Feral Druid Rotation Guide - Midnight Pre-Patch

Von Guiltyas Aktualisiert: 19.01.2026

Feral Druid Rotation in The War Within

Avoid Wasting resources - Energy specs have a finite number of resources for any set time period. It's important to avoid wasting these resources, either through misuse of Tigerfuror or natural over-capping

Maintain Debuffs - Feral's damage over time effects are generally the most efficient spells you can cast. Zerfetzen, Krallenhieb and if talented Mondfeuer are the most energy efficient spells Feral has.

Time Your 2-minute Burst - Berserker is used every 2 minutes. You want to sync this with your other cooldowns, like Tigerfuror and Konvokation der Geister if talented.

Wilder Biss Hero Talent Choices Druid of the ClawWildstalkerThe current recommendations in are:

Situation

Hero Talent

Link

Single Target

Druid of the Claw

Mythic+

Druid of the Claw

Best Feral Druid RotationHero Talent Master Switchesentire page'scurrent recommendation in all content is Druid of the Claw Best Feral Druid Single Target RotationHero TalentDruid of the ClawWildstalker Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityDruid of the ClawWilder BissVerheerenWilde RasereiUse the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The build options used below are covered in the Talents page. Swaps not included should not change the priority in any meaningful way unless covered elsewhere. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsBerserkerList des PanthersPlötzlicher ÜberfallGelüst des EliteraubtiersKonvokation der GeisterWilde RasereiZubeißenMondinspirationPriority

Cast Zerfetzen:

Druid of the Claw Notes Druid of the Claw'sVerheerenWilder BissZerfetzenVerheerenWilder BissWildstalkerUse the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The build options used below are covered in the Talents page. Swaps not included should not change the priority in any meaningful way unless covered elsewhere. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsBerserkerList des PanthersPlötzlicher ÜberfallGelüst des EliteraubtiersKonvokation der GeisterWilde RasereiZubeißenMondinspirationPriority

Cast Zerfetzen:

if it is missing on the target.
if it is in Pandemic and you have 5 Combo Points
Cast Wilder Biss if you have 5 Combo Points and Zerfetzen is active.
If Tigerfuror is coming off CD within 3 seconds, and you're above 80% energy dump your energy.
Cast Tigerfuror on cooldown
Cast Krallenhieb if it is missing on the target or in pandemic
Schreddern to Generate Combo Points

Wildstalker Notes WildstalkerKreislauf aus Leben und Tod Best Feral Druid AoE RotationGelüst des EliteraubtiersBlutbespritztHero TalentDruid of the ClawWildstalker Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityUse the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The build options used below are covered in the Talents page. Swaps not included should not change the priority in any meaningful way unless covered elsewhere. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsGelüst des EliteraubtiersKonvokation der GeisterPriority

Cast Urzorn if Zerfetzen is missing or in pandemic.

Cast Berserker with Tigerfuror, these should be synced.

Cast Wilder Biss if you have 5 Combo Points and Zerfetzen is active

Cast Tigerfuror on cooldown.

Prankenhieb to generate Combo points.

Use the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The build options used below are covered in the Talents page. Swaps not included should not change the priority in any meaningful way unless covered elsewhere. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsGelüst des EliteraubtiersKonvokation der GeisterPriority

Cast Urzorn if Zerfetzen is missing or in pandemic.

Cast Berserker with Tigerfuror, these should be synced.

Cast Wilder Biss if you have 5 Combo Points and Zerfetzen is active

Cast Tigerfuror on cooldown.

Prankenhieb to generate Combo points.

Best Feral Druid OpenerHero TalentDruid of the ClawWildstalker Please select a Hero Talent option to generate an Opener sequenceUse the ✖ markers next to pick a fight style. Other talent options will populate underneath.The build options used below are covered in the Talents page. Swaps not included should not change the priority in any meaningful way unless covered elsewhere. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. Fight StyleSelect a Fight Style to Generate a Sequence OptionsKonvokation der GeisterWilde RasereiMondinspirationZubeißenSingle Target Sequence

Krallenhieb from stealth.

Schreddern to 5 Combo Points.

Cast Berserker and Tigerfuror.

Cast Zerfetzen.

Cast Wilder Biss at 5 Combo Points and Schreddern to generate Combo Points during Berserker

Sample Timeline OptionsKonvokation der GeisterWilde RasereiMondinspirationZubeißenAoE Sequence

Krallenhieb from stealth.

Prankenhieb to 5 Combo Points.

Cast Berserker and Tigerfuror.

Cast Urzorn to apply Zerfetzen.

