WotLK Classic Feral Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot

Last updated on Jan 02, 2024 at 22:44 by Seksixeny 1 comment

On this page, you will find the best PvE gear and best in slot items for your Feral Druid Tank in WotLK Classic.

1.

Feral Tank Druid Wrath Best in Slot Lists

While a clear best in slot list is always available in Wrath Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Thus, we will try to give at least one alternative for most slots in the list, so that you can pick where and how to farm them.

The list will focus on gathering the best stats for Feral Tank Druid, as described in our guide below.

1.1.

Other Feral Tank Druid Best in Slot Lists

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Feral Tank Druid, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids:

2.

Best In Slot by Phase

Phase 5 Phase 4 Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 1
Phase 3 Horde Phase 3 Alliance
2.1.

Phase 5 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
Weapon
Relic
2.2.

Wrath Classic Phase 4 Feral Druid Tier Set

Feral Druid Tier 10, Lasherweave Battlegear, can only be obtained through Emblem of Frost Icon Emblem of Frost and starts at item level 251. Once you have bought a piece, you can upgrade it to 264 with regular Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification Icon Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification, which drop from Icecrown Citadel 10 man heroic and 25 man normal, and to 277 with heroic marks, which only drop in Icecrown Citadel 25-man heroic.

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — causes your Swipe (Bear) IconSwipe (Bear) and Lacerate IconLacerate abilities to deal 20% additional damage and the cost of your Rip IconRip ability is reduced by 10 energy. This is a decent damage bonus, which helps with threat;
  • 4 pieces — causes your Enrage IconEnrage ability to no longer decrease your armor and instead decrease all damage taken by 12%. It also allows the periodic damage done of Rake IconRake to critical strike. A fantastic bonus which provides an extra short-cooldown damage reduction effect, well welcomed in a tier where bosses do massive burst damage.

As Tier 10 has an incredible 4-piece bonus, can have high item level, and also has great standalone stats, you will want to get its bonuses as soon as possible, favoring using your Emblem of Frost Icon Emblem of Frost on tier pieces until the 4-piece bonus is obtained.

2.3.

Phase 4 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
Weapon
  • PvP Vendor
Relic
2.4.

Wrath Classic Phase 3 Feral Druid Tank Tier Set

Feral Druid Tier 9, Runetotem's Battlegear, is obtained differently than before. Rather than dropping from specific bosses, the 258 item level pieces are all bought with the same Regalia of the Grand Protector Icon Regalia of the Grand Protector, which drops in 25-man Heroic Trial of the Crusader.

You can use 10-man Heroic / 25-man Normal dropped Trophy of the Crusade Icon Trophy of the Crusade and Emblem of Triumph Icon Emblem of Triumph to buy 245 item level pieces, and the lowest 232 item level versions can be bought with just Triumph Emblems.

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — decreases the cooldown on Growl IconGrowl by 2 sec, increases the periodic damage done by Lacerate IconLacerate by 5%, and increases the duration of Rake IconRake by 3 sec. This is a quality of life increase from having access to more frequent taunts, as well as a small threat and DPS gain from Lacerate, and also Rake when not actively tanking;
  • 4 pieces — reduces the cooldown of Barkskin IconBarkskin by 12 seconds and increases the critical strike chance of Rip IconRip and Ferocious Bite IconFerocious Bite by 5%. While the damage benefits can be good while not tanking, the Barskin cooldown reduction is a very small bonus, and it can be worth skipping in order to use more powerful individual gear pieces.

We will be skipping the 4-piece Tier bonus in the gear list below, which is defensively biased as threat is much less of a concern in Wrath due to tank threat being massively buffed and Engineering bombs causing extra threat when used while in Dire Bear Form IconDire Bear Form. Thus, it is recommended to gear for maximum survivability in order to be able to tank every encounter, even when things go wrong.

2.5.

Phase 3 Horde Best in Slot

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
Weapon
  • PvP Vendor
Relic
2.6.

