Feral Druid DPS Macros and Addons in Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.0.1

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 8.0.1 Changes for Feral Druid
  • 3. Feral Druid's Strengths
  • 4. Feral Druid's Weaknesses
  • 5. The Viability of Feral Druids in the Current Patch
  • 6. Contents
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. The Basics for Feral Druids
  • 3. Talent Choices for Feral Druids
  • 4. Stat Choices for Feral Druids
  • 5. Basic Rotation for Feral Druids
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Spell Summary of a Feral Druid
  • 2. Feral Druid's Main Resources
  • 3. Feral Druid Basic Abilities
    • 3.1. Bleeds
    • 3.2. Other Feral Abilities
    • 3.3. Feral Offensive Cooldowns
    • 3.4. Feral Procs and Passives
    • 3.5. Feral Utility Tools
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices for Feral Druid
  • 2. Talent Cheat Sheet for Feral Druids
    • 2.1. Open World, Levelling and Dungeons — AoE Oriented
    • 2.2. Raids — Single Target Oriented
  • 3. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 4. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 5. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 6. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 7. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 8. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 9. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents for Feral Druid
  • 10. PvP Talents (War Mode)
    • 10.1. Feral Druid War Mode Talents
      • 10.1.1. General PvP Talents
      • 10.1.2. Feral Druid PvP Talents
  • 11. ChangeLog
• +Azerite Traits and Armor
  • 1. Disclaimer
  • 2. Azerite Gear for Feral Druid
  • 3. Azerite Traits for Feral Druid
    • 3.1. Outer Ring Traits
      • 3.1.1. Feral-specific
      • 3.1.2. Generic
      • 3.1.3. Uldir Traits
    • 3.2. Middle Ring Traits for Feral Druid
    • 3.3. Inner Ring Traits for Feral Druid
  • 4. Azerite Traits Details and Rotation Changes for Feral Druid
  • 5. Azerite Trait Recommendations for Feral Druid
    • 5.1. Outer Ring
    • 5.2. Middle Ring
    • 5.3. Inner Ring
  • 6. Find Azerite Armor By Trait/Power
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Feral Druid Single Target Rotation
  • 2. Feral Druid Opening Sequence
  • 3. Multiple Target Rotation for Feral Druids
    • 3.1. Brutal Slash
    • 3.2. Long Duration Adds
      • 3.2.1. 2-3 Targets
      • 3.2.2. 4-8 Targets
      • 3.2.3. 9+ Targets
    • 3.3. Short Duration Adds
    • 3.4. Priority Targets
  • 4. Feral Druid Cooldowns
  • 5. Mastering Your Feral Druid
    • 5.1. Mastery: Razor Claws
    • 5.2. Combo Points and Energy
    • 5.3. Single Target Rotation in Detail
      • 5.3.1. Bleeds & DoTs
      • 5.3.2. What to Do the Rest of the Time
      • 5.3.3. Energy Management
      • 5.3.4. When to Refresh Bleeds
      • 5.3.5. When to Refresh Savage Roar
      • 5.3.6. Ferocious Bite
    • 5.4. Detailed Cooldown Usage
      • 5.4.1. Tiger's Fury
      • 5.4.2. Berserk
      • 5.4.3. Feral Frenzy
    • 5.5. Talent Specifics
      • 5.5.1. Tier 1 Talents
      • 5.5.2. Tier 5 Talents
      • 5.5.3. Tier 6 Talents
      • 5.5.4. Tier 7 Talents
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Mythic+ Tips
  • 1. ChangeLog
• +Common and Worst Mistakes
  • 1. Not Optimizing Your Global Cooldowns
  • 2. Energy & Combo Point Management
  • 3. Tiger's Fury Usage
  • 4. Bleed & Buff Uptime
    • 4.1. Damage over Time Effects
    • 4.2. Savage Roar
    • 4.3. Predatory Swiftness Use with Bloodtalons
  • 5. Not Knowing How to Sim Yourself
• +Frequently Asked Questions
  • 1. Battle for Azeroth Frequently Asked Questions
    • 1.1. When Should I Refresh My Bleeds?
    • 1.2. Should I Pool Resources?
    • 1.3. What is Snapshotting?
    • 1.4. What Piece is Better, X or Y?
    • 1.5. How Much of X Stat Should I Have?
  • 2. ChangeLog
• +Boss by Boss Strategies
  • 1. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. The Basics of Stats for Feral Druid
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding of Feral Druid Stats
  • 3. Advanced Feral Druid Stats
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems for Feral Druid
  • 2. Enchants for Feral Druid
  • 3. Consumables for Feral Druid
  • 4. ChangeLog
• ×Macros and Addons
  • 1. Feral Druid Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Druids
      • 1.1.1. Rebirth
      • 1.1.2. Remove Corruption
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Feral Druids
      • 1.2.1. Regrowth Macro
      • 1.2.2. Skull Bash Focus Interrupt
  • 2. Recommended Addons for Feral Druids
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Druids
      • 2.1.1. Azerite Tooltip
      • 2.1.2. ElvUI
      • 2.1.3. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.4. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.5. Details!
      • 2.1.6. GTFO
      • 2.1.7. Hekili
      • 2.1.8. Pawn
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear and Best in Slot
  • 1. Gearing in Battle for Azeroth
    • 1.1. How to Gear
    • 1.2. Notable Trinkets and Weapons
      • 1.2.1. Weapons
      • 1.2.2. Trinkets
  • 2. ChangeLog
• +Simulations
  • 1. Disclaimer Page
  • 2. Feral Druid Racial Bonus Simulation
  • 3. Feral Druid Azerite Outer Ring Simulation
  • 4. Feral Druid Azerite Middle Ring Simulation
  • 5. Feral Druid Trinket Simulations
  • 6. Feral Druid Weapon Enchant Simulations
  • 7. Launch Disclaimer
  • 8. ChangeLog

