Feral Druid Mythic+ Dungeon Guide

You will have to complete with the “Druid” spot against 3 other druid specs, that typically perform better.
Typically have to pick between AOE or Single Target. You will have to sacrifice one or the other.

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How To Play Feral Druid

Feral Druid is an Energy and Combo Point-based specialization that rewards decision-making and situational awareness. Unlike many other specs, Feral lacks rigid cooldown-driven rotation structures. Instead, the spec is built around assessing the relative value of your abilities and spending your finite resources—Energy and Combo Points—on the most efficient options available at any given moment.

The foundation of good Feral play is maximizing your uptime on key debuffs and avoiding resource waste. Since Energy regenerates over time and doesn’t pool infinitely, a major part of mastering the spec is using Tiger’s Fury efficiently without overcapping. You should also ensure nearly perfect uptime on your most impactful debuffs—Rip, Rake, and Thrash—as these form the core of your sustained damage.

Opening the Fight

Your opener sets the tone for the rest of the pull or boss encounter. The key objective is to quickly establish strong, snapshot-empowered damage-over-time effects. With Tiger’s Fury and Bloodtalons active, your Rip and Rake will retain those buffs for their full duration, giving you a substantial damage edge from the outset.

At the same time, you want to get your cooldowns rolling. Abilities like Brutal Slash should be used early to get their charges regenerating again. Sometimes, it’s better to delay specific cooldowns for a more impactful timing later in the fight—this adaptability is something you’ll develop with experience. If the pull isn’t going quite how you planned, don’t panic—pausing to evaluate is better than committing to the wrong action and finding yourself without an answer when mechanics change or adds spawn unexpectedly.

Single Target Priorities

Single target gameplay varies dramatically depending on your selected Hero Talent. With Wildstalker, the spec focuses on bleed damage and snapshotting. Your goal here is to maintain 100% uptime on bleeds with empowered buffs. Keeping bleeds rolling under the effect of Tiger’s Fury and Bloodtalons is vital. A good rule of thumb is to refresh bleeds in the first and last global of Tiger’s Fury while holding at least three Combo Points.

Bloodtalons mostly manages itself, but tracking your generators is crucial if you’re still getting the hang of it. As soon as you’ve used two distinct generators, make sure the next is also unique to secure the buff. Don’t overthink it, but don’t let it slip either.

The Pandemic Mechanic

Bleeds in Feral benefit from a mechanic known as “Pandemic.” This allows you to refresh a bleed or buff when it has 30% or less of its duration remaining without losing any uptime. For example, Rip can be refreshed at seven seconds or less, while Thrash and Rake can be refreshed at four seconds or less. This mechanic is essential for efficient play—it gives you flexibility and ensures you aren’t forced to waste Combo Points or Energy unnecessarily.

Using Shadowmeld

Night Elf Feral Druids gain significant value from the racial ability Shadowmeld. Because it applies the stealth state, it allows you to land empowered Rake hits mid-combat—just as if you had opened from Prowl. A Shadowmeld-buffed Rake deals 60% more damage, making this one of the strongest micro-cooldowns in the Feral kit. Maximizing its use across a dungeon or boss fight adds up to a significant DPS gain.

AoE and Mythic+ Focus

Feral AoE rotations mirror the core concepts of single-target play but demand extra finesse depending on pack longevity. Both Hero Talents again shift your focus. Wildstalker leans heavily into snapshot bleeds across multiple targets, while Druid of the Claw prioritizes direct damage, especially in synergy with Brutal Slash and Claw Rampage.

On packs that live long enough, your bleeds—especially via Primal Wrath—are extremely efficient. Always try to have Bloodtalons up when casting Primal Wrath, as it buffs the direct damage portion significantly. However, in short-lived packs, you’re better off spending Energy on abilities like Swipe or Brutal Slash rather than setting up dots that won’t tick their full duration.

Berserk and Major Cooldown Usage

Berserk adds complexity to the rotation by generating Combo Points passively and pooling any that would be lost to overcapping. This allows for more finishers during its uptime, but makes managing Bloodtalons harder. The key is to recognize when you’ve already triggered two generators and make sure your third is one that procs the buff—typically Brutal Slash, Thrash, or Moonfire.

Cooldown synergy is another layer of Feral mastery. Tiger’s Fury should be used on cooldown, but carefully—never let it overcap your Energy. Adaptive Swarm should be applied frequently, casting it on yourself if the target already has a high stack count. Feral Frenzy is best used during a Tiger’s Fury window and ideally when Adaptive Swarm is active on the target. Convoke the Spirits should also be cast during Tiger’s Fury windows for maximum effect. Berserk and Berserk: Heart of the Lion should be used on cooldown unless you’re syncing for a specific moment in a dungeon or raid.

Snapshotting and Advanced Bleed Management

Snapshotting remains one of Feral’s defining features. While many specs have moved away from this mechanic, Feral still takes full advantage of snapshotting effects like Tiger’s Fury, Bloodtalons, and Prowl or Berserk for Rake. This makes bleed strength tracking a subtle but vital part of your play.

You should always overwrite a weaker Rake or Rip with a stronger one if within the pandemic window. In fact, it’s worth delaying Rip for up to five seconds just to ensure it’s cast under the effect of Tiger’s Fury. Recognizing when a reapplication will be stronger is the key to unlocking Feral’s highest potential.

