Feral Druid DPS Spell List and Glossary — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

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General Information

On this page, we present you with all spells and procs that you need to understand as a Feral Druid in World of Warcraft — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0).

If you were looking for Mists of Pandaria Classic content, please refer to our Mists of Pandaria Classic Feral Druid spells.

1.

Spell Summary of a Feral Druid

Feral is the Druid melee specialization specialized in Cat Form Icon Cat Form abilities, and this page covers the tools it has available. It also covers synergies, cooldowns, and core concepts to get to grips with.

This page explains the details of each ability, and assumes you are playing at max level and are interested in the details. For information on when you will gain access to each tool, check out our dedicated leveling page here:

2.

Feral Druid's Main Resources

Feral has a dual resource system that links together, with one fuelling the other:

  • Energy - is used to build Combo Points, and generates passively or with certain active tools such as Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury. This is spent on your "generators", such as Shred Icon Shred and Swipe Icon Swipe.
  • Combo Points - are built with "generators", and you can accumulate up to 5. These are then spent on "finishers", and are your most powerful abilities such as Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite and Rip Icon Rip.

Having access to some quick Macros and Addons that can make gameplay smoother is always helpful, and you can find some on our dedicated page below:

3.

Feral Druid Hero Talents

The two Hero Talent Trees available to Feral are Druid of the Claw and Wildstalker, with their effects listed in the two boxes below:

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Feral Druid Hero Talents

Druid of the Claw Talents Wildstalker Talents
4.

Druid of the Claw Talents for Feral Druid

These talents are available after selecting the Druid of the Claw tree from the Hero Talent selection, unlocked at Level 71. At level 90, you will have access to all talents (not including choice nodes):

Ability Description/Effect
Ravage Icon Ravage Your auto-attacks have a ramping chance (increasing with each auto-attack since your last Ravage Icon Ravage trigger) to replace your next Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite with Ravage Icon Ravage. This deals heavy Physical damage to your target and a lower amount to nearby enemies, based on Combo Points spent. This benefits from any talent that enhances Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite.
Fount of Strength Icon Fount of Strength Increases your maximum Energy and Rage by 20. Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration also increases your maximum health by 10% when active.
Dreadful Wound Icon Dreadful Wound Ravage Icon Ravage also applies Dreadful Wound Icon Dreadful Wound to targets hit, dealing Bleed damage over 6 seconds. Targets affected deal 4% less damage to you, and reapplying this with Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury will be enhanced by its damage increasing effect. This is not affected by Circle of Life and Death Icon Circle of Life and Death.
Bestial Strength Icon Bestial Strength Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite and Rampant Ferocity Icon Rampant Ferocity damage increased by 10%, and Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath direct damage increased by 60%.
Limb from Limb Icon Limb from Limb Increases the chance to trigger Ravage Icon Ravage via your auto-attacks by 30%.
Wildshape Mastery Icon Wildshape Mastery Grants the following effects:
  • Ironfur Icon Ironfur and Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration persist in Cat Form Icon Cat Form.
  • When transforming from Bear Form Icon Bear Form to Cat Form Icon Cat Form, you retain 80% of the bonus armor and health granted for 6 seconds.
  • For 6 seconds after shapeshifting into Bear Form Icon Bear Form, you heal for 10% of damage taken over 8 seconds.
Exacerbating Wounds Icon Exacerbating Wounds Your Dreadful Wound Icon Dreadful Wound effect increases the damage afflicted enemies take from your other Bleed DoT effects by 8%.
Pack's Endurance Icon Pack's Endurance Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar's duration is increased by 25%.
Ruthless Aggression Icon Ruthless Aggression Casting Ravage Icon Ravage increases your auto-attack speed by 35% for 6 seconds.
Killing Strikes Icon Killing Strikes Casting Ravage Icon Ravage increases your Agility by 8%, and the armor granted by Ironfur Icon Ironfur by 20% for 8 seconds. Additionally, Your first Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury cast when entering combat instantly grants Ravage Icon Ravage.
Empowered Shapeshifting Icon Empowered Shapeshifting Grants the following effects:
  • Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration can be cast in Cat Form Icon Cat Form at the cost of 40 Energy.
  • Bear Form Icon Bear Form reduces magic damage you take by 6%.
  • Shred Icon Shred and Swipe Icon Swipe deal 10% increased damage, and Mangle Icon Mangle deals 25% increased damage.
Wildpower Surge Icon Wildpower Surge Shred Icon Shred and Swipe Icon Swipe grant a stack of Ursine Potential Icon Ursine Potential. When you reach 8 stacks, the next time you transform into Bear Form Icon Bear Form, your next Mangle Icon Mangle or Swipe Icon Swipe cast deals 50% increased damage. Casting either generates 15 extra Rage.
Aggravate Wounds Icon Aggravate Wounds Every attack that spends Energy extends the duration of your active Dreadful Wound Icon Dreadful Wound Bleeds by 0.6 seconds, up to 8 seconds.
Strike for the Heart Icon Strike for the Heart Increases the damage of your Shred Icon Shred, Rake Icon Rake and Swipe Icon Swipe abilities by 10%. Additionally, increases their Critical Strike chance by 5%.
Tear Down the Mighty Icon Tear Down the Mighty Increases the damage of Chomp Icon Chomp and Feral Frenzy Icon Feral Frenzy by 25%.
Twin Claw Icon Twin Claw Grants a 16% chacne to follow up any single-target melee ability with a Twin Claw attack, dealing Physical damage and generating 3 Energy.
Claw Rampage Icon Claw Rampage During your Berserk Icon Berserk effect, Shred Icon Shred and Swipe Icon Swipe have a 25% chance to trigger Ravage Icon Ravage.
4.

