yourself or your partners a much needed heal.
I’m a bit torn on the subject of this nerf. On one hand, cyclone can really be annoying and there aren’t many things on can do to get out of it. In a pvp situation 6 seconds is a long time to be out. if you’re the healer, that’s just enough time for you to be out so the opponent can kill your buddies without you giving them heals. On the other hand, it’s a much needed spell by druids. But since they nerfed the range instead of the duration, all is not lost. You can still get desired effect but you pay a higher price by having to get much closer than you would want. Somehow I feel the druids’ pain since I’d be pissed too if Polymorph’s range was nerfed!
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