General Information

Macros and addons are an integral part of a raider's arsenal as they can make it easier to perform a variety of tasks, improving your overall game experience. On this page, we present macros and addons that can be useful to a Feral Druid in World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth 8.0.1.

The other pages of our Feral Druid guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Author

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.

1. Feral Druid Macros

1.1. Generic Macros for Druids

1.1.1. Rebirth

• #showtooltip Rebirth
• /cast [@mouseover,help]Rebirth;Rebirth

This macro casts Rebirth on your mouseover target, if they are a friendly player. Otherwise, it casts Rebirth on your current target.

1.1.2. Remove Corruption

• #showtooltip Remove Corruption
• /cast [target=mouseover,help,nodead][target=target] Remove Corruption

Using this macro will cast Remove Corruption on your mouseover target, if they are a friendly player and they are not dead. Otherwise, it will cast Remove Corruption.

1.2. Specific Macros for Feral Druids

1.2.1. Regrowth Macro

This macro allows you to cast Regrowth, using mouseover. "/use 3" is just a clean way to get rid of the spellcast cursor in case the target was invalid. The Autounshifts are placed in to block casting whilst shapeshifted unless you have Predatory Swiftness active.

• #showtooltip Regrowth
• /console autounshift 0
• /cast [@mouseover] Regrowth
• /console autounshift 1
• /use 3

1.2.2. Skull Bash Focus Interrupt

• #showtooltip
• /stopcasting
• /cast [@focus,exists][@target] Skull Bash

This macro will stop your current cast and cast Skull Bash on your focus if available, otherwise it will be cast on your target.

2. Recommended Addons for Feral Druids

2.1. Generic Addons for Druids

2.1.1. Azerite Tooltip

AzeriteTooltip will show what traits are available for an Azerite armor piece for your specialization in the tooltip when moused over.

2.1.2. ElvUI

Here, at Icy Veins, we use ElvUI for all our characters. This addon is a complete replacement of the default User Interface. It comes with almost everything you need to perform properly: action bars, cooldown timers, proc display, etc.

We strongly recommend that you get this addon and our forum moderator Pandacho has written a quick configuration guide for it.

2.1.3. Weak Auras

WeakAuras is an extremely useful addon that allows you to have visual effects on your screen, helping you track your buffs, debuffs and cooldowns. It is highly customisable and it can make it much, much easier to keep track of your procs and play your spec more proficiently. It can also be used for a variety of other functions.

2.1.4. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs

Boss mods are addons that warn you about boss abilities and give you live advice on how to handle some mechanics. We strongly recommend you to get one such addon. At Icy Veins, we mostly use Deadly Boss Mods, the most popular boss mod. A good alternative is Big Wigs.

2.1.5. Details!

"Details!" Damage Meter is a real-time DPS/HPS meter with a lot of additional functionality such as being able to see cooldowns, buffs, debuffs, damage done to specific targets, and statistical analysis. In our opinion, it is superior to Skada in terms of functionality, although it is slightly more complicated to configure. We recommend Details! as your default damage meter, but if you prefer something easier, then Skada is still a good option.

2.1.6. GTFO

GTFO is a lightweight addon that notifies you when you are standing in harmful effects or when you are making other such mistakes. It is very useful, even if your boss mod is already alerting you of such things.

2.1.7. Hekili

Hekili is a visual rotation aid that gives a visual cue to help players better grasp the moment-to-moment gameplay that can sometimes be overwhelming. It is regularly updated to align with new simulation profiles as and when they are created, and we highly recommend it as a tool both to learn with and as a helping hand to steer you along the right path, even for experienced players.

2.1.8. Pawn

Pawn is an add-on that calculates the value of items based on the stat weights you input for your character. The best thing is to use SimulationCraft to get the stat weights for your own character.

3. ChangeLog

• 28 Jul. 2018: Added Hekili to the list as a regularly updated rotation aid tool.

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