Feral Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2.5)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Feral Druid for The War Within! On this page we'll be covering everything you need to know about gearing a Feral Druid, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+. We also have details on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Feral Druid

Season 3 BiS List Manaforge Omega BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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Feral Druid Season 3 BiS List

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Season 3 of The War Within. Items from all sources including Raids, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault and Crafting are included here.

Bear in mind that this gearset aims to balance out stats evenly to avoid diminishing returns, so individual pieces may not suit your current gearset on their own.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Harvester's Interdiction	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Weapon (Alt)	Obliteration Beamglaive	Plexus Sentinel
Weapon (Crafted)	Charged Halberd	Crafted — Blacksmithing
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle (Tier)	Forgeweaver Araz
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle (Tier)	The Soul Hunters
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Mastery	11.2 Campaign
Chest	So'azmi's Fractal Vest	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Bracers	Rune-Branded Armbands	Crafted — Leatherworking
Gloves	Wings of the Mother Eagle (Tier)	Soulbinder Naazindhri
Belt	Rune-Branded Waistband	Crafted — Leatherworking
Legs	Breeches of the Mother Eagle (Tier)	Loom’ithar
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters
Ring #1	Radiant Necromancer's Band	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Ring #2	Ring of the Panoply	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar
Trinket Alt.	So'leah's Secret Technique Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker Signet of the Priory Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit Operation: Floodgate Priory of the Sacred Flame The Soul Hunters

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Manaforge Omega BiS List for Feral Druid

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from Manaforge Omega. Bear in mind this is a recommendation of gear to look out for to fill in holes in your gearset, not a strict recommendation of what you should always wear in raids.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Obliteration Beamglaive	Plexus Sentinel
Alternative	Maw of the Void	Nexus King Salhadaar
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Forgeweaver Araz
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly	Nexus King Salhadaar
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	The Soul Hunters
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Mastery	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Fractillus
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards	Dimensius The All Devouring
Gloves	Wings of the Mother Eagle	Soulbinder Naazindhri
Belt	Atomic Phasebelt	Plexus Sentinel
Legs	Breeches of the Mother Eagle	Loom’ithar
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel
Ring #2	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar
Trinket Alt	Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt	The Soul Hunters

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Mythic+ BiS List for Feral Druid

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from Season 3 of Mythic+ in The War Within. These are recommendations for pieces in each slot to look out for when farming gear upgrades, not a strict recommendation on what you should always be wearing in Mythic+.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Harvester's Interdiction	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Alternative	Spellstrike Warplance	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Helm	Helm of the Righteous Crusade	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant	Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Breakbeat Shoulderguards	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Mastery	11.2 Campaign
Chest	So'azmi's Fractal Vest	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Bracers	Unbreakable Beetlebane Bindings	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Gloves	Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Belt	Shadow Congregant's Belt	The Dawnbreaker
Legs	Skyterror's Stonehide Leggings	Halls of Atonement
Boots	Boots of Titanic Deconversion	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit
Ring #1	Radiant Necromancer's Band	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Ring #2	Ring of the Panoply	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Trinket #1	Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker	Operation: Floodgate
Trinket #2	Signet of the Priory	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket Alt	So'leah's Secret Technique	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit
Trinket Alt.	So'leah's Secret Technique Ara-Kara Sacbrood Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj Lily of the Eternal Weave	Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit Operation: Floodgate Priory of the Sacred Flame Eco-Dome Al'dani

Patch 11.2.5 reintroduces the Puzzling Cartel Chip system, available after October 21st. Like before, a weekly quest can be completed to obtain these, and can be used to purchase high value items from Manaforge Omega and Mythic+ dungeons. You can purchase any trinkets or special cantrip items available, all the way up to Myth track!

Purchasing an item, however, does require you to have defeated the boss. Each item drops from each respective difficulty. As an example, to purchase Araz's Ritual Forge Mythic, you need to have defeated Mythic Forgeweaver Araz. Trinkets from dungeons also require you to have completed every keystone in time at level 12 or above.

