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Table of Contents
General Information
On this page, we list the spells that you will often use as a Feral Druid.
The other pages of our Feral Druid guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.
About Our Author and Reviewer
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.
This guide has been reviewed and approved by Xanzara, a top-ranking Feral Druid, who sometimes streams on YouTube.
1. Spell Summary of a Feral Druid
Whilst Feral has remained largely the same since Warlords of Draenor, this page is here to explain the different spells and give a brief rundown of the tools Feral has access to. If you are already experienced with the spec and are very comfortable, it is recommended to skip past this, otherwise this is a great point to get a base understanding before moving onto later sections of the guide that covers nuances of gameplay.
You will spend the majority of your time in 
Cat Form, which grants
access to your Feral abilities, increases your base movement speed by 30%, grants
immunity to Polymorph effects and reduces fall damage.
2. Feral Druid's Main Resources
Feral comes with a dual resource system of Energy, and Combo Points. Energy
fuels the majority of your abilities, most of which either generate a Combo Point
(builder) such as 
Shred, or spend your Combo Points (finisher), such as
Rip. You come with a baseline cap of 100 Energy, though some talents and
spells can alter this, and regenerate 10 per second. Combo Points are spent all
at once on your finishers, and their intensity is decided based on how many
Combo Points were consumed (up to the maximum of 5).
3. Feral Druid Artifact Ability
The Feral Artifact opens with the active ability, 
Ashamane's Frenzy,
which deals high Physical damage over 3 seconds, and then high Bleed damage over
6 seconds. It has no cost, generates 3 Combo Points, and a 75-second cooldown.
This is an great burst tool in single target, and works very well with some of the short
duration buffs such as 
Tiger's Fury and 
Bloodtalons.
4. Basic Abilities of a Feral Druid
These are your primary abilities that come with the spec before any talents or Artifact effects get involved. All of these form the core of your gameplay and most things are built around them.
4.1. Bleeds
Feral has a focus on Damage over Time effects called Bleeds, dealing high damage to targets affected over a moderate period of time, and having bleeds active can also buff the strength of other specific spells cast. Managing your Bleeds is the core gameplay hook of Feral.
Rake is your first rotational Bleed, instantly dealing low Bleed
damage then high Bleed damage over 15 seconds, and generating one Combo Point,
at the cost of 35 Energy. Managing this is relatively easy as it has no
pre-requisites other than the Energy to cast it, and should be kept up at all
times on your main target.
Rip is your second Bleed, and, unlike Rake, costs up to 5 Combo Points
to deal very high Bleed damage over 24 seconds, consuming them all, and costing
30 Energy. Making sure you balance your rotation to have 5 Combo Points when this
needs to be refreshed is crucial, as Rip is one of the most powerful sources of damage
for Feral.
Finally, 
Thrash is your AoE Bleed tool, dealing low Bleed damage and
then moderate Bleed damage over the next 15 seconds to all targets within 8
yards around you at the cost of 45 Energy, and generating one Combo Point.
This only enters into the rotation during multi target situations, but otherwise
is not used as its damage is not exceptional, and its high resource cost.
4.2. Other Abilities
Shred is your basic filler spell, dealing high Physical damage at
the cost of 40 Energy, and dealing 20% additional damage if there is a Bleed
effect present on the target. If used while Stealthed, it deals an additional
50% damage and has double the chance to Critically Strike. This is your main
builder to convert Energy into Combo Points in single target, and is used
frequently.
Swipe is the AoE alternative to Shred, dealing moderate Physical
damage for 40 Energy, and also dealing 20% additional damage to Bleeding targets.
This is only used generally above 3 targets to replace Shred, but is the main
AoE tool coupled with Thrash to activate the Bleed requirement.
Ferocious Bite is the other Feral finisher alongside Rip, dealing high
Physical damage for 25 Energy, and consuming up to 5 Combo Points. It can also
consume up to another 25 Energy to deal 100% extra damage, and if used on targets
below 25%, will refresh your Rip effect to its full duration. This is
used rarely due to be it being expensive, and impacting your rotation if mis-used.
Under 25% however, this completely replaces Rip as it refreshes it, and forms a
pseudo-Execute window for Feral.
4.3. Offensive Cooldowns
Tiger's Fury is a low cooldown, low duration spell off the Global
Cooldown that instantly generates 60 Energy, and increases all damage you deal
by 15% for 8 seconds, on a 30-second cooldown. This is used rotationally to
boost your Energy back up after spending a large amount, and for the damage
bonus for the short window to boost the damage of Bleeds applied during it.
Berserk is Feral's big cooldown, reducing the cost of all Cat Form
abilities by 50%, and increasing your maximum Energy by 50 for 15 seconds, on a
3-minute cooldown. This is an extremely powerful short burst of damage either
on cooldown in fights, or when used against an important target to burst it down,
and syncs up very well with Tiger's Fury for the short window of boosted damage.
4.4. Additional Utility
Feral's defensive tool is 
Survival Instincts, reducing all damage you
take by 50% for 6 seconds on a 3-minute cooldown, with 2 charges. This is a powerful
tool due to its high reduction effect, and its flexibility from having charges;
however with its low duration and long recharge time, do not be too liberal using
it unless you have to, and try to time the windows with high damage periods.
Feral also comes with a baseline movement tool in 
Dash, granting an
additional 70% Movement Speed while in Cat Form for 15 seconds on a 3-minute
cooldown. Whilst it is a massive boost to speed while active and has a significant
duration, again be sparing when using it as its long cooldown is very prohibitive.
For raid utility, Feral brings 
Stampeding Roar, increasing the movement
speed of you and all allies within 10 yards by 60% for 8 seconds on a 2-minute
cooldown. This is very powerful in Raid environments in specific fights with
mechanics that lend themselves to it, but be aware of the short radius and
position accordingly when using.
Maim is a Combo Point spending move that deals low Physical damage
for 35 Energy, and spending up to 5 Combo Points to stun your target for up to
5 seconds, on a 10-second cooldown. Due to its high resource cost this is not an
amazing tool, but can be used if a stun is really needed on targets.
The Feral interrupt is 
Skull Bash, interrupting enemy spellcasts for 4
seconds on a 15-second cooldown, but comes with the added advantage of a mini-charge
to your target from up to 13 yards away, which can also come in handy.
Feral being a Druid also comes equipped with access to 
Rebirth as an
in-combat resurrection tool on a 10-minute cooldown and is instant cast. This
shares the raid-wide combat resurrection cooldown during Raid Encounters.
5. ChangeLog
- 29 Aug. 2017: Adjusted for new Thrash/Swipe cost changes and Thrash now granting Combo Points.
- 12 Jun. 2017: Page reviewed and deemed updated for 7.2.5.
- 29 Aug. 2016: Added.
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