Feral Druid PvP Talents and Builds (Shadowlands / 9.2)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as a Feral Druid and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Feral Druid PvP Guide.
Talent Choices for Feral Druids
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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While the above table provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.
Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
Sabertooth is the best choice in this tier.
Because most of your damage is single target, increasing the damage of
Ferocious Bite is crucial for landing kills when the enemy healer
is in crowd control. If you are Necrolord,
Lunar Inspiration
is the better choice. This will deal more consistent damage with the
Draught of Deep Focus Legendary.
Tier 2 (Level 25) Talents
Wild Charge is the best choice in this tier. When in
Cat Form, this helps with getting to an enemy quickly and slowing
them.
Tier 3 (Level 30) Talents
Guardian Affinity is the best choice in this tier. This is a
great talent when you are the focus for the enemy team. This greatly improves
Feral survivability. If you prefer to have additional healing for you and your
teammates, you can switch to
Restoration Affinity. This gives
you access to spells like
Swiftmend and
Ysera's Gift.
Tier 4 (Level 35) Talents
Mighty Bash is the best choice in this tier. This is best because
you will usually be on only one target. This will help when you are using your
burst cooldowns to get a kill, or as extra crowd control on the enemy team.
Tier 5 (Level 40) Talents
Soul of the Forest is the best choice in this tier. This is a strong
increase to your overall damage output and the energy you gain from using
Combo Points is great for using more abilities more often. If you want an
on-demand burst cooldown,
Incarnation: King of the Jungle is also a good
choice. This ability will help you put large amounts of pressure onto the enemy
team and will be your primary burst cooldown.
Tier 6 (Level 45) Talents
Brutal Slash is the best choice in this tier. This gives you more
on-demand damage for a low amount of Energy. It also gives you solid cleave
damage against teams with double-melee comps. This will help you with spread
pressure and swapping between enemies often.
Tier 7 (Level 50) Talents
Feral Frenzy is the best choice in this tier. This talent deals a
large amount of damage and awards 5 Combo Points. This means you can follow
Feral Frenzy up with a large
Ferocious Bite for strong instant damage.
PvP Talents for Feral Druids
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful, but can be replaced with other PvP talents depending on your team's goal.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Leader of the Pack gives you an okay increase to your Critical Strike
and has a chance to heal you. This can help increase your survivability when
you are the focus for the enemy team.
Strength of the Wild gives you more team utility and an additional way
to stay alive when you are the focus for the enemy team. This should be taken
in almost all situations, especially against teams that do not have many
interrupts to stop you casting
Regrowths.
Situational PvP Talents
Ferocious Wound causes 5-Combo Point
Ferocious Bites
to reduce the target's maximum health for 30 sec, stacking up to 2
times. This makes
Ferocious Bite an incredibly important ability and
creates a large amount of pressure on an enemy player.
If you are playing with a spec that does not have a Mortal Wounds
debuff, you should be using
Wicked Claws. This makes your
Infected Wounds stack and reduce healing done to that target.
Thorns sprouts thorns for 12 seconds on the friendly target. When
victim to melee attacks, thorns deal up to 5% of the attackers total health in
Nature damage. Attackers also have their movement speed reduced by 50% for 4
sec. This is a crucial talent against teams with double melee on it. Because
you will not have much to interrupt, you can replace
Strength of the Wild
with this talent.
Changelog
- 28 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- Updated Best PvP Talents.
- 22 Nov. 2021: Updated Tier 1 talents.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Updated PvP talents.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 15 Oct. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
This guide has been written by Mysticall, a seasoned PvP player who has repeatedly achieved Arena Master and 2500 rating. You can watch his stream on Twitch, and you can also check out his YouTube channel.
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