Rend and Tear

In the Guardian Druid talent tree, Rend and Tear sits in the Guardian specialization talents, row 8 of 14. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Guardian Talents.

Choice node

Rend and Tear shares its node with Untamed Savagery. A character takes one of the two.

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  Untamed Savagery

  Increases the damage and radius of Thrash by 25%.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Rend and Tear from Soul of the Forest, Natural Resilience and Ward of the Forest or Brambles.

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  Soul of the Forest

  Mangle generates 5 more Rage and deals 25% more damage.

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  Natural Resilience

  When Frenzied Regeneration would heal you above maximum health, 80% of its excess healing is instead converted to an absorb shield.

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  Ward of the Forest

  Barkskin increases your maximum health by 20%, but its duration is reduced by 40%.

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  Brambles

  Sharp brambles protect you, absorbing and reflecting up to (25% of Attack Power) damage from each attack. While Barkskin is active, the brambles also deal (7.5% of Attack Power) Nature damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec.

Connected below

Rend and Tear leads on to Ursoc's Fury, Flashing Claws and Blood Frenzy.

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  Ursoc's Fury

  Thrash and Maul grant you an absorb shield for 35% of the damage dealt for 15 sec.

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  Flashing Claws2 ranks

  Thrash has a 10% chance to trigger an additional Thrash. Thrash stacks 1 additional times.

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  Blood Frenzy

  Thrash also generates 3 Rage each time it deals damage, on up to 5 targets.

Same row

Also on this row: Raze and Lunar Beam.

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  Raze

  Strike with the might of Ursoc, dealing (212.5% of Attack Power) Physical damage to your target and (115.6% of Attack Power) to all other enemies in front of you. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.

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  Lunar Beam

  Summons a beam of lunar light at your target's location, dealing (40% of Attack Power) Arcane damage each second to your target and (40% of Attack Power) to up to 5 other enemies within yd. Lunar Beam also increases your mastery, and heals you over 8 sec.