Feral Combat Druid

Feral Combat Druid puts 31 points into Feral Combat, 18 points into Restoration and 2 points into Balance by level 60, with no respec on the way.

No talent ability is worth building around here: the points go to passive bonuses.

Berserk is left out on purpose: in our sim it does less for leveling than the same points spent elsewhere.

By our sim, this build gets you from 10 to 60 in about 21% less time than playing with no talents.

At level 40 most of your ability damage comes from Claw (57%), Ferocious Bite (36%) and Rake (7%).

Each talent gets a tier for how much it helps this build level, by our sim: S best, A strong, B solid, C small, Filler needed to reach deeper talents.

1. 10-27
   First, filler points:

   • Heart of the Wild 1-5C
   • Ferocity 1-5
   • Feral Swiftness 1-2
   • Feral Instinct 1-3
   • Sharpened Claws 1-2

   

   Primal Fury 1 B

   Feral Combat, at level 27. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
2. 28-29
   

   Savage Fury 1-2 A

   Feral Combat. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
3. 30-42
   First, filler points:

   • Nature's Focus 1-5
   • Furor 1-5

   

   Reflection 1-3 S

   Restoration, at level 40. S tier: one of this build's best points for leveling.
4. 43-47
   

   Naturalist 1-5 A

   Restoration. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
5. 48-49
   

   Predatory Instincts 1-2 B

   Feral Combat. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
6. 50-51
   

   Genesis 1-2 C

   Balance. C tier: a small gain for leveling.
7. 52-53
   

   Brutal Impact 1-2 Filler

   Feral Combat. Filler: little value on its own, but it moves you down the tree.
8. 54-56
   

   Thick Hide 1-3 Filler

   Feral Combat. Filler: little value on its own, but it moves you down the tree.

1. 
   Claw

   combo point builder
2. 
   Ferocious Bite

   finisher at 5 combo points
3. 
   Rake

   opener

Share of your ability damage

• Claw57%
• Ferocious Bite36%
• Rake7%

What our sim found levels best at this level with this build: DoTs once per mob, cooldowns on cooldown, and the rest on your best filler. Auto attacks are always on, so they are not listed.

MP5 > Strength > Agility > Attack power > Spirit > Intellect

• MP51.00
• Strength0.62
• Agility0.46
• Attack power0.28
• Spirit0.25
• Intellect0.18

1% hit is worth about 3 MP5. 1% crit is worth about 2 MP5.

Stat values like Pawn: point for point, your best stat is 1.00 and the rest are worth that share of it. MP5 is mana regen per 5 seconds, as item tooltips show it. Your own gear shifts these: the Character page works them out for you.

• This build assumes cat form. Talents for other weapon types are skipped.
• At level 40, for the same item budget, Strength helps most, then attack power. Look for gear with those first.
• Some points (Feral Swiftness, Primal Fury and Nature's Focus and others) are filler to reach the next tier; they do little for leveling on their own.

How this is made: a typical character at each level (Classic-like stats, quest greens for gear) pulling same-level mobs one at a time, with downtime counted. It is an early version, refined as players’ combat logs measure what each talent really does. Weapon assumed: cat form.