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Advanced Single Target Priority

What is a priority list?

When reading the priority lists below, you should not think about these as steps to follow in a specific order. At any given point in combat, you should cast the first thing in the list that you are able to cast.

The way this section is written is very formulaic and has the same structure as the Action Priority List (APL) used in sims.

Pre-Combat:

1. Heart of the Wild
2. Prowl
3. Rakefrom stealth.

Select which talents you have talented to filter the priority list:

Feral Frenzy

Convoke the Spirits

Adaptive Swarm

Unbridled Swarm

Incarnation

Lunar Inspiration

Apex Predator's Craving

Bloodtalons

Thrashing Claws

Sudden Ambush

Brutal Slash

Wild Slashes

Shadowmeld

Single Target priority list:

1. Tiger's Furywith 5 combo points or if you're missing more than 35 energy.
2. Ferocious Bitewith Apex Predator's Cravingprocs if it won't disrupt procing Bloodtalons.
3. Ferocious Bitewith Apex Predator's Cravingprocs.
4. Adaptive Swarmwhen:
   • There isn't an Adaptive Swarmheading to an enemy target, AND
   • Adaptive Swarmis either not applied, or is close to expiration with 1 or 2 stacks.
5. Adaptive Swarmconditions change based on the amount of Adaptive Swarmsyou have out:
   • If you have 3 Adaptive Swarmswith at least 2 stacks out then you will target allies with priority 1 stack > 0 stack > 2 stacks.
   • If you have 2 or fewer Adaptive Swarmsof at least 2 stacks, cast on your enemy target when swarm is not on them, and is not traveling towards them.
6. Incarnationif it's ready.
7. Berserkif it's ready.
8. Feral Frenzywith 1 or no combo points. 2 is also acceptable during Incarn/Berserk.
9. Convokewhen:
   • Ripis up. AND
   • Tiger's Furyis up. AND
   • You have 2 or fewer combo points outside Incarn/Berserk or 3 or fewer inside Incarn/Berserk.
10. You may also Convokeif the fight is about to end.

If you are in Berserkcheck this as your priorities from here on out change a bit:

Berserk

• Standard Priority
  1. Ripif all of these are true:
     • You have 5 combo points.
     • Ripis in pandemic range or is missing.
     • Tiger's Furyis up, or won't be up before Ripexpires.
     • Bloodtalonsis up.
  2. Ferocious Bitewhen:
     • You have at 5 combo points AND
     • You have at least 50 energy. If you have the combo points, you should wait until you reach these energy thresholds.
  3. Below this point, skip any spells you've already casted towards Bloodtalons, if you have 0 or 1 stacks of Bloodtalonsremaining.
  4. Shadowmeldinto Rakeif all of these are true:
     • You do not have a Sudden Ambushproc.
     • Rakeis in pandemic OR you would be upgrading Rake's snapshot value.
     • Tiger's Furyis up.
  5. Rakeif any of these are true:
     • Rakeis in pandemic and Tiger's Furyis either up, or won't be before Rakefalls off.
     • You are in stealth.
     • You have a Sudden Ambushproc and you would be upgrading Rake's snapshot value.
  6. Use Brutal Slashif it will cap on charges within the next 4 seconds.
  7. Cast Thrashif it is in pandemic range
  8. Shredwith Clearcastingprocs.
  9. Use Lunar Inspiration Moonfireif it is in pandemic
  10. Brutal Slash
  11. Swipe
  12. Shred.
  13. If you still need Bloodtalonsproc it with this priority:
      • Swipe
      • Rakeif it will not downgrade Rake's snapshot value.
      • Clip Lunar Inspiration Moonfire
      • Clip Thrash

• Berserk Priority
  1. Ripif all of these are true:
     • You have 5 combo points.
     • Ripis missing or in pandemic range.
     • You're buffed by Tiger's Fury, or won't be before Ripexpires.
     • You're buffed by Bloodtalons.
  2. Ferocious Bitewith 5 combo points.
  3. Prowlinto Rakeif all of these are true:
     • You do not have a Sudden Ambushproc.
     • Rakeis missing or in pandemic range OR you would be upgrading Rake's snapshot value.
     • Casting Rakewould not inhibit Bloodtalonsfrom proccing.
  4. Shadowmeldinto Rakeif all of these are true:
     • You do not have a Sudden Ambushproc.
     • Rakeis in pandemic OR you would be upgrading Rake's snapshot value.
     • Casting Rakewould not inhibit Bloodtalonsfrom proccing.
  5. Rakeif it won't disrupt Bloodtalonsand any of these are true:
     • Rakehas 3 or fewer seconds remaining. You are trying to fish for a Sudden Ambushproc.
     • You have a Sudden Ambushproc and Rakeis either missing, in pandemic range, or can be upgraded.
     • Rakeis missing or in pandemic range.
  6. Rakeif any of these are true:
     • Rakehas 3 or fewer seconds remaining. You are trying to fish for a Sudden Ambushproc.
     • You have a Sudden Ambushproc and Rakeis either missing, in pandemic range, or can be upgraded.
     • Rakeis missing or in pandemic range
  7. Lunar Inspiration Moonfireif it is missing or in pandemic range.
  8. Thrashif it is in pandemic range
  9. If you are one spell away from proccing Bloodtalonsthen proc it with this priority:
     • Shred.
     • Brutal Slash.
     • Swipe.
  10. Shredwith Clearcastingprocs.
  11. Alternate between Brutal Slashand Shred, but save at least one charge of Brutal Slash.
  12. Shred.

