Feral Druid DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Feral Druid, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral DPS Druid gems and enchants.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Feral Druid
This section specifically covers your character's optimal gems, enchants, food, and phials. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Feral Druid, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
For all consumables excluding food in the lists below, you should utilize lower ranks of the same rank 3 options listed if you are looking for a cheaper alternative. The price difference is often significant for a small loss in stats gained.
Best Gems for Feral Druid
Due to secondary stat diminishing returns, your gems will fluctuate significantly depending on your current gear. Keep this in mind as these are very loose recommendations for quick gem options.
You should make sure to have one Skillful Illimited Diamond
as your single unique Primalist gem. To fill the rest of the slots, you will
want
Sensei's Neltharite or
Sensei's Alexstraszite in all other
slots. Alternatively, if you find you have enough Mastery but not enough Haste,
you can use
Keen Neltharite or
Keen Ysemerald.
Remember, though, your stats can and will alter these decisions depending on your current gear set. This means you may see more benefit from different stat distributions, so you should always aim to sim your character if you are looking for the ideal picks.
Best Enchants for Feral Druid
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Cloak |
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Belt |
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Bracers |
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The Incandescent Essence is acquired following a quest chain
that begins after defeating Gnarlroot within the new Amirdrassil raid. This
grants the
Igira's Cruel Nightmare proc effect and can be re-used,
so use it as soon as you get one on your head.
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.
Consumables for Feral Druid
Best Phials and Potions for Feral
Currently, there are 2 options available based on the situation worth considering for different reasons:
Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage — this is generally the strongest option available, giving a large amount of bonus Critical Strike. The downside, however, can be quite dangerous and reduce its uptime, so be wary of using this if you are uncomfortable in an encounter.
Phial of Tepid Versatility — numerically weaker than the alternative, but comes with the advantage of being more consistent, alongside providing a small damage reduction benefit. It is also much cheaper!
Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power (or the cheaper
Elemental Potion of Power
variant) is your recommended potion in all situations. These
potions can also be obtained from a
Potion Cauldron of Ultimate Power/
Potion Cauldron of Power,
so long as you have five
Primal Chaos to convert into
potions.
Dreamwalker's Healing Potion is the healing potion of choice. Using
this has a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss
fight should it go on long enough. You can also use
Potion of Withering Dreams
in emergencies, but be wary of how much damage it deals after being used.
Additionally, Warlock's Healthstones do not share a
cooldown with other healing consumables. Remember to use it as well if
you are holding one!
Best Food for Feral
Ideally, we use Thousandbone Tongueslicer at higher gear levels, however
other stat combinations can also work depending on your gear. Alternatively,
you can use feasts provided by your group (
Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak,
for example).
Weapon Enhancement Consumables for Feral Druid
Your weapon enhancement consumable of choice is Buzzing Rune
or
Hissing Rune for Critical Strike or Mastery respectively. Your
choice will come down to your current stat distribution on your gear.
Augment Runes for Feral
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of the consumable
runes available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them
for when you need them.
Through the Patch 10.2 Emerald Dream Zone and its Dream Wardens
Faction, you can also obtain the Dreambound Augment Rune, which is
permanent!
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5, changed food recommendation to secondary food.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7, no changes necessary.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5, small note about Gem alternatives.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1 for new enchants available.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated for Primordial Stones hotfixes.
- 22 Mar. 2023: Updated to account for Primordial Stones hotfix.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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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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