Feral Druid Guide - Talents, Rotations, Races & More

Druid is a fun and dynamic class to level with as it goes through many phases and changes during the leveling process.

It starts off by quickly getting through the first few levels through Wrath spamming and filling in with auto attacks when out of mana.

Once you reach level 4 you will unlock Moonfire, and that's when the real fun begins. Druid is one of the best classes for pulling multiple enemies at this stage, as you can easily keep up Moonfire on two enemies while keeping up your hp through Rejuvenation. If two enemies are hitting you its generally better to Auto Attack than to cast Wrath.

At level 6 you’ll unlock Thorns, which gives you even more aoe and really maximizes your ability to kill multiple enemies at the same time.

Your next power spikes will be at levels 10 and 20, where you will unlock Bear Form and Cat Form. Now Bear Form is still decent at pulling multiple targets, but once you unlock Cat Form you will be back to single enemy pulling and using heals to quickly reset and chain pull enemies.

Druid is a very weird class for leveling as it changes fairly significantly multiple times during the leveling process. I think the best approach is to consider the rotation in three different stages.

First always keep up Mark of the Wild on your whole party, and keep Thorns on anyone who will be getting hit. Keep in mind Thorns will generate aggro for whomever its cast on, meaning if you're playing with a tank it'll increase his threat generation. These buffs also work on pets!

No Shapeshifts (Levels 1-10)

Before we get shapeshifts we are very reliant on our spells and Auto Attacks to beat down enemies. During this stage we have great 2 target damage, so be sure to always try and pull multiple enemies!

1. Keep up Moonfire on enemies

2. Maintain Rejuvenation on yourself if you're missing some HP

3. Cast Wrath if you have extra mana to spend and there's not more than 1 enemy in melee

4. Use your Auto Attack to finish off enemies

Bear Form (Levels 10-20)

Once we unlock Bear Form we become quite a bit tankier and also gain a good amount of single target damage. At this stage you should be a bit more flexible on single target vs AOE pulls as shifting in and out of bear form is quite mana expensive.

1. If you're missing hp, heal yourself with Regrowth > Rejuvenation > Healing Touch. Then pull two enemies, putting Moonfire on each of them.

2. Use Feral Charge to engage if you don't need to kick anything.

3. Use Enrage to generate rage to then cast Demoralizing Roar to reduce the enemies damage output. When fighting spell casters we can skip Demoralizing Roar.

4. When fighting multiple enemies spend your rage on Swipe and when fighting a single enemy spend on Maul.

Cat Form (Levels 20+)

At level 20 you will unlock Cat Form. At this point we won't have any more radical changes to our leveling rotation, but our play style will shift fairly dramatically with this new unlock. With Cat Form Druid becomes a sneaky, burst class that also brings powerful healing tools and great utility. We really want to fight enemies one at a time at this point, so use Prowl to choose your fights wisely.

1. Keep yourself topped up with Regrowth > Rejuvenation > Healing Touch.

2. Make sure to be in Cat Form for a few seconds before pulling so you can pool energy.

3. Use Prowl to sneak up behind enemies and open with Ravage once unlocked, and Shred before.

4. Keep up Rake if the enemy will live for more than 6 seconds.

5. Use Ferocious Bite if you have 5 combo points or if it will kill the enemy. If the enemy will live for at least 10 more seconds, use Rip instead.

6. Spam Claw to generate combo points and deal damage

Visit your Class Trainer often to get your new skills, levels 10 & 20 specifically have some incredible new abilities and upgrades to your current ones. Every time you hit an even level go visit them to see what's available level 4, 6, 8, 10, etc.

Keep up your Mark of the Wild on your allies at all times, if someone dies don't forget to reapply it to them.

You'll need the reagent "Stranglethorn Seeds" to cast Rebirth, make sure you always have some on hand.

Druids get Faerie Fire now by default in WoW Forever which is an incredible debuff to put up on bosses, they can root enemies with Entangling Roots, Remove Curse and Abolish Poison. They provide a great buff to the group with Mark of the Wild and can can even resurrect an ally mid combat with Rebirth.

Strength > Agility = Stam > Int > Spirit

Strength gives the highest amount of damage, but in Cat Form agility actually gives a small amount of attack power. Stamina is just generally good for having to reset less often, and Intelligence is great for maximizing our mana pool. Spirit gives us mana and life regen, but since we have cheap healing and don't use mana to kill enemies we don't get a lot of value.

Mana Regen

One of the most important things to keep in mind when playing a Druid is the 5 second rule. Mana regen will not start until you have not spent mana for 5 seconds, and once its started it will stop as soon as we spend any mana. This means we want to batch our spells together, and then shapeshift into an animal while our mana regens.

