Feral Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2

This list is the ideal DPS setup, including all sources available to us. This includes Crafting, Raids, Mythic+, and even The Great Vault. Therefore, think of this more as an end goal to work toward, as this list provides the most balanced end setup, assuming you have access to everything. All crafts use Draconic Missive of the Peerless unless otherwise stated.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Rashon, the Immortal Blaze (489)	Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing
Alternative	Borrowed Time (489)	The Great Vault / Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Helm	Benevolent Embersage's Casque (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Tindral Sageswift
Neck	Eye of the Rising Flame (489)	Mythic Tindral Sageswift
Shoulder	Titanic Shouldersparks (489)	The Great Vault / Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (489)	Smolderon
Chest	Benevolent Embersage's Robe (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Bracers	Life-Bound Bindings (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking
Gloves	Benevolent Embersage's Talons (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Igira the Cruel
Belt	Belt of the Eternal Struggle (489)	The Great Vault / Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Legs	Benevolent Embersage's Leggings (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Boots	Toxic Thorn Footwraps (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking
Ring #1	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal (489)	The Great Vault / Darkheart Thicket
Ring #2	Lord Waycrest's Signet (489)	The Great Vault / Waycrest Manor
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand (489)	Mythic Smolderon
Trinket #2	Witherbark's Branch (489)	The Great Vault / The Everbloom
Alternative	Accelerating Sandglass (489)	The Great Vault / Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall

This list contains the ideal options for each slot available from Mythic+ dungeons added in the Season 3 pool. These are items that are worth target farming if you are looking to gear up a character and have holes in your gear set. This does not include any Raid or Crafted items.

Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when doing Mythic+, and instead a list of the best gear available from these dungeons in each respective slot. For that, see the overall list.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Borrowed Time	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Alternative	Blightreaper	Waycrest Manor
Helm	Benevolent Embersage's Casque	Revival Catalyst
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight	Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder	Titanic Shouldersparks	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Cloak	Drape of the Loyal Vassal	Atal'Dazar
Chest	Benevolent Embersage's Robe	Revival Catalyst
Bracers	Bracers of Dreadful Maladies	Waycrest Manor
Gloves	Benevolent Embersage's Talons	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Belt of the Eternal Struggle	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Legs	Benevolent Embersage's Leggings	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Moss-Covered Wingtip Shoes	Waycrest Manor
Ring #1	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal	Darkheart Thicket
Ring #2	Lord Waycrest's Signet	Waycrest Manor
Trinket #1	Witherbark's Branch	The Everbloom
Trinket #2	Accelerating Sandglass	Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Alternative	Porcelain Crab	Throne of the Tides

This list provides the best item in each slot available within Amirdrassil if you need to inform your organized group of items you are looking out for. This does not include any Crafted pieces.

Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when Raiding, and instead a list of the best item available from the current raid in each slot. For that, see the overall list.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Rashon, the Immortal Blaze	Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing
Alternative	Scythe of the Fallen Keeper	Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Helm	Benevolent Embersage's Casque	Tindral Sageswift
Neck	Eye of the Rising Flame	Tindral Sageswift
Shoulder	Strigine Epaulets	Council of Dreams
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice	Smolderon
Chest	Benevolent Embersage's Robe	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle
Bracers	Verdant Sanctuary Bands	Council of Dreams
Gloves	Benevolent Embersage's Talons	Igira the Cruel
Belt	Vengeful Bladebeak Girdle	Amirdrassil Trash
Legs	Benevolent Embersage's Leggings	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Boots	Tasseted Emberwalkers	Tindral Sageswift
Ring #1	Daydreamer's Glimmering Ring	Amirdrassil Trash
Ring #2	Band of Burning Thorns	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand	Mythic Smolderon
Trinket #2	Coiled Serpent Idol	Volcoross
Alternative	Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge	Council of Dreams

Tier sets are unique bonuses tied to each Season of Dragonflight, comprised of 5 gear pieces. Bonuses are unlocked at 2 and 4 pieces equipped, and the Benevolent Embersage's Guidance confers the following bonuses:

• Druid Feral 10.2 Class Set 2pc - Casting Feral Frenzy grants Smoldering Frenzy for 8 seconds, increasing all damage you deal by 20%.
• Druid Feral 10.2 Class Set 4pc - Reduces the cooldown of Feral Frenzy by 15 seconds, and during Smoldering Frenzy, enemies burn for 10% of all damage you deal to them as Fire over 10 seconds.

Either of these bonuses makes Feral Frenzy a mandatory talent point to activate it. This puts your damage on a 30-second cooldown cycle aligned with each Feral Frenzy cast, in which you want to have all of your Bleed management set up before entering into the window. While active, you want to focus on filling it with high-value casts such as Ferocious Bite, so pooling is needed due to the short duration. It also opens up the option to play both Convoke the Spirits and, in some cases, reduce its cooldown via Ashamane's Guidance depending on encounter to get extra triggers.

