Season of Discovery Feral Druid DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities

We will present the skill rotation for Feral DPS as a priority list. This is not an exact sequence in which abilities should be cast. Instead, what it means is, whenever you must choose between using different skills, try to use the one at the top of the list first.

Our list assumes you are running the recommended build from the talents page and are playing a maximum level character. If you are still leveling, please refer to the leveling-specific rotation located in the table of contents.

1. Use Faerie Fire (Feral) on pull to soften the target;
2. Open with Mangle, Rake and Savage Roar, taking care to refresh Mangle's debuff, Rake's debuff, and Savage Roar's buff as needed;
3. Use Glowing Gneuro-Linked Cowl and Catnip effects as soon as the boss is fully armor debuffed by Faerie Fire (Feral) and Sunder Armor or equivalent debuffs;
4. Use Tiger's Fury on cooldown when at 40 Energy or under to recover Energy with King of the Jungle;
5. Use Berserk on cooldown immediately after using Tiger's Fury;
6. Use any Omen of Clarity procs on Shred;
7. Use and refresh (after it expires) Rip at 5 Combo Points, preferably while under the effect of Tiger's Fury;
8. Use Shred as a filler for damage and combo point generation;
9. Powershift to Cat Form for Energy if you just dropped to 0 or close.

When facing multiple targets, spend your Energy on Swipe.

Tiger's Fury is now a critical rotational tool with King of the Jungle, making you deal 15% more physical damage which snapshots on damage over time effects such as Rake and Rip and also 60 extra Energy, with a 30-second cooldown. You should use it whenever your Energy dips low enough that you will not overcap Energy with your next regeneration tick and also in preparation for strong burst with Berserk and reapplication of your damage over time effects.

Powershifting is made possible by Furor's 40 Energy gain when shifting to Cat Form. You lose all Energy when shifting, making this not be an additional 40 Energy to what you had previously, but rather a reset to 40 Energy, no matter where you were at before.

Thus, because you can shapeshift from cat into cat for Mana with /cast !Cat Form macro, you can press it when close to 0 Energy to trade some Mana for 40 Energy, increasing your DPS potential drastically!