Druid Feral Rotation & Opener

Data updated 2026-09-08

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 6:50
AI coach — raid
How they play it: the most-pressed button is Shred at 13.3 casts per minute, then Ferocious Bite (11.2) and Rake (6.7). Watch: Predatory Swiftness at 90.5% uptime, Clearcasting 53.0%, Halazzi's Fury 49.4%. If the top one slips, the rhythm broke somewhere.

Real Opener Sequences — Mythic boss M2

Sample kills 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-06

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 talentWildstalkerTalents →
AkhissaGordunni · EU kill date 2026-09-06 Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
1 Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 2 Rake 3 BerserkOff-GCD 4 Empowering VenomOff-GCD 5 Light's PotentialOff-GCD 6 Feral Frenzy 7 Rip 8 DashOff-GCD 9 Moonfire 10 Wild ChargeOff-GCD 11 Rip 12 Rake 13 Ferocious Bite 14 Convoke the Spirits 15 Rip
一般不吃人血色十字军 · CN kill date 2026-09-04 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 – 2026-09-06
AbilityTop-player CPM
Shred 13.3
Ferocious Bite 11.2
Rake 6.7
Moonfire 6.3
Rip 4.6
Regrowth 2.3
Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 1.9
Feral Frenzy 1.9
Convoke the Spirits 0.6
BerserkOff-GCD 0.6
BarkskinOff-GCD 0.6

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
Predatory Swiftness 90.5%
Clearcasting 53.0%
Halazzi's Fury 49.4%
Tiger's Fury 46.4%
Frantic Momentum 46.0%
Savage Fury 24.9%
Berserk 23.1%
Overflowing Power 23.1%
Sun Sear 21.1%
Tiger's Tenacity 21.1%
Mythic+ Differences 8 top key runs sampled Median run 29:15
AI coach — Mythic+
How they play it: the most-pressed button is Swipe at 12.1 casts per minute, then Ferocious Bite (7.4) and Shred (7.0). Watch: Unseen Predator's Craving at 96.6% uptime, Lycara's Teachings 95.6%, Cat Form 95.6%. If the top one slips, the rhythm broke somewhere.

Real AoE Opener — First Trash Pack

Sample kills 2026-09-05 – 2026-09-07

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.

KrdArea 52 · US kill date 2026-09-07 pull Defier Draghar · 20 enemies Hero talentDruid of the ClawTalents →
MurtazKazzak · EU kill date 2026-09-06 pull Defier Draghar · 23 enemies Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
樣兒燃烧之刃 · CN kill date 2026-09-06 pull Bribed Captain · 38 enemies Talents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Shred
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Innervate
/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 2026-09-05 – 2026-09-07
KrdArea 52 · US kill date 2026-09-07 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentDruid of the ClawTalents →
MurtazKazzak · EU kill date 2026-09-06 pull Melidrussa Chillworn Hero talentWildstalkerTalents →
樣兒燃烧之刃 · CN kill date 2026-09-06 pull Kystia Manaheart Talents →
Burst key — from the top parses above Macro commands →
#showtooltip Primal Wrath
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Tiger's Fury
/cast Primal Wrath

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 2026-09-05 – 2026-09-07
AbilityTop-player CPM
Swipe 12.1
Ferocious Bite 7.4
Shred 7.0
Rake 5.8
Ravage 5.2
Primal Wrath 4.3
Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 1.7
Frantic Frenzy 1.1
Rip 1.0
BarkskinOff-GCD 0.7
Bear Form 0.6
ProwlOff-GCD 0.6
Incarnation: Avatar of AshamaneOff-GCD 0.6
Frenzied Regeneration 0.4

Mythic+ Buff Uptimes

BuffTop-player uptime
Unseen Predator's Craving 96.6%
Lycara's Teachings 95.6%
Cat Form 95.6%
Predatory Swiftness 86.2%
Killing Strikes 58.2%
Halazzi's Fury 53.1%
Frantic Momentum 51.4%
Tiger's Fury 42.2%
Clearcasting 34.8%
Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane 30.5%
Omnium Folio runes · what top players pick raid 38 players Mythic+ 40 players

The Patch 12.1 Omnium Folio has five rune rows. This is what the sampled top logs actually run in each row, read from the runes' own damage, healing and buff traces. Bold = most picked. Rows 1 and 5 are procs, so their share is inferred from the traces they leave.

The GearInsight addon shows the same table next to your own current runes and can switch every row to the recommended one in one click.

How to unlock the Omnium Folio and fill the rows

At level 80, take The Magisters' Call from the Magister's Missive at the Field Accolade Quartermasters in Silvermoon City, help Grand Magister Rommath and Magister Umbric restore the Sunstrider Omnium in Eversong Woods, and finish The Omnium Reawakens for the Folio and row 1. Then each week the Seeking Knowledge quest at the Sunstrider Omnium pays one Mote of Omnial Inquiry, one row per mote: week 2 Ritualized Arcana ×8 (Ritual Sites), week 3 Dark-Ley Coalescence ×5 (Void Incursions), week 4 Pure Primessence ×1 (delves, dungeons, raid or strongbox), week 5 an alien magic fragment from Showdown world bosses plus 3 world quests. Motes are account-wide once one character has done the quest; since 12.1 alts skip the intro. The Folio UI opens from the map and runes can be swapped freely out of combat.

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 13.3
2 Swipe 12.1
3 Ferocious Bite 11.2
4 Rake 6.7
5 Moonfire 6.3
Z Ravage 5.2
X Rip 4.6
C Primal Wrath 4.3
V Regrowth 2.3
R Tiger's FuryOff-GCD 1.9
F Feral Frenzy 1.9
T Frantic Frenzy 1.1
G BarkskinOff-GCD 0.7
Shift+1 Convoke the Spirits 0.6
Shift+2 BerserkOff-GCD 0.6
Shift+3 Bear Form 0.6
Shift+4 ProwlOff-GCD 0.6
Shift+5 Incarnation: Avatar of AshamaneOff-GCD 0.6
Shift+Z Frenzied Regeneration 0.4

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