Question about feral

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I have not been playing WoW much, since BFA launched and I saw how much feral got murdered in all ways. I have decided to come back to the game lately, and maybe even try to do a some raiding. (a big maybe)…

But, since I haven’t been around much, I have no idea where feral is now. I am interested in how well (or maybe I should say - how poor) is feral doing, when it comes to endgame pve. (not in m+, just normal and heroic raiding). Compared to the start of BFA when it was just terrible…

There isn’t much info on it anywhere, are people even playing feral anymore? The state of feral druids was one of the main reasons I felt I should almost completely abandon the game. I hope it’s slightly better now?

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They are not the best but they are solid , really challenging spec and hard to master.Feral for pve you wanna run 3x jungle fury with 3x wildfresh rending for stat traits you go for unstable flames and overwhelming power ,you need to get worldvein essence (300% primary stat)as major and unlock 3 minor slots and get , conflict and strife (versatility), memory of lucid dreams (energy regen) and focusing iris (haste). feral is heavy gear dependant spec requires alot of effort and time to put into it , you really need to learn how to sim yourself cause its heavy stat dependant aswell but diffrence between feral and meta spec atm is if you fail your rotation and you dont do it right it will be really punishing and it will cost you to be bottom dps , while meta class can recover faster.

If you really want to put time and effort into it and want a challenge go for it
if you dont like to spend time studying logs and siming yourself to improve dps as much as you can then i suggest you to go balance druid or other melee specs like DH and Rogue.

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I main druid, and feral is the spec that i enjoy the most.
Been playing it since MoP, and been with it’s ups and downs.
As it stands currently, people don’t see feral as a viable choice. Probably due to how rare they are.
Though they’re rare, i consistently top dmg meters in raids in dungeons (Am/was pretty over geared to be fair).

All specs are “playable” currently, thought some more than others obviously.
But feral isn’t in a bad place at all. It just takes a bit more to master.

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The problem I find is its hard to keep up with most other classes by having to do twice the work, and if you mess up your rotation your dps will plummet.

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Feral is good but it is also HEAVILY gear dependent, and is from many peoples experience one of the most difficult DPS melee specs in game.

It takes some learning to get good at and require more than just being good at your spell rotation, but once you get that “eureka” moment and realize how Feral works you feel VERY powerful playing this spec.

But like I said it is VERY gear dependent.

And if you were like me as I were at the start of BFA, where I didn’t care that much about traits and just picked what seemed best, you WILL fail as Feral. Feral is literally broken without the right gear, and this is where people get frustrated and starts ranting about “Feral being a bad spec”.

So all in all Feral IS good, but it suffers from “bad exposure” from players who thought they could just pick it up and play it by JUST learning the proper spell rotation.

If you aren’t the type of player that likes grinding for specific gear, but want to do high end mythic+ runs, Feral isn’t for you. You NEED to be willing to get the right gear.

Without the Masterful Instinct trait you will die very easily in PvP. But if you have at least 2 of this trait on your gear you will feel very tanky. With 3 of it you will become more tanky than a Pally.

You will also need Jungle Fury as a trait, and preferably 2 of them. It will help with Ferals “critical strike” which is crucial for high dmg as Feral.

For mythic+ your azerite trait setup will be different, and I can see others have mentioned it above so I won’t repeat it :slight_smile:

With these traits you essentially just need to pop Survival Instincts, which is your main defensive spell, at the start of a fight and you will stay alive for much longer. And then make sure you use Tigers Fury at the right time during your rotation :slight_smile: AND of cause learn the proper rotation hehe

Oh and just to mention it. If you plan on doing higher mythic+ dungeons, you probably won’t get picked first. The reason Feral isn’t recommended for dungeons is not that our dmg is bad, it is because we lack utility. People will always ask you to “go Boomie” if you play with “hardcore” mythic+ers :roll_eyes:

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Feral is in great shape and very underrated. It is much easier to play than ever before. It is fun and have great survivability and also single target dps and aoe.

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100% agree , its sad to see this big youtubers and method excluding it

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The reason for that, is that they don’t bring much other than a cr, and stampeding. Which isn’t really needed when they already have boomies, and movement enough.

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That passion i see when reading your posts makes me wanna play Feral even if it’s worst spec ever.

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Instant roots while boomy has to cast it ? , soothe to dispel enraged in dungeons , hibrenate on knot of snakes in temple of sethralis? yes boomy can go mass roots and so does feral but instant root or instant regrowth is op . boomy sucks on aoe feral shines and even on st i can outdps boomy only thing boomy is good for is aoe beam thats it , feral can be ranged with balance affinity and can spread bleeds that do more damage than moonkin dots .so there is beam vs stampeding roar , stampeding roar is really good for tank buster when tank has to kite or dark fury cast , when cryst are on floor extra speed , wtf will beam do to that? notting so i rather exclude boomy cause there are way better casters like fire mage and alot of people prefer speed buff on wrathion mythic since u get slow debuff so yes feral is way better than balance now .

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Thanks , i love feral . I am feral since TBC and the way people treat feral atm is ridiculous , the spec that is a meme in this expansion is arcane mage. If method or other wow people cant say feral is good than i will say it . It is really good now but its really really hard and once u master it u will feel powerfull as feral :slight_smile:

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Is feral any good for solo playing? assaults/world quests/elites etc. ?

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it can be great for everything its just really high gear dependant spec and u have to master the rotation and you are good to go

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Being good feral has one big advantage, no one will tell you, you are playing noob spec like BM or Havoc, no one expects you to beat dps rankings, and if you do so you can ROTFL whole day at others ^^

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well im currently 2/12 mythic with my guild we will push higher but we ran out of time since we cleared hc , but feral is so powerful people forgot how strong feral can be . i am outdpsing outlaw rogues ,dhs ,fire mages, fury warriors and balance druids , im most of the time top 4 dps in raids and alot of people quit the game so there is nobody who actually can say “hey feral is not as bad as u guys say it is”
i stand by everything i say , yes feral is not “the best” but it can be really powerfull
and no not everyone loves to play 2 button rotation cause some people actually love a challenge and be competative , im already doing +15 keys doing top 2 dps while bm is always top but thats about it but ofc others can outdps me if they got better corruption than me which is kinda not fair since i dont got any good corruption piece :stuck_out_tongue:

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I think i will try Feral, can you provide any good specc explanation/guide for beginners? Icy Veins/Wowhead ones are enough?

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I plan to make 8.3 guide soon , gathering more info for corruption gear since nerfs are incomming , but i got 8.2.5 guide on my channel up so if that can help abit since azerite traits and essences are same as before but u swap 1 with breath of undying and thats about it :slight_smile:

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Can you post link to your video?

I know forums is not letting us post links until we are trust level 3, but if you put your url inside preformatted text it would work

www.google.pl just click tylda once before link and after it

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tnatzbF7Y&t=2s

here you go :slight_smile: , but remmember few things are outdated since this is 8.3
but i am planing to make 8.3 guide for feral soon

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Awesome, thank you :slight_smile:

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