Feral Druid Mythic+ Guide (2024)

• Your Rip and Rake have a chance to grow Thriving Growth on any affected target.

• Every vine does a DoT effect and debuffs the target with Vigorous Creepers.

• Whenever you Ferocious Bite a target with a vine, you trigger the effect of Bursting Growth, which also triggers the effect when the vine expires.

• Your gain a nice damage boost to your abilities with Root Network, this talent is stronger the more mobs you are fight.

• A nice little passive to Wildstalker is Twin Sprouts, which give you more vine overall.

• Your auto-attacks have a chance to make your next Ferocious Bite become Ravage.
  • An empowered Ferocious Bite that deals damage in an arc in front of you, so make sure to always face as many enemies as possible.

• Dreadful Wound is applied to every target hit by Ravage.
  • Dreadful Wound can be extended with Aggravate Wounds.

• Ruthless Aggression is a nice auto-attack speed boost which procs Omen of Clarity and Ravage more often.

• Frenzied Regeneration can be cast in Cat Form with Empowered Shapeshifting.
  • You also gain 10% maximum health during the duration with Fount of Strength.

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in higher Mythic+ keys. Thriving Growth performs better when enemies stay alive for longer periods of time.

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

• Tiger's Fury
  • Increase the damage of all your attacks for their full duration.
• Adaptive Swarm
  • You want to maximize the amount of Adaptive Swarm by casting Adaptive Swarm on as many targets as possible. This can even be on friendly targets if you already have Adaptive Swarm on every enemy.
• Apex Predator's Craving
  • Every Rip tick, you have a chance to make your next Ferocious Bite free and deal the maximum damage.
• Primal Wrath
  • Applies Rip in AoE.
• Omen of Clarity
  • Your auto attacks have a chance to cause your next Shred, Thrash and/or Swipe / Brutal Slash to cost 0 energy.
  • To maximize this effect you want to avoid using it on Brutal Slash as it costs way less energy than the other abilities.
  • You want Moment of Clarity up as well to boost its efficacy further.
• Convoke the Spirits
  • Use this to cast a bunch of powerful spells on your target.

Hero Talents

• Root Network
  • Your default pick since Resilient Flourishing is more focused on single-target.
• Twin Sprouts
  • Outperforms Implant in Mythic+.

When to use this Spec

Use this spec in the low to mid-range of Mythic+ keys or if you like having Ferocious Bite most of your damage.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Saber Jaws
    • Increase damage of Ferocious Bite and Ravage.

• Removed
  • Rip and Tear
  • Ashamane's Guidance

Hero Talents

Changed Wildstalker to Druid of the Claw for more info visit the Hero Talent section above.

• Killing Strikes
  • Ruthless Aggression is also fine, it is more single-target but requires you perfect melee uptime which can be rough in real practice.
• Strike for the Heart
  • We are not using Feral Frenzy so Tear Down the Mighty is kinda worthless.
• Empowered Shapeshifting
  • Wildpower Surge is just worse in every aspect.

Opener

• Your goal as a Feral Druid is to cast as many Ferocious Bites as possible without wasting uptime on your bleeds like Rip and Rake. Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks using the recommended Mythic+ talent spec.

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight as Feral Druid.

1. Berserk.
2. Tiger's Fury.
3. Convoke the Spirits.
4. Keep Rake up.
5. Keep Rip up.
6. Adaptive Swarm
7. Ferocious Bite.
8. Keep Thrash up.
9. Use Brutal Slash to not overcap charges.
10. Shred.

Opener

• Below, you can see an example of how your opener looks like as Feral Druid using the recommended mythic+ talent spec.

Priority List

1. Berserk.
2. Tiger's Fury.
3. Convoke the Spirits.
4. Keep Rake up on most targets.
5. Keep Rip up with Primal Wrath.
6. Use Adaptive Swarm on a target with 2 stacks or without it.
7. Ferocious Bite.
8. Keep Thrash up.
9. Use Brutal Slash to not overcap charges.
10. Shred.

Boss Tips

Avanoxx

• Use Barkskin or Survival Instinctson Alerting Shrill.
• Avoid kiting Starved Crawlers into the boss else the boss receives Insatiable.
  • Use Ursol's Vortex and Typhoon to keep them stacked.
  • AoE them down as soon as possible.
• Utilize Renewal for Gossamer Onslaught and make sure to bait as a group.

Anub'zekt

• You can Wild Charge when targeted by Burrow Charge to dodge it.
• Kill Bloodstained Webmages fast and interrupt Silken Restraints.
• Use Barkskin or Survival Instinctson Infestation, you also spawn a tornado at your location at the end of the debuff.

Ki'katal the Harvester

• You can use Nature's Cure on Cultivated Poisons to dispell yourself or an ally, watch out for the waves!
• You want to use the Grasping Blood to root yourself to avoid Cosmic Singularity.
• When you're affected by Grasping Blood you can use any form of crowd control instead of killing it to cancel your root.
  • Incapacitating Roar
  • Typhoon

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Resonant Barrage from Trilling Attendant.
  • Horrifying Shrill from Ixin.
  • Revolting Volley from Bloodstained Webmage.
  • Venom Volley from Blood Overseer.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Alarm Shrill from Sentry Stagshell
    • A really long cast that needs to get disrupted.
  • Massive Slam from Nerubian Hauler and Hulking Bloodguard
    • A short stun that ramps in damage done per cast.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.

