Feral Druid Shadowlands Leveling Guide From 1 to 60
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Feral Druid leveling guide for Shadowlands Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Druid leveling guide.
Gear Options
When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. You will often be replacing these gear pieces very quickly, so just equip whatever comes to you without worrying about secondary stats.
Level by Level Rotation and Talents
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Talents to Level Up as Feral Druid
Your first talent row unlocks at Level 15.
Your talent set up should be as follows.
- Level 15:
Predator
- Level 25:
Tiger Dash
- Level 30:
Restoration Affinity
- Level 35:
Mighty Bash
- Level 40:
Soul of the Forest
- Level 45:
Primal Wrath
- Level 50:
Feral Frenzy
Rotation to Level Up as a Feral Druid
Due to Feral only being unlocked as a talent specialization at Level 10, you should make use of the abilities provided to you in the intro quests until you are presented with the option.
- Enter
Prowl before opening on your target whenever possible.
- Open with
Rake from stealth.
- Cast
Feral Frenzy on cooldown.
- Cast
Tiger's Fury on cooldown.
- Cast
Berserk on cooldown, ideally against dangerous enemies.
- Cast
Primal Wrath at 5 Combo Points with multiple targets in range.
- Apply
Rip to any high health targets at 5 Combo Points.
- Cast
Ferocious Bite at 5 Combo Points.
- Apply
Thrash against multiple targets.
- Maintain
Rake.
- Cast
Swipe to generate Combo Points against multiple targets.
- Cast
Shred to generate Combo Points against one target.
- Make sure to always be in
Cat Form.
Summary of Unlocked Abilities for Feral Druids
In addition to baseline abilities unlocked by Druids, there are multiple spec specific abilities that are granted to Feral to make it function as a melee spec:
- At Level 10,
Rake is unlocked; a single-target Bleed effect and Combo Point builder that costs Energy.
- At Level 11,
Thrash is unlocked; an AoE Bleed effect and Combo Point builder that costs Energy.
- At Level 12,
Tiger's Fury is unlocked; an off-GCD ability that refunds a small amount of Energy and increases your damage done.
- At Level 21,
Rip is unlocked; a Combo Point finisher that deals high Bleed damage to your target.
- At Level 23,
Swipe is unlocked; an AoE Combo Point builder.
- At Level 26,
Skull Bash is unlocked; Feral's interrupt ability.
- At Level 28,
Maim is unlocked; a Combo Point finisher that deals Physical damage and stuns the target.
- At Level 32,
Survival Instincts is unlocked; a long cooldown defensive tool.
- At Level 34,
Berserk is unlocked; Feral's primary burst damage cooldown.
Alongside the ability unlocks, there are also passive effects that improve your abilities unlocked along the way:
- At Level 10,
Mastery: Razor Claws is unlocked, increasing your Bleed and finisher damage based on Mastery rating.
- At Level 16,
Feral Instinct is unlocked; reducing the range you are detected when in stealth.
- At Level 19,
Feline Adept is unlocked, allowing you to use
Soothe and
Remove Corruption in
Cat Form.
- At Level 27,
Feline Swiftness is unlocked; increasing your movement speed by an additional 15% in
Cat Form.
- At Level 31,
Primal Fury is unlocked, causing Combo Point generating abilities to generate an additional one with a Critical Strike.
- At Level 33,
Omen of Clarity is unlocked, granting auto-attacks a chance to make your next
Shred,
Rake or
Thrash cost no Energy.
- At Level 36,
Shred Rank 2 is unlocked, causing it to deal 60% increased damage and have double the Critical Strike chance when used from stealth.
- At Level 37,
Infected Wounds is unlocked, causing your
Rake to slow targets by 20% for 12 seconds.
- At Level 39,
Rake Rank 2 is unlocked, causing it to deal 60% increased damage stun your target for 4 seconds when used from stealth.
- At Level 42,
Shred Rank 3 is unlocked, causing it to deal 20% additional damage to Bleeding targets.
- At Level 42,
Swipe Rank 2 is unlocked, causing it to deal 20% additional damage to Bleeding targets.
- At Level 47,
Tiger's Fury Rank 2 is unlocked, causing it to generate an additional 30 Energy.
- At Level 49,
Predatory Swiftness is unlocked, granting Combo Point finishers a 20% chance per point spent to make your next
Regrowth or
Entangling Roots instant.
- At Level 54,
Shred Rank 4 is unlocked, causing it to generate one additional Combo Point when used from stealth.
- At Level 58,
Berserk Rank 2 is unlocked, causing it to generate one additional Combo Point when the refund is triggered.
Feral Druid War Mode Talents for Leveling
In this section we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking Feral Druid-specific PvE talents.
Feral Druid PvP Talents for Leveling
Leader of the Pack increases the Critical Strike chance of you and nearby allies by 5%, and causes players to heal for 4% of their maximum health when they critically strike with a 6-second cooldown. This is the best option available on the PvP tree for open world purposes.
Rip and Tear provides an instant way of applying both
Rip and
Rake to your target without a Combo Point cost, and is great for starting a fight with more powerful enemies without requiring any ramp up, so is highly recommended as an extra tool.
Fresh Wound can provide additional burst to targets when applying your
Rake effect, and is a solid increase across the board when cycling between targets.
Ferocious Wound provides additional damage to your
Ferocious Bite that can be useful on high health targets due the maximum health reduction it applies. Value is mostly tied to the difficulty of the enemies you are encountering.
Savage Momentum causes successful interrupts with
Skull Bash to reset the cooldown of
Tiger's Fury. This can be useful for additional Energy and damage windows, but you will generally be using
Predator in the open world so they may overlap and hurt its strength.
Thorns can provide some use if in situations with extra enemies present, to allow you to deal additional damage back when being hit.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on reaching Level 60! Now that you have hit Level 60, we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.
Changelog
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Guide added.
This guide has been written by Wordup, a frequent theorycrafter involved in a number of class communities. He is also an experienced player who has been in the world top 100 since the days of Sunwell, currently raiding in Echoes. You can also follow him on Twitter.
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