Feral Druid DPS Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

Feral, the Melee DPS specialisation for Druids, forms its core gameplay around balancing two separate resources whilst also leveraging those to apply powerful Bleed Damage over Time effects on targets. In terms of single target DPS, Feral is powerful and can often shine in these situations. When it comes to multiple target situations, Feral can perform well due to increased targets to apply Bleed effects too, and has large-scale AoE tools to contribute well with.

We are maintaining a list of changes for Druids for Shadowlands, the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, which you can access using the link below.

The chances to Feral were not huge in Patch 8.3, but you can take a look at the list of Druid changes below.

In addition, we have:

• new gear from the Ny'alotha raid, which can drop corrupted (see our guide to Corrupted Items for more information);
• a new Legendary Cloak;
• 7 new Patch 8.3 Essences;
• changes to existing Essences (including a 3rd Minor slot);
• a new Azerite trait ( Heart of Darkness);
• and a new reusable augment rune ( Lightning-Forged Augment Rune).

• Solid single target damage
• Very high mobility and flexibility in a raid environment
• Solid AoE options available on the 90 talent tier
• Strong low target cleave achieved through maintaining DoTs on multiple targets
• Flexible talent choices allowing for advantages in different fight archetypes

• Can require ramp-up to reach full damage on priority targets
• Gameplay relies on pooling and smart resource management, and can be punishing
• Can be hampered by enemies dying too early before your Bleeds deal their full damage

Feral struggled to pull itself above the pack in The Eternal Palace, and it is possible this may continue due to the bloated state of Melee and the potentially limiting Ny'alotha raid encounter styles. However, it still deals good damage when given the right scenarios, and gear available supports the ideal builds.