Feral Druid DPS Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (11.1.5)

Druid of the Claw is the generally recommended tree both due to the damage it deals, its simplicity, and the added defense it provides. The only significant change from base Feral gameplay here is the addition of Ravage procs which fit in smoothly. It provides extremely strong priority damage while executing its rotation due to the nature of both Ravage and Rampant Ferocity, and it provides excellent burst damage during Berserk via Claw Rampage for dangerous pulls.

Defensively, the improvements to Bear Form are significant alongside the ability to cast Frenzied Regeneration from Cat Form, giving you more tools to respond to dangerous situations.

While the build below is the general recommendation for the most flexible build to cover most situations, there is a good degree of flexibility in how you build Druid of the Claw for Mythic+.

• If you are looking for even more priority damage, you can switch to Saber Jaws by substituting Rip and Tear and either Feral Frenzy or Adaptive Swarm.
• Feral Frenzy can also be substituted out for a point in Carnivorous Instinct for more overall damage to amplify Tiger's Fury. If you do this, consider switching to Raging Fury
• Double-Clawed Rake is an option to more consistently spread Rake in exchange for either Merciless Claws or Tireless Energy, but has a heavy impact on your Energy balance.
• Killing Strikes is recommended to guarantee Ravage at the start of each pull.
• Innervate and Nature's Vigil are recommended, but these can also be swapped out to pick up Improved Stampeding Roar for more group speed, or Fluid Form to more comfortably use Disorienting Roar.

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Wildstalker has equally high throughput compared to the alternative and, in some cases, can surpass it with ideal play. It places a much higher burden on DoT management due to Unbridled Swarm, but is mostly similar in terms of core goals. It also provides lower burst and priority damage, making it a little less suited to Mythic+ environments. Looking out for Thriving Growth targets to anchor your Ferocious Bite casts to and trigger Bursting Growth also places a little more emphasis on correct targeting.

While the build below is the general recommendation for the most flexible build to cover most situations, Wildstalker still has a handful of different talent swap choices.

• Energy talents such as Tireless Energy and Moment of Clarity are options to pick up in exchange for either Merciless Claws or Double-Clawed Rake if you are having trouble managing your resources.
• Implant and Resilient Flourishing are recommended as more consistent benefits for Bloodseeker Vines, however if you can consistently guarantee multi-target situations Root Network and Twin Sprouts are very powerful picks.
• Innervate and Nature's Vigil are recommended, but these can also be swapped out to pick up Improved Stampeding Roar for more group speed, or Fluid Form to more comfortably use Disorienting Roar.

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Often, the most crucial part of any Mythic+ run (after how you will deal as much damage to kill enemies quickly) is how you intend to lock them down and avoid dangerous casts. Feral comes with some good options for both single-target and AoE disruption:

• Skull Bash is the Feral interrupt tool on a 15-second cooldown, a 13-yard range and has a small charge. This should be used frequently to disrupt enemy casts and can also be used to re-engage targets at range using the charge aspect. Just be careful if using it from a distance, as the charge can put you in dangerous situations.
• Entangling Roots is a soft crowd control option to lock down enemies in certain situations you want to keep out of range. However, they are still able to cast or attack from range if they have the ability to. This can also be made instant with Predatory Swiftness procs.
• Infected Wounds is passively applied by your Rake effect, slowing targets by 20% for 12 seconds. Not a strong slow, but it can be useful if kiting is needed.
• Maim and Mighty Bash talents are both stun options available to Feral that can be used to lock down single targets and prevent non-interruptible casts.
• Ursol's Vortex locks enemies within the area to the position, pulling them back if they are forced or try to leave. This has good synergy with Typhoon, acting as a pseudo-mass grip by gathering all enemies pushed to its center.
• Typhoon can push enemies back or interrupt casts from immune enemies. It can also force targets out of ground effects if needed.
• Incapacitating Roar is an AoE interrupt effect on otherwise immune targets. The low cooldown of this makes it incredibly useful for large groups of enemies, but it does put you into Bear Form, so it comes with a damage loss. You can also make use of Fluid Form to quickly re-enter Cat Form with Shred.
• Hibernate is a crowd control option that can be cast on Beasts and Dragonkin with a 1.5-second cast and a 30-yard range. This puts your target to sleep for up to 40 seconds, but any damage taken will break the effect.
• Cyclone is an emergency crowd control tool that will banish your target for 6 seconds, making it unable to act and immune to all damage and healing effects. This can be used to lock down a dangerous target briefly but has a 1.5-second cast time, and only one enemy can be affected by this at once.

