Feral Druid DPS Guide - Battle for Azeroth 8.3

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Feral's bonus haste modifier has been removed

Ferocious Bite Finishing move that causes Physical damage per combo point and consumes up to ( Feral (Level 40) 10.0 ) 25 additional Energy to increase damage by up to 100%.
Feral (Level 66)Sabertooth
When used on targets below 25% health
Ferocious Bite will also refresh the duration of your Rip on your target

REMOVED When used on a target below 25% health, Ferocious Bite will refresh the duration of your Rip on your target.

Maim Finishing move that causes Physical damage and stuns the target. Damage and duration increased per combo point:
1 point : 6.2322%9.2% of Attack power) * 1] damage, 1 sec
2 points: 6.2322%9.2% of Attack power) * 2] damage, 2 sec
3 points: 6.2322%9.2% of Attack power) * 3] damage, 3 sec
4 points: 6.2322%9.2% of Attack power) * 4] damage, 4 sec
5 points: 6.2322%9.2% of Attack power) * 5] damage, 5 sec
Cost changed from 35 Energy to 30 Energy

Mastery: Razor Claws Increases the damage done by your Cat Form bleed abilities and finishing moves by 16.0%.

Rip Finishing move that causes Bleed damage over 24 sec. Damage increasestime. Lasts longer per combo point.
1 point: floor(1 * ((2.7027%(25% of Attack power) * 12) 2] damage over 8 sec
2 points: floor(2 * ((2.7027%(25% of Attack power) * 12) 3] damage over 12 sec
3 points: floor(3 * ((2.7027%(25% of Attack power) * 12) 4] damage over 16 sec
4 points: floor(4 * ((2.7027%(25% of Attack power) * 12) 5] damage over 20 sec
5 points: floor(5 * ((2.7027%(25% of Attack power) * 12) 6] damage over 24 sec
Cost changed from 30 Energy to 20 Energy

Shred Shred deals (38.0562%46% of Attack power)% increased damage against bleeding targets.

Brutal Slash Strikes all nearby enemies with a massive slash, inflicting (50%69% of Attack power) Physical damage.
Awards 1 combo point.
Cost changed from 30 Energy to 25 Energy

NEW Finishing move that deals instant damage and applies Rip to all enemies within 10 yards. Lasts longer per combo point.
1 point : plus Rip for 4 sec
2 points: plus Rip for 6 sec
3 points: plus Rip for 8 sec
4 points: plus Rip for 10 sec
5 points: plus Rip for 12 sec
Tier 6 Talent, in place of Savage Roar

Sabertooth Ferocious Bite deals 20% increased damage and refreshesincreases the duration of Rip on your target by 4 sec per combo point spent.
Feral: Now requires Level 15, down from 90
Tier 1 Talent, in place of Predator

Savage Roar Finishing move that increases damage by 15%10% and energy regeneration rate by 10% while in Cat Form. Lasts longer per combo point:
1 point : 12 seconds
2 points: 18 seconds
3 points: 24 seconds
4 points: 30 seconds
5 points: 36 seconds
Feral: Now requires Level 75, down from 90
Tier 5 Talent, in place of Jagged Wounds
Cost changed from 30 Energy to 25 Energy

NEW Each enemy hit by Thrash reduces the cost of Swipe by 3 Energy for the next 6 sec.
Tier 6 Talent, in place of Sabertooth

What's Changed in Patch 8.0

Brutal Slash damage increased by 20%.

Swipe damage increased by 15%.

Thrash damage increased by 15%.

Berserk will now persist through shapeshifting into and out of other forms.

Berserk will now shapeshift you into Cat Form if not already in Cat Form.

Base energy regeneration increased by 10%.

Berserk duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Brutal Slash energy cost reduced to 25 (was 30).

Feral increase to Haste secondary stat value has been reduced to 25% (was 50%).

Rip damage increased by 15%.

Swipe energy cost reduced to 35 (was 40).

Thrash energy cost reduced to 40 (was 45). Thrash damage reduced by 11%.

All damage increased by 5%.

Fixed an issue where Wild Fleshrending (Feral Druid) would not increase the damage of Brutal Slash.

Blood Mist damage increased by 125%.

Iron Jaws damage increased by 66% against non-players, and now has a diminishing returns on the bonus of each trait.

All damage increased by 4%.

Basic Information

The Night Elves, Worgen, and Kul Tiran Alliance races can be Druids, as well as Tauren, Highmountain Tauren, Trolls, and Zandalari for the Horde.

Druids can use daggers, 1H/2H maces, fist weapons, polearms and staves.

Mastery: Razor Claws: increases the damage done by your bleed abilities by 16%

Special Class Hall rewards
Mount (Form): Archdruid's Lunarwing Form

Battle Pet: Broot and Nightmare Lasher from Evergreen

Title:

Feral Druid Strengths

Sustained damage

Strong Defensives

One of the only Raid Mobility cooldowns

High Mobility

Leather dps is an underrated strength for raid composition in BFA

You are a Cat

Feral Druid Weaknesses

Inflexible, doesn’t handle changes in combat circumstances well without planning

Extremely lackluster burst, primary cd is very weak

The playstyle is very different to most other classes so may be difficult to get accustomed too.

What Makes Feral SpecialMelee DPS Overview

Fantasy: A slow, careful jungle cat who makes their prey bleed in multiple ways before finishing them off with large bites.

Resources: Feral Druids use Energy as their resource. All the Feral Druids abilities cost energy which regenerates over time.

Mobility: Feral Druids have Dash and Stampeding Roar for bursts of movement speed when they need it.

Damage Reduction: Feral Druids have Survival Instincts as major damage reduction abilities. As a last resort, players can shapeshift into Bear Form for increased armor and health.

Artifact Weapon: Fangs of Ashamane

Armor: Agility Leather

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Comments

Comment by jasonelvis

bc Peeps can always ask if cat druid can B GOOD FOR FITE OR WHAT MAYBE?
U NO CAT DURIDS IS VERY STORNG! SUM PEEPS DUNNO Y SO HEAR IS LIST

1) OK now sum durid is cat
2) Cat durid, tehm dosent heel.
3) Cat uis for fite
4) Cat durid dosent talk about fite
5) when cat durid is FITE do not ask for HEEL and NINIRVATE!
and CAT DURIDS is no spam moonfare! Sum cat durids dosent no wut is uh moonfare!

Comment by AvocadoPancakes

Displacer Beast and Elune's Guidance were mixed up! Aside from the small mistake it's a great guide i found very handy! Thanks for writing it! :D

Comment by Hezkezl

The WeakAuras links go to a dead page :( https://www.wowhead.com/guides/feral-druid-weakauras

Comment by teefay420

This guide is linked as THE feral guide, but is only for Alliance.
Look at Basic Information and Racials.

Feral Druid DPS Guide - Battle for Azeroth 8.3

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