Feral Druid DPS PVE Guide – WotLK

Welcome to the PVE Feral Druid DPS Guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King!

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

This is a build designed to do maximum DPS for a single target.

Here are some suggestions on how to spend the three remaining talent points.

• Survival Instincts & Nurturing Instinct are not a top priority in your build but they can save your life on encounters where you have to absorb damage. They also make the job of your healer easier.
• Improved Mangle is used only when you have to constantly swap between targets.

Major Glyphs

• Glyph of Savage Roar
• Glyph of Shred
• Glyph of Rip

Minor Glyphs

• Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth
• Glyph of the Wild

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

• Meta – Relentless Earthsiege Diamond
• Red
  • Fractured Cardinal Ruby
  • Delicate Cardinal Ruby
  • Deft Ametrine
• Yellow
  • Deadly Ametrine
  • Quick King’s Amber
  • Deft Ametrine
• Blue
  • Nightmare Tear x1

Notes

• Fill the rest of the Blue slots with Red Gems
• Haste rating gems are only useful with 100% Armor Penetration

• Head – Arcanum of Torment
• Shoulder – Greater Inscription of the Axe
• Cloak – Enchant Cloak – Major Agility
• Chest – Enchant Chest – Powerful Stats
• Bracers – Enchant Bracers – Greater Assault
• Gloves – Enchant Gloves – Major Agility, Enchant Gloves – Precision, or Enchant Gloves – Expertise
• Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
• Legs – Icescale Leg Armor
• Boots – Enchant Boots – Icewalker or Enchant Boots – Superior Agility
• Weapon – Enchant Weapon – Berserking

Feral Druid DPS (Cat) are the best target for Hysteria. All damage is physical and it benefits from this buff more than other classes.

• Maintain Savage Roar at all times. If needed, refresh with 1 Combo Point
• Maintain Mangle (Cat)
• Maintain Rake
• Combo Points are made with Shred
• Use Rip at 5 combo points

• Use Tiger’s Fury when below 30 energy. Used on cooldown
• Clearcast procs are used for Shred
• If at 5 Combo Points at Savage Roar and Rip have more than 8 secs, then use Ferocious Bite
• Berserk is used when you have roughly 85 energy or less