Feral Druid Tank PVE Guide – Cataclysm

Welcome to the PVE Feral Druid Tank Guide for World of Warcraft Cataclysm!

This guide will teach you how to play a Feral Druid Tank in a raid. It covers talents, glyphs, gems, enchantments, rotation, and gameplay tips.

This is the standard Feral Tank Druid talent build, offering tankiness and threat generation.

Prime Glyphs

• Glyph of Berserk
• Glyph of Lacerate
• Glyph of Mangle

Major Glyphs

• Glyph of Faerie Fire
• Glyph of Maul
• Glyph of Rebirth

Minor Glyphs

• Glyph of Challenging Roar
• Glyph of Dash
• Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth

Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.

• Meta – Austere Shadowspirit Diamond
• Red/Prismatic – Delicate Queen’s Garnet, Delicate Inferno Ruby (cheaper), or Delicate Chimera’s Eye (Jewelcrafting)
• Yellow
  • If Socket Bonus is not at least +20 Agility – Delicate Queen’s Garnet or Delicate Inferno Ruby
  • Otherwise, Mastery Rating and Dodge Rating are choices, so
  • Adept Lava Coral or Adept Ember Topaz
  • Or, Polished Lava Coral or Polished Ember Topaz
• Blue
  • If Socket Bonus is not at least +20 Agility, Delicate Queen’s Garnet or Delicate Inferno Ruby
  • Else, Shifting Shadow Spinel or Shifting Demonseye

• Head – Arcanum of the Ramkahen
• Shoulder – Greater Inscription of Shattered Crystal or Swiftsteel Inscription (Inscription)
• Cloak – Enchant Cloak – Protection
• Chest – Enchant Chest – Greater Stamina
• Bracers – Enchant Bracer – Agility or Draconic Embossment – Agility (Leatherworking) with Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
• Gloves – Heavy Savage Armor Kit with Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing)
• Waist – Ebonsteel Belt Buckle or Grounded Plasma Shield (Engineering)
• Legs – Charscale Leg Armor or Charscale Leg Reinforcements (Leatherworking)
• Boots – Enchant Boots – Assassin’s Step
• Rings – Enchant Ring – Agility (Enchanting)
• Weapon – Enchant 2H Weapon – Mighty Agility

Feral Druids don’t have to worry about which secondary statistics they prioritize, as they will all increase your DPS by about the same amount.

• Stamina (to ~9,000)
• Dodge/Mastery
• Critical Strike
• Hit Rating (to 8% cap)
• Haste Rating

Your goal with the Feral DPS rotation is to keep up buffs and debuffs while generating Combo Points to use on Finishing Moves

Single Target Rotation

• Use Mangle on cooldown
• Use Lacerate and maintain at least 1 stack
• Use Thrash on cooldown
• Use Pulverize every ~18 seconds to maintain its self buff, ideally with 3 Lacerate Stacks
• Use Lacerate to maintain 3 stacks, and spam as filler
• Use Maul to avoid maximum rage

Multi Target Rotation

• Use Thrash on cooldown
• Use Swipe on cooldown
• Use Mangle on cooldown, alternate which enemy you use it on, ideally lowest threat first
• Use Lacerate on as many enemies as possible
• Use Maul, alternate which enemy you use it on, ideally lowest threat first

Cooldowns

• Use Berserk during the initial pull to draw aggro, and then on cooldown
• Use Demoralizing Roar on your target if no other character is providing it
• Use Faerie Fire on your target if no other character is providing it
• Use Growl as your main taunt
• Use Challenging Roar as your AoE Taunt when necessary
• Use Survival Instincts or Barkskin to preemptively avoid large chunks of damage
• Use Frenzied Regeneration when you are going to take a large amount of damage, if you are close to death, or to increase incoming healing