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Details... in how many post must I say this...

Tell me, do you PvP, PvE, instance, etc? Do you have any focus talents like GftT or Bestial Discipline? Details, details, details!

Claw. It maximizes the use of Focus (don't worry about leaving it on auto-cast, it saves enough Focus for your Growl).

With Bite on a 10 second cooldown your pet will regenerate the Focus it costs twice over, or faster, if you have Bestial Discipline or Go for the Throat.

My kitty has Claw on always and she shreds through mobs as well as players. I'd only advice against using Claw if you're fighting something with a damage shield, like the Helboars in Outland (they do damage on every hit).

It's not so much sarcasm as simple frustration.

Any "what is the best" question tends to bring that out. The "best" depends on a lot of factors.

The simplest way to put it for you, though, is this: Claw if you have Bestial Discipline, Bite if you don't.

Skribs... you know I don't understand WoW math... I came to this game to get away, not be a hard-core number cruncher. Mind explaining that in English?

But if this cat if only for PvP... You probaly already have Growl, Prowl, and Dash. If you only do PvP, just get Prowl, Claw, Dash, and Bite.

Now, let me explain the pros and cons of each of the 5 abilities you use.

Growl: If you solo with your cat, you must have this. If you do only PvP with your Cat, don't get this, simple as that. For PvE parties, if you group with someone who usally holds aggro often [warrior, paladian, druid] you might not need this. For PvE parties with only non-tank classes, this is good to have.

Dash: This is excellent for PvP and PvE. Great for catching mob or player runners. It also makes grinding/farming much easier since you get to the mob faster. Likewise for PvP, every second counts, so the faster you get to the other player is a less-likely chance for you to die.

Prowl: For NE it's great for ganking. Not as much for other's, but still very useful. For PvE it's ok. Good for hiding while regaining HP/Mana. Or if you're like me you can combine it with dash to get a hard first hit and a decent speed [I'm not sure about the number's, ask skribs.]

Bite: Good for PvP and PvE. Generally prefered over claw for PvE but under claw for PvP. This is because it is more focus-efficient than claw, but has a cooldown. This makes it so it doesn't take all the focus needed for growl, but you can't do the amount of burst damage you can do with claw because of the CD.

Claw: Like bite, ok for PvE and good for PvP. I don't like it because even with the focus talents it uses up too much focus, making it hard to use growl. For PvP, this is very different. PvP you get mass amounts of burst damage and with the focus regaining talents even more. This is also very good interrupting casters. As we all know, burst damage and interrupting casters is king in PvP.

In short, since you seem to do PvP more, I reccomend claw. But you can always take out growl and do Dash, Prowl, Bite, and Claw. Or you can take away Prowl and go Growl, Dash, Bite, and Claw.

Lol arthas, the example of "trying" wont work...b/c most of the people who dont try dont read the other posts anyway. Although it's a good explanation for why you answered...it's not a good example to those who truly need to know how to ask a question (of course...there isn't one. you just have to push em every time for more detail).

Kudos for effort though, and the stuff you wrote is good. Sorry if I get a little too far into the math, but I speak math better than I speak English.

i would like to mention some food for thoughts though.
if you want your pet to have maximum damage, cat is not the way to go. better said (if skribs did his math right, wich i expect him to) cats are in 4th place.