Multi Target

Advanced Multi-target Priority

What is a priority list?

When reading the priority lists below, you should not think about these as steps to follow in a specific order. At any given point in combat, you should cast the first thing in the list that you are able to cast.

The way this section is written is very formulaic and has the same structure as the Action Priority List (APL) used in sims.

Pre-Combat:

1. Heart of the Wild
2. Prowl
3. Rakefrom stealth.

Select which talents you have talented to filter the priority list:

Druid of the Claw

Wildstalker

Feral Frenzy

Convoke the Spirits

Adaptive Swarm

Unbridled Swarm

Incarnation

Lunar Inspiration

Apex Predator's Craving

Bloodtalons

Rampant Ferocity

Thrashing Claws

Sudden Ambush

Brutal Slash

Wild Slashes

Shadowmeld

Primal Wrath

AoE priority list (2+ targets):

Special Note: Use single-target spells on higher priority/higher healthed mobs

1. Tiger's Furywith 5 combo points or if you're missing more than 35 energy.
2. Ferocious Bitewith Apex Predator's Cravingprocs if it won't inhibit Bloodtalonsfrom proccing.
3. Ferocious Bitewith Apex Predator's Cravingprocs.
4. Adaptive Swarmwhen all of these are true:
   • There isn't an Adaptive Swarmheading to an enemy target.
   • Adaptive Swarmis not on your target.
5. With Unbridled Swarmtalented, use Adaptive Swarmas often as you can with this priority:
   • An enemy target has 2 stacks of Adaptive Swarm.
   • An enemy target has 1 stack of Adaptive Swarm.
   • An enemy target does not have Adaptive Swarm.
6. Incarnation
7. Berserk
8. Feral Frenzywith 2 or fewer combo points outside Incarn/Berserk, or 3 or fewer inside Incarn/Berserk.
9. Convokewhen:
   • Your Rip's will not fall off during Convoke'schannel. AND
   • Tiger's Furyis up. AND
   • You have 1 or fewer combo points outside Incarn/Berserk, or 2 or fewer combo points during Incarn/Berserk.
10. Ferocious Biteat 5 combo points and both of these are true:
    • If inside Incarn/Berserk, Primal Wrathis not in pandemic. Otherwise Rip's from Primal Wrathhave at least 6.5s remaining.
    • You have a Ravageproc and there are fewer than 8 targets.
    • A target has Bloodseeker Vinesand there are fewer than 7 targets.
11. Primal Wrathwith 5 combo points if any of these conditions are met:
    • Rip's from Primal Wrathhave 6.5 seconds or less remaining outside of Incarn/Berserk.
    • Rip's from Primal Wrathare missing or in pandemic range inside Incarn/Berserk.
    • You would be upgrading Primal Wrath's snapshot value.
    • There are 2 or more targets
12. Ripon targets without Ripthat will live for a decent amount of time.
    • Please, I beg you, if you are using Ripon multiple targets you should seriously be talenting Primal Wrath. It's as close to mandatory as it gets.
13. Ferocious Bitewith 5 combo points and 50 energy.
14. Below this point, skip any spells you've already casted towards Bloodtalonsif you have 0 or 1 stacks of Bloodtalons.
15. Rakewith Sudden Ambushprocs if there's a target without Rake.
16. Brutal Slashif it will cap on charges within the next 4 seconds, or mobs will die in the next 4 seconds.
17. Thrashif it's either missing or in pandemic range.
18. Prowlinto Rakeon a target where Rakeis either missing, in pandemic range or can be upgraded as long as you don't have a Sudden Ambushproc.
19. Prowlinto Rakeon a target where Rakeis either missing, in pandemic range or can be upgraded.
20. Shadowmeldinto Rakeon a target where Rakeis either missing, in pandemic range or can be upgraded as long as you don't have a Sudden Ambushproc.
21. Shadowmeldinto Rakeon a target where Rakeis either missing, in pandemic range or can be upgraded
22. Refresh Rake's that are either missing, or in pandemic range, as long as Rakewouldn't downgrade its snapshot value.
23. Brutal Slash
24. Refresh Moonfire's that are in pandemic range.
25. Refresh Moonfire's that are in pandemic range if there are fewer than 4 targets.
26. Swipe
27. Refresh Moonfire's that are in pandemic range.
28. Raketargets that won't downgrade its snapshot value
29. Swipe
30. Shredif Sudden Ambushis not up
31. Shred
32. Thrash
33. If you still need Bloodtalonsproc it with this priority:
    • Lunar Inspiration Moonfireon the target with the lowest remaining Moonfireduration.
    • Shred
    • Rakea target without a Pouncing Strikessnapshot.
    • Thrash

Talents:

This section is still a work in progress and will be updated before raid/m+ release, so check back before then.

Consumables:

Potions

Tempered Potion for every situation

Food

Feast of the Midnight Masquerade or Feast of the Divine Day

Phials

Flask of Alchemical Chaos for every situation

Weapon Rune

Ironclaw Whetstone or Algari Mana Oil. These have extremely similar value, though you should default to Ironclaw Whetstone.

Gearing:

Stat Priority:

Sim yourself using Raidbots Top Gear. Do not follow any stat priorities.

Gems and Enchants

Gems - 1x Elusive Blasphemite or Culminating Blasphemite and a mixture of the other gems based on your sims. I would generally recommend Elusive Blasphemite, as the crit effect portion of Culminating Blasphemite is incredibly weak.

Weapon - Authority of the Depths for raid, Stonebound Artistry or Stormrider's Fury for M+

Chest - Crystalline Radiance

Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace

Legs - Stormbound Armor Kit

Wrist - Chant of Armored Avoidance

Boots - Defender's March or Scout's March

Ring - You should always sim your own character to determine what enchant to use in this slot. They tend to be very close.

Embellishments

Currently still awaiting tuning and for some embellishments to be fixed in game. This section will be updated closer to Raid release.

Trinkets

Much like embellishments, this section will be updated closer to Raid/m+ release. In the meantime do Delves just in case blizzard makes on busted by accident.

Miscellaneous:

What is snapshotting?

Snapshotting refers to the process of continually ensuring that your strongest bleeds are ticking on your targets. The strength of feral bleed ticks is snapshotted (calculated) at the moment of application and lasts for the duration of the bleed. If certain buffs are active when the bleed is applied, such as Tiger’s Fury, the damage of its snapshot will be stronger. A good feral player is aware of this and will weave between applying stronger bleeds and leaving currently ticking bleeds alone.

Tracking the strength of different bleeds across multiple/changing mobs is notoriously difficult, so we recommend the use of Weak Aura bleed packages such as those found in dreamgrove.gg. All our WA packages follow the same general format:

• If the bleed’s icon is highlighted in green or its number is higher than 100: this is a stronger bleed than the one you currently have active
• If the bleed’s icon is highlighted in grey or its number is equal to 100: equal value bleed
• If the bleed’s icon is highlighted in red or its number is lower than 100: this is a weaker bleed than the one you currently have active

Note: You will not necessarily upgrade every snapshot. Please review the rotation section.

Which bleeds are snapshotted?

• All feral bleeds will snapshot at higher values when paired with:
  • Tiger’s Fury
• Rake’s snapshot can also be buffed by:
  • Prowl
  • Shadowmeld
  • Pouncing Strikesprocs
• Rip’s snapshot can also be buffed by:
  • Bloodtalons
• Thrash’s snapshot can also be buffed by:
  • Moment of Clarity

A bleed will ideally be applied only when 30% or less of the prior bleed remains. This triggers a mechanic known as “pandemic,” which is common to most damage over time spells.

What is “pandemic range?”

This term refers to a DoT mechanic in WoW. The baseline duration of a DoT can be extended by up to 30% if a target is already affected by that DoT. Due to the 30% cap on extension, the DoT ought not to be refreshed early, or potential ticks will be lost. The ideal window of time to refresh a DoT is known as its “pandemic range.”

Let’s use an example. Consider a 10 second DoT:

• Refresh with 1s remaining: the new DoT will be 11s long (10s baseline duration + 1s from prior DoT)
• Refresh with 3s remaining: the new DoT will be 13s long (10s baseline duration + 3s from prior DoT)
• Refresh with 8s remaining: the new DoT will still be 13s long (10s baseline + up to 30% from prior DoT)

It is therefore best to wait until 70% or more of your bleed has ticked to refresh its DoT.

Fun trivia: the name “pandemic” derives from an old warlock passive that was eventually integrated as a baseline feature of damage over time spells.

What is “clipping?”

Clipping refers to refreshing a dot prior to its pandemic window. Important note: Rake is the only bleed that ought to be clipped early to maintain stronger snapshots.

Macros

Here, we provide a list of helpful macros. These macros are not required, but using them may elevate your gameplay. (Note: These macros are not set in stone. Customize them as you see fit!)

Cast Ursol's Vortex at your cursor location (@cursor macro):

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Ursol's Vortex

Use your trinket(s) and/or weapon at the same time as an ability:

Some trinkets and weapons ought to be procced at the same time as a major cooldown. It is best to macro these items with Berserk.

• 13 is the top trinket slot
• 14 is the bottom trinket slot
• 16 is your weapon slot

If you would like to use all three items with Berserk, use this macro:

#showtooltip
/use 13
/use 14
/use 16
/cast Berserk

This macro may be modified. For example, the macro below only uses the 2nd trinket with Berserk:

#showtooltip
/use 14
/cast Berserk

Cast Entangling Roots on your mouseover target:

This macro casts Entangling Roots on your mouseover target. If your mouse is not hovering over a target, the macro instead casts Entangling Roots on your current target.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, harm, nodead] [] Entangling Roots

Skull Bash your Focus target:

This macro casts Skull Bash on your focus target. If you have not set a focus target, the macro instead casts Skull Bash on your current target.

We recommend creating a keybind that will assign a target as your focus with one click. This option can be found in the game's keybind settings.

#showtooltip
/cast [@focus, harm, nodead] [] skull bash

Cast Adaptive Swarm on your ally or enemy mouseover target:

This macro casts Adaptive Swarm on your mouseover target. If your mouse is not hovering over a target, the macro instead casts Adaptive Swarm on your current target. (Your mouseover target may be an ally.)

Many abilities that are cast on allies - Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Innervate, etc - may be macro'd in this fashion. To make those macros, simply replace the term "Adaptive Swarm" with your spell of choice.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, help, nodead] [] Adaptive Swarm 

Cast Rebirth on an ally:

This macro casts Rebirth on your current friendly mouseover target. If your ally is alive, the macro instead casts Mark of the Wild.

#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover, help, dead] Rebirth; Mark of the Wild

Useful WeakAura(s) and Addons

Full WeakAura Packages for Feral

To play feral competently, many variables must be tracked. A single WeakAura is not up to this task, so our contributors have spent many hours assembling full WA packages from individual WeakAuras.

Each package contains multiple WeakAuras that work with each other to help you understand what's happening in combat. No package is superior to the others in the list. We recommend you try out several, and settle on your favorite.

• by Drufearr
• by Chips
• by Fore
• by Cheesey
• variant by Cheesey
• by Guiltyas
• by Oi/Dsune
• by Raven
• by enthh - requires his addon

Common Standalone WeakAuras and Addons

None of these WeakAuras or Addons are required, but using them may elevate your gameplay.

Feral Bleed Power by Oi This WA will make it easier to track the power of your next bleed compared to the currently active one. For more details, check out the WA description.

Feral Snapshots by Enth This Addon does many things, including tracking the talents, buffs and damage modifiers affecting DoT abilities. This information is displayed on WAs, standard Blizzard nameplates, Plater, and other addons. For more details, check out the Addon description.

Rake Plater mods by Sretnuh This links to a collection of Rake mods for the Plater addon. Their purpose is to help you track which targets have Rake at a glance. No listed mod is superior to the others. We recommend you try out several, and settle on your favorite.

Clearcasting Glows by Sretnuh This WA generates a glowing icon on your Shred, Thrash, Swipe, and Brutal Slashbuttons when Clearcastingprocs. For more details, check out the WA description.

Apex Predator's Craving by Marvel This WA produces a glowing icon + sound cue when Apex Predator's Cravingprocs for a free bite. For more details, check out the WA description.

Adaptive Swarm Helper by KnewOne This WA assists with proper use of Adaptive Swarm. It also includes Unbridled Swarm support for casting on allies. For more details, check out the WA description.

Bloodtalons Tracker from Fore's pack This WA tracks your progress towards crucial procs of Bloodtalons. Bloodtalons is procced when you cast three different combo point generation abilities within 4s. This WA displays the 4s timer. For more details, check out the WA description.

Bloodtalons Tracker from Cheesey's pack This WA is another alternative for tracking crucial procs of Bloodtalons. For more details, check out the WA description.

Focus Skull Bash This WA tracks when your Skull Bash interrupt is off cooldown and ready for use on your Focus target. For more details, check out the WA description.