Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00by Mysticall24 comments
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performancein PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you asa Feral Druid and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Feral Druid PvP Guide.
1.
Talent Choices for Feral Druids
Feral druids have some of the strongest single-target damagein the game. Because most of your damage will come from Ferocious Bite, this is the best build to use:
2.
Talents Summary
While the above table provides a generally accurate overview of theviability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections thatfollow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.
2.1.
Druid Talent Tree Highlights
Some important spells to note in the Druid talent tree:
- Although you do not choose any of the final talents in theDruid talent tree, Well-Honed Instincts, is a crucial defensivefor Feral Druids. This will use Frenzied Regeneration when youdrop below 40% once every 90 seconds. This is great versus teams thathave stuns for you or if you are the primary target.
- Protector of the Pack stores part of your damage and causesyour next Regrowth to consume all the damage stored to increaseits healing. This is an important talent for staying alive.
2.2.
Feral Druid Talent Tree Highlights
Some important spells to note in the Feral Druid Talent tree:
- Sabertooth. Because most of your damage is single target,increasing the damage of Ferocious Bite is crucial for landingkills when the enemy healer is in crowd control.
- Adaptive Swarm is a strong ability with a short cooldown.While it is active, the target takes more damage from your Bleeds, andafter it expires, it will spread to nearby enemies.
- Feral Frenzy. This talent deals a large amount of damageand awards 5 Combo Points. This means you can follow Feral Frenzy upwith a large Ferocious Bite for strong instant damage.
3.
PvP Talents for Feral Druids
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each ofthem has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others.The top three choices are the most useful but can be replaced with other PvPtalents depending on your team's goal.
3.1.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Wild Attunement. After you Cyclone an enemy player, youwill automatically shift back into Cat Form, and your next Ferocious Bite, Rip, or Maim within 5 seconds also casts Feral Frenzy.This is an amazing talent for increasing your overall damage output and shouldbe used in most situations where you can cast Cyclone.
If you are playing with a spec that does not have a Mortal Woundsdebuff, you should be using Wicked Claws. This makes your Infected Wounds stack and reduce healing done to that target.
3.2.
Situational PvP Talents
Ferocious Wound causes 5-Combo Point Ferocious Bitesto reduce the target's maximum health for 30 sec, stacking up to 2times. This makes Ferocious Bite an incredibly important ability andcreates a large amount of pressure on an enemy player.
Strength of the Wild gives you more team utility and an additional wayto stay alive when you are the focus for the enemy team. This should be takenin almost all situations, especially against teams that do not have manyinterrupts to stop you casting Regrowths.
Thorns sprouts thorns for 12 seconds on the friendly target. Whenvictim to melee attacks, thorns deal up to 5% of the attacker's total health inNature damage. Attackers also have their movement speed reduced by 50% for 4sec. This is a crucial talent against teams with double melee on it. Becauseyou will not have much to interrupt, you can replace Strength of the Wildwith this talent.
Leader of the Pack increases your movement speed while in Cat Form.It also causes allies to heal themselves for 3% of their maximum health when theyare critically hit with a direct attack. This is great if you need the extramobility and healing.
4.
Changelog
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 14 Dec. 2023: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 19 Jul. 2023: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 18 Jun. 2023: Updated Recommended Talents.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 08 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Talent Tree.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 01 Feb. 2023: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Recommended Talents.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- Updated Best PvP Talents.
- 22 Nov. 2021: Updated Tier 1 talents.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Updated PvP talents.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 15 Oct. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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