Shred Druid Leveling Build Guide

By Wowhead Updated: 2025/01/18

Our Leveling Guides Have MovedShredHow to Play Shred DruidShredAspect of the Agile WolfShredBlood HowlLacerateMaulDebilitating RoarTrampleStrengthsWeaknessesShred Druid Best Skills and AbilitiesOffensive SkillsShredShredBlood HowlShredLacerateDefensive SkillsBlood HowlDebilitating RoarTrampleLacerateBlood HowlUtility and Resource SkillsShred Druid Skill RotationMaulShred

Blood Howl - Buffs damage and boosts Attack Speed.

Shred - Dash into combat with the 1st strike of Shred.

Maul - Pummel enemies in Werebear Form to activate Werebear Passives.

Shred - Strike with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strikes to finish a full combo.

Debilitating Roar - Use when threatened to cripple enemy damage.

Lacerate - This can be used offensively to boost all damage for several seconds, or defensively as an “oh no” button thanks to the Immune effect.

Continue swapping between Maul and Shred until all foes have perished. Repeat rotation as needed, and use Trample to move across the map.

Best Spirit Boons for Shred DruidDeer

Advantageous Beast - This is chosen purely for the added Movement Speed while leveling, but Wariness should be used to boost Damage Reduction against Elites if survivability becomes an issue.

Eagle

Scythe Talons - This Spirit Boon is important to help boost Critical Strike Chance while leveling, so don’t skip this one.

Swooping Attacks - Attack Speed is incredibly valuable due to the multi-hit nature of Shred—most of the skill’s damage is packed into the final strikes, so getting through a full combo quicker will noticeably improve damage.

Wolf

Energize - Spirit generation can be a pain point for Druids during the leveling process, and this Spirit Boon can help with that. If you feel like you’re lacking Fortify generation, take Bolster instead.

Snake

Masochistic - Substantially improves the build’s already impressive self-healing. This is optional, so feel free to use Overload instead if you’d prefer—the Lightning Damage from will trigger this boon constantly.

Shred Druid Best Leveling GearShred Druid Best Legendary AspectsOffensive Legendary Aspects

Accelerating Aspect - As discussed above, Attack Speed is very important to improving the Shred Druid’s damage, so this is a solid choice.

- The Lightning Damage brought to the table by this Aspect shouldn’t be overlooked—this will be a huge chunk of your damage.

Aspect of the Changeling's Debt - Enemies will nearly always be Crowd Controlled thanks to , so this will have very high uptime.

- This Aspect is amazing early on because Critical Strike Damage tends to be lower while leveling.

- This powerhouse Offensive Aspect is one of the Druid’s strongest for increasing the damage of Core Skills.

Defensive Legendary Aspects

- We like this Aspect for leveling due to the massive chunks of healing and Fortify generation, but this is flexible if you’d prefer to use something else.

Aspect of Might - The Damage Reduction granted by this Aspect is easy to keep up thanks to Maul.

Utility and Resource Legendary Aspects

Aspect of the Agile Wolf - This aspect is super important to increase the number of strikes during a Shred combo. There’s no substitute here.

- Grants a chance to Daze enemies and improves damage against Dazed targets. This is a solid choice but consider this another flex slot.

Aspect of the Unsatiated - This one is a key piece of the Shred Druid puzzle and will improve damage while almost single-handedly solving any Spirit generation issues.

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