After control, you also need to consider how you are going to survive in dungeons where damage intake can be extremely high or very frontloaded. That means sometimes more niche talents for raids become exceptionally valuable to make it through otherwise lethal mechanics in a situation where you are responsible yourself for surviving:

• Bear Form allows you to assume a Tank-oriented form when used and also grants access to Growl as a taunt effect. This can help in emergencies, increasing your survival and allowing you to redirect pressure from your tank. With Ursine Vigor taken as well, it can act as a short window of additional Health to survive potentially lethal mechanics.
• Survival Instincts is a huge cooldown that is very useful for making it through the more lethal mechanics. You also have access to the Barkskin baseline, which can be improved with Oakskin to provide a significant damage reduction on a short cooldown, alongside the flat damage reduction from Thick Hide on the Class tree.
• Well-Honed Instincts can provide a perfect emergency heal should you be caught off guard or begin to bleed out over extended periods in some encounters, and it is a great option even at one point.
• Renewal is an option for burst healing should you find yourself ticking out in bad situations due to high intake or your healer falls behind. A good emergency button.
• Heart of the Wild is a long cooldown, long duration option that gives a large amount of bonus survival while in Bear Form or additional healing when active. This is a very niche option to hybridize between roles if necessary, but the long cooldown makes it very restrictive in Mythic+ environments.
• Druid of the Claw has access to Frenzied Regeneration while in Cat Form, providing a large heal for a small Energy cost. This is extremely strong if you know your Health is looking unstable.

Feral also has a modest toolkit for helping out the group with healing, should your healer be struggling to handle the situation:

• Predatory Swiftness allows you to cast Regrowth instantly or Entangling Roots after casting a finishing move at 5 Combo Points. This can assist with off-healing or provide emergency crowd control.
• Nature's Vigil provides a conversion for your single-target damage events into healing, allowing you to contribute to the groups survival in high-damage moments without costing damage, so it should be taken in virtually all scenarios.

Many dungeons have requirements for dispels to deal with certain mechanics that you cannot simply rely on the healer to cover. Feral Druid has two specialty abilities that can be taken if needed:

• Remove Corruption removes both Curse and Poison debuffs from a targeted ally with an 8-second cooldown. Assisting your healer if they cannot remove them or multiple debuffs are present is strongly recommended.
• Soothe is an offensive Enrage effect dispel. This has a 40-yard range and a 10-second cooldown, and can be used in Cat Form. This is incredibly valuable to any group in any dungeon that has Enrage effects.

Lastly, Druids have some unique tools that are important to keep in mind while navigating Mythic+ or forming groups:

• Mark of the Wild provides 3% Versatility to your group and is brought by any Druid. Remember to buff this at the start of every dungeon or if an ally dies!
• The act of shapeshifting in or out of Cat Form (or any other form) will also break roots, which can be helpful for some mechanics.
• Alongside this, Fluid Form is a useful point here due to the number of utility options that force you out of Cat Form. This means you can quickly get back to dealing damage with a cast of Shred instead of manually shifting, so it is highly recommended.
• Innervate can and should be taken to help your healer out should an extended pull happen, and they need the 10 seconds of Mana-free casting.
• Stampeding Roar grants movement speed to you and all allies within 15 yards. This can be used for getting back into range for damage, helping allies to avoid dangerous effects, or getting to the next pull faster.
• Rebirth is a combat resurrection effect, allowing you to revive a player outside of the combat restrictions in the event of an unexpected death to keep the pull alive, but it does require you to leave Cat Form.

