When's the ***ing Patch Coming Out?

Every Tuesday, it's the same story. You double-click your desktop icon, and your heart begins to beat in double-time. Holding your breath, you wait...and then you sigh. The patch isn't here yet. How many more Tuesdays of this sad story must you suffer through?

WoW Insider thinks you've already seen the last of your patch disappointment. The current rumor is - this sounds familiar - that Patch 3.3 will be available for download this coming Tuesday.

World of Warcraft: Become a Fan

Blizzard's a little late to the party, but no big deal. It's official: you can now become a fan of Warcraft on Facebook. Bliz took so long to get this going, the name World of Warcraft was already taken - so make sure you search for just Warcraft instead of the entire game title.

Calculate Your Talents

Do you really need Natural Reaction? Is Sharpened Claws going to do you any good? You could spend hours re-specing your character, or you could calculate your talents ahead of time.

The Druid Wiki is offering a very handy online calculator that helps you break down your base stats and the bonuses you get from various talent points. Play around with it as much as you like to find the perfect balance of mitigation and damage - it won't cost you any in-game gold to try.

Tank LFG: Are You Ready for that Raid?

Are you ready for that raid? You may want the gear. You may be able to find a group. But you may fail if your stats aren't where they need to be. Check yourself before you make the attempt - and avoid getting lambasted in vent.

To see stats for tanking Naxx, EoE and Uld, refer to Are You Ready to Tank That Yet? For all other Wrath instances, keep reading:

Crusaders' Coliseum, located in the northeast area of Icecrown, can be found at the center of the Argent Tournament Grounds. Tier 9 items drop here.
Trial of the Crusader (ToC): Five encounters playable on 10- and 25-man versions. To tank this, you'll want to see yourself sitting at 36k health at least (unbuffed). Many groups use 3-4 healers for this raid, so survivability is key here. Be sparing with your healing potions and spells and hold out as long as you can to succeed. A high dodge rating (35%+) can help bears avoid some of those blows.
Trial of the Grand Crusader: Hard mode. To successfully tank this, you'll want to have a great understanding of the fights and something very close to 40k health.

Onyxia's Lair is in Dustwallow Marsh, a single-boss fight that was upgraded in a Wrath of the Lich King patch. This instance is playable on 10- and 25-man settings. If you can tank ToC, you should have no problems in Onyxia's Lair.

Upcoming in next patch:

Icecrown Citadel will be found in Icecrown when it's finally released. This will be the end-game Wrath raid and the place where every tank wants to go. Though this raid is still a bit unknown, it's safe to assume that bears will want to get as close to 40/40 (40k HP, 40% dodge) as possible to tank it successfully - anything in excess of this amount will only help.

Bear Tanking Visual Aids: ToC

The bear faces its opponent head-on, using AoE to defeat extra mobs as they pop out, doing everything it needs to do to survive and defeat the enemy. At least...that's what bear tanks do in ToC. Watch the video above to get a better idea of how to tank Trial of the Champion.

Bear Tanking Talent Builds

Don't know where to put that last point? Why you've got to have so many points in the resto tree? Whether you want to focus on high damage or survivability? Don't forget that all the info is on our home page The Bear Den (that, and much more).

Here, you can check out different 60/11 talent builds, and find out what you need to know about your tree.

Tank Weapons: Where to Get Raid Drops

Do you know which raid bosses you should be focused on? It's true that feral bears don't use their weapon - our damage is inflicted with tooth and claw, baby - but you can certainly use the stats those high-level staves provide. Find out where to get high item level weapons (230 and up), and get yourself tricked out.

Twisted Visage Binds when picked up Two-Hand Speed 2.40 446-670 Damage +120 Agility +121 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 232 +2488 feral attack power Improves hit rating by 70. Increases critical strike rating by 86. Increases attack power by 160.

Where to get it: The Deconstructor drops this bad boy in Ulduar 25 (about 40% of the time).

Dreambinder Binds when picked up Two-Hand Speed 2.40 469-705 Damage +112 Agility +105 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 239 Yellow Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus +8 Agility +2657 feral attack power Improves haste rating by 86. Increases armor penetration rating by 85. Increases attack power by 140.

Where to get it: Defeat Freya (Ulduar 25, hard mode) after defeating Algalon the Observer to win this prize.

Lupine Longstaff Binds when picked up Two-Hand Speed 2.40 490-736 Damage +128 Agility +136 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 245 Blue Socket Socket Bonus +4 Agility +2808 feral attack power Improves haste rating by 90. Increases armor penetration rating by 82. Increases attack power by 181.

Where to get it: Defeat Twin Val'kyr on the 25-man version of TOC to get a chance at the drop (Alliance).

Twin's Pact Binds when picked up Two-Hand Speed 2.40 490-736 Damage +128 Agility +136 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Item Level 245 Blue Socket Socket Bonus +4 Agility +2808 feral attack power Improves haste rating by 90. Increases armor penetration rating by 82. Increases attack power by 181.

Where to get it: Defeat Twin Val'kyr on the 25-man version of TOC to get a chance at the drop (Horde).