Feral Druid PvP Guide for Mists of Pandaria Classic

Feral Druids are powerful melee in PvP that can stealth, do massive damage over time with their bleeds on multiple targets, and also crowd control enemies and keep allies and themselves healthy with instant casted spells through Predatory Swiftness.

Their main weaknesses are the lack of a healing reduction effect and the fact that they are quite squishy when caught off-guard in Cat Form, but both can be resolved by using specific compositions, making an experienced Feral Druid a strong PvP contender.

Strengths

• Good mobility with Cat Form and good at stopping enemy mobility with Infected Wounds
• High control with multiple interrupts, stuns, and Predatory Swiftness for instant healing and instant Cyclones
• Not limited by Mana, allowing for constant damage pressure through the game, which bypass armor through heavy bleed damage over time

Weaknesses

• Gear dependent for both survivability and damage
• Lack of a healing reduction taken effect limits the longevity of damage done to enemies who can be healed
• High skill requirements as you need to stay on your target while staying alert for swaps and using your utility on both allies and enemies

• Glyph of Savagery — causes Savage Roar to be usable at 0 combo points for 12 seconds duration. This allows you to always have Savage Roar up, even when prevented from using Combo Points or having to use them on other more urgent abilities.
• Glyph of Cat Form — increases all healing received by 20% while in Cat Form, which makes you much more survivable in a PvP environment.
• Glyph of Barkskin — reduces the chance you will be critically struck by 25% while Barkskin is active, which is great in PvP as critical strikes are the most dangerous form of incoming damage.
• Glyph of Fae Silence — makes Faerie Fire silence enemies for 3 seconds, but also adds a 15-second cooldown. While it forces you to go into Bear Form to use, the ranged silence can be invaluable against caster compositions.
• Glyph of Cyclone — increases the range on Cyclone by 5 yards, which is very useful for crowd controlling enemy ranged players.
• Glyph of Might of Ursoc — increases the power, but also the cooldown of Might of Ursoc, making it situational but usually worthwhile.

None of the Minor glyphs ave any PvP combat benefits, so feel free to pick cosmetic / world utility options.

If you have not already, we recommend reading the Spells Summary Page first. Knowing how each spell and ability works in detail will greatly increase your understanding of the topics discussed on this section. In PvP you will need to react and adapt to different situations, meaning you will not always follow the recommended rotation below. Aim to do whatever allows you to stick on your target the most while dealing as much damage as possible.

1. Use and refresh (at 3 seconds or less) Savage Roar;
2. Use Tiger's Fury when available while you are under 35 Energy;
3. If Berserk is available and 15 or more seconds remain on Tiger's Fury's cooldown, auto-attack until ~90 Energy and use Trinkets, Berserk, Incarnation, and Nature's Vigil for massive burst damage;
4. Refresh (at 2 seconds or less) Rip at 5 Combo Points, casting Ferocious Bite to do so if the target is under 25% health, or use Maim to stun the target during CC chains;
5. Use and refresh (at 2 seconds or less) Rake;
6. Use and refresh (at 3 seconds or less) Thrash if you got the Clearcasting buff;
7. Use Shred (or Mangle if you cannot attack from behind the target) to build Combo Points.

Feral Druids have multiple cooldowns, both defensive and offensive.

Use your offensive cooldowns Berserk, Incarnation, and Nature's Vigil when at high energy to maximize the amount of abilities you can use during their effects, preferably while the enemy healer is crowd controlled, and make sure your target receives a Maim quickly afterwards.

Use your defensive cooldowns Barkskin, Might of Ursoc, Frenzied Regeneration, and 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.

In addition to your main spells and cooldowns, you also have many utility spells that can be game-changing when used in the proper scenario. Make sure you understand each of the spells listed below to fully take advantage of your entire spellbook.

• Stampeding Roar — can be useful to chase fleeing enemies and also to allow yourself or allies to escape danger and kite away when low on health.
• Dash — provides you with a large movement speed increase, which has similar personal benefits to Stampeding Roar.
• Cyclone — is your main form of crowd control. This will prevent a target from being able to do anything, including being healed, but will also prevent any damage to them for the duration.
• Faerie Fire — reduces enemy armor and prevents re-stealthing.
• Nature's Grasp — causes players who attack you to be hit by automatic Entangling Roots, making it easier to get away from enemy melee.

If you are looking to maximize the potential of your Feral Druid in Mists of Pandaria PvP, these are the recommended professions:

1. Blacksmithing — Gives you two additional sockets with Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves, enabling you to stack more Mastery or Crit in this season.
2. Jewelcrafting — Gives you three extra powerful gems, which can boost your Mastery or Crit even higher.

The list linked below includes the best possible gear setup for a Feral Druid in PvP.

When it comes to evaluating Feral Druid's place within the Arena, we have created a number of guides devoted to listing a variety of popular team compositions which you can find below.