Cast Wilder Biss at 5 Combo Points and Prankenhieb to generate Combo Points during Berserker

Sample TimelinePre-Combat CheckConsumables Check Single Button Rotation Assistant Losses for Feral DruidAssisted Highlight

Hero Talent

With CDs

Without CDs

~10% DPS loss

~32% DPS loss

~10% DPS loss

~27% DPS loss

One Button

Hero Talent

With CDs

Without CDs

~15% DPS loss

~34% DPS loss

~16% DPS loss

~31% DPS loss

Assisted Highlight

Hero Talent

With CDs

Without CDs

~27% DPS loss

~41% DPS loss

~19% DPS loss

~31% DPS loss

One Button

Hero Talent

With CDs

Without CDs

~31% DPS loss

~43% DPS loss

~22% DPS loss

~34% DPS loss

Feral Druid Cooldowns Not Used by Rotation AssistCooldown section of this guide

Berserker

Items such as potions and on use trinkets

Racial Abilities

Feral Druid Major Cooldownshow Berserk BerserkerBerserker

When talented into Inkarnation: Avatar von Ashamane it replaces Berserker granting the same effects for 20 seconds but additionally reducing all energy costs by 25% and allowing you a single use of Schleichen in combat during the duration.

If talented into Sprungbereit the effect doesn't trigger until you exceed the overflow Combo Points.

Druid of the ClawBerserkerKlauenrandaleVerheeren Convoke The Spirits Konvokation der GeisterKonvokation der GeisterCat Specific

Generic

Mondfeuer (Mondinspiration)

Verjüngung

Nachwachsen

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Kommentare

Kommentar von kunglao

thank you

Kommentar von Watermelone

The rotation section of this guide needs to be rewritten.

There are many parts that are ambiguous.

For example:

If Talented 4 or 5 Combo Points - Regrowth for Bloodtalons

If 4 or 5 combo points is talented? If regrowth is talented? This is very confusing to someone who doesn’t already know all the ins and outs of Feral druids, i.e. someone who would be reading this guide.

After reading other guides I have have learned that this should be:

Cast Regrowth if at 4 or 5 combo points and if Bloodtalons is talented.

Another example:

Maintain Rip, if below 25% or with Sabertooth Talented make sure to refresh this with Ferocious Bite.

I have no idea what “if below 25%” means. If the target is below 25% health? If the Rip debuff timer has less than 25% remaining? If my health is below 25%?

Kommentar von bayonnefrog

Thanks. 10 years playing feral just now learned about snapshotting/pandemic mechanic. Many thanks

Kommentar von Ninat

Even if i follow the guides here, i still only do a baseline of around mid 4000 damage on single target dummies, when other classes do a baseline of much more than that.
im a 120 feral with an ilvl of 309 atm, it should be better i think? maybe i am wrong

Feral has been shuffled around so much at this point that im at a loss. I struggle a lot to understand how i should talent and do my rotations at this point.

Kommentar von 1921169

Feral is simple, be an octopus (6-8 button min), and u have half damage like other dps with 2-3 buttons..
And, "Old soldier" said: don't die.
Because it is also simple..

Kommentar von 1921263

If Lunar Inspiration Talented - Moonfire until 5 combo points

Why would I do this over using shred?

Kommentar von 1366497

This part has not yet been updated for 8.1

Kommentar von JGRockford

Apparently Guiltyas took a look over the rotation page, and thinks it all looks correct, but hasn't considered that Jagged Wounds, nor the execute mechanic behind Bite no longer being in the game after 8.1...

Yet updated only 12 hours ago...

WoWHead can do so much better in getting someone to maintain their guides.

Edited again almost a week after patch release.
Fantastic to see Jagged Wounds no longer being referred to for pandemic timers, yet the execute mechanic is still on multiple pages after these edits.

Wonderful job in spreading misinformation in what should be a respected guide.

Kommentar von Shadow12000

3 things: A clarification request, a "why this?" question, and pointing out a minor error that isn't the usual "Update Rip" that others are saying (which you should still do).

So, in the Bleed Strength section, you say "As long as the timer is 80% duration." Okay, what does this mean exactly? I know the Pandemic stuff for DoTs is that when they're refreshed they retain up to 30% of the max duration depending on how much time was left on the DoT, but what does "the timer is 80% duration" mean in regards? That can be taken as "under 80% duration" or "over 80% duration", but as the reader, for all I know, it could mean that 80% duration of the DoT has been used up and only 20% remains because I can see all of those depending on how you personally view durations and how ambiguous the line is. My gut says "under 80% remaining" but as I'm not the one who's done extensive testing, there's the chance I could be wrong and I'd like to avoid it, but the better option would probably be to instead just say the actual time is for each DoT like you do in the Pandemic section.

