Feral Druid DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.1.5)

This section covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, potions, and flasks to use with your character. Please visit our dedicated Stats page to get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Feral Druid.

For all consumables excluding food in the lists below, if you are looking for a cheaper alternative look for a lower rank of the same item listed. The price difference is often significant for a small loss in stats gained.

Patch 11.1.5 heralds the return of Horrific Visions, and completing this content successfully brings back Corruption enchants with a twist - one single enchant applied to your Helm slot. All enchants come with a lesser and greater version when acquired, but there are only really two options:

The current recommendations are:

• Raid / Single Target: Greater Rune of the Void Ritual / Greater Rune of Gushing Wound
• Mythic+ / AoE: Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

The value of all the direct damage enchants are relatively similar, with Greater Rune of Gushing Wound being the best on average in both single target and cleave as a flexible pick. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual reigns supreme though, as secondary stats are just too valuable.

It is highly recommended that you simulate your character for gems, as individual gear pieces have a big impact on gem options. As our stats are very similar across both Hero Talent trees and content types, we have a one-size-fits-all approach:

• You should use Culminating Blasphemite in your first socket.
• You should aim to have one of each color of gem to maximize its effect, focusing on Critical Strike, meaning one of Deadly Emerald, Deadly Onyx, and Deadly Sapphire.
• All other sockets should have Masterful Ruby / Deadly Onyx.
• Some characters may find that filling the requirements for Culminating Blasphemite is not worth it in place of stacking better allocated gems. If you find your sim recommends this, you should follow the result.

Due to Feral having high value from both Critical Strike and Mastery, it is especially important to sim your own character to work out your best gem options.

You can, if you so wish, also substitute the Culminating Blasphemite for an Elusive Blasphemite for a minor DPS loss if you feel you would get more out of additional passive movement speed.

Disclaimer:The Helmet enchant will only be available once the Horrific Visions open up on May 20th.

For weapons, Enchant Weapon - Stonebound Artistry is the general recommendation for all types of content. Depending on your current gear, you may find other secondary enchants come out on top such as Enchant Weapon - Council's Guile or Enchant Weapon - Stormrider's Fury. If this happens, you should follow your sim.

Your ring enchants are determined by character sims, as both Critical Strike and Mastery options are likely to be very similar in value.

Cloak, Bracer, and Boot enchants are personal preferences as they have no direct impact on performance, but we recommend Avoidance and Stamina for the extra survivability.

There are two options for your flask of choice depending on the situation:

• Flask of Alchemical Chaos — is slightly more RNG than the alternatives, but is a net positive in stats and also leads to stronger Tempered Potion uses, so it is recommended.
• Flask of Tempered Aggression / Flask of Tempered Mastery — Numerically weaker, but more consistent by providing a bulk of a stat we want at all times. Does lead to a weaker Tempered Potion, however.

You can also obtain a flask of your choice from Algari Flask Cauldrons provided by Alchemists.

Tempered Potion is your potion of choice and should be used alongside your major cooldowns and Bloodlust / Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Algari Potion Cauldron provided by Alchemists.

Algari Healing Potion is the current best healing potion. Using this has a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss fight should it go on long enough. Additionally, Warlock's Healthstones do not share a cooldown with other healing consumables. Remember to use it as well if you are holding one!

Due to the high value of secondary stats for Feral in season 2, you should be using secondary food so long as one of them is your current highest stat. The The Sushi Special feast or any of Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board or Empress' Farewell for personal food.

Your weapon enhancement consumable of choice is Algari Mana Oil for the additional Critical Strike and Haste, as secondaries have surpassed the value of Agility.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!