To keep it very simple, your purchase order assuming you have access to every boss on Mythic Difficulty should be the following:

Puzzling Cartel Chip Purchase Quick Guide

Araz's Ritual Forge ➜ Interloper's Reinforced Sandals ➜ Astral Antenna

Below, we've compiled a list of details on the high-value items that you should prioritize with your Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 3 as an Feral Druid. This list is not exhaustive or in order of priority, and you are best served simming yourself for optimal results, as the best pick will depend on the gear you already have available.

Araz's Ritual Forge (Myth) - Click for Details
• Due to the amount of burst dealt during Berserk and through Convoke the Spirits, the power of a 2-minute on-use trinket is very high for Feral. This is by far the strongest and most flexible option available, regardless of Hero Talent, and works for both Mythic+ and Raid situations.
Interloper's Chain Boots (Myth) - Click for Details
• The cantrip boots are a flat increase to your Reshii Wraps, and as such are better than any alternative in the slot by quite a large margin. These can be quite easy to obtain due to being a guaranteed drop per kill, but they're also highly contested. If you can't get hold of a pair but can pick up the Myth track version, these are a very high priority. This is especially true if you don't have a pair at all.
Either Astral Antenna (Myth) - Click for Details
• The strongest raid trinket offering to pair with Araz's Ritual Forge. This simply wins on tuning, and is highly contested among classes so is a good choice if you have a Mythic Loom’ithar kill. Either this or Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker are your best pickups for your second trinket slot.
Or Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker - Click for Details
• The best trinket available for Enhancement from Mythic+, and is extremely competitive with Astral Antenna. This naturally syncs with your Berserk and Tiger's Fury window, so in some cases can perform better. Either of these choices are strong pickups.
Unyielding Netherprism - (Optional) - Click for Details
• This has unique uses in certain specific raid encounters (in particular Nexus King Salhadaar and Dimensius The All Devouring Mythic) to improve your burst options. This is a niche alternative on-use though, so is very much an optional buy for Raid. In Mythic+ it can also allow you to pool up for key burst moments, but has a longer wind-up time at the start of a dungeon.

As purchasing these items requires you to have defeated Mythic bosses to acquire them at the highest level, if you ever intend to kill those then hold off on buying a heroic version. You will only receive 3 total purchases through the remainder of the season, so use them wisely!

Added in Patch 11.2, the Reshii Wraps is a unique artifact cloak item that can be obtained through the Ghosts of K'aresh quest chain. This starts at item level 694, and as you progress through the campaign, upgrades to a final item level of 730. This should always be used in Season 3, as other cloaks have been removed from loot tables.

As a DPS, the unique effect is a high damage proc that also splits between enemies hit. This effect is amplified by the specific items available within Manaforge Omega:

• Interloper's Reinforced Sandals - boots from The Soul Hunters. These significantly increase the rate your cloak effect triggers, and are a best-in-slot pickup at all times.
• Band of the Shattered Soul - ring from Dimensius The All Devouring. Provides a niche extra defensive component to procs, which has some uses on certain encounters. Weaker stats means it's not very sought after.

The Reshii Wraps also come with one single Fiber Socket that dictates which secondary stat it has, which can be changed at any time out of combat. These can be acquired at Blue quality from Hashim on K'aresh, or crafted by Tailoring at Epic quality. As Feral, you will be using either Energizing Fiber or Pure Energizing Fiber for Mastery.

For more information on acquiring and upgrading your Cloak, make sure to check ouir dedicated Reshii Wraps page that covers it in more detail:

Previously introduced in Patch 11.1.7, the Durable Information Securing Container is a unique belt that comes with additional proc effects. While this originally required Overcharged Delves to complete, it can now be acquired from any Delve.

Due to nerfs that have come into effect in Patch 11.2.5, this is quickly outpaced by equivalent item-level options, and you should aim to replace this as soon as possible. If you're still using it, use the following powers until you can replace it:

• Single-Target - Static Charge (Versatility)
• AoE / Open World - Static Charge (Versatility)

For more information on how to acquire the belt and how it works, make sure to check out our dedicated D.I.S.C. page that can guide you through the steps!

