PVE WotLK Feral Druid Tank Guide (Quick)

Welcome to our PVE Feral Druid Tank guide for WoW WotLK. This guide will show you what you need to know to play the Druid class as a Feral Tank.

Talents

The first of these two builds is for people without  Lasherweave Battlegear. It’s also better for people with a lower gear score. Optional talents are Brutal Impact and Feral Instinct for stun or extra AoE damage. 

This build is for people with Lasherweave Battlegear.

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

• Frenzied Regeneration
• Growl
• Survival Instincts

Minor Glyphs

• Unburdened Rebirth
• Challenging Roar
• Glyph of Thorns or Glyph of the Wild

Gems

Gems can change based on your build, equipment and caps. You may need to adjust your gems to account for your gear.

• Meta: Austere Earthsiege Diamond
• Red: Shifting Dreadstone (1)
• Blue: Solid Majestic Zircon
• Yellow: Glinting Ametrine, Accurate Ametrine or Vivid Eye of Zul (to hit caps)

Enchants

You may need to adjust your enchants to your gear.

• Head: Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector
• Shoulder: Greater Inscription of the Gladiator
• Back: Enchant Cloak – Major Agility
• Chest: Enchant Chest – Powerful Stats
• Bracers: Enchant Bracers – Major Stamina
• Gloves: Enchant Gloves – Major Agility
• Waist: Eternal Belt Buckle
• Legs: Frosthide Leg Armor
• Boots: Enchant Boots – Tuskarr’s Vitality
• Weapon: Enchant Weapon – Mongoose

Stat Priority

1. Stamina (By far your most important stat)
2. Agility
3. Hit (8%, 263 rating)
4. Expertise (26 soft cap)
5. Dodge (Dodge is not as good as raw agility)
6. Haste
7. Strength

Rotation

• Use Faerie Fire (Feral) on pull to generate extra aggro.
• Use Mangle (Bear) on cooldown and keep 5 stacks of Lacerate up.
• Use Berserk at the start and spam Mangle (Bear) and Maul on cooldown for aggro generation.
• Maul and Swipe (Bear) are used for AoE aggro. Try to hit every target with Change the targets so that everyone is hit by Maul.

Cooldowns

• Barkskin has a one minute cooldown and should be used as often as possible.
• Survival Instincts should be used when you are about to die. Buys the healers some time.
• Survival Instincts and Frenzied Regeneration is a great combination.
• Enrage is a standard rage generator.