PvE Feral Druid DPS Talents & Builds – WoW Classic
Nevermore • Updated June 7, 2025
A guide to the best talents & builds for dps Feral Druids in WoW Classic. Feral Druids have one standard build that is specifically designed for Powershifting. The act is defined as constantly getting out of Cat Form and back in Cat Form to generate Energy and spam abilities. However, players may also choose a different build that is specifically made to provide Off-Tanking services whilst still mainly remaining a DPS if their guild requires them to.
Standard (Powershifting Build)
This is the standard Powershifting build that aims to enhance the act as much as possible, through talents such as Omen of Clarity and Furor. In addition, the build features important talents such as Blood Frenzy, Improved Shred, Faerie Fire (Feral), Heart of the Wild, and Leader of the Pack.
The main difference to this build compared to any other DPS/Off-Tank build is the lack of points in Feral Instinct, which means no increased Threat and a higher chance to be detected while in Prowl. This build should not be used in any circumstance for any type of tanking and should only be taken for a pure DPS role. In case you wish to alter the build and maintain most of the talents, simply swap Ferocity for Feral Instinct. However, this change also dampens the performance by increasing Maul‘s Rage Cost.
Off-Tanking Build
The Off-Tanking build is very similar to the Standard Build, however, the focus is on reducing Maul‘s Rage Cost as much as possible while having 5/5 points in Feral Instinct to have maximum Threat Generation. The downside of this build is that it has fewer points in Feral Aggression, meaning lower damage generated by Ferocious Bite.
The rest of the build stays the same with talents such as Omen of Clarity, Furor, Blood Frenzy, Improved Shred, Faerie Fire (Feral), Heart of the Wild, and Leader of the Pack.
PvE Feral Druid DPS Talents, Builds & Glyphs
Feral druids have many valuable talents available to them which can improve their ability to tank, DPS, or both. Therefore, there is no single correct build, and the talents you should get depend on how much you will tank or DPS within the same spec. If you have Dual Talent Specialization and dedicate both your specialisations to PvE, you can use the pure-DPS build shown below and the tank build shown here.
There are several useful glyphs for Feral tanks and for Feral DPS. Unfortunately, these do not overlap, and make up the most difference between tank and DPS builds. This makes the Feral tree less hybrid than in previous expansions, though a mixed tank/dps build is still perfectly viable, at least for an off-tank.
Talents
| Uncoloured | Core, mandatory talents |
| Blue | Cat-oriented optional talents |
| Green | Bear-oriented optional talents |
Glyphs
Is Survival in the fittest a “Must have”?
I don’t see value from it for cat form
Hi! 6% to all stats is great value for your DPS. I’d definitely recommend it!
hey why not go for improved mangle?
Could you add two talent trees addressing cat dps and bear dps separately?
it’s a very good guide, well done
PvE Feral Druid DPS Talents & Builds
bobodingo • Updated June 2, 2025
The only must-have talents are in Feral Tier 1 – 3 talents are Ferocity and Sharpened Claws. Everything else is a personal preference.
The above build has Feral Swiftness to maximize time dealing damage, while not wasting it for running to the target. Feral Aggression is taken for Ferocious Bite damage increase, usable in situations where the target will not live long enough for Rip to be effective.
“Everything else is a personal preference.” HAHA no sir. If you go wild you are going to get some PVP stuff thats of no help in PVE. you need to reword this.