Feral Druid DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (11.1.5)

Depending on target count or the content you are doing, Feral Druid can have slightly different stat priorities for single-target or AoE situations. For general open-world gameplay, we recommend the AoE priority and dungeons as it fits into more encounter types.

Every stat has a limit where they will begin to offer less increase per point gained, which are known as the points of diminishing return. Once you have reached these amounts, stats will become progressively less valuable and may fall behind other options. The current breakpoints are:

• 21000 Critical Strike Rating
• 19800 Haste Rating
• 23400 Versatility Rating
• 21000 Mastery Rating

With the higher item level in the current season, we are at risk of hitting the first of these points on at least two stats. Be aware of these breakpoints if you find your sim results are unusual.

If you are ever in doubt about what items to wear for any given situation, the only way to truly figure it out for your character is to use Raidbots. This website allows you to easily compare gear you already have, as well as gear you do not have.

Due to every character being unique with variables based on your current gear, racial bonuses and effects you have active, it is much easier to trust its bespoke output rather than a general priority if you are looking to min-max your damage potential.

The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are often dictated by the ideal stat that you are using. You can check our recommendations on our dedicated consumables page.

Agility provides you with Attack Power, which increases the damage of your melee attacks and abilities.

Critical Strike increases the chance for your attacks and abilities to critically strike, dealing double damage. Your Combo Point-generating abilities, such as Shred, also grant an extra Combo Point when they Critically Strike thanks to Primal Fury.

Mastery, through Mastery: Razor Claws, increases the damage of your Bleed effects, finishing moves and Rampant Ferocity. This gains extra value in multi-target situations where you have multiple instances of the same Bleed applied to different targets.

Haste increases attack speed, Energy regeneration, and the tick rate of your Bleed DoT effects. Haste decreases the recharge rate of Brutal Slash. With Predator talented, it also increases the direct damage of your Combo Point generating abilities by 40% of your current amount.

Versatility increases all damage and healing you do and reduces all damage taken.