WoW Classic Feral Druid Leveling Talent Build from 1 to 60

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Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.

Ferocity reduces the cost of your core rotational abilities, meaning you can use them more frequently. The 5 points after that are much more open, but Feral Aggression is nice since it is an investment into more damage once you get Ferocious Bite later on, saving you the gold from having to change your talents. The increased effect on Demoralizing Roar is also quite nice for when dealing with groups of enemies while in Bear Form.

Feline Swiftness is perhaps the single most important talent you will take while leveling. You can finish this off at Level 21, giving you 9 levels of 30% increased movement speed before picking up Travel Form, and 19 levels before getting your first mount. The next few points are slightly more controversial, but Furor is recommended because it gives you 40 free Energy whenever you swap into Cat Form, which essentially gives you a free cast of Claw when switching into Cat Form. This also makes swapping in and out of Cat Form to use your Mana much less punishing, since you will get some Energy for it. Feral Charge is a great utility ability to interrupt and root, and combined with Furor, you can instantly swap into Bear Form and use your charge without delay. Sharpened Claws is a nice damage increase.

Most of the talent choices here are straight damage increases, but Faerie Fire (Feral) is especially noteworthy. You can cast it in your forms, making it a great way to pull enemies from range without having to swap out to cast other spells. The armor reduction is also incredibly powerful, and this should absolutely be used on every target you attack. Improved Shred is potentially worth putting 2 points into earlier, but it depends on if you are leveling solo or with a group. While solo, you will not be able to use Shred much, if at all, but you should be able to use it quite frequently in a group, especially if someone else is tanking.

After finishing off the Feral tree, you want to go into the Balance tree. Nature's Grasp is an extremely powerful disengage tool both in PvE and PvP, to the point where some people like to pick it up much earlier, even potentially at Level 10. This mainly comes down to how much you think you might be PvPing, since it is such a powerful tool against other melee.

Omen of Clarity is the main reason we put points into the Balance tree, and is a great tool for saving Energy. It is important to keep this up at all times when fighting. You can finish off the last few points in whatever order you would like after taking Omen.

1. Moonfire;
2. Wrath until your run out of Mana;
3. Melee.
4. Moonfire only if you have the Mana and are already out of form;
5. Bear Form;
6. Enrage;
7. Maul until the target dies.
8. Cat Form;
9. Ravage;
10. Faerie Fire (Feral);
11. Rake;
12. Claw;
13. Rip at 5 combo points.
14. Ferocious Bite at 5 combo points.

Until you unlock Bear Form at level 10, leveling can be slow, especially from 7-10. Use your mana as much as you can, and preferably find someone to level with just for these early levels at least.

Do your class quest to get Bear Form. Bear Form will be a huge power spike, significantly speeding up your leveling.

The quest for Aquatic Form is available at this level, but you should hold off. It is a very long quest that will be significantly easier once you have Travel Form or a mount.

Cat Form is another solid power spike that will increase your damage, but lower your survivability.

Druid-specific quests are an important part to the class as a whole, as it will unlock certain animal forms that you won't have access to otherwise.

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Below is a list of skills to upgrade as you level. With more gold you can buy more skills, but this list is meant to be an optimal point where you buy what helps you most while saving as much money as possible for your mount at level 40.

• Moonfire - Only through Level 10
• Wrath - Only through Level 10
• Thorns
• Entangling Roots
• Hibernate
• Barkskin
• Demoralizing Roar
• Enrage
• Bash
• Swipe
• Maul
• Cat Form
• Claw
• Prowl
• Shred
• Rake
• Rip
• Dash
• Challenging Roar
• Travel Form
• Ferocious Bite
• Ravage
• Track Humanoids
• Pounce
• Dire Bear Form
• Feline Grace
• Mark of the Wild
• Rejuvenation
• Regrowth
• Healing Touch
• Innervate

Choosing what gear to wear is usually pretty straightforward since upgrades will be obvious most of the time. However, when given the choice, you are going to want to try to get Agility and Strength for more damage. Your basic priority will be:

1. Agility
2. Strength
3. Spirit
4. Stamina
5. Intellect

While Agility and Strength give you more damage, Spirit increases your health and mana regeneration, allowing you more resources to use before you need to eat or drink. The goal is to limit downtime as much as possible, which means you should not be passively regenerating health very often, so Spirit is mainly used for the mana regeneration it offers using the 5-second rule. Since you are already spending most of your time in Bear Form and Cat Form not spending mana, you will be passively regenerating mana for a large portion of your time as is, making Spirit your primary means of regeneration, and thus quite valuable.

Endgame Information

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This guide has been written by Seksi, original vanilla player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Warrior, Mage and Shaman Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.

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