Feral Druid PvP Guide (The War Within Pre-Patch)

Feral Druids excel at having sustained spread pressure. With great mobility, they are able to keep their bleed damage on multiple targets. You will focus on maximizing damage and relentlessly focusing down an enemy as much as possible. Feral Druids have some utility in their toolkit, being able to heal teammates and root enemies in their place.

Strengths

• Strong sustained damage
• Multiple mobility spells
• Strong burst damage

Weaknesses

• Cannot do damage when forced into Bear Form
• Very few defensives
• Long burst cooldown

• New & Changed Druid Class Talents:
  • New Talent: Oakskin
  • New Talent: Fluid Form
  • New Talent: Ursoc's Spirit
  • New Talent: Instincts of the Claw
  • New Talent: Lore of the Grove
  • New Talent: Starlight Conduit
  • Feline Swiftness now increases movement speed by 15%. Now a 1-point talent.
  • Thick Hide now reduces damage taken by 4%. Now a 1-point talent.
  • Natural Recovery now increases healing received by 4% and no longer increases healing done. Now a 1-point talent.
  • Tireless Pursuit has been removed.
• New Feral Druid Talents:
  • New Talent: Coiled to Spring
  • New Talent: Savage Fury
  • New Talent: Thriving Vegetation
  • New Talent: Prosperity
  • Courageous Impulse
  • Shadowboxing Treads
  • And many more.
• New PvP Talent: Tireless Pursuit
• High Winds has been redesigned – Increases the range of Cyclone, Typhoon, and Entangling Roots by 5 yards.
• Mastery: Razor Claws has been redesigned – Now increases the damage of Cat Form bleed and other periodic abilities.
• Predator has been redesigned – No longer causes Tiger's Fury’s cooldown to be reset when a target dies with one of your bleeds active. Tiger’s Fury lasts 5 additional seconds. Your combo point-generating abilities’ direct damage is increased by 40% of your Haste.
• Taste for Blood has been redesigned – No longer scales with the number of bleeds on a target. Ferocious Bite damage increased by 15% and an additional 15% during Tiger's Fury.
• Raging Fury has been redesigned – No longer increases Tiger's Fury duration from spending combo points. Tiger’s Fury lasts 5 additional seconds.
• Rampant Ferocity has been updated – Ferocious Bite also deals damage per combo point spent to all nearby enemies affected by your Rip. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
• Berserk now increases all ability and auto-attack damage by 10% (was increases the damage of Shred and Rake).
• Berserk duration reduced to 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane duration reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).