Feral Druid Mythic+ Guide

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Last Updated:February 26, 2025|Changelog|FAQ

Welcome to the Feral Druid Mythic+ guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.1! This guide covers everything you need to know to understand your character! Are you starting out and leveling up from 70? Check out the leveling guide!

Overview

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Feral Druid
Feral DruidMythic+
Single-Target
Average
AoE
Average
Utility
Strong
Survivability
Strong
Mobility
Excellent
Feral Druid Bis List Mythic+

Hero Talents

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  • Both Wildstalker and Druid of the Claw are very close on single-target to each other.
  • On the other hand Druid of the Claw is a bit ahead for any AoE encounter.
  • Wildstalker damage breakdown is more towards bleeds whereas Druid of the Claw is more focus on Ferocious Bite damage overall.
Wildstalker
Druid of the Claw
  • Your Rip and Rake have a chance to grow Thriving Growth on any affected target.
  • Every vine does a DoT effect and debuffs the target with Vigorous Creepers.
  • Whenever you Ferocious Bite a target with a vine, you trigger the effect of Bursting Growth, which also triggers the effect when the vine expires.
  • Root Network is a good damage boost to all your abilities and is stronger the more mobs you are fighting.
  • A nice little passive to Wildstalker is Twin Sprouts, which give you more vine overall.
  • Your auto-attacks have a chance to make your next Ferocious Bite become Ravage.
    • An empowered Ferocious Bite that deals damage in an arc in front of you, so make sure to always face as many enemies as possible.
  • Dreadful Wound is applied to every target hit by Ravage.
    • Dreadful Wound can be extended with Aggravate Wounds.
  • Ruthless Aggression is a nice auto-attack speed boost which procs Omen of Clarity and Ravage more often.
  • Frenzied Regeneration can be cast in Cat Form with Empowered Shapeshifting.
    • You also gain 10% maximum health during the duration with Fount of Strength.

Talents

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Wildstalker Feral Druid Mythic+

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in higher Mythic+ keys. Thriving Growth performs better when enemies stay alive for longer periods of time.

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

  • Tiger's Fury
    • Increase the damage of all your attacks for their full duration.
  • Adaptive Swarm
    • You want to maximize the amount of Adaptive Swarm by casting Adaptive Swarm on as many targets as possible. This can even be on friendly targets if you already have Adaptive Swarm on every enemy.
  • Bloodtalons
    • You need to use 3 different generators within 4 seconds to proc it.
    • Your next 3 finishing moves deal 25% more damage.
    • Lion's Strength is an alternative if you don't like playing Bloodtalons.
  • Apex Predator's Craving
    • Every Rip tick, you have a chance to make your next Ferocious Bite free and deal the maximum damage.
  • Primal Wrath
    • Applies Rip in AoE.
  • Omen of Clarity
    • Your auto attacks have a chance to cause your next Shred, Thrash and/or Swipe / Brutal Slash to cost 0 energy.
    • To maximize this effect you want to avoid using it on Brutal Slash as it costs way less energy than the other abilities.
    • You want Moment of Clarity up as well to boost its efficacy further.
  • Convoke the Spirits
    • Use this to cast a bunch of powerful spells on your target.

Hero Talents

  • Root Network
    • Your default pick since Resilient Flourishing is more focused on single-target.
  • Twin Sprouts
    • Outperforms Implant in Mythic+.
Druid of the Claw Feral Druid Mythic+

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in the low to high Mythic+ keys.Ferocious Bite will be most of your damage.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

  • Added
    • Nothing.
  • Removed
    • Nothing.

Hero Talents

Changed Wildstalker to Druid of the Claw for more info visit the Hero Talent section above.

  • Killing Strikes
    • Ruthless Aggression is also fine, it is more single-target but requires you perfect melee uptime which can be rough in real practice.
  • Strike for the Heart
    • We are not using Feral Frenzy so Tear Down the Mighty is kinda worthless.
  • Empowered Shapeshifting
    • Wildpower Surge is just worse in every aspect.

Rotation

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Tier Set

  • 2-Set: Winning Streak!.
  • 4-Set: Big Winner!!!.

Single-Target

Wildstalker & Druid of the Claw

Opener

  • Your goal as a Feral Druid is to cast as many Ferocious Bites as possible without wasting uptime on your bleeds like Rip and Rake. Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks using the recommended Mythic+ talent spec.
Feral Druid Single target opener in Mythic+

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight as Feral Druid.

