Last updated on May 17, 2024 at 00:00by Seksixeny
On this page, you will find our level-by-level Feral Druid Tank leveling guide for WoW Cataclysm Classic.
1.
Feral Druid Tank Level-by-Level Rotation, Talents, and Trainer Skills
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Level: 1
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Leveling Talents
Your first talent point unlocks at Level 10.
Start by picking some useful passives, including30% more movement speed from Feral Swiftness.
Start by picking some useful passives, including30% more movement speed from Feral Swiftness. Follow up with
Furorfor extra Rage when going into
Bear Form.
Start by picking some useful passives, including30% more movement speed from Feral Swiftness. Follow up with
Furorfor extra Rage when going into
Bear Form and
Primal Furyfor even more Rage.
Start by picking some useful passives, including30% more movement speed from Feral Swiftness. Follow up with
Furorfor extra Rage when going into
Bear Form and
Primal Furyfor even more Rage, as well as
Feral Aggression for a stronger
Faerie Fire (Feral).
Start by picking some useful passives, including30% more movement speed from Feral Swiftness. Follow up with
Furorfor extra Rage when going into
Bear Form and
Primal Furyfor even more Rage, as well as
Feral Aggression for a stronger
Faerie Fire (Feral). Finish the early part of leveling with a single pointinto
Fury Swipes.
Thick Hide turns you into a realtank by making you uncrittable by enemies.
Thick Hide turns you into a realtank by making you uncrittable by enemies, and
Feral Charge plus
Stampedeare great picks for burst damage while moving from enemy to enemy.
Thick Hide turns you into a realtank by making you uncrittable by enemies, and
Feral Charge plus
Stampedeare great picks for burst damage while moving from enemy to enemy. Follow up bypicking your critical raid cooldown
Leader of the Pack.
Thick Hide turns you into a realtank by making you uncrittable by enemies, and
Feral Charge plus
Stampedeare great picks for burst damage while moving from enemy to enemy. Follow up bypicking your critical raid cooldown
Leader of the Pack, and finishing
Fury Swipes.
Thick Hide turns you into a realtank by making you uncrittable by enemies, and
Feral Charge plus
Stampedeare great picks for burst damage while moving from enemy to enemy. Follow up bypicking your critical raid cooldown
Leader of the Pack, finishing
Fury Swipes,and placing a single point into
King of the Jungle on the way to yourmain defensive,
Survival Instincts.
Pick up the massive defensive benefit of Natural Reaction.
Pick up the massive defensive benefit of Natural Reactionand more useful passives such as
Endless Carnage.
Pick up the massive defensive benefit of Natural Reactionand more useful passives such as
Endless Carnage and
Rend and Tear.
Pick up the massive defensive benefit of Natural Reactionand more useful passives such as
Endless Carnage and
Rend and Tearon the way to
Pulverize which is an important extra button to press onyour rotation.
Pick up the massive defensive benefit of Natural Reactionand more useful passives such as
Endless Carnage and
Rend and Tearon the way to
Pulverize which is an important extra button to press onyour rotation. Put another point into
King of the Jungle to open theway to your main DPS cooldown,
Berserk.
Finish your leveling talents by picking up the bestpassives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild.
Finish your leveling talents by picking up the bestpassives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild and
Natural Shapeshifter.
Finish your leveling talents by picking up the bestpassives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild and
Natural Shapeshifter on the way to
Master Shapeshifter.
Finish your leveling talents by picking up the bestpassives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild and
Natural Shapeshifter on the way to
Master Shapeshifter.The final points can go into maximizing
Perseverance and
King of the Jungle,or Cat talents such as
Blood in the Water for more DPS while not activelytanking.
3.
Leveling Glyphs
Your leveling glyphs are mostly the same as your endgame glyphs. Glyphs can bea huge boost to your Tanking and DPS capabilities as some glyphs greatly improvethe baseline power of your key abilities.
3.1.
Prime Glyphs
Glyph of Mangle — increases the damage of
Mangle, whichis very useful while leveling.
Glyph of Berserk — increases the duration of your
Berserkby 10 seconds.
Glyph of Lacerate — increases the critical strike chance of
Lacerateby 5%, making it a fine damage increase.
3.2.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Frenzied Regeneration — causes healing on you to be 30%higher when
Frenzied Regeneration is active, for more survivability.
Glyph of Maul — makes your
Maul ability hit one moretarget for 50% damage, increasing cleave DPS.
Glyph of Faerie Fire — increases the range at which you can pullenemies with
Faerie Fire (Feral).
3.3.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Challenging Roar — reduces the cooldown of
Challenging Roarby 30 seconds, allowing you to use it more often.
Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth — removes the reagent requirement from
Rebirth, saving some gold over time.
Glyph of Dash — reduces the cooldown of
Dash by 20%,increasing your potential mobility in the process.
4.
Leveling Rotation
Make sure to debuff enemies with Faerie Fire (Feral)during your opener, especially if they are particularly tough ones such as elites.
Make sure to keep yourself buffed with Mark of the Wildand debuff enemies with
Faerie Fire (Feral) when pulling.
Defensive cooldowns such as Survival Instinctsshould be used whenever you drop low or are facing heavy damage.
Defensive cooldowns such as Survival Instinctsand
Frenzied Regeneration should be used whenever you drop low or are facingheavy damage.
Defensive cooldowns such as Barkskin,
Frenzied Regeneration,and
Survival Instincts should be used whenever you drop low or are facing heavydamage.
Use your offensive cooldown, Berserk, toestablish solid threat on pull and / or while heavily buffed by
Vengeance.
4.1.
Single-Target Rotation for Feral Tank Druid
You can only start tanking from Level 15 onwards,as that is the level Bear Form is unlocked.
- Consume stacks of
Lacerate with
Pulverizewhenever its buff is close to dropping;
- Cast
Lacerate if there are no stacks activeon any enemy, to enable free
Mangle procs from
Berserk'spassive effect;
- Use
Mangle when available;
- Cast
Thrash;
- Cast
Faerie Fire (Feral);
- Cast
Lacerate up to 3 stacks;
- Use
Maul with any excess Rage.
4.2.
Multi-Target Rotation for Feral Tank Druid
- Cast
Thrash;
- Cast
Swipe;
- Use
Maul with any excess Rage.
5.
Abilities to Skip While Leveling
While leveling, you will not need to use all of your spells. Many can beskipped to save gold and trained at a later date, when you have more goldavailable to you. We recommend to not train these spells below, and save yourgold for gear, glyphs and mounts instead.
Entangling Roots
Starfire
Insect Swarm
Nourish
Hurricane
Lifebloom
6.
Continue Improving at Level 85
Congratulations on hitting Level 85 in Cataclysm! Now that your leveling processis over, you can learn more about maximum level Feral Tank gameplayby reading our detailed guide below.
Feral Druid Tank Guide