Feral Dps Druid PvE Guide - Cataclysm Classic

Cataclysm Classic Feral Dps Druid Rotation

As a Feral Druid, you will need to manage your
Savage Roar
buff, while maintaining DoTs
Rip
and
Rake
on your enemies and finding opportunities to use
Ferocious Bite
. Feral Druids are similar to what they were in Wrath of the Lich King, but
Savage Roar
moves down a bit in priority since it only affects auto attacks.

Opener

1. Your Opener will always be slightly different because of
   Primal Fury
   .
2. Pre-pot
   Potion of the Tol'vir
   .
3. Use
   Faerie Fire (Feral)
   if assigned.
4. Use
   Feral Charge (Cat)
   .
5. Use
   Mangle (Cat)
   if assigned, otherwise
   Rake
   .
6. Use
   Savage Roar
   .
7. Use the free
   Ravage
   from
   Stampede
   .
8. Use
   Shred
   until 5 Combo Points.
9. Use
   Tiger's Fury
   to gain Energy from
   King of the Jungle
   .
10. Use
    Berserk
    .
11. Use
    Rip
    .
12. Proceed with single target rotation.

Single Target

1. Maintain
   Faerie Fire (Feral)
   if assigned.
2. Maintain
   Mangle (Cat)
   if assigned.
3. Use
   Tiger's Fury
   if you won't cap on Energy gained from
   King of the Jungle
   .
4. Use
   Berserk
   .
5. Use the free
   Ravage
   from
   Stampede
   without capping on Energy.
6. Maintain 5 Combo Point
   Rip
   .
   Ferocious Bite
   will handle this on targets at or below 25% HP thanks to
   Blood in the Water
   . Try to apply
   Rip
   during the
   Tiger's Fury
   buff.
7. Maintain
   Rake
   . Try to apply it during the
   Tiger's Fury
   buff. If your current
   Rake
   has less than 9 seconds left, override during
   Tiger's Fury
   .
8. Maintain
   Savage Roar
   .
9. Run out and use
   Feral Charge (Cat)
   to proc
   Stampede
   , then use
   Ravage
   .
10. Use
    Ferocious Bite
    at 5 Combo Points and 60 Energy if it will not lead to downtime on
    Rip
    and
    Savage Roar
    , otherwise use it with any amount of Combo Points that will allow none of your DoTs and buffs to fall off .
11. Use
    Shred
    to build Combo Points.
12. Go
    Bear Form
    and use a combination of
    Mangle
    ,
    Maul
    , and
    Thrash
    during downtime.

AoE

2 targets:

1. Maintain
   Rip
   and
   Rake
   on both targets.
2. Follow single target rotation.

3 or more targets:

3. Use
   Swipe (Cat)
   .

Cataclysm Classic Feral Dps Druid Talents

Standard Build

Cataclysm Classic Feral Dps Druid Glyphs

Prime:
Berserk
,
Bloodletting
,
Rip
Major:
Feral Charge
,
Rebirth
,
Ferocious Bite
Minor:
Dash
,
Unburdened Rebirth
,
Mark of the Wild

Cataclysm Classic Feral Dps Druid Best Consumables

Flasks and Elixirs

Best:
• Flask of the Winds

Food

Best:
• Seafood Magnifique Feast
  ,
• Skewered Eel
  ,
• Fortune Cookie

Alternatives:
• Broiled Dragon Feast
  ,
• Tender Baked Turtle

Potions

Best:
• Potion of the Tol'vir

Cataclysm Classic Feral Dps Druid Best Races

Alliance

1. Worgen:
   Viciousness

Horde

1. Troll:
   Berserking

Cataclysm Classic Feral Dps Druid Best Professions

1. Engineering:
   Synapse Springs
   .
2. The rest of the professions are very close in power, with Blacksmithing becoming better with epic gems in T13.