Feral Druid Guide

📊 Stat Priority

Priority: Agility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility. After the Midnight stat squish, Agility / item level dominate — most upgrades come down to higher ilvl rather than chasing a secondary.

• Mastery (Razor Claws) — usually the top secondary at all gear levels; amplifies finishers and Bleeds, the heart of the Wildstalker toolkit.
• Haste — very close behind: more Energy regen, faster auto-attacks, faster Bleed ticks, and on Druid of the Claw more Ravage proc chances.
• Critical Strike — feeds Primal Fury (bonus Combo Point on a crit builder); can compete with Mastery/Haste depending on gear.
• Versatility — last, no unique interaction, but some defensive value.

🎁 Tier Set, Trinkets & Consumables

Tier set — Sprouts of the Luminous Bloom: 2pc = gaining Clearcasting from Omen of Clarity increases your crit chance by 5% for 4s. 4pc = Rake damage +20%, and Clearcasting increases Shred/Swipe damage by an extra 15%. Both bonuses reward proccing and spending Clearcasting — a clean, strong set worth completing.

Top trinkets — Raid: Gaze of the Alnseer (best passive, from Dreamrift) is the priority farm; pair with Radiant Plume or Umbral Plume. Mythic+: Algeth'ar Puzzle Box (on-use, pre-cast it before pulls/burst) plus Gaze of the Alnseer or Solarflare Prism.

• Flask — Flask of the Shattered Sun (Agility).
• Combat potion — Light's Potential; pop with Berserk in the opener.
• Food — best Agility / secondary Silvermoon feast.
• Augment Rune — Void-Touched Augment Rune.
• Weapon oil — Thalassian Phoenix Oil.

Gems: Indecipherable Eversong Diamond (meta) + Flawless Quick Amethyst (Haste) or a Mastery gem to match your priority. Enchants: weapon Acuity of the Ren'dorei; chest Mark of the Worldsoul; boots Lynx's Dexterity; plus rings/wrist/legs per current best.

🚀 Opener

Stealth-open from Prowl, snapshot your bleeds inside the first Tiger's Fury, then dump everything into the Berserk window. Pre-pot Light's Potential with Berserk. On Wildstalker, prioritize getting Rake + Rip (+ Moonfire) ticking to grow Bloodseeker Vines before you spend big.

1. Pre-cast Algeth'ar Puzzle Box just before pull
2. Prowl before combat
3. Tiger's Fury, then Rake (stealth Rake snapshots the damage bonus)
4. Berserk (use Light's Potential potion here)
5. Feral Frenzy
6. Rip at 5 Combo Points
7. Convoke the Spirits
8. Ferocious Bite to spend any Apex Predator's Craving / leftover Combo Points
9. Resume the single-target priority below

⚔️ Single-Target Priority

Keep Rake and Rip (and Moonfire on Wildstalker) up at all times — refresh inside Pandemic range, never clip early. Pool Energy ahead of Tiger's Fury so you cast it near full value, and align Berserk + Convoke with it for burst.

1. Tiger's Fury on cooldown — ideally at 5 Combo Points or ~50 Energy below cap
2. Berserk on cooldown, synced with Tiger's Fury
3. Feral Frenzy on cooldown
4. Convoke the Spirits, aligned with Berserk + Tiger's Fury
5. Ferocious Bite to consume an Apex Predator's Craving proc
6. Rip — keep it active, refresh only in Pandemic window
7. Ferocious Bite at 5 Combo Points (Rip already up)
8. Ravage on cooldown (Druid of the Claw)
9. Shred with a Sudden Ambush / Clearcasting proc
10. Rake — maintain the bleed
11. Moonfire — maintain (Wildstalker / Lunar Inspiration)
12. Shred as the Combo-Point-builder filler

💥 AoE / Multi-Target Priority

Primal Wrath becomes your finisher to spread Rip across the pack. Build with Swipe, dump Clearcasting into Swipe, and keep Rake on as many targets as is realistic. Druid of the Claw is far better here than Wildstalker.

1. Tiger's Fury on cooldown (~70 Energy below cap)
2. Ferocious Bite to consume an Apex Predator's Craving proc
3. Berserk on cooldown, synced with Tiger's Fury
4. Primal Wrath at 5 Combo Points (spreads Rip to all targets)
5. Feral Frenzy on cooldown
6. Convoke the Spirits with Tiger's Fury active
7. Ravage / Ferocious Bite at 5 CP when Rips are already applied
8. Swipe with a Clearcasting proc
9. Rake — cycle onto un-bled targets
10. Moonfire — cycle (Lunar Inspiration)
11. Swipe as the Combo-Point-builder filler

⏱️ Cooldowns

Stack your burst: Tiger's Fury → Berserk → Feral Frenzy → Convoke. Tiger's Fury is the metronome (every 30s) you build everything else around. Pre-snapshot your bleeds with a high-value Rake before the window opens.

