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Feral Combat Druid Guide — Class Guides · WoW Forever

Cat Form damage and Bear Form tanking from one tree. The usual leveling tree.

A leather-wearing shapeshifter who heals in caster form, tanks in Bear Form, deals melee damage in Cat Form, and casts Balance spells. Druids can fill any role in a group. More about the druid

Class
Druid
Roles
Tank, Damage
Used for
Raids and dungeons, Leveling
Top talent
Berserk
Popular builds
2
Version
WoW Forever

How to play

Feral in WoW Forever lets one spec tank as a bear or deal damage as a cat. Natural Reaction adds dodge and turns dodges into Rage, Rend and Tear raises melee damage on bleeding targets, Primal Bite is a high-threat bite, and Berserk lets Primal Bite strike three targets without a cooldown and makes your combo point builders crit much more.

As a bear: Lacerate to keep a bleed up, Primal Bite and Maul for threat, Swipe on packs and Berserk for big pulls. As a cat: Shred from behind, Rip and Ferocious Bite, with Shifting Power trading mana for Energy and Feral Swiftness for speed and dodge.

Natural Instinct raises your crit damage and lets Intellect strengthen your heals, so feral druids can still heal themselves between fights.

At a glance

Single-target threat
Holding several enemies
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Forever.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Bear: Lacerate to keep a bleed up for Rend and Tear.
  2. 2Primal Bite whenever ready; Maul with spare Rage.
  3. 3Swipe on packs; Berserk for big pulls.
  4. 4Frenzied Regeneration and Barkskin when low.
  5. 5Cat: Shred from behind to five combo points, then Rip or Ferocious Bite.
  6. 6Cat: Shifting Power when Energy is low and you have mana.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Tank or deal damage with one spec.
  • Berserk makes bears excellent at holding packs.
  • Natural Reaction turns dodges into Rage.

Weaknesses

  • Two sets of gear for two roles.
  • Bears can't block.
  • Shifting Power costs a lot of mana.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    Agilitydodge and armour as a bear, crit as a cat

  2. 2

    Staminabear

  3. 3

    Armourbear

  4. 4

    Strengthattack power

  5. 5

    Hit

  6. 6

    IntellectNatural Instinct and Shifting Power

What to look for

  • A weapon is only a bag of stats in forms: pick the one with the most Agility, Strength or Stamina.
  • Stamina, Agility and armour for tanking; Agility and Strength for cat damage.
  • Some Intellect for Shifting Power and Natural Instinct's heals.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Balance
  • Feral Combat
  • Restoration

  • Berserk Shapeshifter

    TankPvE
    7/39/5

    Bear tank or cat damage on one spec: Natural Reaction turns dodges into Rage, Rend and Tear rewards bleeds, and Berserk lets Primal Bite hit three targets.

    • Primal Bite 1/1
    • Leader of the Pack 1/1
    • Natural Reaction 5/5
    • Rend and Tear 5/5
    • Berserk 1/1

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  • Berserk Prowler

    DamageLeveling
    0/38/13

    Cat leveling: Feral Swiftness for travel and dodge, Naturalist for a quicker Healing Touch, Furor for Energy when you shift back, and Berserk for packs.

    • Predatory Strikes 3/3
    • Leader of the Pack 1/1
    • Natural Instinct 2/2
    • Natural Reaction 5/5
    • Berserk 1/1

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Key talents

  • Berserk · top talent, up to 1

    Requires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec.

  • Shredding Attacks · tier 3, up to 3

    Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 18 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 3.

  • Feral Charge · tier 3, up to 1

    Requires Bear Form, Dire Bear Form Charge an enemy, immobilizing them and interrupting any spell they are casting for 4 sec. Feral Charge (Cat): Leap behind an enemy.

  • Primal Bite · tier 4, up to 1

    Bite the target, dealing 100% normal damage plus 26 and generating a high amount of threat.

  • Predatory Strikes · tier 4, up to 3

    Increases your melee Attack Power in Cat Form, Bear Form, and Dire Bear Form by 150% of your level.

  • Blood Frenzy · tier 4, up to 2

    Gives you a 100% chance to gain an additional 5 Rage any time you get a critical strike while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form. In addition, your non-periodic critical strikes from Cat Form abilities that generate Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.

  • Leader of the Pack · tier 5, up to 1

    While in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases the melee and ranged Critical Strike chance of all party or raid members within 45 yards by 3%.

  • Natural Instinct · tier 5, up to 2

    Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 20% and increases your spell healing by 25% of your Intellect.

  • Natural Reaction · tier 6, up to 5

    Increases your dodge chance by 5%, and gives you a 100% chance to gain 5 Rage each time you dodge.

  • Rend and Tear · tier 6, up to 5

    Increases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 10%.

Feral Combat abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

What WoW Forever changed

New talents in this tree

  • Feral SwiftnessIncreases your movement speed while in Cat Form by 30%, and increases your chance to Dodge by 4%.
  • Shredding AttacksReduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 18 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 3.
  • Shifting PowerInstantly convert 55% of base Mana into 40 Energy. Shifting Power's cost is reduced by effects that reduce the cost of Shapeshifting.
  • Primal BiteBite the target, dealing 100% normal damage plus 26 and generating a high amount of threat.
  • Improved Shifting PowerReduces the cooldown of your Shifting Power spell by 8 sec.
  • Natural InstinctIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 20% and increases your spell healing by 25% of your Intellect.
  • Natural ReactionIncreases your dodge chance by 5%, and gives you a 100% chance to gain 5 Rage each time you dodge.
  • Rend and TearIncreases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 10%.
  • BerserkRequires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec.

Classic Era talents the class no longer has

  • Feral Aggression
  • Feline Swiftness
  • Improved Shred
  • Primal Fury
  • Faerie Fire (Feral)

Spells

New: Primal Bite, Lacerate. Changed: Bear Form, Demoralizing Roar, Growl, Enrage, Claw, Rip, Shred, Rake, Ferocious Bite, Frenzied Regeneration.

Related

Other druid specs: Balance, Restoration