Feral Druid DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — The War Within (11.0.5)

Currently, Wildstalker performs slightly better in pure single-target situations and as such is the recommended choice in Raids.

Druid of the Claw is extremely competitive, especially with the tier set bonus, and is a solid option in particular in fights with small amounts of cleave.

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In single-target, both hero talents tend to build fairly similarly, making sure to pick up a strong core of Energy talents and enhancements to Ferocious Bite to empower finishers. They also need both Berserk and Convoke the Spirits to provide the punchy 2-minute burst that Feral has access to. Some notes about specific talents are:

• Wildstalker picks up Lunar Inspiration as it focuses more heavily on DoT gameplay. It also makes sure to pick up Tiger's Tenacity to further amplify the strength of Tiger's Fury snapshotting.
• Druid of the Claw uses Brutal Slash to activate Bloodtalons.
• It also drops Moment of Clarity to fit this in, but makes sure to take two points in Tireless Energy at the top of the tree to cover its Energy requirements.
• It picks up the entire suite of Energy positive talents, buy taking two points in Tireless Energy and Moment of Clarity to cover the extra requirements to sustain Saber Jaws.
• Lastly, it paths through Rip and Tear to save points below the 20 gate, so it can grab all 3 of Circle of Life and Death, Feral Frenzy and Apex Predator's Craving.
• Lastly, it grabs Feral Frenzy for an additional burst of Combo Points to get to finishers more efficiently and overlap with burst windows. It avoids Apex Predator's Craving due to the free casts not benefitting from Saber Jaws, therefore having the potential to reduce the damage of Ravage procs.

Wildstalker throughput in Mythic+ is high, with a versatile damage toolkit focusing on DoTs. It does, however, have a higher execution requirement due to Unbridled Swarm and a heavier focus on multi-DoTs

Druid of the Claw provides strong AoE conversion with Rampant Ferocity and Ravage while also bringing strong priority damage at the same time. Due to that and the big defensive benefits, it is the recommended Mythic+ option currently.

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Both builds operate on the same framework, aiming to maintain Rip via Primal Wrath and use excess Combo Points on Ferocious Bite to trigger Rampant Ferocity. Some individual notes are as follows:

• Both pick up the core AoE talents Primal Wrath and Rampant Ferocity to provide AoE Rip application and a way to convert Ferocious Bite into AoE damage.
• Wildstalker always picks up Double-Clawed Rake and Sudden Ambush for easier DoT application.
• Druid of the Claw can opt into a variety of talents depending on its focus of either more single-target hybridization or AoE. Merciless Claws vs. Double-Clawed Rake in the opening gate, and Savage Fury vs. Sudden Ambush in the second gate can be picked depending on which you care more about. I would always recommend at least one point in Tireless Energy to sustain your Energy needs.
• Druid of the Claw picks up Raging Fury for more Tiger's Fury uptime, though if you opt out of Carnivorous Instinct this can be switched for Tiger's Tenacity.
• Wildstalker still keeps Tiger's Tenacity to further amplify DoT effects following each Tiger's Fury cast, and plays Unbridled Swarm for the same reason. This requires you to manage multiple active Adaptive Swarm effects to make sure it spreads across targets effectively.
• For the Hero tree itself, it has the option to switch to Killing Strikes to more reliably activate Ravage on entering combat, but comes at a loss in overall procs, so it is up to preference.
• For the Hero tree itself, it can either stick to the reliable Implant / Resilient Flourishing pair for more flexible damage, or switch both out for Root Network and Twin Sprouts. This provides more active Bloodseeker Vines and amplifies damage even further, but comes at a cost in forced single-target situations so is up to preference.

While slightly less strong in the case of Delves due to the erratic combat time and large amount of unimportant enemies, Wildstalker can still do very well just due to the simplicity. It does not bring the same defensive advantage of Druid of the Claw, but makes up for it with reliable throughput.

Druid of the Claw really shines in delves due to the massive amount of extra survival and on-demand healing provided on the tree. Pair that with more reliable burst that can be lined up with dangerous portions of each delve provides a toolkit we recommend taking advantage of.

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