  1. Berserk.
  2. Tiger's Fury.
  3. Convoke the Spirits.
  4. Keep Rake up.
  5. Keep Rip up.
  6. Adaptive Swarm
  7. Ferocious Bite.
  8. Keep Thrash up.
  9. Use Brutal Slash to not overcap charges.
  10. Shred.

AoE

Wildstalker & Druid of the Claw

Opener

  • Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks like as Feral Druid using the recommended mythic+ talent spec.
Feral Druid Multi target opener in Mythic+

Priority List

  1. Berserk.
  2. Tiger's Fury.
  3. Convoke the Spirits.
  4. Keep Rake up on most targets.
  5. Keep Rip up with Primal Wrath.
  6. Use Adaptive Swarm on a target with 2 stacks or without it.
  7. Ferocious Bite.
  8. Keep Thrash up.
  9. Use Brutal Slash to not overcap charges.
  10. Shred.

Deep dive

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Snapshot

What is snapshotting?

The term "snapshotting" refers to a game mechanic where certain abilities capture (or "snapshot") the buffs at the moment they are cast and retain those buffs for their duration.

This is particularly relevant for Damage over Time (DoT) abilities (Bleed for Feral Druid), as they continue to deal damage based on the buffs present when they were applied, even if those stats or buffs change or expire.

  • Tiger's Fury: Applying Rip or Rake while Tiger's Fury is active ensures that the bleed benefits from the increased damage throughout the entire duration.
  • Bloodtalons: Applying Rip when you have Bloodtalons available ensures that it benefits from the increased damage throughout the entire duration.
  • Improved Prowl: Applying Rake when you have a Sudden Ambush proc increases the damage for the entire duration.

Circle of Life and Death

The Circle of Life and Death talent modifies the duration of your DoTs, reducing their overall duration by 20% but increasing their tick rate. Here’s how it affects your DoTs:

  • Rake: Reduced to 12 seconds.
  • Rip: Reduced to 19 seconds.
  • Thrash: Reduced to 12 seconds.
  • Moonfire: Reduced to 14.4 seconds.

With these new durations, the Pandemic thresholds adjust accordingly:

  • Rake: You can refresh Rake when there are up to 3.6 seconds (30% of 12 seconds) remaining, adding this time to the new Rake.
  • Rip: You can refresh Rip when there are up to 5.7 seconds (30% of 19 seconds) remaining, adding this time to the new Rip.
  • Thrash: You can refresh Thrash when there are up to 3.6 seconds (30% of 12 seconds) remaining, adding this time to the new Thrash.
  • Moonfire: You can refresh Moonfire when there are up to 4.3 seconds (30% of 14.4 seconds) remaining, adding this time to the new Moonfire.

Practical Application with Circle of Life and Death

  1. Rake: If it has 3 seconds left, refreshing it adds the remaining 3 seconds to the new 12 seconds duration, making the new duration 15 seconds.
  2. Rip: If it has 5 seconds left, refreshing it adds the remaining 5 seconds to the new 19 seconds duration, making the new duration 24 seconds.
  3. Thrash: If it has 3 seconds left, refreshing it adds the remaining 3 seconds to the new 12 seconds duration, making the new duration 15 seconds.
  4. Moonfire: If it has 4 seconds left, refreshing it adds the remaining 4 seconds to the new 14.4 seconds duration, making the new duration 18.4 seconds.

Understanding Mechanics

Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.

Dungeons

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Cinderbrew Meadery
Darkflame Cleft
Operation Mechagon: Workshop
Operation: Floodgate
Priory of the Sacred Flame
Rookery
THE MOTHERLODE!!!
Theater of Pain
Druid of the Claw Feral Druid Mythic+

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Affixes

The Affix system got revamped going into The War Within Season 1 retiring most Affixes as well as introducing new kiss-curse ones while also changing on which key level these appear.

  • +4 Affixes -- Rotates on a weekly basis
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Pulsar
  • +7 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +10 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis, is always the opposite of the +7 Affix
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +12 Affix
    • Xal'atath's Guile -- Replaces the +4 Affix

Following you get some useful tips for handling different Mythic+ Affixes as a Feral Druid.

  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
    • Incapacitating Roar
    • Typhoon
    • Skull Bash
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
    • Prio target to kill.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
    • Can use Stampeding Roar to helps soaking.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
    • Remove Corruption can remove the debuff.

Stat Priority

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Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Mythic+ dungeons as a Feral Druid. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.

Feral Druid Mythic+ Stat Priorities

Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.

All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!

Tertiary

  • Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities.
  • Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing. The damage of your pets does not heal you thus Leech is a great tertiary for you since most of your damage is coming from your own spells.
  • Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.