Boss Tips

Orator Krix'vizk

• Use Barkskin, Survival Instincts and Renewal during Vociferous Indoctrination.
• Improved Stampeding Roar helps you and your team dodge Terrorize.
• Make sure to stay in the circle or you will take damage et gripped to the boss because of Chains of Oppression.

Fangs of the Queen

• Watch out for Knife Throw and Ice Sickles. Use defensives if you're targeted by those abilities.

The Coaglamation

• Use your defensives for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
• Make sure to catch every Viscous Darkness or the boss will heal a lot.

Izo, the Grand Splicer

• Use your defensives for Splice since it's the highest damage event during this fight.
• Can also use Renewal before a Tremor Slam.
• Umbral Weave is probably the hardest mechanic to deal with because you have a limited amount of time to destroy everyone's root and might end up dying to Shifting Anomalies.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
  • Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
  • Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
  • Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
  • Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.

Boss Tips

E.D.N.A.

• Always stack up to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
• Use Barkskin or Survival Instincts for Earth Shatterer.
  • Barkskin can even be used on the Refracting Beam prior and still be up for the Earth Shatterer.

Skarmorak

• The goal is to kill every Crystal Shards one by one or sometimes 2 if you can survive Crystalline Eruption.
  • It is okay to not kill the last Crystal Shards of the second set and making sure you kill the other two as you have a very short time window.
• Use your defensive before Unstable Crash happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.

Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita

• Use your defensive during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.

Void Speaker Eirich

• Use your defensive on Entropic Reckoning if you still have Void Corruption.
• You need to make good uses of Wild Charge to keep a decent uptime on the boss. Can also use Skull Bash as a gap-closer.

Trash Tips

• Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
  • Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
  • Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
  • Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
  • Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.
• Talent into Remove Corruption.

Boss Tips

Speaker Shadowcrown

• You can use Renewal when Burning Shadows get dispelled and apply Shadow Shroud.

Anub'ikkaj

• Make sure to AoE down Animate Shadows adds quickly.
• Use dBarkskin or Survival Instincts for Shadowy Decay.

Rasha'nan

• Stampeding Roar to quickly deliver Arathi Bombs.
  • The boss will go into Phase 2 after 6 bombs are delivered.
• Be aware of Erosive Spray. It applies Lingering Erosion which is dangerous when combined with other damage events.
• During Phase 2 you want to drop your Spinneret's Strands on the left or right side to keep the middle clean.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
  • Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.

Boss Tips

Ingra Maloch

• Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted.
• Try to line up your cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.

Mistcaller

• Use your defensives during the Guessing Game.

Tred'ova

• Mind Link's main target is always the tank so make sure to position yourself on the opposite side of the boss.
• Use your defensives at 66% and 33% of the boss HP as he goes in the center of the room and shield himself.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
  • Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
  • Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
  • Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
  • Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
  • Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.

Boss Tips

Blightbone

• Barkskin or Survival Instincts if you're targeted by Heaving Retch, bait it behind the boss.
• Always use Typhoon or Ursol's Vortex on Carrion Worms when they are too close.

Amarth, The Harvester

• If any adds are still alive during Final Harvest, use any crowd-control to them. With them crowd-controlled, the boss doesn't cast Tortured Echoes even though an add is alive.

Surgeon Stitchflesh

• You want to use your Bloody Javelin on this boss.

Nalthor the Rimebinder

• You can shapeshift Frozen Binds if for any reason you need to free yourself.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
  • Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
  • Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
  • Frostbolt Volley from Reanimted Mage.
  • Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
  • Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.

Boss Tips

Chopper Redhook

• Try to maximize the damage on the boss when he walks over a Bomb making him takes more damage Heavy Ordnance.

Dread Captain Lockwood

• Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.
• As a Feral Druid you will always remove Evasive from the boss which very useful.
• You can bait 2 AoE of Sighted Artillery before dodging it, which give you way more room to have uptime on the boss.

Hadal Darkfathom

• Use your defensives for Break Water.

Viq'Goth

• Use your defensives when the healer has to dispell the other person on Putrid Waters.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.

Boss Tips

General Umbriss

• Stampeding Roar to help you and your group dodge Shadowflame Breath from Commanding Roar.
• Use Barkskin or Survival Instincts for Commanding Roar.

Forgemaster Throngus

• Use defensives during Forge Weapon.
• Bait the Fiery Cleave to an already existing Molten Pool.
• Drop your Molten Spark debuff near an existing Molten Pool.

Drahga Shadowburner

• Use Barkskin or Survival Instincts for Twilight Buffet.
• You can Remove Corruption the Curse of Entropy

Erudax, the Duke of Below

• Use defensives during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.
• You can use Mutated Hatchlings as a funnel for more boss damage! Do not kill them too quick or else you will have Shadow Wound stacks for the Void Surge.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • You can LoS Umbral Wind.
  • Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
  • Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Always use Adaptive Swarm on cooldown so that you build an army of swarm, they stay when you start the key.
• Take Remove Corruption.

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