wow Feral Druid Changes in Dragonflight Beta Build 45335

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Feral Druids have been slightly reworked on the Beta and received new talents and various adjustments.

Druid

Feral

• Infected Wounds - Rake causes an Infected Wound in the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 20% for 12 sec. Rake damage increased by 20.
• Tiger's Fury - Instantly restores 30 50 Energy, and increases the damage of all your attacks by 15% for their full duration. Lasts 10 sec.
• Berserk - Finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point spent to refund 2 combo points. Rake and Shred deal damage as though you were stealthed.
• Berserk: Relentless renamed to Berserk. Go berserk for 20 sec, giving finishing moves a 20% chance per combo point spent to refund 2 combo points. Combines with other Berserk abilities. Go Berserk for 20 sec. While Berserk: Rage and Shred deal damage as though you were stealthed.
• Improved Tiger's Fury renamed to Tiger's Fury (Rank 2). Tiger's Fury generates an additional 10 30 energy.
• Improved Bleeds (Rank 3) - Shred deals 20% increased damage against bleeding targets. Shred and Swipe/Brutal Slash deal 20% increased damage against bleeding targets.
• Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane - An improved Cat Form that grants all of your known Berserk effects and reduces the Energy cost of all Cat Form abilities by [ 20 + 25% of Spell Power ]%. Lasts 30 sec. You may shapeshift in and out of this improved Cat Form for its duration. An improved Cat Form that grants all of your known Berserk effects and lasts 30 sec. You may shapeshift in and out of this improved Cat Form for its duration. During Incarnaton: Energy cost of all Cat Form abilities is reduced by [ 20+ 25% of Spell Power ]%, and Prowl can be used once while in combat. Finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point spent to refund 2 combo points. Rake and Shred deal damage as though you were stealthed.
• Brutal Slash - Strikes all nearby enemies with a massive slash, inflicting [ 82.8% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. Deals 20% increased damage against bleeding targets. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Guardian

• Guardian Druid (Spec Aura) 
  • Increases damage/healing by 16%: Brambles, Mangle, Thrash
  • Increases periodic damage/healing by 16%: Brambles, Mangle, Thrash

New Druid Talents

The following new Feral Druid talents were added in Dragonflight Beta Build 45335.

• Piercing Claws - Critical Strike chance increased by 2%.
• Carnivorous Instinct - Tiger's Fury's damage bonus is increased by 2%.
• Pouncing Strikes - While stealthed, Rake will also stun the target for 4 sec, and deal 60% increased damage. While stealthed, Shred deals 60% increased damage, has double the chance to critically strike, and generates 1 additional combo points.
• Wild Slashes - Swipe and Thrash damage is increased by 20%.
• Raging Fury - Finishing moves extend the duration of Tiger's Fury by 0.4 sec per combo point spent.
• Dreadful Bleeding - Rip damage increased by 15%.
• Frenzied Assault - Finishing moves extend the duration of Tiger's Fury by 0.4 sec per combo point spent.
• Berserk: Heart of the Lion - Each combo point spent reduces the cooldown of Berserk/Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane by 0.5 sec.
• Ashamane's Guidance - Your melee attacks have a chance to activate Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane for 6 sec, without the ability to enter stealth in combat.
• Tear/Rip and Tear - Applying Rip to a target also applies a Tear that deals [ 1.8% of Attack Power ] Bleed damage for each combo point spent over 6 sec.

[Ragingwolf 310]

I'm not a Feral main but these changes look promising on the Alpha; may even try an alt during DF to see how smooth the changes are for endgame content.

[Prophet001 598]

18 minutes ago, Ragingwolf said:

I'm not a Feral main but these changes look promising on the Alpha; may even try an alt during DF to see how smooth the changes are for endgame content.

I don't know man. There's not much faith I put in Feral main's feedback. They've been crying about the class for 20 years and they'll tell you it's because it's been bad for 20 years.

Objectively: it hasn't.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Prophet001

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9 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

I don't know man. There's not much faith I put in Feral main's feedback. They've been crying about the class for 20 years and they'll tell you it's because it's been bad for 20 years.

Objectively: it hasn't.

No, feral druids have been upset since legion. They changed a unique interesting DoT class into a basic boring easy version of assassin rogue with envenom. 99% of ferals just want the play style back. Just like how spriest are upset. They do good damage but they ruined what they liked about the spec. They are badly designed specs of once amazing specs. Talent trees are a good chance to fix them, spriest already look a lot better and it’s time for feral to go back to the good days