DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

A general priority guide for Feral Druid abilities and cooldowns. Helpful for understanding the spec's fundamentals and getting comfortable with core synergies. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight (12.0.1).

Single Target

Ensure Mark Of The Wild is active and enter Cat Form before combat.

• Ferocious BiteView detailsUse with Apex Predators Craving procs.
• RipView detailsApply if missing or in Pandemic with 5 Combo Points.
• Ferocious BiteView detailsUse at 4+ Combo Points, 25+ energy, and Rip active.
• Berserk and Convoke The SpiritsView detailsSync with Tigers Fury.
• Feral FrenzyView detailsUse with Tigers Fury active.
• ChompView detailsUse on cooldown, ensure low energy before.
• Tigers FuryView detailsUse on cooldown, dump energy if above 80% before.
• RakeView detailsApply if missing or in Pandemic.
• MoonfireView detailsApply if missing or in Pandemic.
• ShredView detailsUse to generate Combo Points.

Maintain Rip and Rake while using Ferocious Bite with procs or high Combo Points. Sync Berserk and Convoke The Spirits with Tigers Fury for burst. Use Chomp and Feral Frenzy on cooldown.

AoE

• Ferocious BiteView detailsUse with Apex Predators Craving procs.
• Primal WrathView detailsApply if Rip is missing or in Pandemic.
• BerserkView detailsSync with Tigers Fury.
• Ferocious BiteView detailsUse at 5 Combo Points with Rip active.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsSync with Tigers Fury.
• Tigers FuryView detailsUse on cooldown.
• Feral FrenzyView detailsUse on cooldown.
• SwipeView detailsUse to generate Combo Points.

For AoE, maintain Rip with Primal Wrath and use Ferocious Bite with procs or high Combo Points. Sync Berserk and Convoke The Spirits with Tigers Fury for burst. Use Swipe to generate Combo Points.

Cooldowns

• BerserkView detailsSync with Tigers Fury for max DPS.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsUse with Tigers Fury and debuffs applied.
• Tigers FuryView detailsUse on cooldown to boost energy and damage.
• Feral FrenzyView detailsUse on cooldown for burst Combo Points.
• ChompView detailsEnsure low energy before use.

Sync Berserk and Convoke The Spirits with Tigers Fury for burst. Use Tigers Fury and Feral Frenzy on cooldown, and manage energy for Chomp.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.