This guide is aimed at the best druid leveling spec for those of you who are new to the druid class. With that said, this guide is not set in stone… if there’s something you would rather spend a talent point on, then do it!
Of course, the easiest way to level a druid is in the Feral tree. Balance can also be viable, but you’ll end up having mana issues and be a target for a lot of other classes if you’re on a PvP server. Resto is not the way to level at all, unless you plan on leveling strictly through the dungeon finder.
If you’re looking for the quickest route to leveling, I would strongly recommend checking out Zygor’s Guide. Which is an in-game addon for leveling as fast as possible.
Without further discussion, let’s get into the best druid leveling spec!
Levels 10-50
Level 10-14: 5/5 Ferocity
Reduces the cost of your abilities by 5, basically a must-have since it helps conserve your energy leading to more attacks.
15-16: 2/2 Savage Fury
Damage increase… you like doing damage, right?
17-19: 3/3 Feral Instinct
Helps you avoid being seen while in stealth and increases damage.
20-21: 2/2 Feline Swiftness
Increased chance to dodge and increases your speed in travel form. This is great, even with the ability to get a mount at level 20. Save your money for an epic mount at level 40 instead.
22-24: 3/3 Sharpened Claws
Increased chance for crit. Who doesn’t like to crit?
25-26: 2/2 Primal Fury
Added combo points and it helps save your energy bar. Awesome.
27-29: 3/3 Predatory Strikes
Another must-have. Increases attack power, the bonus from your gear and can lead to instant cast nature spells.
30: 1/1 Feral Charge
Allows you to jump behind your target and dazes them.
31: 1/1 Survival Instincts (3rd tier)
Sort of an ‘Oh Sh—“ button when you’re running low on health.
32-33: 2/2 Primal Precision (4th tier)
Increases expertise and refunds some energy if a finishing move doesn’t land.
34-35: 2/2 Shredding Attacks
Reduces the energy cost of Shred.
36-40: 5/5 Heart of the Wild
Increases Intellect and Attack Power.
41: 1/1 Leader of the Pack
Increases crit chance for you and all party members.
42-43: 2/2 Improved Leader of the Pack
Adds healing and mana restoration when you or a party member gets a critical strike while under the effect of Leader of the Pack.
44-46: 3/3 Survival of the Fittest
Increases all stats and reduces your chance to be critically hit.
47-49: 3/3 Predatory Instincts
Increases your crit damage by 10%.
50: 1/1 Mangle
A new ability to use which causes increased damage for bleed effects on your target.
Levels 51-61
We’re going to dip into the Resto Tree for a little bit. Naturalist and Omen of Clarity are worth getting.
51-53: 3/5 Furor
You only need 3 points for your cat build. Helps maintain your Energy.
54-55: 2/2 Improved Mark of the Wild
Increases all of your stats by 2% on top of the increasing the buff by 40%
56-60: 5/5 Naturalist
Increases physical attack damage.
61: 1/1 Omen of Clarity
You have a chance of entering a clearcasting state, which reduces the cost of your abilities by 100%.
Levels 62-80
We’re going back to the Feral Tree
62-64: 3/3 King of The Jungle
Reduces mana cost of switching forms and Tiger’s Fury restores 60 Energy.
65-67: 3/3 Improved Mangle
Reduces the Energy cost of Mangle.
68-70: 3/3 Infected Wounds
Reduces your target’s movement and attack speed.
71-75: 5/5 Rend And Tear
Increases damage of Shred and Mangle on bleeding targets and increases critical strike chance of Ferocious Bite on bleeding targets.
76: 1/1 Primal Gore
The DoTs of Lacerate and Rip have a chance to crit.
77: 1/1 Beserk
Gets you out of a fear effect and causes immunity to fear while active. Also reduces the Energy cost of your cat abilities by 50%
78-80: 3/3 Primal Tenacity
Reduces fear effects by 30% and reduces damage taken while stunned.
That wraps it up on how to spend your talent points. Now lets look briefly at gear and glyphs.
What Stats Will You Want in Your Gear?
As a feral druid you will rely on your gear pretty heavily, but what class isn’t? Your main stats are going to be: Strength, Agility, Critical strike, Attack power and Stamina. How important any given stat is will be based on your personal preference. Druids are more focused on various stats, unlike Warriors or Paladins who focus primarily on Strength.
Glyphs
You can find more information about any glyph at WoW Head
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Rip: Adds 2 ticks to your damage over time ability and doesn’t reduce the damage, definitely worth having.
Glyph of Shred: Every time you use Shred, it renews your Rip effect, but this refresh only adds 6 seconds maximum. Use it until you learn Mangle. At that point you’ll want to use….
Glyph of Mangle: Increase your Mangle damage by 10%? Yes please!
If you’re having trouble with mobs running from you, then:
Glyph of Rake will stop mobs from fleeing
Minor Glyphs
For your Minor Glyph, I would recommend you pick up the Glyph of Aquatic Form. It’s definitely useful for all specs.
Alright, thanks for checking out the Best Druid Leveling Spec. I hope it helps you!