Managing Sudden Ambush and Energy Pooling

Sudden Ambush is one of the last vestiges of dynamic snapshotting in Feral. These unpredictable procs empower your next Rake from stealth, meaning they can replace Shadowmeld or Prowl in terms of burst. However, if your current Rake is already snapshot-buffed and has over six seconds remaining, it’s better to use Sudden Ambush on Shred to generate Combo Points instead.

Energy pooling is one of the most counterintuitive yet important skills in Feral. Because Energy is limited and regenerates over time, there will always be moments where doing nothing is optimal. Pooling means you’ve got your bleeds ticking, Combo Points at the ready, and you’re simply waiting to strike. This smooths out your rotation and allows for flexibility when responding to mechanics or changes in the pull.

Rotation Priority

Opener

Prowl
Rake
Thrash
Brutal Slash (procs BT)
Rake (to 5 combo points)
Adaptive Swarm if talented
Tiger’s Fury
Rip
Berserk
Feral Frenzy(if talented)+Ferocious Bite
Convoke the Spirits if talented

Single Target

Cast Tiger’s Fury if you have less than 50 energy.
Cast Ferocious Bite with Apex Predator’s Craving if you have less than 2 Bloodtalons generators.
Adaptive Swarm if there isn’t an Adaptive Swarm on the target.
Adaptive Swarm if there is only 1 or 2 stacks of Adaptive Swarm on the target and it’s about to expire.
Berserk with Tiger’s Fury, you want to sync this with Convoke the Spirits.
Rip if it is missing on the target.
Track your Bloodtalons generators and if you are ever at 2 stacks, cast a 3rd different generator to proc Bloodtalons.
Refresh Rip immediately with 3 or more combo points if it missing a Tiger’s Fury Snapshot
Ferocious Bite if you have 5 combo points, 50 energy, and a Ravage proc.
Ferocious Bite if you have 5 combo points and 50 energy.
Shadowmeld if you don’t have a stealth Rake and Tiger’s Fury is up.
Rake if you have Sudden Ambush or Shadowmeld and it will upgrade the snapshot of an existing rake.
Rake if it is pandemic and an equal snapshot value.
Brutal Slash if you will cap charges.
Maintain Thrash, or cast Thrash if it is missing or in pandemic.
Shred to generate combo points.

AOE

Cast Tiger’s Fury if you have less than 50 energy.
Cast Ferocious Bite with Apex Predator’s Craving
Adaptive Swarm on a target without Adaptive Swarm.
Berserk with Tiger’s Fury, you want to sync this with Convoke the Spirits.
Brutal Slash if you have Berserk active to proc Ravage.
Primal Wrath if Rip is missing on any nearby targets.
Track your Bloodtalons generators and if you are ever at 2 stacks, cast a 3rd different generator to proc Bloodtalons.
Ferocious Bite if you have 5 combo points and 50 energy.
Brutal Slash if you will cap charges.
Shadowmeld if you don’t have a stealth Rake and Tiger’s Fury is up.
Rake if you have Sudden Ambush or Shadowmeld and it will upgrade the snapshot of an existing rake.
Maintain Thrash, or cast Thrash if it is missing or in pandemic.
Rake on any target without it whenever you don’t have Brutal Slash charges.

Tier Set

Roots of Reclaiming Blight

2-Set Bonus – Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate a Winning Streak! increasing the damage of your Ferocious Bite, Rip, and Primal Wrath by 3% stacking up to 10 times. Ferocious Bite, Rip, and Primal Wrath have a 15% chance to remove Winning Streak!. Free Ferocious Bite are exempt from this chance.
4-Set Bonus – When you consume Apex Predator’s Craving, become a Big Winner, dealing (800% of Attack power) Physical damage to Apex Predator’s primary target and increasing the damage of your periodic effects by 16% for 6 sec.

General Tips

Dont waste Energy

Tiger’s Fury and other energy-related abilities should be used carefully to avoid overcapping and wasting limited resources.

Keep Debuffs Active

Keep key debuffs active as much as possible, since many of the most effective spells rely on their uptime.

Avoid Downtime

Staying in melee range is key to any melee spec. When avoiding mechanics try and ensure you’re using your mobility to get back into the fight asap.

Stat Priority

Haste: Increases attack speed and spell casting speed. This also applies to pets.
Critical Strike: Chance for extra effectiveness on attacks and heals (double damage/healing).
Mastery: Increases the effectiveness of Mastery: Razor Claws.
Versatility: Increases damage and healing, and reduces damage taken.

1. Agility- As with all specs, main stat will be top priority.

2. Mastery – Mastery amplifies the damage of all your bleeds and finishing moves.

3. Critical Strike – Critical Strike boosts Combo Point generation from abilities like Shred in single-target, but its value drops off at higher amounts—though it often remains the second-best stat.

4. Haste – Haste speeds up Energy regeneration and increases the tick rate of your bleed effects.

5. Versatility – Offers a flat increase to all your damage dealt and reduces damage taken, which is helpful for survivability in high-pressure content. While not a top priority for Feral, it’s a useful all-rounder stat.