Feral Druid Gearing Guide

Feral Druid tier sets:

Two distinct sets in 11.2 based on Hero tree, as previously noted in 11.2 changes:

For Wildstalker, the 2 piece offers some AOE burst by instantly implanting Bloodseeker Vines on up to 3 different targets when you use Tiger's Fury, while also increasing the proc chance of Vines and damage of Bursting Growth. The 4 piece causes Vines to passively trigger Bursting Growth, which works particularly well with the 2 piece AOE Vine implant.

While the set may seem more on the passive side, it does increase the importance of core Wildstalker AOE gameplay - such as maintaining Rake on as many targets as possible to trigger as many Vines as possible, and Biting targets with Vines on them to trigger Bursting Growth.

The Druid of the Claw set is a little more interesting, with the 2 piece giving us a Crit, Haste, and Bleed buff for 5 seconds after using Ravage. This pairs nicely with things like Feral Frenzy, and creates an opportunity to dump energy or even Brutal Slash charges with the buff up. On top of this, it emphasises Druid of the Claws burst, where you will have almost full uptime on this buff during Berserk, meaning the 2 piece buff gets to stack with all your damage amps from Berserk and Tiger’s Fury.

The 4 piece simply gives Ravage a 40% chance to ‘echo,’ casting again 4 seconds later - meaning you will want ensure you position correctly for this, and yes it also procs the 2 piece again, as well as things like Sabertooth and Soul of the Forest.

As previously noted, these sets may change up where you play each Hero tree, as Druid of the Claw looks more competitive in raid than last tier, and Wildstalker looks more competitive in M+.

You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Feral Druid, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

• Overall
• Raiding
• Mythic+

As Feral, you always want to have 1 on-use stat trinket to use with your cooldowns. Your options this tier are as follows:

• Araz’s Ritual Forge - the overall best, however will be competitive obtaining it as it drops from Forgeweaver Araz in the raid.
• Unyielding Netherprism - potential to be quite strong in AOE, or if you can’t get Ritual Forge.
• Signet of the Priory - a relatively easy to obtain alternative for the M+ers.

For your second trinket, there are many viable options.

From raid you have:

• Astral Antenna - probably overall best, though there’s not much margin between a lot of trinkets.
• Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt - strong trinket though falls off a bit in AOE.

Dungeon:

• So’leah’s Secret Technique - great stat stick that is equally competitive with raid trinkets, just make sure you use it on an ally.
• Empowering Crystal of Anub’ikkaj - also equally good as the rest.

However there are many other competitive choices, be sure to sim your trinkets to get a general idea of strength based on your character and stats (everyone will be slightly different!), both in patchwerk and dungeonslice.

For your first craft, you could wait until you clear some of the raid content and if you don’t loot a weapon, then Charged Halberd is a good pick with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. However if you do loot a weapon, instead look to craft item upgrades in non-tier slots.

If you exclusively play M+, then a weapon is a great first-choice for crafting.

The recommended embellishment that is great in all types of content is Duskthread Lining. Its best to craft on off-pieces (non-tier), you can initially craft wherever you can gain the biggest item-level upgrade, however long term the best two slots are wrist (Rune-Branded Armbands) and waist (Rune-Branded Waistband).

Key Items

Tier: Ultimately it doesn’t matter which 4 slots you choose for your tier, what’s important is acquiring it as quickly as you can; for your off-piece (5th slot not using tier) you can pick an item with whatever stats you need, determined by simming your character on raidbots.com.

As a Feral Druid, you do want a nice mix of all stats (though we still have some that are stronger than others like Mastery), and as a result what items are best for you will depend on what other gear you have.

Other Items of Interest:

• Weapon: Harvester’s Interdiction is our best-in-slot in 11.2, you should try farm it when M+ opens, and if you ever get a Mythic track version in your vault - prioritise grabbing it!
• Cloak: Needless to say, Reshii Wraps is a feature item of the patch and will be best-in-slot.
• Boots: Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals from raid empower your cloak.
• Ring: Band of the Shattered Soul - may be hard to obtain as will be a very competitive drop from the last drop from the raid, but offers some free damage mitigation.

Best D.I.S.C Belt & Miniature Titan Disc Effects

Patch 11.1.7 introduces a new belt that automatically becomes best in slot, the Durable Information Securing Container.

It’s recommended you socket Static Charge with this.

For more information about unlocking the DISC belt and the different Miniature Titan Disc effects available, check out Method's D.I.S.C Belt Guide.