Mists of Pandaria Classic Feral Druid Guide

Last updated on Jun 22, 2025 at 12:00 by Seksixeny

Welcome to our Feral Druid guide for Mists of Pandaria Classic, tailored for PvE content. Here, you will learn how all you need to know to play Feral Druid proficiently. Click the links below to navigate the guide or read this page for a short introduction.

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Feral Druid Guide for Mists of Pandaria Classic

Feral Druid is now a pure melee DPS specialization. In previous expansions, Feral allowed for both melee DPS and tanking roles in a single spec, but its new focus allows it to be even more Cat Form Icon Cat Form focused, removing the hybrid nature that made Feral Tanks great at off-tanking.

Regardless, most gear is still shared between the specializations, making them pair well together.

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Is Feral Druid Viable in Mists of Pandaria Classic?

Feral Druids can do huge damage, especially once they unlock Rune of Re-Origination Icon Rune of Re-Origination from Throne of Thunder. They are also one of the most complex DPS to play, as they mix Energy and Combo Points with many damage over time effects. Finally, Druids are a strong leveling class and world / stealth farmer, for players who enjoy the soloing lifestyle.

Strengths icon Strengths
  • +Excellent damage potential when played well in both single and area damage scenarios, especially once Rune of Re-Origination Icon Rune of Re-Origination is obtainable;
  • +High survivability with Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts, Barkskin Icon Barkskin, and Bear Form Icon Bear Form plus related defensive abilities;
  • +Good utility with Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar, Rebirth Icon Rebirth, and Innervate Icon Innervate.
Weaknesses icon Weaknesses
  • -No longer strong at off-tanking in Feral spec, as almost all tanking tools were separated into the new Guardian spec;
  • -Relies on being behind bosses to hit with main damage ability Shred Icon Shred, which is a problem on bosses such as Sinestra;
  • -High skill-cap class, requiring good Energy and DoT management, with multiple advanced techniques for filling in global cooldown gaps.
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Best Races for Feral Druid

Trolls are the best Horde race, bringing Berserking Icon Berserking and Beast Slaying Icon Beast Slaying which have no equivalent DPS counterpart on Taurens.

Alliance Druids should roll Worgen as they are vastly superior to Night Elf due to Darkflight Icon Darkflight and Viciousness Icon Viciousness.

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Best Professions for Feral Druid

  1. Engineering Icon Engineering — Engineering is the best PvE profession in the game due to the extra burst DPS afforded by Synapse Springs Icon Synapse Springs, and mobility increase of Nitro Boosts Icon Nitro Boosts.
  2. Tailoring Icon Tailoring — Tailoring is also a great PvE profession due to Swordguard Embroidery Icon Swordguard Embroidery which is less controllable than Synapse, but fairly predictable due to its internal cooldown, allowing you to stack its large Attack Power boost with your DPS cooldowns and Synapse.
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Druid Addons and Macros

Addons and Macros can greatly improve your quality of life during Mists of Pandaria. Listed below are some of our recommendations on Addons and Macros to help get the most out of your time playing the game.