Druid talent · row 2 of Feral Combat, from level 15 (10 with Talented 5/5) · Physical
Thick Hide
Thick Hide
While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1/2/3 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67/1.33/2 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.
Compared with Classic
Increases your Armor contribution from items by 2%.
| Data | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| effect 2 | none | added |
| effect 1 aura | aura (142) | dummy (server script) (4) |
| effect 1 value | 2 | 100 |
In Blizzard's notes
What Blizzard said about Thick Hide, each line checked against the files.
- Matches the files
Thick Hide: Redesigned. Now grants increased Armor while in Bear, Cat, Dire Bear, or Moonkin Form, and that increased Armor is based on Defense skill bonuses from buffs and equipped items. That increased Armor can be further multiplied by shapeshift-specific Armor multipliers. This causes Druid tanks to now gain benefit from Defense skill items similar to other tank classes.
The files Thick Hide (16929) tooltip: in Bear, Cat, Dire Bear or Moonkin Form, +1/2/3 base Armor per level and +0.67/1.33/2 per Defense point above 5 times your level, raised further by form multipliers. Classic gave 2-10% armor from items.
- Matches the files
Endurance Training: The old talent Thick Hide was merged with this one, so the talent now grants your pet Health and Armor.
The files Endurance Training (19583) gives pets 3/6/9/12/15% Health and Armor (two effects on the same curve), and Thick Hide is gone from the Hunter tree. At 5/5 that is 15% pet armor, where Classic's separate Thick Hide gave 30%.
Endurance TrainingThick HideClass deep dives: Hunter and Druid
History
- 69876 Sep 16First beta build we archived. No changes in the client files since.