Gear

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Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
SlotItemLocation
HeadBranches of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
NeckGobfather's Gifted BlingMug'Zee
ShoulderJaws of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
CloakChef Chewie's TowelCinderbrew
ChestRobes of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
WristKiller Queen's WristflickersRik Reverb
GlovesRune-Branded GraspsCrafted
BeltWickerbelt of Reclaiming BlightCatalyst
LegsMoccasins of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
BootsRune-Branded KickersCrafted
Ring 1The Jastor DiamondGallywix
Ring 2Ring of Perpetual ConflictTheater of Pain
Trinket 1Signet of the PrioryPriory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket 2Eye of KezanGallywix
WeaponBest-in-SlotsAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Feral Druid Bis List

Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.

SlotItemLocation
HeadBranches of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
NeckGobfather's Gifted BlingMug'Zee
ShoulderJaws of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
CloakChef Chewie's TowelCinderbrew
ChestRobes of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
WristKiller Queen's WristflickersRik Reverb
GlovesRune-Branded GraspsCrafted
BeltWickerbelt of Reclaiming BlightCatalyst
LegsMoccasins of Reclaiming BlightTier-set/Catalyst
BootsRune-Branded KickersCrafted
Ring 1The Jastor DiamondGallywix
Ring 2Ring of Perpetual ConflictTheater of Pain
Trinket 1Signet of the PrioryPriory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket 2Eye of KezanGallywix
WeaponBest-in-SlotsAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Feral Druid Dungeons alternatives

Trinkets

Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets for Feral Druid. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the mythic+ dungeon.

Active Trinket alternatives

  • House of Cards.

Passive Trinket alternatives

  • Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker.
  • Zee's Thug Hotline
Feral Druid Trinket sims single target

Embellishments

  • 2x Dawnthread Lining
    • It is a good choice if you have over 80% health most of the time and during your cooldowns.
    • The optimal slots depends on your available gear.

or

  • Writhing Armor Banding & Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension
    • Very good choice overall.
    • The optimal slots depends on your available gear but Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension can only be on weapon.

or

  • Elemental Focusing Lens
    • Deals a decent amount of damage in Single-Target.
    • The optimal slots depends on your available gear.

Remaining Sparks

  • Crafted items are 636 item level and regular items are 639 on max item level therefore it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.

Simcraft

To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.

Consumables

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  • Phials
    • Flask of Tempered Aggression -- maximum DPS.
    • Flask of Tempered Versatility -- less DPS but more survivability.
  • Food
    • Feast of the Divine Day
  • Combat Potion
    • Tempered Potion
  • Health Potion
    • Algari Healing Potion -- a big burst of healing
  • Weapon Oil
    • Ironclaw Whetstone
  • Augment Rune
    • Crystallized Augment Rune
  • Sockets
    • Masterful Ruby
    • Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite.
      • Quick Sapphire
      • Deadly Emerald
      • Quick Onyx

Enchantments

HeadS.A.D.
NeckMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
CloakEnchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
ChestEnchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
WristEnchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance
S.A.D.
WaistS.A.D.
LegsStormbound Armor Kit
BootsEnchant Boots - Scout's March
Ring 1Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
Ring 2Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
WeaponEnchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
Feral Druid Enchantments in Mythic+

You buy S.A.D. from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.

Races

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For min-maxing a Feral Druid in Mythic+, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your characters. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.

  • Shadowmeld -- Night Elf
    • One of the most broken racials in Mythic+ as you can use it on any cast targetting you and most of the time make the mob recast or cancel it complety.
    • Does work with Pouncing Strikes.
    • Use-cases:
      • Run past basically any mob and then cast Shadowmeld to make them reset. Even works on mobs that have stealth detection if you get enough distance before you Shadowmeld.
  • War Stomp -- Tauren
    • Can be used to stun 5 enemies.
    • Brawn 2% critical strike damage.
    • Also, Endurance gives you extra health to survive unavoidable damage.
Feral Druid Race sims

Recommendation

Night Elf is the best overall racial, it has such a big impact on your Mythic+ experience that you need to use the strength of Shadowmeld if you're serious about pushing keys with your Feral Druid.

Macros

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Discover recommended macros for Feral Druid during Mythic+ dungeons and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.

Macro Import Guide Video

Ursol's Vortex -- Casts Ursol's Vortex on your cursor without confirmation.

#showtooltip Ursol's Vortex
/cast [@cursor] Ursol's Vortex

Addons

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Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Feral Druid, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Mythic+ dungeons to make your life easier.

Feral Druid Mythic+ User Interface
Feral Druid Mythic+ User Interface

Changes this Patch

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FAQ

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