Feral Druid DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.0.5)
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Feral Druid, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral DPS Druid gems and enchants.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Feral Druid
This section covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, potions, and flasks to use with your character. Please visit our dedicated Stats page to get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Feral Druid.
For all consumables excluding food in the lists below, if you are looking for a cheaper alternative look for a lower rank of the same item listed. The price difference is often significant for a small loss in stats gained.
Best Gems for Feral Druid
It is highly recommended that you simulate your character for gems, as individual gear pieces have a big impact on gem options. As our stats are very similar across both Hero Talent trees and content types, we have a one-size-fits-all approach:
- You should use Culminating Blasphemite in your first socket.
- You should aim to have one of each color of gem to maximize its effect, focusing on Critical Strike, meaning one of Deadly Emerald, Deadly Onyx, and Deadly Sapphire.
- All other sockets should have Masterful Ruby / Deadly Onyx.
Due to Feral having high value from both Critical Strike and Mastery, it is especially important to sim your own character to work out your best gem options.
You can, if you so wish, also substitute the Culminating Blasphemite for an Elusive Blasphemite for a minor DPS loss if you feel you would get more out of additional passive movement speed.
Best Enchants for Feral Druid
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For weapons, Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths performs best in exclusively single target situations suited to raids, but in any cleave or AoE situation two Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power is the better choice, making it the pick for Mythic+.
Your ring enchants are determined by character sims, as both Critical Strike and Mastery options are likely to be very similar in value.
Cloak, Bracer, and Boot enchants are personal preferences as they have no direct impact on performance, but we recommend Avoidance and Stamina for the extra survivability.
Best Flask for Feral Druid
There are two options for your flask of choice depending on the situation:
- Flask of Alchemical Chaos — is slightly more RNG than the alternatives, but is a net positive in stats and also leads to stronger Tempered Potion uses, so it is recommended.
- Flask of Tempered Aggression / Flask of Tempered Mastery — Numerically weaker, but more consistent by providing a bulk of a stat we want at all times. Does lead to a weaker Tempered Potion, however.
You can also obtain a flask of your choice from Algari Flask Cauldrons provided by Alchemists.
Best Potion for Feral Druid
Tempered Potion is your potion of choice and should be used alongside your major cooldowns and Bloodlust / Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Algari Potion Cauldron provided by Alchemists.
Algari Healing Potion is the current best healing potion. Using this has a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss fight should it go on long enough. Additionally, Warlock's Healthstones do not share a cooldown with other healing consumables. Remember to use it as well if you are holding one!
Best Food for Feral Druid in The War Within
Feral should be making use of primary stat food to boost its Agility if a Feast of the Midnight Masquerade is provided. Otherwise, use any of Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board or Empress' Farewell for personal food.
Weapon Enhancement Consumables for Feral Druid
Your weapon enhancement consumable of choice is Ironclaw Whetstone for the additional Attack Power.
Augment Runes for Feral Druid
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Added note for Speed Blasphemite.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5, changed food recommendation to secondary food.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7, no changes necessary.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5, small note about Gem alternatives.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1 for new enchants available.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated for Primordial Stones hotfixes.
- 22 Mar. 2023: Updated to account for Primordial Stones hotfix.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Wordup, a frequent theorycrafter involved in a number of class communities. He is also an experienced player who has been in the world top 100 since the days of Sunwell, currently raiding in Echoes. You can also follow him on Twitter.
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