Tiger's Fury30s

Your core resource/burst CD — restores Energy and boosts damage for 10s. Cast near on cooldown, ideally at 5 CP or ~50 Energy below cap so you don't waste the Energy refund. Everything else lines up around it.

Berserk3 min (2 min w/ Heart of the Lion)

15s burst window: cheaper finishers and increased Combo Point generation. Sync with Tiger's Fury. Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane (3 min / 90s w/ Ashamane's Guidance) replaces it on some builds for a stronger 20s window.

Feral Frenzy45s (30s w/ Focused Frenzy)

Instant 5-Combo-Point hit that applies a strong stacking bleed. Use on cooldown; weave it into Tiger's Fury / Berserk windows for max burst.

Convoke the Spirits2 min (1 min w/ Ashamane's Guidance)

Channels ~16 random Feral casts over 4s — huge burst. Best fired with Tiger's Fury (and Berserk) up so the procced abilities are buffed; use after your bleeds are already applied.

💚 Defensive Toolkit

Feral leans on Bear Form swaps for emergencies plus baseline Druid mitigation. Druid of the Claw improves Bear Form and makes Frenzied Regeneration easier to access — a real survivability edge in M+.

Survival Instincts3 min, 2 charges

50% damage reduction for 6s. Your big personal — bank a charge for known burst windows / heavy mechanics.

Barkskin1 min

20% damage reduction for 12s, castable while stunned and while moving. Press it liberally for rot and unavoidable hits.

Bear Form + Frenzied RegenerationFrenzied Regen ~36s, 2 charges

Shift to Bear for far higher armor/health, then Frenzied Regeneration heals a % of max HP over 3s. The Feral panic button — Druid of the Claw makes this swap cheaper and stronger.

Renewal1.5 min

Instantly heals 30% of max health (talent). Off-GCD-style emergency top-up.

Regrowth (Predatory Swiftness)proc

Finishers can proc Predatory Swiftness for an instant Regrowth — a free emergency heal mid-rotation.

🧰 Utility & Crowd Control

🗝️ Mythic+ Tips

• Run Druid of the Claw in M+ — easier hybridizing between single-target and AoE plus better Bear Form defensives. Wildstalker is a raid pick.
• Primal Wrath is your AoE finisher: build to 5 CP with Swipe, then spread Rip across the whole pack before dumping Ferocious Bite/Ravage.
• Apply Rake to as many targets as is realistic — your bleeds are most of your AoE damage and they feed Clearcasting/tier procs.
• Pre-cast Algeth'ar Puzzle Box right before a pull so its on-use lines up with Tiger's Fury + Berserk.
• Use Stampeding Roar to speed the group between packs; keep Skull Bash + Mighty Bash assignments for caster interrupts and stuns.
• Soothe for Enrage mobs/affixes and Remove Corruption for Curse/Poison dispels — your kit covers several affixes for free.
• Bail to Bear Form + Frenzied Regeneration on heavy spikes; Barkskin on cooldown for rot.

⌨️ Macros & Addons

WeakAuras is not supported in Midnight (12.0) — use Blizzard's built-in Cooldown Manager (importable configs on Wago.io). Addons: ElvUI, DBM/BigWigs, GTFO, Plater (DoT tracking), and a CP/Energy tracker.

#showtooltip Skull Bash
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][@focus,exists,harm,nodead] Skull Bash

#showtooltip Berserk
/cast Tiger's Fury
/cast Berserk

#showtooltip
/cast [noform:2] Cat Form
/cast Shred

#showtooltip Remove Corruption
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] Remove Corruption; Remove Corruption

🚫 Common Mistakes

• Clipping Rake/Rip early — refresh only inside the Pandemic window or you lose bleed uptime and tier/Clearcasting procs.
• Casting Tiger's Fury at full Energy — you waste the Energy refund; fire it ~50 Energy below cap (and at 5 CP when possible).
• Firing Convoke the Spirits before your bleeds are applied or without Tiger's Fury up — much of its value is the buffed procced casts.
• Misaligning Berserk and Convoke with Tiger's Fury — unstacked cooldowns gut your burst.
• Playing Wildstalker in heavy-AoE M+ — it struggles to cleave; bring Druid of the Claw instead.
• Forgetting Predatory Swiftness Regrowth / Renewal — free heals left on the table while you take avoidable deaths.
• Looking for removed buttons — Brutal Slash, Thrash, Bloodtalons and Adaptive Swarm are gone in Midnight; the rotation is leaner now.