Wildstalker Talents for Feral Druid

These talents are available after selecting the Wildstalker tree from the Hero Talent selection, unlocked at Level 71. At level 90, you will have access to all talents (not including choice nodes):

Ability Description/Effect
Thriving Growth Icon Thriving Growth Rip Icon Rip and Rake Icon Rake have a chance to cause Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines to grow on targets each time they tick, dealing Bleed damage over 6 seconds. The chance for this to occur increases each time your Bleeds deal damage, resetting when a Vine is triggered. Additionally, Regrowth Icon Regrowth and Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth healing has a chance to cause Symbiotic Bloom Icon Symbiotic Bloom to grow on targets healed, healing them over 6 seconds. Multiple instances of these effects can overlap, and have their own individual duration.
Hunt Beneath the Open Skies Icon Hunt Beneath the Open Skies Damage and healing in Cat Form Icon Cat Form increased by 3%, and Moonfire Icon Moonfire / Sunfire Icon Sunfire damage increased by 10%.
Strategic Infusion Icon Strategic Infusion Casting Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury and attacking from Prowl Icon Prowl increases the chance for Shred Icon Shred, Rake Icon Rake and Swipe Icon Swipe to critically strike by 8% for 6 seconds. Casting Regrowth Icon Regrowth increases the chance for your periodic heals to critically heal by 4% for 10 seconds.
Wildstalker's Power Icon Wildstalker's Power Rip Icon Rip and Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite damage increased by 5%, and Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation healing increased by 10%.
Green Thumb Icon Green Thumb Increases the rate Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines trigger on targets by 20%.
Lethal Preservation Icon Lethal Preservation When you remove an effect with Soothe Icon Soothe or Remove Corruption Icon Remove Corruption, gain a Combo Point and heal for 4% of your maximum health. If you are at full health, an injured party or raid member will be healed instead.
Entangling Vortex Icon Entangling Vortex Enemies pulled in by Ursol's Vortex Icon Ursol's Vortex are rooted in place for 3 seconds. Damage may cancel this effect.
Flower Walk Icon Flower Walk During Barkskin Icon Barkskin, your movement speed is increased by 10%, and every second flowers grow beneath your feat that heal up to 3 nearby injured allies for a small amount.
Bond with Nature Icon Bond with Nature All healing you receive is increased by 4%.
Harmonious Constitution Icon Harmonious Constitution When you cast Regrowth Icon Regrowth on yourself its healing is increased by 25%.
Bursting Growth Icon Bursting Growth When Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines expire or you cast Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite on a target affected by them, they explode dealing moderate Physical damage to nearby targets, reduced above 5. When Symbiotic Bloom Icon Symbiotic Bloom expire or you cast Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation on an ally affected by one, flowers grow around them, healing them and up to 3 nearby allies for a small amount.
Resilient Flourishing Icon Resilient Flourishing Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines and Symbiotic Bloom Icon Symbiotic Bloom last 2 additional seconds. When a target afflicted by Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines dies, it jumps to a valid nearby target for its remaining duration.
Root Network Icon Root Network Each of your active Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines increases the damage dealt with your abilities by 2%, and each of your Symbiotic Bloom Icon Symbiotic Bloom> you have active increases the healing of your spells by 2%.
Patient Custodian Icon Patient Custodian The damage dealt by your Bleed and DoT effects is increased by 6%.
Twin Sprouts Icon Twin Sprouts Whenever Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines or Symbiotic Bloom Icon Symbiotic Bloom trigger, they have a 30% chance to cause another growth of the same type immediately on a valid nearby target.
Implant Icon Implant When you gain or lose Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury, your next single-target ability causes Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines to grow on your target for 4 seconds.
Rampancy Icon Rampancy Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines have a 20% chacne to trigger a Bursting Growth Icon Bursting Growth pulse every 2 seconds while active.
Vigorous Creepers Icon Vigorous Creepers Targets affected by your Bloodseeker Vines Icon Bloodseeker Vines take 4% increased damage from your abilities. Healing on allies affected by Symbiotic Bloom Icon Symbiotic Bloom is increased by 20%.
4.

