3.1.
Midnight Season 1 Changes
Midnight Season 1 is well underway, and has all of the usual endgame offerings
available. It has the unique twist of three new Raids, alongside
Midnight's first Season of both Mythic+ and PvP. Below, we have some quick links
to dedicated hubs covering everything available!
3.2.
Patch 12.0.7 Changes
While Patch 12.0.7 doesn't come with any major class changes for Havoc,
it does introduce a wide variety of new content for you to check out:
Augment your character with the Omnium Folio
The Omnium Folio is a new source of player power, unlocked over the course of a
few weeks that provides additional damage and procs. For recommendations on which
options to pick, check out our
Talents page.
Venture into Sporefall
A new single encounter Raid releases alongside Patch 12.0.7, adding powerful new
Sporefused items to acquire. Find out more on our Sporefall
page!
Face the Void in Showdown Areas
Carrying on from Void Assaults introduced in 12.0.5, you can now venture into enemy
territory to face the Void head on. These also introduce the Heroic World Tier,
making things even more dangerous! For more details on what's available, check our
Showdown Zones page.
New Patch Content
Check out our 12.0.7 Patch Hub for all the information you may need on new content,
new gameplay systems, and more!
3.3.
Patch 12.0.7 Class Changes
Patch 12.0.7 unfortunately brings no changes to Feral, so our build choices
remain the same as earlier in Season 1. The introduction of both Sporefused
Gear from Sporefall and the Omnium Folio, however, does
provide extra power and changes some of our previous recommendations. Make sure
to check out both our Talents
and Gear pages to find out more!
Combat Information
Check out how the Omnium Folio system and Sporefused Gear from Sporefall
affects Feral in Patch 12.0.7 on our Builds and Gear pages!
In case you've missed previous updates to Feral over the course of Midnight
Season 1, click the dropdown below to read up on hotfixes released in previous
patches!
Click for Previous Season 1 Hotfixes
3.4.
Patch 12.0.5 Changes
With the release of Patch 12.0.5, Feral had some specific changes made to its
Apex Talents to prevent some rotational confusion:
This change was implemented to enforce 5 Combo Point spenders, as previously
the Apex Talent was rewarding spending at lower values. It maintains the full
benefit from free casts via 
Apex Predator's Craving and 
Convoke the Spirits
to make sure these talents stay relevant, but is mostly done to remove confusion
on when best to spend resources.
3.5.
March 31st Hotfixes
In early Season 1, some small additional tuning notes were added
by Blizzard to coincide with the release of March on Quel'danas.
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Feral Druid
Developers' notes: Our intention here is to improve Feral damage in raids,
without increasing their damage in M+, which is already competitive.
- All damage increased by 3%
Frantic Frenzy damage reduced by 8%
This was a modest aura buff to improve performance in all areas, with a slight
reduction in AoE burst potential – though Frantic Frenzy remains a
very powerful AoE tool.
3.6.
Season 1 Release Changes
At the release of Season 1, Blizzard announced some significant buffs for
Feral Druid on March 18th. These include a number of increases to abilities that
are used across both Hero Trees.
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These changes combined were a significant increase in the region of 10%, aiming
to improve its initially weak performance in the first few weeks of raid release.
3.7.
Feral Druid Changes in Midnight
With the release of Midnight, Feral sees some fairly significant changes, with
many previously core mechanics being impacted. Snapshotting in particular has been
simplified significantly, while the number of active buttons used has also been
reduced. While some parts remain similar to previous iterations, there's
definitely less things to pay attention to - for better or worse. Since these
changes have a fairly large impact on how the Spec operates, changes are broken
down into sections below.
3.7.1.
Rotation & Talent Changes
Feral saw some sweeping changes to snapshotting mechanics and how they relate
to Bleeds. Most notably, 
Bloodtalons has been removed and
Sudden Ambush has been reworked, so the primary source of Bleed
amplification is 
Tiger's Fury. This means there's a lot less debuff
juggling, and is easier to execute.
Additionally, a few specific changes have been made in the tree:
Thrash and 
Brutal Slash have been removed from the tree.
Chomp has been added as a high damage attack available at certain
Energy thresholds
Feral Frenzy has had a follow-up node added - either reducing its cooldown
to 30 seconds with Focused Frenzy, or converting it to AoE with Frantic Frenzy.
Ashamane's Guidance now reduces the cooldown of Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane to 1m30s.
Blood Spattered and 
Hunger for Battle added, providing bonuses
from 
Rip in AoE.
3.7.2.
Feral Apex Talent - Unseen Predator
The new class feature in Midnight are Apex Talents, powerful 4-step talent nodes
that provide compounding benefits when taken. For Feral, 
Unseen Predator
focuses on amplifying finishers, increasing damage dealt and triggering bonus
attacks:
- Unseen Predator — Ferocious Bite has a 15% chance per
Combo Point spent to trigger Unseen Slash or Unseen Swipe,
depending on targets nearby. Damage is reduced if less than 5 Combo Points and
50 Energy was spent to activate.
- Unseen Predator — has two points, increasing all damage you
deal by 7.5% per point for 1 second per Combo Point spent when an Unseen Attack
is triggered via Unseen Predator. Extra attacks will extend the
duration.
- Unseen Predator — increases all Rip damage you deal
by 30%. Additionally, casting Tiger's Fury will cause your next two
Combo Point generating attacks to trigger an Unseen Attack for its maximum
damage.
The entire package is quite strong, buffing finishers that lie at the heart of
both builds. 
Wildstalker in particular gets great benefit from the
extra Rip multiplier, which also improves both trees significantly in
AoE. The effect is, however, mostly passive and happens through regular gameplay.
3.7.3.
Hero Talent Changes
While the spec saw some sweeping changes at its core, Hero Talents remain very
similar to how they were before. Some additional integration has been added to new
talent options, but their damage profile split is still looking to remain the same.
A brief overview of changes are:
-
Druid of the Claw Changes - Click for Details
Tear Down the Mighty now increases the damage of Feral Frenzy and Chomp by 25%.
Strike for the Heart now increases damage abilities by 10% and Critical Strike chance by 5%.
Claw Rampage now has a 20% chance to activate (down from 25%).- Three new talents:
Limb from Limb, 
Twin Claw and
Exacerbating Wounds.
The changes to Druid of the Claw provide additional access to 
Ravage,
while trying to still keep some value from Bleed effects via new talents. In
particular, Tear Down the Mighty has been made more appealing by amplifying
both the new Chomp and Feral Frenzy, but is otherwise built in
the same way as before: a focus on high impact Ferocious Bite
enhancements.
-
Wildstalker Changes - Click for Details
- Three new talents:
Patient Custodian, 
Rampancy and
Green Thumb.
Instead for Wildstalker, very little was changed about the tree,
retaining its strong focus on Bleeds and DoT effects. New talents incorporate a
stronger focus on 
Bursting Growth by adding a passive chance for it to
trigger from 
Bloodseeker Vines, but still remains a fairly simple passive
tree.
3.7.4.
Utility & Defense
In both the utility and defensive department, Feral remains very similar to The
previously, aside from the loss of 
Nature's Vigil. In exchange, 
Heart of the Wild
was turned into an active defense tool - increasing your maximum health if used
during 
Bear Form by 30%. The Midnight utility toolkit is also is effectively
the same, bringing 
Typhoon, 
Ursol's Vortex and
Incapacitating Roar, while still having 
Innervate for your healers.
Wildstalker
Druid of the Claw