For a quick guide of which utility talents are needed in each dungeon, use the tool below to select a dungeon. Any relevant utility talents will be highlighted below.

Based on the selections above, you should run the following class talents:

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• Remove Corruption
• Soothe
• Ursol's Vortex
• Mass Entanglement
• Tiger Dash (optional comfort)

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• No specific utility talents are required here, though Improved Stampeding Roar and Tiger Dash are comfort recommendations.

• Use Stampeding Roar at the bar during Happy Hour to assist with delivering brew, and Tiger Dash to get back if needed. With Improved Stampeding Roar you should be able to do both of these in higher keys.
• Use Skull Bash or Wild Charge if taken as the boss arrives at the bar for the intermission to negate the knockback and pick up brew quickly.
• Use Barkskin for either Hot Honey debuffs (these are very painful) or during Happy Hour as the group will be split.

• Try to apply Rip via Primal Wrath to all Brew Drops that spawn to kill them off slowly while getting extra Apex Predator's Craving procs for boss damage.
• Ursol's Vortex and Typhoon should both be used to control any Brew Drops that get too close to the boss to give the tank time to kite.

• Have Combo Points pooled to apply Rip to bees as they spawn.

• Rotate Barkskin and Survival Instincts for Let It Hail!. Use Bear Form for the Burning Ricochet initial hit.
• Drop Stampeding Roar during the Let It Hail! intermission to help the group dodge around fire waves at the stack spot.

• Shapeshift out of Cat Form to clear Honey Volley if any casts go off to avoid Beeswax telegraphs cast by Honey Harvesters.
• Use Barkskin during Hopgoblins' charge, as the impact will deal heavy group damage. If targeted, use Tiger Dash to dodge out of the way quickly after aiming it.

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• Ursol's Vortex should be picked up here.
• Tiger Dash is strongly recommended for comfort.

• Rip should be applied in AoE consistently here for additional Apex Predator's Craving procs for the boss, but don't focus on cleaving them down.
• Watch for the timer on Underhanded Track-tics and have some damage pooled to deal with it as quickly as possible.
• Be very careful when crossing the tracks, as you can be caught in a carts path. This is especially important to be aware of during Underhanded Track-tics.

• Save Tiger Dash for Wicklighter Barrage to make sure you can light at least two candles.
• Rotate Barkskin and Survival Instincts to survive Dousing Breath. Use Bear Form to be extra safe, especially if neither of your defensive tools are available. Be aware one is cast very early into the fight.

• Make sure to interrupt Paranoid Mind alongside your group.
• Make sure to hit wax statues inside wax pools if possible, or ones isolated alone if targeted by Darkflame Pickaxe. Do not use Shadowmeld if playing Night Elf when targeted.
• Save Barkskin in case you are forced to clear statues with Throw Darkflame inside wax. Use Bear Form if you need to do this.

• Use Barkskin and Bear Form if targeted by Shadowblast. When running out, use Tiger Dash to grab a candle to deposit when you run back to the boss.
• Interrupt Call Darkspawn quickly, and apply Rip to any adds spawned.

• Put down Ursol's Vortex during the Wild Wallop cast from Overseers, which should pull them back instead of them being knocked away.
• You can use Shadowmeld if playing Night Elf to avoid being caught by Torchsnarl's One-Hand Headlock.
• This entire dungeon is filled with pulls of a high health priority target and smaller surrounding trash. Make sure to anchor to the high health target while using Primal Wrath to cleave, funneling your Apex Predator's Craving procs into them.

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• Make sure to have Soothe here.
• Remove Corruption is an optional pickup.

• Use Barkskin on Static Pulse. Use Skull Bash or Wild Charge to re-engage the boss after the knockback.
• Save cooldowns for the expose phase. These should be slightly desynced from your Tiger's Fury cycle.

• Make sure to maintain Rip on the add being kited.
• Tiger's Fury should roughly line up with Azerite Infusion casts to help you burn it down before it overwhelms the tank.

• Use Stampeding Roar during Gushing Catalyst to help your group get to the safe spot.

