Druid Feral Rotation & Opener

Data updated 2026-09-06

Built from the current top-100 Mythic parses on WarcraftLogs — the real opener sequences, casts-per-minute and buff uptimes of the best Feral players, not theorycraft.

Raid 5 top logs sampled Median kill 6:49
AI coach — raid
How to play: Shred builds combo points (top players: 19.9/min), Ferocious Bite spends at full points (13.6/min), and Rake, Rip, and Moonfire stay up permanently. Tiger's Fury on cooldown, aligned with Feral Frenzy (2/min each). Spend free Predatory Swiftness Regrowths as they proc. Watch: Tiger's Fury uptime (top players: 50.5% = every cooldown used); Clearcasting procs (46.7% uptime) — consume them immediately for free Shreds.

Real Opener Sequences — Mythic boss M2

Sample kills 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-04

First ~12 casts of actual top-ranked kills. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.

BigbloomIllidan · US kill date 2026-09-04 Hero talentDruid of the ClawTalents →
一般不吃人血色十字军 · CN kill date 2026-09-04 Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
SorgenqtDraenor · EU kill date 2026-09-03 Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Rake
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Berserk
/cast Tiger's Fury
/cast Rake

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

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Casts Per Minute — Raid Benchmark

Sample kills 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-04
AbilityTop-player CPM
Shred 15.0
Ferocious Bite 11.2
Rake 6.5
Moonfire 5.3
Rip 4.5
Regrowth 2.5
Feral Frenzy 1.9
Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 1.9
Cat Form 0.8
BarkskinOff-GCD 0.7
BerserkOff-GCD 0.6
Convoke the Spirits 0.6
Algeth'ar Puzzle 0.4

CPM = median casts per minute across the sampled top kills. If you're far below on a core ability, that's usually the first thing to fix.

Buff Uptimes to Watch

BuffTop-player uptime
Lycara's Teachings 96.6%
Predatory Swiftness 84.2%
Arcanoweave Insight 68.1%
Renew 59.0%
Earthliving Weapon 56.8%
Halazzi's Fury 53.0%
Clearcasting 49.9%
Tiger's Fury 46.4%
Frantic Momentum 46.0%
Elemental Resistance 42.6%
Mythic+ Differences 8 top key runs sampled Median run 29:10
AI coach — Mythic+
How to play: On packs, build with Swipe and finish with Primal Wrath to blanket Rip across everything; save Ferocious Bite for priority kill targets. Keep Rake up as usual, and press Ravage procs when they light. Watch: Rip coverage on every pack member (re-spread via Primal Wrath); stay in Cat Form (91%) — verify before shifting bear even under pressure.

Real AoE Opener — First Trash Pack

Sample kills 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-05

First ~12 casts after the pull starts, taken from actual top key runs: the AoE opener is the first pack of the run, the single-target opener is the first boss. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.

TurbogronilArchimonde · EU kill date 2026-09-05 pull Defier Draghar · 24 enemies Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
1 Rake 2 Swipe 3 Primal Wrath 4 Rake 5 Swipe 6 Wild ChargeOff-GCD 7 Primal Wrath 8 Swipe 9 BarkskinOff-GCD 10 Algeth'ar Puzzle 11 Light's PotentialOff-GCD 12 Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 13 Rake 14 BerserkOff-GCD 15 Swipe
TurbogronilArchimonde · EU kill date 2026-09-03 pull Defier Draghar · 25 enemies Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
TurbogronilArchimonde · EU kill date 2026-09-05 pull Bribed Guard · 27 enemies Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Shred
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Tiger's Fury
/cast Berserk
/cast Shred

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 1 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

Real Single-Target Opener — First Boss

Sample kills 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-05
TurbogronilArchimonde · EU kill date 2026-09-05 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
TurbogronilArchimonde · EU kill date 2026-09-03 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
TurbogronilArchimonde · EU kill date 2026-09-05 pull Kystia Manaheart Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Rake
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Tiger's Fury
/cast Rake

A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.

Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 2 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.

Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.

Casts Per Minute — Mythic+ Benchmark

Sample kills 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-05
AbilityTop-player CPM
Swipe 8.4
Shred 7.9
Rake 6.6
Ferocious Bite 5.5
Primal Wrath 5.0
Ravage 4.5
Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 1.7
Frantic Frenzy 1.1
Rip 1.0
Regrowth 1.0
Bear Form 0.8
BarkskinOff-GCD 0.6
BerserkOff-GCD 0.4
Convoke the Spirits 0.4

Mythic+ Buff Uptimes

BuffTop-player uptime
Cat Form 92.4%
Lycara's Teachings 92.4%
Predatory Swiftness 84.5%
Rune of Critical Power 77.6%
Ancestral Vigor 76.5%
Focus of Ula'tek 69.9%
Elemental Resistance 69.8%
Earthliving Weapon 67.0%
Arcanoweave Insight 63.9%
Killing Strikes 52.3%
Spec macros · 12.1 6 macros

Collected from public Patch 12.1 guides and checked for this patch. Spell names follow the language you selected on this site and must match your game client. If a macro does not work on your client, report it with the button on the card.

Spell names below are shown in this site's language . Your game client must use the same language, or the macro will say unknown spell.
Rebirth (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast [@mouseover,help]Rebirth;Rebirth
Battle-res the mouseover ally, otherwise your target
Remove Corruption (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [target=mouseover,help,nodead][target=target] Remove Corruption
Dispels the mouseover ally, otherwise your target
Skull Bash (focus)
#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/cast [@focus,exists][@target] Skull Bash
Interrupts focus if set, otherwise target
Innervate (focus)
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus,nodead][@target,nodead] Innervate
Innervates your focus (set it to the healer), otherwise target
Innervate (mouseover)
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,nodead][@target,nodead] Innervate
Innervates the mouseover ally, otherwise target
Ursol's Vortex then Typhoon
#showtooltip
/castsequence [@cursor] reset=20 Ursol's Vortex, Typhoon
First press drops the vortex at the cursor, second press Typhoons
Keybind suggestion by casts per minute

Keybinds are personal — this is not a layout to copy wholesale. What it does say is which abilities you press most, measured from the same top parses above: the more often an ability is cast, the less effort its key should take. Interrupts, defensives and movement are deliberately left out; they barely register in cast data yet must always be within reach, so choose those yourself.

Rows marked Passive are not pressed at all — they fire on their own (auto-attacks, procs) and get no key, even though they top the casts-per-minute table.

KeyAbilityTop-player CPM
1 Shred 15.0
2 Ferocious Bite 11.2
3 Swipe 8.4
4 Rake 6.6
5 Moonfire 5.3
Z Primal Wrath 5.0
X Rip 4.5
C Ravage 4.5
V Regrowth 2.5
R Feral Frenzy 1.9
F Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 1.9
T Frantic Frenzy 1.1
G Cat Form 0.8
Shift+1 Bear Form 0.8
Shift+2 BarkskinOff-GCD 0.7
Shift+3 BerserkOff-GCD 0.6
Shift+4 Convoke the Spirits 0.6
Shift+5 Algeth'ar Puzzle 0.4

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