Feral Druid Baseline Abilities

Below we'll be covering all Druid abilities available to Feral at a baseline level. Note that all shapeshifts provide the same bonus of granting immunity to Polymorph effects on top of their other benefits explained below. This includes Cat Form Icon Cat Form, Bear Form Icon Bear Form, and Travel Form Icon Travel Form.

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Barkskin Icon Barkskin Bark Reduces all damage you take by 20% for 12 seconds and prevents spell pushback from damage taken. This can also be used when stunned or incapacitated, while in any shapeshift form, and has a 1-minute cooldown.
Bear Form Icon Bear Form - Shapeshifts you into a Bear, granting 220% increased Armour, 25% additional Stamina and access to some Bear Form-only abilities.
Cat Form Icon Cat Form - Shapeshift that grants access to a majority of Feral abilities, increases your auto-attack damage by 40%, and movement speed by 30%. You should be spending the majority of your time in combat in this form.
Dash Icon Dash - Instantly activates Cat Form Icon Cat Form, and grants an additional 60% Movement Speed while in Cat Form Icon Cat Form for 10 seconds. Has a 2-minute cooldown.
Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots Roots Roots your current target in place for up to 30 seconds, but any damage dealt may break the effect. This has no cooldown, a 1.7-second cast, and a 35-yard range.
Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite FB / Bite Feral's direct damage finisher, dealing heavy Physical damage for 25 Energy, and consuming up to 5 Combo Points. It will also consume up to 25 extra Energy to deal 100% extra damage.
Feline Adept Icon Feline Adept - Allows you to cast Soothe Icon Soothe, Remove Corruption Icon Remove Corruption and Innervate Icon Innervate while in Cat Form Icon Cat Form.
Growl Icon Growl Taunt Taunts your current target, putting you at the top of their threat table and causing them to attack you for up to 6 seconds. This has a 30-yard range and an 8-second cooldown, and requires Bear Form Icon Bear Form to cast.
Mangle Icon Mangle - A direct damage Physical ability that generates 12 Rage, with a 6-second cooldown. This can only be cast while in Bear Form Icon Bear Form.
Mark of the Wild Icon Mark of the Wild MotW Mark of the Wild Icon Mark of the Wild buffs all raid or party members (including yourself), granting 3% Versatility for 1 hour.
Mastery: Razor Claws Icon Mastery: Razor Claws - Feral Druid Mastery. Increases all damage done by your Cat Form Icon Cat Form Bleed effects and finishing moves based on your rating.
Moonfire Icon Moonfire MF Deals low Arcane damage to your target and applies a small Arcane DoT effect lasting 18 seconds. This cannot be used in Cat Form Icon Cat Form without Lunar Inspiration Icon Lunar Inspiration taken.
Predatory Swiftness Icon Predatory Swiftness PS Finishing moves have a 20% chance per Combo Point spent to cause your next Regrowth Icon Regrowth or Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots cast within 12 seconds to be instant, free, and castable in any shapeshift form.
Prowl Icon Prowl Stealth Prowl Icon Prowl causes you to enter Stealth, reducing the distance enemies and players can see you, with a 6-second cooldown. The cooldown only begins recharging after leaving Stealth, and can only be used when out of combat.
Rebirth Icon Rebirth CR An in-combat resurrection tool with a 10-minute cooldown, a 2-second cast time, requiring you to be outside of any shapeshift forms to cast. In Raid encounters and keystones, this will accumulate charges based on group size that allow you to cast it multiple times in a row if banked up, but cannot be cast by you or any allies if your group has no charges available.
Regrowth Icon Regrowth RG An instant heal on your target that leaves a small HoT lasting for 6 seconds. This has a 1.5-second cast and a 40-yard range.
Revive Icon Revive Res Brings a dead ally within 40 yards back to life, with a 10-second cast time. It cannot be used while shapeshifted, or when in combat.
Shred Icon Shred - Your core single-target Combo Point builder spell, dealing high Physical damage at the cost of 40 Energy, generating 1 Combo Point, and has no cooldown.
Thrash Icon Thrash - Strikes all nearby enemies dealing Bleed damage, and appyling an additional Bleed DoT effect to targets hit for 15 seconds. Can only be cast while in Bear Form Icon Bear Form, and can stack up to 3 times. Has a 6 second cooldown and generates 5 Rage.
Travel Form Icon Travel Form - Shapeshifts you into either a fast-moving land or aquatic beast, conferring significantly increased movement speed in each scenario. While shapeshifted you are pacified and cannot cast spells or attack. This can only be used outdoors, and with Flying learned, will also activate Flight Form Icon Flight Form in suitable areas when out of combat.
Wrath Icon Wrath - Caster form ability that deals minor Nature damage, with a 1.5-second cast and a 40-yard range. Not used by Feral in most situations.
5.