Wrath Classic Phase 3 Feral Druid Tank Tier Set

Feral Druid Tier 9, Malfurion's Battlegear, is obtained differently than before. Rather than dropping from specific bosses, the 258 item level pieces are all bought with the same Regalia of the Grand Protector Icon Regalia of the Grand Protector, which drops in 25-man Heroic Trial of the Crusader.

You can use 10-man Heroic / 25-man Normal dropped Trophy of the Crusade Icon Trophy of the Crusade and Emblem of Triumph Icon Emblem of Triumph to buy 245 item level pieces, and the lowest 232 item level versions can be bought with just Triumph Emblems.

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — decreases the cooldown on Growl IconGrowl by 2 sec, increases the periodic damage done by Lacerate IconLacerate by 5%, and increases the duration of Rake IconRake by 3 sec. This is a quality of life increase from having access to more frequent taunts, as well as a small threat and DPS gain from Lacerate, and also Rake when not actively tanking;
  • 4 pieces — reduces the cooldown of Barkskin IconBarkskin by 12 seconds and increases the critical strike chance of Rip IconRip and Ferocious Bite IconFerocious Bite by 5%. While the damage benefits can be good while not tanking, the Barskin cooldown reduction is a very small bonus, and it can be worth skipping in order to use more powerful individual gear pieces.

We will be skipping the 4-piece Tier bonus in the gear list below, which is defensively biased as threat is much less of a concern in Wrath due to tank threat being massively buffed and Engineering bombs causing extra threat when used while in Dire Bear Form IconDire Bear Form. Thus, it is recommended to gear for maximum survivability in order to be able to tank every encounter, even when things go wrong.

2.7.

Phase 3 Alliance Best in Slot

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
Weapon
  • PvP Vendor
Relic
2.8.

Wrath Phase 2 Feral Tank Druid Tier Set

Feral Tank Druid Tier 8, the Nightsong Battlegear, is obtained from the following bosses:

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — causes the periodic damage dealt by your Rake IconRake, Rip IconRip, and Lacerate IconLacerate abilities to have a chance to cause you to enter a Clearcasting state. While useful for DPS, this has little survivability value;
  • 4 pieces — increases the duration of Savage Roar and Survival Instinct by 8 sec. This is a significant duration increase for a major defensive but due to its 3-minute cooldown, uptime is still very low, regardless.

As neither set bonus is particularly strong, tier pieces will mostly be picked up for their individual stats. Also, threat is much less of a concern in Wrath due to tank threat being massively buffed and Engineering bombs causing extra threat when used while in Dire Bear Form IconDire Bear Form.

2.9.

Phase 2 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
  • PvP Vendor
Neck
Shoulder
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Boots
Rings
Trinkets
Weapons
Relic
2.10.

Wrath Phase 1 Feral Tank Druid Tier Set

Feral Tank Druid Tier 7, the Dreamwalker Battlegear, is obtained from the following bosses:

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — causes your Rip IconRip last for an additional 4 seconds and your Lacerate IconLacerate to deal 5% extra damage. This is a decent threat and damage increase.
  • 4 pieces — increases the duration of Barkskin IconBarkskin by 3 seconds and decreases the cooldown of Tiger's Fury IconTiger's Fury by 3 seconds. The increase on Barkskin uptime is a small survivability increase.

As neither set bonus is particularly strong, tier pieces will mostly be picked up for their individual stats. Also, as threat is much less of a concern in Wrath due to tank threat being massively buffed and Engineering bombs causing extra threat when used while in Dire Bear Form IconDire Bear Form, we will prioritize a defensive setup in the BiS list below.

2.11.

Phase 1 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulder
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Boots
Rings
Trinkets
Weapons
Relic
3.

Further Enhancements

If you have further questions about gemming and enchanting these items, our Feral Tank Druid Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.

4.

Changelog

  • 02 Jan. 2024: Updated for Phase 5.
  • 04 Oct. 2023: Updated for Phase 4.
  • 28 May 2023: Added P3 best in slot items and new page layout.
  • 18 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Phase 2 release ahead of Ulduar raid release.
  • 20 Sep. 2022: Page added.
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