• Have Barkskin saved for the intermission, and use it if you are targeted by multiple Buster Shot casts.
• Save Tiger Dash and use Stampeding Roar as a backup if you are targeted by Drill Smash.

• Soothe should be used to remove Inhale Vapors from Addled Thugs, and Overtime! cast by Taskmaster Askari.
• Remove Corruption can be used to remove Toxic Blades from Hired Assassin to help the tank out.

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• No specific utility talents are required here.

• Skull Bash and Wild Charge can be used to jump back to the boss if knocked up by Foe Flipper. Be careful doing this to make sure you don't land in Platinum Pummel.
• Prioritize hitting The Platinum Pummeler while Platinum Plating is inactive, and switch to Gnomercy 4.U. when it's up. Aim to kill them evenly.

• Aim to use cooldowns either just after Venting Flames or after the third leap from Explosive Leap. This boss has a lot of forced downtime so squeeze as much damage as possible out during the active phase.
• Use Barkskin for the Explosive Leap, ideally also overlapping the Blazing Chomp dispel.

• Every other cast of Tiger's Fury should line up with plant spawns. Rush over to these as they spawn (if it's safe!) to burst them down quickly.

• You can still hit the boss just from the edge of the enemy target ring during Cutting Beam, just make sure to stand behind while edging forward to avoid getting hit.
• Be very careful about positioning and actively dodge Recalibrate, even if it costs you uptime, as these are lethal.

• This dungeon is filled with key priority targets with higher health to focus down in larger pulls. Make sure to focus these - in particular Waste Processing Units - while using smaller enemies to feed Apex Predator's Craving with Rips.

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• Tiger Dash is recommended for comfort here.
• No specific utility talents are required here.

• Funnel into the boss here while maintaining Rip on adds with Primal Wrath. If Kill-o-Block Barrier is cast, switch to adds to kill them off and trigger the intermission.
• Use cooldowns during the Jumpstart cast to burn the boss as much as possible. Also use Barkskin here.
• Use Tiger Dash to position Sonic Boom away from the group and dodge it as it's launched.

• Try to focus Bront when possible, as uptime will be much lower when he's charging around. During this, switch over to Keeza.
• Save Tiger Dash to position Barreling Charge to overlap bombs.
• Use Barkskin if targeted by Kinetic Explosive Gel to survive until you get a dispel.

• Alternate Barkskin, Survival Instincts and Renewal to survive Awaken the Swamp.
• Avoid moving too aggressively here, especially if using Tiger Dash so you don't pull your linked partner in a bad direction.

• Use Tiger Dash to run out and position between a water pool with Leaping Sparks.
• Save Barkskin and Survival Instincts for when you're targeted by Gigazap.

• Use Barkskin in pulls containing Shredders during Shreddation, as it's pretty likely you'll get caught in some hits.
• Try to focus down Architects in pulls containing them to avoid them getting back up onto scaffolding. Additionally, make sure to shapeshift when targeted by Nailgun, as this will completely remove the root and follow-up DoT.
• Use Incapacitating Roar to interrupt Reload from Demolitionists to prevent recasts of R.P.G.G..

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• Mass Entanglement is recommended here.

• Whichever mini-boss is present during the encounter will share health with the boss, so cleave as much as possible to end the fight faster.
• Use Barkskin during Holy Radiance channel from Elaena.
• You can use Shadowmeld if playing Night Elf to cancel the Savage Mauling cast.

• Use Barkskin for Castigator's Shield cast. Right after, shapeshift to to remove the slow and Tiger Dash out to safety.

• Aim to have at least some cooldowns back for the burn after she moves upstairs at 50%. Use Stampeding Roar to help your group get upstairs as quickly as possible.
• Cast Mass Entanglement at the top of one of the staircases to lock the adds that run up in place, which should cause them to die off before reaching you.
• Save Tiger Dash in case you are targeted by The Sacred Flame to kite the beam safely.

• You can shapeshift to clear the slow from Thunder Clap cast by Suleyman.
• Be careful when the High Priest Aemya mini-boss casts Reflective Shield as our finishers are strong enough to put us in danger of dying.
• Use Shadowmeld if playing Night Elf if targeted by the Purification cast from Lightspawns.