Feral Class Tree Talents

To help break this the talent trees into more manageable chunks, we have grouped abilities into active and passive effects and separated them into Class and Specialization tree offerings. If you would like to know more about which of these talents to select for your own Feral Druid, refer to the builds and talents page of our guide.

6.

Feral Druid Class Tree

Active Abilities Passive Effects
6.

Druid Active Abilities

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Rake Icon Rake - Your primary rotational Bleed, instantly dealing moderate Bleed damage when cast, and applying an additional Bleed DoT for 15 seconds. This generates one Combo Point and costs 35 Energy.
Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration - Instant cast ability with a 36-second cooldown, healing you for 15% of your max health over 3 seconds. It costs 10 Rage and requires Bear Form Icon Bear Form.
Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation Rejuv Instant cast ability that applies a 12-second HoT effect to you or a targeted ally within 40 yards. Cannot be used while shapeshifted.
Starfire Icon Starfire - Deals Arcane damage to your target within 40 yards, and a smaller amount to enemies within 5 yards of the target with a 2-second cast. Can only be cast while in Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form or not shapeshifted.
Swipe Icon Swipe - The AoE alternative to Shred Icon Shred as a Combo Point builder, dealing moderate Physical damage at the cost of 35 Energy, generating 1 Combo Point. Has no cooldown, and deals reduced damage above 5 targets.
Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth WG Applies a HoT effect for 7 seconds to up to 5 nearby allies within 40 yards, and has a 10-second cooldown. Healing is fast initially and decays over the duration. Cannot be cast while shapeshifted.
Starsurge Icon Starsurge - Instant cast that deals Astral damage to your target within 40 yards, and has a 10-second cooldown. It can only be cast while in Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form or when not shapeshifted.
Rip Icon Rip - Your finisher Bleed, consuming up to 5 Combo Points to deal very high Bleed damage every 2 seconds for up to 24 seconds. The duration is based on how many Combo Points were consumed. This consumes all available Combo Points when cast and costs 20 Energy.
Remove Corruption Icon Remove Corruption Decurse/Dispel Dispels all Curse and Poison effects on you or your targeted ally when cast, with an 8-second cooldown and 40-yard range.
Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form - Grants access to Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form, increasing the damage of your spells by 10% and armor by 125% while shapeshifted.
Maim Icon Maim - Combo Point finisher deals low Physical damage for 30 Energy. Spends up to 5 Combo Points to stun your target for 1 second per Combo Point spent, and has a 30-second cooldown.
Ironfur Icon Ironfur - Instant cast ability on a 0.5-second GCD, increasing your Armour for 7 seconds. Can only be cast while in Bear Form Icon Bear Form, and Bear Form Icon Bear Form that increases your Armour for 7 seconds.
Hibernate Icon Hibernate CC Causes your target to fall asleep for up to 40 seconds, with a 1.5-second cast and 30-yard range. Any damage taken will break this effect, and can only be used on Beasts or Dragonkin. Only one target can be affected by this at a time.
Sunfire Icon Sunfire - Instant cast that deals Nature damage to your target, and applies a follow-up Nature DoT for 18 seconds. This has a 40-yard range and can only be cast while in Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form or when not shapeshifted.
Skull Bash Icon Skull Bash Kick Feral's interrupt tool, interrupting your target's current spell cast and locking the school out for 5 seconds, with a 15-second cooldown. Also comes with the extra advantage of a mini-charge to your target from up to 13 yards away.
Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge Charge A 15-second cooldown ability that provides different movement options based on your current shapeshift form. Being in no Form will cause you to jump to a targeted ally, while Cat Form Icon Cat Form and Bear Form Icon Bear Form will charge to your target.
Tiger Dash Icon Tiger Dash TD Replaces your Dash Icon Dash ability, increasing your movement speed by 200% decaying over 5 seconds, with a 45-second cooldown.
Soothe Icon Soothe - Dispels all Enrage effects on your target, with a 10-second cooldown and a 40-yard range.
Cyclone Icon Cyclone - Crowd controls your current target, rendering them immmune to all damage, healing and spell effects for 6 seconds. Has a 1.5-second cast, a 20-yard range and no cooldown. Only one target can be affected at a time.
Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar Roar Increases the movement speed of you and all allies within 15 yards by 60% for 8 seconds, with a 2-minute cooldown.
Typhoon Icon Typhoon Knock Knocks back all enemies in front of you, slowing them by 50% for 6 seconds. Has a 30-second cooldown.
Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement Mass Root Roots your target and any other enemies within 15 yards in place for 30 seconds. Has a 30-second cooldown, 30-yard range, and is instant cast. Can be used in any shapeshift form.
Ursol's Vortex Icon Ursol's Vortex Vortex Places a circle on the ground within 30 yards, lasting for 10 seconds and has a 1-minute cooldown. Enemies within are slowed by 50%, and the first time they try to leave this area, they will be pulled back to the center. Can be used in any shapeshift form.
Incapacitating Roar Icon Incapacitating Roar Incap Shifts into Bear Form Icon Bear Form and incapacitates all enemies 10 yards around you for 3 seconds. Damage will break this effect. Has a 30-second cooldown.
Mighty Bash Icon Mighty Bash Stun Stuns your target for 4 seconds. Has has a 1-minute cooldown, and can be used in any shapeshift form.
Symbiotic Relationship Icon Symbiotic Relationship - Applies a 60-minute buff to you and a target ally. While active, 10% of your self-healing also heals your bonded ally, and 8% of any healing you do to your bonded ally heals you.
Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild HotW Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild casts a powerful abilitiy for your off-role, depending on your current shapeshift form:
  • Not Shapeshifted - casts an empowered Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth that heals up to 5 injured allies within 30 yards over 7 seconds.
  • Bear Form Icon Bear Form - Increases your maximum health by 30% for 20 seconds.
Innervate Icon Innervate - Applies an 8-second buff to an ally within 40 yards that reduces the Mana cost of all spells to zero. Has a 3-minute cooldown, is instant cast, and can only be used on Healer specialization players. Can be cast in any shapeshift form.
6.

