Updated Nov 2, 2026

Feral Druid

PvE guide, updated for Patch 12.1.5

Assisted Highlight Rotation

How to play Feral Druid in each rotation style: the full rotation SimulationCraft sims play by default, and the game’s Assisted Highlight and One Button rotations beside it.

Rotation style comparison

How Feral Druid’s DPS compares when using the game’s assisted modes instead of the full rotation, based on Single Target simulations.

  • Full rotationBaseline
  • Assisted Highlight-9.4%
  • One Button-16.3%
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Assisted Highlight is the game’s rotation help: it lights the next ability to press on your action bars. Its priority list is SimC’s copy of the game’s, with the cooldowns SimC presses beside it, read here for one build and one kind of fight.

Rotation

Beta12 abilities
Beta. This view is new. Some specs’ steps still read as long chains of conditions, and we’re working on making them simpler to follow.
  1. 1Racial abilityPress yourselfWhen ready
  2. 2Tiger's Fury
  3. 3RakeWhen ready
  4. 4BerserkWhen ready
  5. 5Chomp
  6. 6Rip
  7. 7Pool resources
  8. 8Ferocious Bite
  9. 9Feral Frenzy
  10. 10Frantic Frenzy
  11. 11Convoke the Spirits
  12. 12ShredWhen ready

Every step also needs the ability off cooldown and affordable. Range checks are left out. A blank Targets cell means any number of targets. Steps tagged Press yourself come from SimC’s cooldown list, which runs ahead of the game’s. The sim presses each as it comes ready, so its results assume you do too.

Before the pull

Things to do before entering combat.

  1. 1Cat FormCat Form not active
  2. 2ProwlWhen ready

Cooldowns

When each cooldown was used across the sample fight, so you can see how often each comes back and which ones line up.

  • Liquid LusterLiquid Luster: 2 casts, at 0:00, 5:002
  • On-use itemsOn-use items: 4 casts, at 0:00, 1:31, 3:02, 4:324
  • BerserkBerserk: 3 casts, at 0:01, 2:01, 4:013
  • Tiger's FuryTiger's Fury: 11 casts, at 0:02, 0:33, 1:05, 1:34, 2:04, 2:40, 3:11, 3:41, 4:11, 4:43, 5:1611
  • Feral FrenzyFeral Frenzy: 11 casts, at 0:04, 0:34, 1:06, 1:36, 2:07, 2:41, 3:12, 3:42, 4:24, 4:55, 5:2511
  • Convoke the SpiritsConvoke the Spirits: 3 casts, at 0:08, 2:10, 4:133

Sample opener

One simulated fight from the start, played by the list above, the potion and trinkets it hides included. Procs and timing change the order from fight to fight, so use it to get a feel for the start rather than as a script.

Time
Ability
New
Gone
Up
Pre-pull
0:00.000
Cat Form
0:00.000
Prowl
Pull
0:00.000
On-use items
0:00.000
Liquid Luster
0:00.000
Rake
0:01.004
Berserk
0:01.004
Lunar Inspiration

The full priority list

simc@710c240

Everything above is read from this SimulationCraft list, including the steps the page hides (the potion and on-use items) and the branches your build and fight leave out.

druid_feral.simc, 42 lines

Turning on Assisted Highlight

In game, open Options > Gameplay > Gameplay Enhancements and check Assisted Highlight under Combat Assistant. Your next suggested ability glows on your action bars as you play.

Is this rotation built for your talents?

The rotation follows your talent build. Sim your highest-DPS build on your own gear, for the mode and rotation style you play.