FERAL (DPS) DRUID
Feral (DPS) Druid is built on the Feral Combat talent tree and plays as a damage dealer in raids. The tree has 20 talents: 7 new in Forever, 13 changed from Classic. Feral (Tank) uses the same tree; the difference is the role and the talents picked.
FERAL (DPS) GUIDE
We'll write the Feral (DPS) Druid rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.
WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID
Only with the Feral (DPS) spec (its talents):
BUFFS (1)
- Crit aura (LotP / Moonkin)Party
+3% crit for the party. Leader of the Pack and the Moonkin aura do not stack.
Leader of the PackTalent: Leader of the Pack · Feral (Tank) / Feral (DPS)While in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases the critical strike chance of all party members within 45 yards by 3%, exclusive with Moonkin Aura.
EVERY DRUID BRINGS
Mark of the WildFaerie FireAttack power reductionDecursePoison cleanseOut-of-combat resurrectionCC: Beast / DragonkinBattle resurrectionInnervateTranquilityAoE taunt
DETAILS ON THE CLASS PAGE →TALENTS
Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.
5Ferocity
5Heart of the Wild
2Feral Swiftness
3Feral Instinct
2Brutal Impact
3Thick Hide
3Shredding Attacks
2Savage Fury
1Feral Charge
2Sharpened Claws
1Shifting Power
1Primal Bite
3Predatory Strikes
2Blood Frenzy
2Improved Shifting Power
1Leader of the Pack
2Natural Instinct
5Natural Reaction
5Rend and Tear
1Berserk- FerocityRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Reduces the cost of your Maul, Primal Bite, Swipe, Claw, and Rake abilities by 5 Rage or Energy.
- Heart of the WildRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Increases your Intellect by 10%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 20% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 10%.
- Feral SwiftnessRow 2 · 2 rankChangedClassic name: Feline Swiftness
Increases your movement speed while in Cat Form by 30%, and increases your chance to Dodge by 4%.
- Feral InstinctRow 2 · 3 rankChanged
Increases damage done by your Swipe ability by 30% and reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while Prowling as if you were 3 levels higher.
- Brutal ImpactRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 1 sec and reduces the cooldown of Bash by 30 sec.
- Thick HideRow 2 · 3 rankChanged
While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 additional base Armor per level and another 2.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.
- Shredding AttacksRow 3 · 3 rankChangedClassic name: Improved Shred
Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 18 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 3.
- Savage FuryRow 3 · 2 rankChanged
Increases the damage caused by your Claw, Rake, Shred, Maul, and Swipe abilities by 10%.
- Feral ChargeRow 3 · 1 rank · activeChanged
Charge an enemy, immobilizing them and interrupting any spell they are casting for 4 sec. Feral Charge (Cat): 8-25 yd range, Instant, 30 sec cooldown, Requires Cat Form. Leap behind an enemy.
- Sharpened ClawsRow 3 · 2 rankChanged
Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Cat Form by 6%.
- Shifting PowerRow 4 · 1 rank · activeNew
Instantly convert 55% of base Mana into 40 Energy. Shifting Power's cost is reduced by effects that reduce the cost of Shapeshifting.
- Primal BiteRow 4 · 1 rank · activeNew
Bite the target, dealing 100% normal damage plus 26 and generating a high amount of threat.
- Predatory StrikesRow 4 · 3 rankChanged
Increases your melee Attack Power in Cat Form, Bear Form, and Dire Bear Form by 150% of your level.
- Blood FrenzyRow 4 · 2 rankChanged
Gives you a 100% chance to gain an additional 5 Rage any time you get a critical strike while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form. In addition, your non-periodic critical strikes from Cat Form abilities that generate Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
- Improved Shifting PowerRow 5 · 2 rankNew
Reduces the cooldown of your Shifting Power spell by 8 sec.
- Leader of the PackRow 5 · 1 rankChanged
While in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases the critical strike chance of all party members within 45 yards by 3%, exclusive with Moonkin Aura.
- Natural InstinctRow 5 · 2 rankNew
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 20% and increases your spell healing by 25% of your Intellect.
- Natural ReactionRow 6 · 5 rankNew
Increases your dodge chance by 5%, and gives you a 100% chance to gain 5 Rage each time you dodge.
- Rend and TearRow 6 · 5 rankNew
Increases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 10%.
- BerserkRow 7 · 1 rank · activeNew
Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec.
Removed from Classic: Feral Aggression, Faerie Fire (Feral)
Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Druid talent calculator.