Druid Passive Effects

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Grievous Wounds Icon Grievous Wounds - Increases the damage of Rake Icon Rake, Rip Icon Rip and Thrash Icon Thrash (Bear Form Icon Bear Form) by 10%.
Ursoc's Spirit Icon Ursoc's Spirit - Increases Stamina by 4%. Gain an additional 5% while in Bear Form Icon Bear Form.
Verdant Heart Icon Verdant Heart - Causes your Barkskin Icon Barkskin and Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration effects to also increase all healing taken by 20% while active.
Killer Instinct Icon Killer Instinct - Increases your Physical damage dealt and Armor by 3/6%.
Improved Barkskin Icon Improved Barkskin - Extends the duration of Barkskin Icon Barkskin by 4 seconds.
Nurturing Instinct Icon Nurturing Instinct - Increases Magic damage dealt and healing done by 3/6%.
Primal Fury Icon Primal Fury - While in Cat Form Icon Cat Form, dealing a Critical Strike with any ability that can generate a Combo point will generate an additional Combo Point. DoT effects cannot trigger this, and only one additional point can be gained from Swipe Icon Swipe in AoE, regardless of the number of Critical Strikes that occur. Additionally, Mangle Icon Mangle Critical Strike chance is increased by 20%.
Thick Hide Icon Thick Hide - Reduces all damage you take by 4%.
Natural Recovery Icon Natural Recovery - Increases all healing you do and receive by 4%.
Astral Influence Icon Astral Influence - Increases the range of all Druid spells by 5 yards.
Aessina's Renewal Icon Aessina's Renewal - When a single hit deals more than 12% of your maximum health, instantly heal for 10% of your health. This can only occur once every 30 seconds.
Starlight Conduit Icon Starlight Conduit - Increases the damage of Wrath Icon Wrath, Starsurge Icon Starsurge and Starfire Icon Starfire by 5%. Additionally, reduces the cooldown of Starsurge Icon Starsurge by 4 seconds, and its Mana cost by 50%.
Feline Swiftness Icon Feline Swiftness - Increases your movement speed by 15%.
Well-Honed Instincts Icon Well-Honed Instincts WHI When you fall below 40% health, you will automatically gain the Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration effect. This has a 120-second internal cooldown.
Matted Fur Icon Matted Fur - When you cast your Barkskin Icon Barkskin or Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts ability, gain a small absorption shield. Absorb size is increased for each point spent.
Lingering Healing Icon Lingering Healing - Increases the duration of Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation by 3 seconds. Also Increases the duration of Regrowth Icon Regrowth by 3 seconds when cast on yourself.
Oakskin Icon Oakskin - Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts and Barkskin Icon Barkskin reduce damage taken by an additional 10% while active.
Perfectly-Honed Instincts Icon Perfectly-Honed Instincts - Reduces the internal cooldown of Well-Honed Instincts Icon Well-Honed Instincts to 90 seconds.
Instincts of the Claw Icon Instincts of the Claw - Increases the damage of Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite by 8%.
Lycara's Teachings Icon Lycara's Teachings - Grants 3/6% additional secondary stats depending on your current form:
  • Bear Form Icon Bear Form grants Versatility;
  • Cat Form Icon Cat Form grants Critical Strike;
  • Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form grants Mastery;
  • Grants Haste when not shapeshifted.
Lore of the Grove Icon Lore of the Grove - Increases the damage of Moonfire Icon Moonfire and Sunfire Icon Sunfire by 10%.
Gale Winds Icon Gale Winds - Increases the radius of Typhoon Icon Typhoon by 20%, and its range by 5 yards.
Incessant Tempest Icon Incessant Tempest - Reduces the cooldown of Typhoon Icon Typhoon by 5 seconds.
Gift of the Wild Icon Gift of the Wild - Mark of the Wild Icon Mark of the Wild provides an additional 3% Versatility to yourself when active.
Ursine Vigor Icon Ursine Vigor - Grants an additional 15% Health and Armor for 4 seconds after shapeshifting into Bear Form Icon Bear Form.
Improved Stampeding Roar Icon Improved Stampeding Roar - Reduces the cooldown of Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar by 1 minute.
Circle of the Wild Icon Circle of the Wild - Physical damage dealt by your abilities increased by 5%.
Circle of the Heavens Icon Circle of the Heavens - Magic damage dealt by your spells increased by 5%.
Lycara's Meditation Icon Lycara's Meditation - Provides an additional utility benefit depending on your current Form:
  • Bear Form Icon Bear Form grants 5% Movement Speed;
  • Cat Form Icon Cat Form grants 4% Stamina;
  • Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form grants 3% AoE damage reduction;
  • Grants 4% Magic Damage when not shapeshifted.
Forestwalk Icon Forestwalk - Casting Regrowth Icon Regrowth increases your movement speed by 8%/16% for 6 seconds.
Fluid Form Icon Fluid Form - Allows certain active abilities to shift you into an appropriate form when cast, regardless of your current form:
  • Shred Icon Shred, Rake Icon Rake and Skull Bash Icon Skull Bash activates Cat Form Icon Cat Form;
  • Mangle Icon Mangle activates Bear Form Icon Bear Form.
  • Wrath Icon Wrath and Starfire Icon Starfire activates Moonkin Form Icon Moonkin Form, if known.
6.

Feral Specialization Tree Talents

Similar to the class tree, we have broke Feral specific talents down into active and passive tools. These are much more important, and have a significant impact on the overall playstyle. If you would like recommendations on how to build your tree, refer to the builds on our talents page.

7.

Feral Druid Spec Tree

Active Abilities Passive Effects
7.

