Feral Druid Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Class
This is a melee fighter whose primary stat is Agility. The Feral Druid is a master of stealth and bleeds who takes the form of a cat to deal swift strikes.
The specialization’s defining feature is managing two resources: Energy and Combo Points. The gameplay revolves around maintaining periodic-damage effects on the target and using finishers at the right time.
Strengths
- Powerful single-target damage and strong periodic damage.
- Exceptional mobility thanks to Cat Form and Dash.
- Enormous survivability and the ability to self-heal instantly in combat.
- Access to a battle resurrection
Rebirth and Stampeding Roar for the group.
Weaknesses
- A complex rotation that demands strict control of bleed timers.
- Energy dependency: mistakes in resource management sharply reduce your DPS.
- Requires frequent shapeshifting between forms for utility tasks.
Stat Priority
Agility
Mastery
Haste
Critical Strike
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
The opener is a set sequence of abilities you use as you engage an enemy. Memorising it helps initiate your rotation in the most optimal way possible.
- 1
Prowl - 2
Tiger’s Fury - 3
Berserk - 4
Tempered Potion - 5
Ravenous Honor - 6
Feral Frenzy - 7
Rip - 8
Convoke the Spirits - 9
Ferocious Bite
- Tiger’s Fury — on cooldown – Click for details
- Berserk — on cooldown. Always use together with Tiger’s Fury
- Feral Frenzy — on cooldown. Always use while Tiger’s Fury is active
- Rip — at 5 combo points, if the effect is not active or is within pandemic range – Click for details
- Tiger’s Fury — Try to apply/refresh this only while active, when possible
- Convoke the Spirits — Always combine it with Berserk and Tiger’s Fury – Click for details
- Rip — Make sure it is active on your primary target
- Ferocious Bite — at 5 combo points with Rip applied – Click for details
Rake — if it is not active on your target or is within pandemic range – Click for details- Tiger’s Fury — If a DoT can be improved via snapshot, refresh it before the buff falls off
Moonfire — if it is not active on your target or is within pandemic range – Click for details- Tiger’s Fury — If a DoT can be improved via snapshot, refresh it before the buff falls off
Shred — to build combo points
Best Gear (BiS)
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Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
When entering combat from Prowl, you deal increased damage. Quickly build up combo points to use Ferocious Bite. Use Rejuvenation between fights so you don’t waste time resting.
Useful Tips for Mythic+ Keys
Typhoon and 
Incapacitating Roar are your crowd-control tools.
Remove Corruption lets you help the group by removing poisons and curses.
Rebirth can be cast instantly under a Predatory Swiftness proc.
Macros
#showtooltip Prowl /cast [noform:2] Cat Form /cast !Prowl
#showtooltip Feral Frenzy /cast [@focus,exists,harm][] Feral Frenzy
#showtooltip Berserk /cast Berserk /cast Tiger’s Fury /use 13 /use 14
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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