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• Remove Corruption is recommended here.

• No specific tips as this is a fairly standard single-target boss.

• Use Barkskin when targeted by Chaotic Corruption.
• Use Tiger Dash to adjust around Crush Reality beams safely.

• Save cooldowns for the Storm's Vengeance to burn the boss as much as possible during the expose.
• Depending on the key level the shield phases should last over 30 seconds, meaning you can use Tiger's Fury once during this and once during the expose on a normal 30-second cycle.
• Use Tiger Dash to get to a safe dispel spot with Unleash Corruption, or as it expires.
• Try to orient your position so you can reach a Voidstone Fragment during Null Upheaval while still being in range of your healer. Also be aware of where the tank is facing Oblivion Wave.

• Remove Corruption should be used to remove Seeping Corruption cast by Oracles.
• Use Stampeding Roar to help the group push back against Attracting Shadows cast by Diffusers.
• Use Shadowmeld if playing Night Elf if targeted by the Energized Barrage cast from Stormrooks.
• Use the smaller enemies surrounding Consuming Voidstones to funnel Apex Predator's Craving procs into them.

• A standard Druid of the Claw build is recommended here.
• Remove Corruption and Soothe are recommended here.
• Tiger Dash is recommended for comfort.

• Use Barkskin during Searing Death in case any of the circles overlap.

• Save Tiger Dash charges for situations where you get caught out of position during Meat Hooks.
• Use Oozing Leftovers to generate Apex Predator's Craving procs. Don't focus them down beyond this - they will die on their own due to Oozing.

• Cleave Oppressive Banner down whenever it's active.
• Save Tiger Dash to position around Might of Maldraxxus telegraphs in case you get caught in the wrong spot, especially if there's any banners up.

• Try to pool some Combo Points in the lead up to Draw Soul to quickly apply Rip to them.
• Use Barkskin when targeted by Well of Darkness.

• Try to pool some Combo Points during the Manifest Death cast to apply Rip quickly. Typhoon and Ursol's Vortex can be used to group them up quicker if they spawn too spread.
• Save Tiger Dash charges in case you are caught on the wrong side of Dark Devastation, especially during the final phase.

• Soothe should be used to cancel the Raging Tantrum cast by the Raging Bloodhorn at the start of the dungeon. This stops when the enrage effect is removed.
• Remove Corruption should be used as a priority to dispel Curse of Desolation cast by Nefarious Deathspeaker. Additionally, you should dispel Shadow Vulnerability cast by Portal Guardians.

Xalatath's Bargain: Ascendant will periodically spawn a number or orbs in waves that need to be crowd-controlled in some way before they complete a cast. Each orb successfully stopped grants the group bonus Haste, so it is a high priority to deal with.

Feral should make use of Incapacitating Roar and Typhoon aimed correctly to remove as many as possible when they start spawning.

Xalatath's Bargain: Voidbound will periodically summon a large Void Emissary that will begin to cast Dark Prayer. This must be interrupted, as otherwise it will provide damage reduction to nearby enemies.

This needs to be killed off quickly, so ideally, having short, bursty cooldowns like Tiger's Fury or Feral Frenzy ready to go when it spawns makes things a lot easier on the group.

Xalatath's Bargain: Pulsar spawns an orb that orbits each player, and coming into contact with one of these will grant 4% Mastery and 2% Leech for the group, stacking, with a 30-second duration. Unsoaked orbs will increase enemy damage done and reduce damage taken.

Feral has no specific utility to deal with this, instead you need to be aware of your positioning both to make sure other players can soak up the orb circling you, and so you can catch orbs from nearby players.

Xalatath's Bargain: Devour will apply a debuff that must be either dispelled or healed off (though it will not absorb any incoming heals) to the entire group periodically throughout the dungeon.

On these weeks, I'd particularly recommend picking up Remove Corruption to help your healer by removing it from yourself or others quickly. You can also use Renewal and Frenzied Regeneration to quickly cover a large amount of the healing requirement to clear the debuff as well.