TBC Classic Feral Druid Tank Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Feral Druid Tank Tank, in order to survive damage and build up threat while doing PvE content in TBC Classic. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc. in order to maximize your survivability and DPS.
Feral Tank Druid Rotation in TBC Classic
This is the priority list for single target:
- Keep
Demoralizing Roar and
Faerie Fire (Feral) (if no Boomkin available) up;
- Use
Mangle (Bear) whenever available;
- Keep 5 stacks of
Lacerate on the target;
- Use
Swipe with extra globals if above 2700 buffed Attack Power;
- Use
Maul if you still have excess rage.
This priority list is simplified when tanking 3+ enemies:
- Keep
Demoralizing Roar and
Faerie Fire (Feral) (if no Boomkin available) up;
- Use
Swipe;
- Use
Maul with excess Rage.
Once you have full T4 level gear, you will typically also have around 2700
buffed attack power in raids, making Swipe stronger than
Lacerate for single target damage. You will still want to
stack Lacerate's debuff to its maximum 5 stacks and keep it refreshed, but fill
the other non-Mangle global cooldowns with Swipe, instead!
Growl and
Challenging Roar are great taunt abilities
that force either one of multiple enemies to attack you when used. Use Growl
when you need to pick up threat on a new enemy, and use Challenging Roar when
you do not have threat on a group of enemies and need to pick them up urgently.
Rage
Feral Tanks generate Rage from auto attacks and from damage taken. Once you
get into raids, most of your Rage will come from damage taken. This will allow
you to use your attacks much more often, and you should look to use excess Rage
on Maul.
Cooldowns for Feral Druid Tanks
Feral Tanks do not have any way to reduce their damage taken through normal
abilities. The only abilities that Feral has to help with mitigation or healing
are Frenzied Regeneration and
Barkskin. Barkskin can
be used relatively often since it only has a 1-minute cooldown, but it takes
you out of form when used, making it only usable while you are not actively
tanking.
Frenzied Regeneration is a powerful healing cooldown that converts Rage into health. This is a great cooldown to use if you are either getting low or if you know you are about to go into a period of high sustained damage.
Changelog
- 27 May 2021: Guide added.
This guide has been written by Seksi, original Burning Crusade player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Shaman (as Woah) and Druid Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.
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