Feral Druids can DPS as Cat, they have an interesting rotation, that requires attention and practice to master. Like the Balance counterpart, they bring utility to the raid, with combat ress, innervate, faerie fire, 5% melee critical strike buff and the ability to change to Bear and tank on a pinch, depending on the build. Their damage can be high if the rotation is well executed.

Stats for Feral Druid Cat DPS Wotlk

Stat priority

8% hit > 16 Expertise > 1400 ARP > Agility > Crit (Max crit recommended 68%) > Haste

Feral Druid Cat DPS Stats Overview

Hit Cap

Hit reduces the chance of missing melee hits, melee hit cap is 8%.

Expertise

Expertise lowers the chance of getting dodged or parried, has a melee class 26 expertise is the amount required, however [Primal Precision] reduces the value needed by 10.

Armor penetration (ARP)

Armor penetration is one of the most beneficial stats, it can ignore enemy armor and after 400 armor penetration it gives the highest DPS boost, that’s why after this threshold all gems should be for armor penetration. Gem for agility below 400 and armor penetration above, depending on the gear available.

Agility

The best stat when you are bellow 400 ARP and hit/expertise capped. It increases the attack power and critical chance, holding more value than critical strike alone.

Critical Strike

Feral druid has a really high critical chance, because of the tables the maximum amount of critical chance allowed is 68%.

Haste

Haste increases the speed of the attacks.

Stats Breakdown without increasing effects

33 hit rating ≈ 1% to hit

33 expertise rating ≈ 1 expertise

33 haste rating ≈ 1% haste

45 critical chance ≈ 1% critical

1 stamina ≈ 10 Health

1 intellect ≈ 15 mana

1 agility ≈ 1 attack power

1 strength ≈ 2 attack power

1 critical chance ≈ 84 agility

14 Armor Penetration ≈ 1% Armor ignore