Ideally, you should aim to have the Season 3 4-piece set complete before committing to the swap. A lot of the value comes from the additional cooldown reduction gained from the 4-piece to support the extra Feral Frenzy which amplifies the 2-piece, so stick to the Aberrus set until then. With enough of an item level gap though, you can consider swapping early - use simulations to judge this.

Tier sets are unique bonuses tied to each Season of Dragonflight, comprised of 5 gear pieces. Bonuses are unlocked at 2 and 4 pieces equipped, and the Strands of the Autumn Blaze confers the following bonuses:

• Druid Feral 10.1 Class Set 2pc - Auto attacks have a 25% chance to grant a stack of Shadows of the Predator, increasing Agility by 1% for 25 seconds. Each application above 5 has an increasing chance to reset back down to 2.
• Druid Feral 10.1 Class Set 4pc - When this reset occurs, gain Predator Revealed, increasing your Agility by an additional 8% and generating 1 Combo Point every 2 seconds for 8 seconds.

Both of these bonuses are very basic flat performance increases, providing background multipliers to Agility that you cannot really play around. The 4-piece proc does, however, mean you need to be aware of the slow trickle of additional Combo Points to avoid wasting them, allowing you to pause briefly at 4 Combo Points to reach 5 and then spend. Other than that, the bonus mostly just happens as you play.

Ideally, you should aim to have the set complete before fully committing to the swap, as a lot of the power is in both the old and new 4-piece. Item level may slightly interfere with this as both bonuses are quite close, but generally, they both gain the most from investing fully in completing them and a double 2-piece combination is not recommended.

The Lost Landcaller's Vesture bonuses from the Season 1 are still usable, and were as follows:

• Feral Druid 2pc increases Ferocious Bite and Rip damage by 6%.
• Feral Druid 4pc causes each Combo Point spent to increase the damage of Rip, Rake and Thrash by 2%, and also increase the chance for Shred, Rake, Brutal Slash, Swipe and Thrash to critically strike by 2% for 4 seconds.

These bonuses are solid and worth picking up as soon as possible. The 2-piece is simply a flat boost to finisher damage, which is hard to fault, and while the 4-piece looks more active, the core gameplay that Feral already engages in triggers this consistently, so it does not require any adjustment to your playstyle.

This is our general recommendation for the best Crafting Order. Due to Feral weapons costing two Sparks of Shadowflame and the high value of Embellishments, we opt into getting those crafted first. All crafts, unless otherwise stated, use a Draconic Missive of the Peerless wherever possible.

1. Toxic Thorn Footwraps
2. Life-Bound Bindings using Toxified Armor Patch
3. Signet of Titanic Insight (with Alchemical Flavor Pocket)

If you are still struggling to acquire a weapon at this point, you can invest two sparks into an Obsidian Seared Halberd.

Due to the changes to Undulating Sporecloak, Feral at the launch of Patch 10.2 largely just defaults to the previously strong options. Toxic Thorn Footwraps has some issues with some items and effects wasting procs on the heal portion, and so Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch is an alternative for those that do not want to deal with that. Lastly, with roughly 7 gem slots, Elemental Lariat competes with all options.

Embellishments either come set on items as standard or can be added with an optional reagent when crafting the piece. These provide additional bonuses (and in some cases quite large ones) but are limited to two. Due to there being so many options, here we explain in detail the ones available that are worth considering:

1. Toxic Thorn Footwraps - these still do solid single-target damage despite the Patch 10.2 nerfs and is the recommended supporting embellishment. The downside is also extremely minor, so you should not worry about it.
2. Toxified Armor Patch - can be applied to any Leather armor piece to double up on the value from Toxic Thorns, making it an alternative, even though it does increase the Stamina loss downside of using them.
3. Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch - less committal than the above combo, and has less downsides, so can be considered if you are worried about the stamina loss.
4. Elemental Lariat* - This is a great pick that works in more situations than the boots, but because it requires full sockets on gear, it is more a craft for later in the season.
5. Undulating Sporecloak - Patch 10.2 has added Versatility while above 70% that can be easily maintained. Unfortunately, just prior to the release of the patch, both the offensive and defensive effects were heavily nerfed, making it hard to justify.
6. Slimy Expulsion Boots* - these are weaker than the above alternative as the downside of losing Haste is more pronounced and as such you should avoid crafting these.
7. Alchemical Flavor Pocket* - this does not require an Embellishment slot, and as such, it is worth using to avoid losing your Well Fed buff should you die.