Mists of Pandaria Classic Feral Druid Rotation and Cooldowns

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

On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Feral Druid in both single-target and multi-target PvE situations in Mists of Pandaria Classic. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc. in order to minmax your DPS.

1.

Feral Druid Rotations

If you have not already, we recommend going through the Spell Summary guide first. Knowing how each spell and ability works in detail will greatly increase your understanding of the rotation suggestions below.

2.

Feral Druid Rotations

Single-Target Rotation AoE Rotation
2.1.

Single-Target Rotation

Make sure to keep yourself buffed with Mark of the Wild Icon Mark of the Wild and debuff enemies with Faerie Fire Icon Faerie Fire when pulling.

Keeping Energy around 70+ rather than using it as soon as you have enough for an attack is often advantageous due to the need to rapidly rebuild combo points to take advantage of Dream of Cenarius Icon Dream of Cenarius since Predatory Swiftness Icon Predatory Swiftness is activated after using all combo points but only lasts 12 seconds which can make it difficult to rebuild combo points if you started from low Energy.

  1. Use and refresh (at 3 seconds or less) Savage Roar Icon Savage Roar;
  2. Use Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury when available while you are under 35 Energy;
  3. If Berserk Icon Berserk is available and 15 or more seconds remain on Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury's cooldown, auto-attack until ~90 Energy and use Berserk;
  4. Use Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness or Predatory Swiftness Icon Predatory Swiftness procs on instant Healing Touch Icon Healing Touch to activate Dream of Cenarius Icon Dream of Cenarius at 4 or 5 combo points, which should usually be followed by a bleed refresh and a damage finisher at 5 points;
  5. Refresh (at 2 seconds or less) Rip Icon Rip at 5 Combo Points, casting Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite to do so if the target is under 25% health;
  6. Use and refresh (at 2 seconds or less) Rake Icon Rake;
  7. Use and refresh (at 3 seconds or less) Thrash Icon Thrash if you got the Clearcasting Icon Clearcasting buff;
  8. Use Shred Icon Shred (or Mangle Icon Mangle if you cannot attack from behind the target) to build Combo Points.
2.2.

AoE Rotation

Your rotation remains mostly the same, but you will want to drop single-target attacks to focus more of your limited Energy on area attacks.

  1. Use and refresh (at 3 seconds or less) Savage Roar Icon Savage Roar;
  2. Use Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury when available while you are under 35 Energy;
  3. If Berserk Icon Berserk is available and 15 or more seconds remain on Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury's cooldown, auto-attack until ~90 Energy and use Berserk;
  4. Use and refresh (at 3 seconds or less) Thrash Icon Thrash;
  5. If fighting against 4 or less long lived targets, use Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness or Predatory Swiftness Icon Predatory Swiftness procs on instant Healing Touch Icon Healing Touch to activate Dream of Cenarius Icon Dream of Cenarius at 4 or 5 combo points, which should usually be followed by a bleed refresh and a damage finisher at 5 points;
  6. If fighting against 3 or less targets, apply and refresh Rip Icon Rip (at 3 seconds or less) on one;
  7. If fighting against 4 or less targets, apply and refresh Rake Icon Rake on as many as possible (at 2 seconds or less);
  8. Use Swipe Icon Swipe.
3.

Cooldowns

Use your offensive cooldown Berserk Icon Berserk when at high energy to maximize the amount of abilities you can use during its effect.

Use your defensive cooldowns Barkskin Icon Barkskin, Might of Ursoc Icon Might of Ursoc, and Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts whenever you drop low or are facing heavy damage. Most of the time it will be enough to use a single one of these, but for extra dangerous situations you, will want to use multiple of them at once.

Remember to use your utility abilities as well:

  • Rebirth Icon Rebirth to combat ress anyone who dies;
  • Innervate Icon Innervate to help allies recover Mana during DPS downtime;
  • Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar to increase movement speed during heavy movement mechanics;
  • Skull Bash Icon Skull Bash to help interrupt critical casts if no one else can do it.