Feral Active Abilities

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury TF Instantly restores 50 Energy, and increases your damage dealt with all Cat Form Icon Cat Form attacks by 15% for 10 seconds. Increases the damage of Bleed and DoT effects applied by the same amount for their entire duration, snapshotting the benefit. Has a 30-second cooldown, and is off the GCD.
Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath PW Multi-target Combo Point Bleed finisher. Consumes all Combo Points, dealing direct damage to enemies within 10 yards around you. Applies Rip Icon Rip to any target hit, lasting up to 12 seconds depending on the number of Combo Points spent. Has no cooldown and costs 25 Energy.
Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts SI Reduces all damage taken by 50% for 6 seconds, with a 3-minute cooldown.
Berserk Icon Berserk Zerk Go Berserk for 15 seconds, gaining a variety of benefits. While active, generates 1 Combo Point every 1.5 seconds, and deal 15% additional damage with all Cat Form Icon Cat Form attacks. Additionally, Combo Point generating abilities generate one additional Combo Point when used, and up to 3 above the cap of 5 can be stored as Overflowing Power Icon Overflowing Power. Casting a finisher will consume all stacks present, granting one Combo Point for each consumed. Has a 3-minute cooldown, and is off the GCD.
Feral Frenzy Icon Feral Frenzy FF Rapidly strikes your current target 5 times, dealing Physical damage and applying a heavy Bleed for 6 seconds. Generates 5 Combo Points during the flurry of strikes. Has a 45-second cooldown, and costs 25 Energy.
Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane Icon Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane Incarn Replaces Berserk Icon Berserk, maintaining all of the benefits granted while active, and is affected by any talent that enhances it. Has an increased duration of 20 seconds, and reduces all Energy costs by 25% while active. Finally, grants a single use of Prowl Icon Prowl while in combat. Has a baseline cooldown of 3-minutes, but requires pathing through Berserk: Heart of the Lion Icon Berserk: Heart of the Lion, so will be a baseline 2-minute ability.
Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits Convoke Casts a flurry of 16 randomly selected Druid spells from a pool of abilities (preferring Feral attacks, focusing on Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite) over 4 seconds. Can be channelled while moving, but can be interrupted. Has a 2-minute cooldown.
Chomp Icon Chomp - Deals high Physical damage to your target, and Critical Strikes deal 300% increased damage. Can only be cast when below 30% Energy, or for 2 second after falling below that threshold. Has a 20-second cooldown and no cost.
Frantic Frenzy Icon Frantic Frenzy - Replaces Feral Frenzy Icon Feral Frenzy. Rapidly blink between up to 5 enemies in front of you, dealing Physical damage and applying a heavy Bleed DoT for 6 seconds. Generates 5 Combo Points during the flurry of attacks. Has a 45-second cooldown and costs 25 Energy.
7.

