Feral Druid DPS Easy Mode — The War Within Pre-Patch

Feral has one main single-target build that focuses on maximizing single-target output at the cost of all else. This build comes with a heavy focus on making the most out of Energy and Combo Points, and as such also takes additional generation tools to support that. If you are more interested in alternative builds or details on how choices are made, check our talent page:

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In AoE, Feral has some clearly marked options for multi-target situations that allow for ease of application on DoT effects, such as Primal Wrath, while also having options for converting single-target tools into AoE like Rampant Ferocity. Due to the nature of the AoE toolkit, it plays with a priority anchor target to trigger its AoE effects from.If you are more interested in alternative builds or details on how choices are made, check our talent page:

Feral's goal is to generate Combo Points, and balance its Energy resource to maintain a number of Bleed effects on targets. Rake and Thrash are done via Energy and are the easiest to keep active, while Rip requires both Energy and Combo Points to apply. Combo Points are generated through Energy spending abilities of Shred, Rake and Thrash. Any excess Combo Points generated while these effects are active are spent on Ferocious Bite to deal strong direct damage.

Energy is generated passively, or with the active skill Tiger's Fury which gives a quick burst of extra resources. This is off the GCD, and used on cooldown both for the Energy and the damage buff it provides. Alongside that, any DoT effects applied while under its effect maintain the damage boost until they expire or are refreshed.

Aside from this core, there are also some additional buttons and talents that are regularly taken in the sample build that you need to keep in mind:

• Omen of Clarity procs make your next Energy spender free, and should be used as quickly as possible so long as you do not waste the Combo Points generated.
• Apex Predator's Craving is a proc triggered by Rip that makes your next Ferocious Bite free, and should be used as quickly as possible.
• Berserk is our main cooldown, and provides additional Combo Points both passively and from generators alongside a flat damage bonus, and resource overflow protection, and is used as often as possible.
• Convoke the Spirits casts 16 Druid spells in quick succession during a 4-second channel, prioritizing Feral abilities. This is cast on cooldown, ideally aligning with Berserk.
• Brutal Slash is an additional Combo Point generator with 3-charges and a short cooldown. This is cheaper than Shred, and should be used both for damage and to help trigger Bloodtalons.
• Bloodtalons provides a strong increase to our next 3 Finishing moves after casting 3 different generators within 4 seconds. This is a powerful effect that requires some Energy pooling, and if you are struggling to do so then the alternative Lion's Strength is close enough to be taken instead for ease of use.
• Feral Frenzy is a 45-second cooldown burst of single-target damage that grants 5 Combo Points.
• Adaptive Swarm is a DoT effect that amplifies other DoT effects while active on a target, and is used on cooldown.

In AoE, Feral plays much the same as in single-target using an anchor target, replacing Rip casts with Primal Wrath to maintain the effect on multiple enemies. Excess Combo Points are used on Ferocious Bite to trigger Rampant Ferocity. Double-Clawed Rake makes getting multiple Rakes out easier, and when possible switching between targets to apply them even faster is worth it.

Some key things to bear in mind with our AoE build is as follows:

• Primal Wrath is only used to maintain Rip, so only use it when it needs to be refreshed.
• Brutal Slash is much more valuable than in single-target, and should always be kept recharging.
• Bloodtalons can be cycled easier here using a mixture of Brutal Slash, Rake and Thrash. Use Shred as a backup if everything is already maintained.
• Double-Clawed Rake will smart target even when used to refresh on your current target, picking a nearby enemy without it active to apply it to.

Barkskin provides a 30% damage reduction for 12 seconds (with Oakskin), on a 1-minute cooldown. This is Feral's consistent defense tool and due to the low cooldown can be used liberally to reduce the incoming damage from dangerous attacks.

Survival Instincts grants complete 60% damage reduction (with Oakskin) for 6 seconds. This is a backup defensive tool for the most dangerous damage, when Barkskin is not available or will not cover the incoming damage.

Bear Form provides a significant increase to health and armor when active. While your damage tools are very limited while in this form, you can switch to this quickly to survival a lethal hit and heal back up after.

Renewal restores 20% of maximum health on a 1.5-minute cooldown. This is off the GCD, so can be used whenever you feel in danger to top yourself back up.

Predatory Swiftness triggers from Combo Point spenders, and makes your next Regrowth cast instant. These can be used in empty globals to help keep yourself healthy when you would otherwise be casting nothing.