Feral Druid PvP Guide (2024)

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Welcome to our PvP Feral Druid guide for Cataclysm Classic. Here you will learn allyou need to know to properly play Feral Druid in PvP scenarios.

Feral DPS Druids are powerfulmelee in PvP that can stealth, do massive damage over time with their bleeds onmultiple targets, and also crowd control enemies and keep allies and themselveshealthy with instant casted spells through Predatory Strikes.

Their main weaknesses are the lack of a healing reduction effect and the factthat they are quite squishy when caught off-guard in Cat Form, but bothcan be resolved by using specific compositions, making an experienced Feral DPSDruid a very strong contender for the top PvPranks.

• Glyph of Bloodletting — allows you to extend Rip byup to 6 seconds on most targets.
• Glyph of Berserk — increases the duration of your Berserkby 10 seconds.
• Glyph of Rip — increases the damage of Rip by 15%.

• Glyph of Pounce — increases the range of Pounce by 3yards, making it easier to land your opener.
• Glyph of Barkskin — reduces the chance you will be criticallyhit by 25% while Barkskin is active, making it a much more powerful defensivecooldown.
• Glyph of Feral Charge — reduces the cooldown of Feral Charge,increasing your mobility and damage potential with free Ravages.

• Glyph of Mark of the Wild — reduces the Mana cost of Mark of the Wildby 50% which makes it cheaper to cast.
• Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth — removes the reagent requirement from Rebirth.
• Glyph of Dash — reduces the cooldown of Dash by 20%,increasing your potential mobility in the process.

If you have not already, we recommend reading the SpellsSummary Page first. Knowing how each spell and ability works in detail willgreatly increase your understanding of the topics discussed on this section. InPvP you will need to react and adapt to different situations, meaning you willnot always follow the recommended rotation below. Aim to do whatever allows youto stick on your target the most while dealing as much damage as possible.

1. Use Tiger's Fury when available while you are under 40 Energy;
2. If Berserk is available and 15 or more seconds remain on Tiger's Fury'scooldown, auto-attack until ~90 Energy and use Berserk;
3. Keep Mangle's debuff on your target ;
4. Use and refresh (after it expires) Rip at 5 Combo Points;
5. Use and refresh (after it expires) Savage Roar;
6. Use and refresh (after it expires) Rake;
7. Feral Charge on cooldown and use the free Ravage you getfrom Stampede;
8. Use Shred (or Mangle if you cannot attack from behindthe target) to build Combo Points.

Feral DPS Druids have multiplecooldowns, both defensive and offensive.

Use your offensive cooldown Berserk when at high energy to maximizethe amount of abilities you can use during its effect, preferably while the enemyhealer is crowd controlled.

Use your defensive cooldowns Barkskin, Frenzied Regeneration,and Survival Instincts whenever you drop low or are facing heavy damage.Most of the time it will be enough to use a single one of these, but for extradangerous situations you, will want to use multiple of them at once.

In addition to your main spells and cooldowns, you also have many utilityspells that can be game-changing when used in the proper scenario. Make sure youunderstand each of the spells listed below to fully take advantage of yourentire spellbook.

• Stampeding Roar — can be useful to chase fleeing enemies andalso to allow yourself or allies to escape danger and kite away when low on health.
• Dash — provides you with a large movement speed increase, whichhas similar personal benefits to Stampeding Roar.
• Cyclone — is your main form of crowd control. This will preventa target from being able to do anything, including being healed, but will also preventany damage to them for the duration.
• Faerie Fire — reduces enemy armor and prevents restealthing.
• Nature's Grasp — causes players who attack you to be hit by automatic Entangling Roots, making it easier to get away from enemy melee.

If you are looking to maximize the potential of your Feral DPSDruid in Cataclysm PvP, these are the recommendedprofessions:

1. Blacksmithing —Gives you two additional sockets with Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves,enabling you to stack more Resilience in this season.
2. Jewelcrafting —Gives you three powerful gems, in this case Mystic Chimera's Eye, which canboost your Resilience even higher.

The list linked below includes the best possible gear setup for a Feral DPSDruid in PvP.

When it comes to evaluating Feral DPS Druid'splace within the Arena, we have created a number of guides devoted to listing avariety of popular team compositions which you can find below.

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