Feral Passive Effects

Ability Abbreviation Description/Effect
Omen of Clarity Icon Omen of Clarity OoC Grants your auto-attacks a chance to make your next Shred Icon Shred or Swipe Icon Swipe cost no Energy.
Coiled to Spring Icon Coiled to Spring - Whenever you generate a Combo Point over 5, gain a buff that increases the direct damage of your next Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite or Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath.
Merciless Claws Icon Merciless Claws MC Increases the damage of Shred Icon Shred and Swipe Icon Swipe by 20% against targets suffering from a Bleed effect.
Predator Icon Predator Pred Increases the duration of Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury by 5 seconds. Additionally, abilities that generate Combo Points have their direct damage increased by 40% of your Haste.
Double-Clawed Rake Icon Double-Clawed Rake DCR Applying Rake Icon Rake to a target also applies it to a second nearby enemy.
Sabertooth Icon Sabertooth SBT For each Combo Point spent using Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite, your target takes 6% increased damage from your Cat Form Icon Cat Form Bleed and DoT effects for 4 seconds. Additionally, increases Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite damage by 15%.
Tireless Energy Icon Tireless Energy TE Increases your maximum Energy by 20/40 and your base Energy regeneration rate by 7.5/15%.
Pouncing Strikes Icon Pouncing Strikes - Grants additional benefits to specific abilities when used from Prowl Icon Prowl:
  • Shred Icon Shred deals 60% increased damage, has double the chance to Critically Strike, and generates 1 additional Combo Point.
  • Rake Icon Rake deals 60% increased damage for the entire DoT duration, and stuns the target for 4 seconds.
Taste for Blood Icon Taste for Blood TFB Increases the damage dealt by your Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite by 12%, and by an additional 12% with Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury active.
Dreadful Bleeding Icon Dreadful Bleeding - Increases all Rip Icon Rip damage you deal by 20%.
Sudden Ambush Icon Sudden Ambush SA Grants your finishing moves a 6% chance per Combo Point spent increase the direct damage dealt by your next Rake Icon Rake, Shred Icon Shred or Swipe Icon Swipe by 50%. Abilities that consume this are guaranteed to Critically Strike.
Moment of Clarity Icon Moment of Clarity MoC Increases the chance for Omen of Clarity Icon Omen of Clarity to trigger, and allows it to accumulate up to 2 charges (but only one is consumed at a time). Additionally, increases the damage of Shred Icon Shred and Swipe Icon Swipe casts that consume this effect by 15%.
Savage Fury Icon Savage Fury SF Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury increases your Haste by 10%, and your Energy recovery rate by 25% for 8 seconds when cast.
Panther's Guile Icon Panther's Guile PG When Shred Icon Shred or Moonfire Icon Moonfire generate a Combo Point, they have a 25% chance to generate full Combo Points instead.
Rampant Ferocity Icon Rampant Ferocity RaF Causes your Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite to deal additional damage to all nearby enemies affected by your Rip Icon Rip. Damage is based on how many Combo Points were spent. Spending additional Energy on Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite increases this damage by up to 100%, and is affected by Mastery. Damage reduced above 5 targets.
Infected Wounds Icon Infected Wounds IW Increases both the direct damage and Bleed DoT applied by Rake Icon Rake. Additionally, causes it to slow your target by 20% for 12 seconds.
Raging Fury Icon Raging Fury RF Increases the duration of Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury by 5 seconds.
Tiger's Tenacity Icon Tiger's Tenacity TT Your Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury casts cause your next 3 finishing moves to restore 1 Combo Point when cast. Bleeds and DoTs applied during Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury will also be increased by an additional 10%.
