Feral Druid DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (Season 1)
On this page, you will find out the optimal stat priority for your Feral Druid. We first present the stat priority, before delving into more complex explanations. Our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral DPS Druid stat priority.
General Stat Priority
Depending on target count or the content you are doing, Feral Druid can have slighly 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.
Stat Priorities
Single Target Feral Druid Secondary Stat Priority
Currently when playing either Druid of the Claw or Wildstalker they share the same stat priority in single-target:
- Critical Strike = Mastery;
- Agility;
- Haste;
- Versatility.
Critical Strike is your first priority stat in order to generate enough resources to sustain a rotation early in the expansion via Primal Fury. Mastery is extremely close though, and once you have a good amount of Crit to support it will often slightly surpass it. These are you two key stats to focus early on.
Haste is just behind to help fuel your Energy requirements in The War Within and improve your DoT tick rates especially for Wildstalker as the duration of Bloodseeker Vines is fixed.
Versatility falls to the bottom of the pile, but not by much and may be desirable if you really need the additional damage reduction.
As always, you should still simulate your character via Raidbots and compare items against each other rather than relying on stat weights or rules.
Multi Target Feral Druid Secondary Stat Priority
Currently both Hero Talents have different priorities in AoE situations due to their different builds:
Wildstalker
- Mastery;
- Critical Strike = Haste;
- Agility;
- Versatility.
Mastery is extremely good for Wildstalker to amplify all of the DoT effects and finishers it cycles through, and comes out on top against multiple enemies. Critical Strike and Haste are behind and roughly even to help fuel its resource needs. Versatility is currently worst, and should generally be avoided.
Druid of the Claw
- Mastery;
- Agility;
- Critical Strike;
- Versatility = Haste.
Druid of the Claw also really likes Mastery to further amplify its AoE Ravage and Primal Wrath casts. Critical Strike comes in behind to help boost Combo Point generation via Primal Fury. Lastly, Haste and Versatility are lowest priority falling behind other options.
As always, you should still simulate your character via Raidbots and compare items against each other rather than relying on stat weights or rules.
Diminishing Returns on Stats
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. Due to us being very early in the expansion, this is less of an immediate concern for gearing and more one to be aware of. The current breakpoints are:
- 21000 Critical Strike Rating
- 19800 Haste Rating
- 23400 Versatility Rating
- 21000 Mastery Rating
How To Choose Gear For The Feral Druid
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.
Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
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.
Understanding Feral Druid Stats
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.
Changelog
- 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: Updated for Season 4 release.
- 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.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Adjusted wording slightly to show Crit, Haste and Mastery all reach equality with gear.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5, moved Haste and Mastery to equal.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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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.
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