3) Stats & gearing – Feral leveling
- Primary stat weighting for cat druids: Agility > Strength > Stamina >>>>>>>> int > spirit
Agility is the primary stat for feral leveling druids. Agility makes your melee attacks hit harder (because it gives you attack power), and agility also increases your critical strike chance. Focus the most on agility in your gearing
Other useful Feral stats:
- - Stamina will be on most of your gear. Tanking druids will want more stamina when you can get it. Stamina makes you live longer.
- -Critical strike rating is good for you and should show up on more items when you get higher level
- - Hit rating shows up on some low level items. This reduces the chance for you to miss with your attacks.
- -Strength will show up mostly on accessories (ie. rings, cloaks, necks). Strength does still give attack power for cat & bear druids, but it is not as good as agility anymore – so take agility options when you can. Strength will be better than intellect for feral if your options just aren’t very good. Strength is also good for bears when you also pick up dodge or high levels of stamina on the item.
- -Haste rating shows up on higher level pieces of gear that will be good for you.
- -Mastery will show up on items after you hit level 80, and it should be okay for you.
- -Dodge and armor rating on accessories – good for bear tanking druids, but not as useful for cat druids.
- -Expertise shows up on high level feral gear, and a little bit of expertise is okay (see high level druid guides for more info about this stat).
What NOT to wear as a feral druid:
- –Intellect is a stat you should avoid on your gear because it is better for caster (ie. healer or balance druids), and isn’t as good for feral leveling. You shouldn’t need intellect on your gear, so please don’t run around as a kitty wearing intellect gear. Some may end up on your gear, but avoid it when possible.
- -Spirit is another caster stat that is bad for bears & cats. Feral druids wearing spirit items make me cry.
- - Parry rating shows up on some tanking gear. Bears can’t parry attacks, so this stat is bad for you.
Feral Leveling Glyphs
- Prime: Mangle (level 25), Rip (Available at Level 54), Berserk (Use at level 75)
- Major glyphs: Choose Rake or Maul (level 25), Feral Charge (level 50), Choose Faerie Fire or Rebirth (level 75)
- Minor – Use any that look useful (Aquatic form, challenging roar, dash, Wild, or Unburdened rebirth)