Feral Druid DPS Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5

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.

Feral remains the same as previously, but has gained access to the following:

• 11 essences, from the new essence system for the Heart of Azeroth;
• 5 new Azerite traits from Nazjatar, Eternal Palace, and Operation: Mechagon for your Heart of Azeroth;
• new gems, enchants, and consumables;
• new gear from Nazjatar and the Eternal Palace raid.

• 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 showed itself as a strong contender when executed properly in both Battle of Dazar'alor and Crucible of Storms, but still suffers from the issue of space for melee in a raid environment. Its damage profile is still desirable and many of the Essence options open up some good choices in Eternal Palace.