Feral Druid Best Legendaries in Shadowlands - Dragonflight 10.2.5 (2024)

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Legendary Powers are special effects affixed to items in the Shadowlands viathe Runecarver within Torghast. These powers are attached to items andinclude some Feral-specific powers, options that interact with all Druid specs,and some powers that are options for all classes. For more information aboutthe Runecarving system you can check our dedicated page.

Due to Patch 9.2 reintroducing Tier Sets, thismeans that avoiding slots that clash with these is generally favourable until youhave access to all pieces to avoid losing access to one or the other. Due to that,you should aim to be crafting all of the class Legendaries on slots that do notclash with the Helm, Shoulder, Chest, Gloves, and Leg slots if possible.

As the Zereth Mortis campaign continues, you willeventually gain accessto the Unity effect, allowing you to equip both yourspecified Covenant Legendary effect and one other crafted Legendaryat the same time. This initially comes as a belt, but can be recraftedto any slot after you reach Revered with the newEnlightened faction, allowing some freedom in your gearchoices.

Focus	Covenant	Legendary	Slots
Everything	Night Fae	Apex Predator's Craving	Waist
Single Target/Burst	Night Fae	Frenzyband	Wrist

The above table shows two solid options assuming that doubleLegendaries are active. Prior to this, you should aim to have Celestial Spirits if playing Night Fae equippedin all situations

Frenzyband has light synergy with the new tier set,and enhances some already strong burst windows. Unfortunately itdoes not provide much for situations with multiple targets,so it is a specialist pick.

Apex Predator's Craving is good in virtually allsituations, providing free Ferocious Bite procs insingle-target that goes up in frequency for some extra funneldamage when you can maintain multiple Rips in AoEvia Primal Wrath.

This section goes over the best Raiding Legendaries for ourspec.

1. Night Fae-only: Celestial Spirits will give thebest immediate value in the majority of situations assuming you can cast Convoke the Spirits every minute, which most encounters allow. Givenhow strong these windows are already without it, this is a premier optiongiven how much single-target focus there is in the current raid tier.
2. Apex Predator's Craving makes for a strong single-target-focusedchoice that can also help funnel damage into a primarytarget in cleave situations. This is a good all-rounder in anysituation.
3. Frenzyband provides a strong option should encounter timingsalign well with Berserk. This is a use-case option that requiresyou to know in advance whether you need the extra burst, but when it canbe used it is worth the pick in single-target.
4. Draught of Deep Focus has a strong single-target performanceand has some Covenant synergy, particularly with Adaptive Swarm.While it is very focused on a single-target damage profile, this can seevalue for sustained damage.
5. Circle of Life and Death scales up well on multi-targetencounters, but not well enough to keep up with alternatives that simplybring more damage. It may see niche use especially with Necrolord,but is otherwise very average in Patch 9.2.

Here we list the best Mythic+ and Torghastoptions for your legendary power. Both of these have a stronger leaning towardAoE and flexibility, so legendaries that scale up well with extratargets.

1. Night Fae-only: Celestial Spirits and its alterationsto Convoke the Spirits, while a single-target-heavy ability, can triggerNiya's Grove Invigoration, providing a substantial boost ofMastery on a low cooldown for high burst AoE via Primal Wrath and stillremain flexible for boss fights. This is not quite as strong as in raids, butis still an excellent all-rounder for most Mythic+ weeks.
2. Apex Predator's Craving provides a solid gain, but the strongestpart of the effect is that it allows you to convert AoE into moresingle-target damage from the free Ferocious Bite castsgenerated. Depending on the dungeon being ran and your composition,this can range from average to excellent so is a solid pick.
3. Circle of Life and Death will provide more sustainedAoE in most due to the amount of Bleeds you will be applyingvia Primal Wrath and any target swapped Rakes, soit is a consideration if you need more of that.
4. Cat-Eye Curio allows for a more robust Energy pool per pulland will smooth out some resource gaps that can show up. Unfortunately,relative to alternatives unless you can capitalize on the extra pooling between pullsit remains a more comfort-oriented pick rather than a strong performer.

Each Covenant has access to a specific legendary effect that can becrafted, or is unlocked laterin the patch via the Unity effect that links into each Covenant:

• Kyrian: Kindred Affinity provides an extra boostto your linked ally, so as a support option is solid but the Patch 9.2nerfs hurt it.
• Necrolord: Unbridled Swarm does alleviate some of theissues that Adaptive Swarm has in multi-target situations, butit does not fix the setup time problem the ability suffers from.
• Night Fae: Celestial Spirits has a lot of strong uses,massively increasing the frequency of your Convoke the Spirits castswithout any real impact to their intensity. It works well in a lot of situations,and more access to such a powerful cooldown is always relevant.
• Venthyr: Sinful Hysteria does improve Ravenous Frenzya great deal, and if you are playing Venthyr it plays further into thewindows it focuses on.

Most of these have their niche uses, but the standout is by far theNight Fae option that improves what is already the best Covenant bya solid margin with some much-needed flexibility. This serves to even furtherlock it in as the go-to option.

These are alternative legendaries available to Feral that whilecraftable, are not recommended for various reasons:

• Eye of Fearful Symmetry can have some uses in situationswhere you can make frequent use of the extra Combo Points via Predator, but in those situations there are better optionsavailable.
• Lycara's Fleeting Glimpse is far too erratic to make use ofand will rarely be as good as the alternatives, so it is not recommended.
• Oath of the Elder Druid has some exceptionally nicheutility uses, but will provide very little in the way of damagegains compared to other picks; it is not worth choosing.
• Echo of Eonar's proc does not contribute enough of a damageincrease to compete with any of the Feral options available.
• Judgment of the Arbiter's proc does too little damage perproc and is reliant on both allies and positioning to make use of.
• Norgannon's Sagacity has no uses for Feral as all abilitiesare either instant, or castable on the move when in Cat Form.
• Sephuz's Proclamation has some niche benefits and is usefulin PvP, but the proc is not consistent enough in PvE situations noris the payoff very big.
• Stable Phantasma Lure only benefits Torghast specifically byadding more resources, so it has no use outside of there — and verylimited benefits within.
• Vitality Sacrifice does not provide enough of a damage percentage increaseto be worth it relative to the gains of what we have available, andis also contingent on getting hit frequently.
• Maw Rattle deals extremely low damage and the survivalaspect is not relevant enough to even make it niche.
• Third Eye of the Jailer does not provide enough of a flat damageincrease compared to our other options even in perfect scenarios,so it currently is not worth crafting.