Also, I can understand using Ferocious Bite at 5 combo points, increased damage, but why would I wait for 5 combo points for any other reason? If I'm at 4 combo points, and the attack to generate that last point crits, that's a wasted Primal Fury proc, and it's even more confusing when you say to use Regrowth at 4 points if you have Bloodtalons while stating to only use finishers at 5 combo points, and also on top of that taking into account what you mention about snapshots. This isn't a criticism, I'm actually curious about this as other sites show the same but don't go into why. Feral is often compared to playing a Rogue, and Rogue guides do use finishers at 4 combo points, so I'm legitimately curious at the difference.

Lastly, a minor note, but your coding is screwed up on the rotation part. It defaults showing Brutal Slash as the last step with the talent unselected, then shows to use Shred when selecting the Brutal Slash talent.

Kommentar von JGRockford

Over a month since 8.1, and still misinforming players that Ferocious Bite has the execute mechanic at 25%...
WoWHead could have done so much better in getting someone who cared for their quality of work, and the playerbase it's intended for...

Kommentar von Sycobob

You will always overwrite a weaker Rake with a stronger bleed as long as the timer is 80% duration.

This sentence is difficult to understand. Above or below 80%? I can't tell when I should attempt overwrite a weaker bleed with a stronger one.

Kommentar von rhysdog

the tigers fury +moonfire combo will also cause the mentioned bug if you use it while apex predator is active, so if you arent able to time your uses of it to make sure apex predator doesn't proc just before you use it, you're best off not using the macro at all on fights you use apex predator for

Kommentar von villajidiot

The pandemic window for a 5-combo-point Rip is 7s. However, if Rip was applied with fewer combo points, the window is shorter (e.g., only 4s for a 2-combo-point Rip).

Kommentar von Noobcrusher

This is the worst class guide on WoWHead, I read so far.
Wrong legendary and talent suggestion. Advice us to NOT chose talents and Legendries that not 99%, but 100% of top logs pick.
Also, Feral GCD is 1 sec since 9.0 day 1. what are we talking about here?
"The gameplay feels extremely clunky due to the sudden shift in the length of the GCD, going from a 1s static GCD in cat form to a 1.5s GCD. "
WoW head was the on place where I can quickly jump on, and get accurate info, was really helpful to fulfil my role in the guild, this unmoderated misinformation is not acceptable, at least copy the icy veins guide here, if you to lazy to write a proper one.

Kommentar von suchtie

What is the "cursed singletarget Primal Wrath build"? It's not listed in the talents section of the guide. I'm always willing to try new meme specs and this one sounds really stupid and funny.

Edit: So I just threw something together that I thought would fit. Obviously Wunden aufreißen is the most important talent here, and I built around it with Kreislauf aus Leben und Tod and Stärke des Löwen to maximize Rip damage. I also put in Lunar Guidance and Sudden Ambush because that's what the rotation mentioned.

Holy cow this build is strong. Did not expect it to be as good as it is.

Kommentar von Santrhyl

Hello, thx for this nice rotation guilde.
In multi-target, with 5 combot points, do we really have to use them on Primal Wrath or Ferious Bite sometimes (obviously, if targets are about to die, Ferious Bite is better) ?

Thank you

Kommentar von Oceanstide

Dragonflight 10.0 feedback:

The gearing section could've used a lot more discussion regarding the value of craftables. The JC necklace from primal invasions, the multiple "toxic" leatherworking boots that won't conflict with tier, engineering wrists, how the alchemy stone stacks up (especially since this guide suggests the potion absorption inhibitors and since anyone can now where the alchemy stones, even non-alchemists).

Kommentar von Durdedur

Does the channel of convoke snapshot Tiger's Fury? i.e. If you cast convoke 1 second before Tiger's Fury ends, do the rest of the channeled abilities benefit from Tiger's Fury after it ends? The priority list states to "cast convoke at minimal combo points before Tiger's Fury ends" but doesn't specify if convoke needs to end before Tiger's Fury does. Thank you

Kommentar von Stabbingyou

fix the fight style buttons for opener sequence. AOE does nothing.

Kommentar von RelativeOptics

None of the recommended builds include Lunar Inspiration, so it's a bit wonky to include Moonfire in several of the rotations. The Timeline under Best Feral Druid Opener needs some attention.

Feral Druid Rotation Guide - Midnight Pre-Patch

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