For the third season of The War Within, Blizzard has tried something new with the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle. Instead of one static bonus, each Hero Talent provides its own unique 2-piece and 4-piece depending on which you are playing. You can use the tool below to see details on both bonuses:

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Season 3 Tier Sets

Hero Talents
Druid of the Claw	Wildstalker

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Druid of the Claw Set Bonuses

The Druid of the Claw set provides a number of follow-up bonuses to Ravage:

• Druid Druid of the Claw 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Ravage grants 10% Haste and Critical Strike, and increases the damage of your Bleed effects by 30% for 5 seconds.
• Druid Druid of the Claw 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Ravage has a 40% chance to trigger a second Ravage at 100% of the same power 4 seconds later.

The Druid of the Claw is an excellent all-rounder bonus, though it's quite simple. Providing a number of benefits following each Ravage with the 2-piece, then an additional echo from the 4-piece which also triggers the 2-piece again is a lot of extra value added onto each proc.

You only need 4 pieces to maximize the set bonus. Of the pieces available, the weakest is the Chest. Check the BiS List for alternative recommendations.

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Wildstalker Set Bonuses

The Wildstalker set bonuses focus on Bloodseeker Vines and Bursting Growth:

• Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Increases the rate your Bloodseeker Vines trigger by 40%, and Tiger's Fury cases will apply Bloodseeker Vines to up to 3 valid nearby targets when cast.
• Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Bloodseeker Vines have a 20% chance to trigger Bursting Growth every 2 seconds at 100% effectiveness. Each stack of Bloodseeker Vines present on an enemy increases Bursting Growth damage taken by 40%.

The Wildstalker bonus provides some solid increases, scaling up well into AoE by focusing on additional Bloodseeker Vines applications. Being able to leverage those extra Vines for Bursting Growth damage, while still having a fallback for single-target via the stack amplifier, makes it quite flexible as well.

You only need 4 pieces to maximize the set bonus. Of the pieces available, the weakest is the Chest. Check the BiS List for alternative recommendations.

Crafted gear for Feral in The War Within has a few choices depending on what gear you currently have, and how many sparks you have access to. You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Critical Strike and Mastery is usually a safe option with Algari Missive of the Peerless.

1. For your first craft, you have two options depending on if you are in a rush to use your Spark of Starlight:
   • If you have two sparks, a Weapon — Charged Halberd with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. This should be paired with Writhing Armor Banding with your next off-piece.
   • If you have one spark (or don't need a weapon) — Craft an off-piece and apply Duskthread Lining. We recommend a low impact slot that does not conflict with Tier, such as Rune-Branded Armbands.
2. Craft another off-piece and apply Duskthread Lining or Writhing Armor Banding, depending on your choice. We recommend a low impact slot such as Rune-Branded Waistband.
3. After this, you are done with priority crafts and embellishments and can use sims to determine your best piece to upgrade with item level. Rings and Necks are good choices as they are very contested.

While there are some strong weapons available early in the Season, the advantage of having a 720 weapon immediately is very high. Your decision comes down to whether you want up-front power with that, or you're looking for long term best-in-slot setups.

Our general recommendation is that the value of an early weapon is so high, that for most players it will almost certainly pay off investing in it early. You can always switch over to double Duskthread Lining later when your gear is more complete. Remember when crafting that all equippable two-handed agility weapons are equal value, including Charged Halberd, Charged Crusher and Vagabond's Careful Crutch.

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each individual gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer generic sim charts and recommendations for Trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

As you complete endgame content in The War Within, you will gather upgrade crests such as Gilded Ethereal Crest that can be used to upgrade your items. Once you have upgraded a slot to a particular item level, any other item in that slot can be upgraded without a Crest cost.

As Crests are a limited resource, ideally you want to obtain the highest item-level possible before committing any crests to upgrade it. If you are capable of completing higher Mythic+ dungeons, it is generally a good idea to wait until you have the slot maxed out with free upgrades first.

Below is a general slot priority you should upgrade your items in.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers