Tier Sets
- (2) Set Bonus: Tiger's Fury increases your chance to Critically Strike for 10 sec, starting at 6% and increasing by 1% every 2 sec.
- (4) Set Bonus: Critical Strikes with your combo point-generating abilities increase the direct damage of your next Ferocious Bite and Rampant Ferocity or Primal Wrath by 15%, stacking up to 3 times.
We have a pretty neat tier set, I particularly like the 2pc and how it enhances our Tiger’s Fury, which pairs nicely with our hero trees and other changes. The 4pc does skew our damage profile to be more Bite heavy than it otherwise would be, so don’t freak out if you see Bite really high on the meter (especially in single-target), it’s going to be partly skewed by the tier.
These don’t really impact how you play though, just some nice synergies really. So no need to track any of it or think about it, which is probably a good thing given all the other changes going into TWW.
As for which pieces to obtain, it really doesn’t matter, just get the first 4 you can as stats can be adjusted with other pieces of gear and enchants.
Key Items
As a Feral Druid, you do want a nice mix of all stats (though we still have some that are stronger than others like Mastery), and as a result what items are best for you will depend on what other gear you have. BIS lists are a very outdated concept from before there was such a diverse range of gear between raid, M+ vault, crafted and so on, and even listing one would be doing you a disservice, however I will list some key special items such as trinkets you will want to target. Otherwise prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character.
Trinkets
Skardyn’s Grace: pretty much BIS, you should try and farm this from Grim Batol ASAP.
Mad Queen’s Mandate: BIS raid trinket.
Ara-kara Sacbrood: BIS stat stick. Drops in the Ara-Kara dungeon.
Empowering Crystal of Anub’ikkaj: alternative great stat stick.
Dead-Eye Spyglass: alternative great stat stick.
Other Items
Harvester’s Interdiction: BIS weapon, the effect isn’t that strong but if you see this in your M+ vault you should take it.
Sureki Zealots Insignia: BIS neck due to the effect, dropped from the raid.
Seal of the Posioned Pact: BIS, dropped from raid.
Wings of Shattered Sorrow: cape from raid with free defensive effect, will be highly competitive to loot and you arguably should just craft on cloak anyway.
Embellishments & Crafted Gear
Your first craft should be a weapon, Charged Halbert, and if your main priority is raiding you should put the Darkmoon Ascension embellishment on it. If your priority is M+, you could instead opt for Darkmoon Vivacity as your embellishment, as Ascension requires you don’t dip out of combat for very long in order to retain your stacks.
While crafting a weapon isn’t the best choice long-term (because ultimately you will want to get a 639 from M+ Vault or Mythic Raid), it is by far the best choice initially for helping you prog the raid and push keys, which naturally will help gear you faster over time. It could also take you weeks, if not months to loot a Mythic weapon. Furthermore, ‘BIS’ embellishments go on lower-stated pieces, and wasting your first crafts on things like bracers over a weapon is really going to handicap you early on in the season.
Next up you should prioritise either Writhing Armor Band or Dawnthread Lining, crafting on whatever slot gives you the biggest item level gain - or if you want to craft for long-term ‘BIS,’ prioritise crafting it on bracers or cloak. This is because crafted gear is 3 item levels below Mythic, therefore you want to craft it on slots that have the lowest amount of stats (bracers or cloak primarily, however belt/boots are decet as well). You should prioritise Dawnthread Lining for M+, however for raid both of these options should be good.
It’s possible that on fights where you take a large amount of rot damage, that Adrenal Surge Clasp might be better than Dawnthread, however I think Dawnthread Lining should be better than sims suggest, because you can utilise it for burst at the start of pulls (where the raid is very healthy meaning healers aren’t behind, and there’s not much going on). Like with BSL last expansion, Dawnthread Lining should have very good uptime during your CDs (where you also have Nature’s Vigil helping you out).
Likewise a lot of bosses and packs in M+ have very little rot damage and similar to last expansion with BSL, uptime should be very high there. Don’t forget to utilise free Regrowth casts to keep yourself healthy as well, especially when you run out of energy.