Wild Slashes Icon Wild Slashes - Swipe Icon Swipe damage is increased by 40%.
Berserk: Heart of the Lion Icon Berserk: Heart of the Lion - Reduces the cooldown of Berserk Icon Berserk by 60 seconds.
Blood Spattered Icon Blood Spattered - The damage dealt by Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite to your primary target is increased by 2% for every enemy suffering from your Rip Icon Rip effect. This has a limit of 10 targets, for a maximum bonus of 20%.
Soul of the Forest Icon Soul of the Forest SotF Increases the damage of your finishing moves by 5%, and causes them to generate 2 Energy per Combo Point spent.
Carnivorous Instinct Icon Carnivorous Instinct CI Increases the damage bonus provided by Tiger's Fury Icon Tiger's Fury by 6/12%.
Frantic Momentum Icon Frantic Momentum FM Finishing moves have a 3/6% chance per Combo Point spent to grant 10% Haste for 6 seconds.
Saber Jaws Icon Saber Jaws SJ The damage bonus gained from spending additional Energy on Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite is increased by 50/100%.
Apex Predator's Craving Icon Apex Predator's Craving Apex Whenever you deal damage with Rip Icon Rip, you have a chance to gain the Apex Predator's Craving Icon Apex Predator's Craving effect. This causes your next Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite cast to cost no Combo Points or Energy, and deal the maximum possible damage (as if you had used 50 Energy and 5 Combo Points). Proc chance is adjusted based on the number of active Rip Icon Rip DoTs you have applied.
Lacerating Claws Icon Lacerating Claws - All Bleed damage dealt is increased by 10%.
Veinripper Icon Veinripper VR Increases the duration of Rip Icon Rip and Rake Icon Rake by 25%.
Rip and Tear Icon Rip and Tear RnT Whenever you apply your Rip Icon Rip effect to a target, a secondary Bleed will also be applied, dealing an additional 15% damage over 8 seconds.
Lunar Inspiration Icon Lunar Inspiration LI Allows you to cast Moonfire Icon Moonfire while in Cat Form Icon Cat Form. While taken, this adds a cost of 30 Energy to the ability, and causes it to generate 1 Combo Point.
Focused Frenzy Icon Focused Frenzy - Reduces the cooldown of Feral Frenzy Icon Feral Frenzy by 15 seconds, and increases all damage it deals by 40%.
Ashamane's Guidance Icon Ashamane's Guidance AG Improves the effect of the talent taken on the previous choice node:
  • Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane Icon Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane & reduces its cooldown by 30 seconds.
  • Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits & reduces its cooldown by 60 seconds. Also reduces the channel time by 1 second, and the number of spells cast down to 12. Additionally, has a higher chance of choosing Feral Frenzy Icon Feral Frenzy from the pool of abilities.
Circle of Life and Death Icon Circle of Life and Death - Increases the rate at which your DoT effects deal damage by 20%, and your HoT effects heal by 15%.
Hunger for Battle Icon Hunger for Battle - Whenever an enemy affected by your Rip Icon Rip DoT dies, immediately gain 10 Energy. Additionally, increases all damage dealt Druid abilities and attacks by 5% for 8 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
7.

Further Reading

Since Feral has a lot of different components throughout its tree that influence your rotation, knowing how to manage your rotation in regular gameplay is essential. Now you are equipped with the knowledge of what each thing does; you can put it into practice using the details provided on the rotation page:

8.

Changelog

  • 19 Jan. 2026: Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
  • 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5, no changes necessary.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2 talent changes.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7, no changes necessary.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1 talent changes.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: 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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