Ability Unlocks

Remember that new abilities are unlocked on every even level, so make sure you're going back to your trainer every other level to learn your new skills.

Utility

Abolish Poison and Remove Curse are amazing tools. Mark of the Wild and Thorns are also very strong, so make sure to keep Mark of the Wild on your whole party and Thorns on your tank.

Remember to get your Faerie Fire up on bosses and if things are looking grim don't hesitate to toss a Regrowth, Rejuvenation or Healing Touch on allies to keep your party in the game.

Remember to buff your party with Mark of the Wild, and keep Thorns on your tank.

is one of the most changed classes in WoW: Forever, and if you're a returning player here's a quick overview to get you caught up.

1. Cat Form and Bear Form now scale with weapon damage, so having a high dps weapon is now extremely important. They both also now have a new weapon skill called Feral Combat, which affects your shape shifted attacks.

2. Mana and energy regen now occur continuously instead ticking up every 2 seconds. This changes a lot about druid, but at a basic level means its a lot easier to spend down to 0 energy and its much less important to time spell casts around mana ticks.

3. Faerie Fire and Nature's Grasp are now baseline and do not require talent points to unlock or upgrade.

4. There have been massive talent tree changes, including some nerfs and some buffs. There's a lot to look into, but overall Druid has a lot more options and a lot more power from their talent tree.

5. Druid can now use Polearms!

In traditional classic your race choice for Druid was determined by your faction choice, as each faction only had 1 race that could be a Druid. However in WoW: Forever, each faction now has two race choices for their Druid. While the Skyrborne exists for both Horde and Alliance, they actually have slight changes in their racial abilities based on which faction they choose.

Horde

Tauren

With access to War Stomp Tauren are able to control mobs and get out quick spell casts where the other races couldn't. It's also a fantastic pvp tool.

Tauren's other combat racial is the reworked Endurance, which still gives the 5% extra health but now also gives 2% increased crit damage. This actually synergizes quite nicely with talents like Sharpened Claws, making this a potent racial.

They also get access to a new Racial called Plainsrunning, which allows them to gain an insane amount of movement speed as long as they keep moving. This, combined with their new cultivation passive that gives them random free Herbs in the world makes them an excellent profession grinder race.

Overall the Tauren are a very weird race to analyze with some of the most unique tools and abilities of any race in WoW: Forever.

Skyborne

The Skyborne on Horde and Alliance both gain Walk on Air, which allows them to fall any distance without taking damage. They also get 3% haste, as well as 5% damage against elementals. On the Horde specific side, they gain a self cast buff that gives them extra run speed. This 3% haste is actually quite strong, particularly for Bear Form rage generation from the increased attack speed. Its also decent for Cat Form since a large percentage of our damage comes from auto attacks.

For PvP, Tauren is the stronger Horde race. However, for PvE, they are very close, with Skyborne slightly edging out Tauren. If playing Bear Form in particular Skyborne really pull ahead.

Alliance

Night Elf

Elune's Light is insanely powerful for Druid. It gives you 10% critical strike chance for 15 seconds, which has great synergies with both Bear Form and Cat Form. Natural Instinct gives us 20% increased crit damage, and Blood Frenzy gives us even more rage as well as bonus energy on crit. They still have Shadowmeld, which is a decent passive. Quickness still gives 1% dodge which is amazing for Bear Form, and it now also gives 2% movement speed.

A lot of the power of Night Elf is based around Elune's Light, which means fight duration plays a huge role in the power level of this class. For end game parsers, I wouldn't be surprised if Night Elf was the strongest. As for leveling, its still quite strong, and can be used in moments where you need a ton of damage.

Skyborne

The Skyborne on Horde and Alliance both gain Walk on Air, which allows them to fall any distance without taking damage. They also get 3% haste, as well as 5% damage against elementals. On the Alliance specific side, they gain a self cast buff that gives them mana and health regen through Read Ley Line.

Now in general Read Ley Line is going to be a fairly strong leveling skill, often replacing the need to drink with a quick Ley Line Channel. For Boomkins and Resto Druids, this is also a fairly strong combat skill as it gives you back some mana. However for Feral, this is not a strong combat skill.

On the Horde side I would suggest Sky Elf.

On the Alliance side and overall, Night Elf is probably the strongest overall Druid race.

Bear Form

Prevents you from swapping out if you push the button twice.

#showtooltip Bear Form
/cast !Bear Form

Dire Bear Form

Prevents you from swapping out if you push the button twice.

#showtooltip Dire Bear Form
/cast !Dire Bear Form

Cat Form

#showtooltip Cat Form
/cast !Cat Form

Mouseover Growl

This will allow you to mouse over an ally to taunt off them without having to change target.

#showtooltip Growl
/cast [@mouseover,exists,nodead] Growl; Growl