Feral Druid DPS Easy Mode — 12.1.5

In Raids, Feral plays as Wildstalker, sacrificing some of its AoE capabilities to focus on dealing as much damage to one target as possible. These builds are focused around DoT effects, so maintaining Bleeds effectively is very important. Since much of The Venomous Abyss features cleave, the build we've provided includes some multi-target picks to suit it better.

The Hero Tree provides passive bonuses, so doesn't significantly alter the rotation. It does, however, play Lunar Inspiration, which adds Moonfire as an extra DoT to maintain. It has Berserk every 2 minutes, Convoke the Spirits every 2 minutes, and Feral Frenzy every 30 seconds for burst cooldowns.

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With Mythic+ being more focused on AoE, Feral switches to Druid of the Claw due to its better hybridizing for multi-target. This has a stronger focus on Ferocious Bite, using Primal Wrath to apply Rip in AoE and trigger Rampant Ferocity.

Druid of the Claw also adds in Ravage procs to empower Ferocious Bite further, alongside having Apex Predator's Craving procs to react to for instant, free Bite casts.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Before entering combat, always make sure to do the following:

• Be in Cat Form - Cat Form is required to cast most Feral abilities, so always be shapeshifted.
• Cast Group Buffs - Use Mark of the Wild to buff your party with Versatility.
• Start from Stealth - Prowl improves your first Rake when you break stealth.

In single-target, Feral is all about balancing its resources to maintain full Rip uptime with as little investment as possible, so it can free up extra Combo Points to cast Ferocious Bite. Here's a brief breakdown of things to keep in mind to get you started:

• Spend Energy to Build Combo Points
  Spend Energy on builders to reach 5 Combo Points, and avoid overcapping.
  Combo Point Builders – Shred, Rake, Moonfire and Feral Frenzy.
• Spend Combo Points Efficiently
  Always make sure to spend with a finisher when at 5 Combo Points.
  Priority – Rip if it's missing, otherwise Ferocious Bite.
• Maintain DoTs
  Make sure Rake, Moonfire and Rip are always applied to your target.
  Refresh these during Tiger's Fury if possible to snapshot the effect.
• Use Cooldowns
  Cast Tiger's Fury every 30 seconds followed by Feral Frenzy.
  Cast Berserk paired with Convoke the Spirits every 2 minutes.

The best approach to learning Feral is to break things up into chunks. Each component of the resource management game you master makes it easier to adjust to the flow, and build an intuition on when to refresh. We recommend doing it in these steps:

Feral Single-Target

Energy/Combo Point Management ➜ Bleed Uptime ➜ Cooldown Sequencing

In AoE, Feral uses Primal Wrath to apply Rip to all nearby targets. This is used to trigger free Ferocious Bite casts via Apex Predator's Craving, which in turn activates Rampant Ferocity:

• Spend Energy and Combo Points
  Generate using Rake to apply Bleeds, otherwise Swipe to 5 Combo Points.
  Finish with Primal Wrath to maintain Rip, spend excess on Ferocious Bite.
• React to Procs
  Spend Apex Predator's Craving procs immediately, provided Rips are active.
  Always cast Ravage with 5 Combo Points, again with Rips active.
• Sync Your Cooldowns
  Cast Tiger's Fury every 30 seconds, and Frantic Frenzy every 45 seconds.
  Cast Convoke the Spirits every minute. Line up Berserk with it every 2 minutes.

While Feral follows similar principles in AoE, it's best to tackle the AoE playstyle after getting a handle on single-target - it follows the same basic ruleset, just with extra wrinkles. We advise the following:

Feral AoE

Resource Management ➜ Primal Wrath Uptime ➜ Reacting to Procs

All builds spend four points in the Apex Talent, Unseen Predator, which triggers additional strikes when using Ferocious Bite. This provides good extra damage throughout an encounter and buffs your other abilities, but is mostly passive - there are no significant gameplay requirements to execute it properly outside of the standard rotation. The only important thing to remember is that it reinforces the goal of only spending at 5 Combo Points.

Season 2 of Midnight introduces the Bark of the Enigmatic Dreamwatcher, available from different endgame content. This provides the following bonuses:

• Druid Feral 12.1 Class Set 2pc – When Berserk ends, you deal 10% increased damage for 1 second per Combo Point spent during Berserk.
• Druid Feral 12.1 Class Set 4pc – Berserk lasts 10 seconds longer.

While both of these bonuses are certainly impactful during gameplay, there's nothing unique that needs to be done to optimize them. Your Berserk duration is longer, and you have an extra incentive to cycle Combo Points efficiently, but otherwise Feral still plays in the same way as without it.

Feral has access to a variety of different active and passive survival tools, giving it a lot of flexibility when dealing with incoming damage.

• 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 60% damage reduction (with Oakskin) for 6 seconds. This is a backup defensive tool for the most dangerous damage events, or when Barkskin is not available.
• 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 without any cooldown, allowing you to survive a lethal hit then heal back up after.
• Heart of the Wild - has a 2-minute cooldown, and if used during Bear Form increases your maximum health by 30% for 20 seconds. This persists even if you shapeshift out of it, making it a powerful additional defensive option that can be layered on top of other tools.
• Well-Honed Instincts - this triggers Frenzied Regeneration when you drop below 40% health, healing you for a large amount. This has a 120-second cooldown (90 with Perfectly-Honed Instincts), and can save you in a pinch. Druid of the Claw can also cast Frenzied Regeneration in Cat Form for the same effect, at the cost of 40 Energy and a 36-second cooldown.
• 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.

The most versatile Feral stat priority for different situations in Midnight is as follows. For more information on what's presented on this page, check out our main Stat Priority page.

Stat priorities will change based on other talents taken in different builds, but, in general, this should serve you well.

When it comes to gearing in Midnight Season 2, you want to prioritize your Tier Set as quickly as possible. Due to how many different options are available when it comes to gearing your character though, it's best to jump over to our main Gearing page for a more comprehensive breakdown on things to chase.

Added in The War Within, the Rotation Assist tool curated by Blizzard has two modes: the first highlights action bar buttons with a recommended priority, while the second provides a single keybind that automatically presses the top priority ability on that same list, but with a 25% GCD penalty between casts.

This provides a great starting point if you're just jumping into Feral and want to get a general feel for the gameplay flow it has. It does, however, come at a performance loss due to some limitations. Most importantly, the tool will not use Berserk, racial abilities or on-use trinkets - these all need to be cast manually by you if you use it. This also extends to movement, defensive and crowd control abilities.

The tool will generally manage DoTs to a reasonable degree, and since Feral has more downtime than average, the GCD penalty isn't as harsh as elsewhere. The lack of cooldown use does mean you'll need to use these manually - in particular before it opts to cast Convoke the Spirits, but otherwise it's well suited to both Wildstalker and Druid of the Claw builds provided on this page.