WoW Forever Druid Tank Guide
Tooltips: Wowhead Forever DB, exact matches only (build 70532, 28 Oct).
Druid tanking runs through the Feral Combat tree (Thick Hide, Natural Instinct, Natural Reaction, Brutal Impact and Feral Instinct are the defensive picks by name). How well bears hold up in Forever's 10- and 20-player raids is not known yet. [Unconfirmed]
Feral Combat tree, beta client (ForeverDiff, build 1.60.1.70532). Rank text for changed and unchanged talents: Wowhead Forever tooltip.
Points at 60: 51 [Unconfirmed]; evidence on the class talents page.
Feral Combat talents
| Talent | Row | ×Max | Forever: max-rank text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferocity | 1 | 5 | △ Changed |
| Heart of the Wild | 1 | 5 | △ Changed |
| Feral Swiftness | 2 | 2 | △ Changed |
| Feral Instinct | 2 | 3 | △ Changed |
| Brutal Impact | 2 | 2 | △ Changed |
| Thick Hide | 2 | 3 | △ Changed |
| Shredding Attacks | 3 | 3 | △ Changed |
| Savage Fury | 3 | 2 | △ Changed |
| Feral Charge | 3 | 1 | ✦ New: "Requires Bear Form, Dire Bear Form Charge an enemy, immobilizing them and interrupting any spell they are casting for 4 sec. Leap behind an enemy." |
| Sharpened Claws | 3 | 2 | △ Changed |
| Shifting Power | 4 | 1 | ✦ New: "Instantly convert Mana into Energy. Shifting Power's cost is reduced by effects that reduce the cost of Shapeshifting." Needs Shredding Attacks. |
| Primal Bite | 4 | 1 | ✦ New: "Bite the target, dealing 100% normal damage plus 26 and generating a high amount of threat." Needs Savage Fury. |
| Predatory Strikes | 4 | 3 | △ Changed |
| Blood Frenzy | 4 | 2 | △ Changed Needs Sharpened Claws. |
| Improved Shifting Power | 5 | 2 | ✦ New: "Reduces the cooldown of your Shifting Power spell by 8 sec." Needs Shifting Power. |
| Leader of the Pack | 5 | 1 | △ Changed |
| Natural Instinct | 5 | 2 | ✦ New: "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 20% and increases your spell healing by 25% of your Intellect." |
| Natural Reaction | 6 | 5 | ✦ New: "Increases your dodge chance by 5%, and gives you a 100% chance to gain 5 Rage each time you dodge." |
| Rend and Tear | 6 | 5 | ✦ New: "Increases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 10%." Needs Predatory Strikes. |
| Berserk | 7 | 1 | ✦ New: "Requires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec." Needs Leader of the Pack. |
Recommended build
Level 60 build: Not yet published, updated at launch. Try the talent calculator.
See also: Druid talents · Best race
Fan site. Beta (cap 30) until launch Thu 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 AEDT; numbers may change. [Unconfirmed] = not yet confirmed.
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Sources
- ForeverDiff — Druid talent calculator (client data, build 1.60.1.70532)
- Blizzard — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Updated October 26)
- Wowhead — Level 30 Feral Druid DPS (6 Oct)
- ForeverDiff — Paladin talents (build 1.60.1.70532)
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