So a common question that comes up is 'what's best in slot'. Using raidbots/simcraft I have explored this question. I have used the following assumptions:
- You have insane luck so you can get 985/socket in every slot, perfect 985 relics, can get access to every 1000 ilevel legendary for druid.
- You have 92 traits (40 / 50 concordance traits) because you somehow farmed a ridiculous amount. I think 40/50 is probably a point or two more than the maximum if you are a mega grinder.
- There are 19 other pantheon trinkets in the raid (using the 19x Aman'Thul's Vision option in raidbots). I have not gone and set it to 7 strength, 7 int, 5 healers, which would make you the only Agility Pantheon. That would increase haste value by a large margin.
- Boom has treants and innervate. Boom has beam for silence interrupt while feral has 15 sec CD for interrupt rotation. Feral has a 20 s CD stun. Boom has better utility but ferals isn't bad. Feral has more aoe dps when played properly and larger melee range means we get to cheese some melee mechanics like outranging Sharkpuncher whirlwind in.
- Best Feral Druid Legendaries For Raiding The clear best legendary for raiding is Cat-eye Curio. It's the strongest single target legendary by a small margin and is competitive on all AOE fights. With how the AOE fights are constructed in Nathria this is the best option.
- Welcome to our Feral Druid BiS List, or as we also call it, Top Picks. This is a page where you can find the statistical distribution of gear, talents, and other choices among Top 1% of the best performing Raiders of this class and specialization in World of Warcraft.
Share Feral Druids are powerful in Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin. In WSG they are quite possibly the best flag capturers, especially in the 10-19 bracket with travel form, making them one of the fastest players on the field (monks are cheat mode fast).
I searched for a local maximum for each step.
Big changes – T19 vs T21 (T21 won)
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Step 1: Set all items up by balancing stats (using stat weights get vers=crit=haste).
Step 2: Simulate top talents, investigate any that are within 2%
Step 3: Simulate tier 0/3 trait combos and find local maximum.
Step 4: Simulate tier 2 Netherlight traits
Step 5: Simulate Trinket pairs
Step 6: Repeat steps 1-5 until you can't break out of the local maximum.
The first few iterations I ran with Incarn/Rake, but it eventually shifted to Shred/Incarn. From the get go and until the end, Torment the Weak was the best shadow/light trait.
In terms of revelations for items – Seeping Scourgewing smacked Eye of Command and Convergence of Fates. I investigated Nightbane Chest bonus + EoC, but that lost out to high mastery on tier 21 gloves.
I eventually figured out the arcway/cos Gloves/Boots would be good since crit=haste=vers so as long as you can gem them to be close enough you win. Similarly since the CoS ring gives auto-attack damage for free, you might as well pick it up.
After a few iterations I ended up being versatility light (it simmed the highest), so I was considering which necklace to run – I ended up with the 5% maximum energy neck since the sims indicate there is energy capping going on so it definitely helps towards that, for a minor amount of vers loss compared to another crit/vers neck.
I ended up with all items being locked except for waist and wrists, where I selected crit/vers/haste items, then balanced using gems (everything versatility except for one haste gem. For some reason it raidbots would spaz out by 10k dps if i changed the last haste gem to versatility.
Stat Weights with Vers=Crit=Haste
Trinket Comparisons with Seeping Scourgewing and Golganneth's Vitality
Tier 0 and 3 with Shred and with Incarn
Tier 2 with Torment the Weak
Of course, for reference here's a meme all legendary profile with 7/7 in every trait, 1014 weapon:
Finally if you want the copy/paste to explore it yourself:
# SimC Addon 1.9.1
druid='BiSFeral T21″
level=110
race=night_elf
region=us
server=TheBestServer
role=attack
talents=3213231
spec=feral
artifact=58:0:0:0:0:1633:1:1327:1:1365:1:1153:1:1154:1:1155:1:1156:1:1157:1:1158:1:1159:1:1160:4:1161:4:1162:4:1163:4:1164:4:1165:4:1166:4:1167:4:1168:4:1505:4:1506:1:1507:1:1508:40
crucible=1739:1780:1167/1739:1780:1167/1739:1780:1167
#1161 rip, 1162 shred; 1163 is bite; 1164 tf; 1166 rake; 1167 incarn
#crit is 151580
#haste is 151583
#vers is 151585
head=,id=151801,ilevel=1000
neck=,id=134488,enchant_id=5439,gem_id=151583,ilevel=985
shoulder=,id=152129,enchant_id=5883,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
back=,id=152125,enchant_id=5435,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
chest=,id=152124,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
wrist=,id=144485,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985 Casino age in washington.
hands=,id=137480,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
waist=,id=151991,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
legs=,id=152128,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
The first few iterations I ran with Incarn/Rake, but it eventually shifted to Shred/Incarn. From the get go and until the end, Torment the Weak was the best shadow/light trait.
In terms of revelations for items – Seeping Scourgewing smacked Eye of Command and Convergence of Fates. I investigated Nightbane Chest bonus + EoC, but that lost out to high mastery on tier 21 gloves.
I eventually figured out the arcway/cos Gloves/Boots would be good since crit=haste=vers so as long as you can gem them to be close enough you win. Similarly since the CoS ring gives auto-attack damage for free, you might as well pick it up.
After a few iterations I ended up being versatility light (it simmed the highest), so I was considering which necklace to run – I ended up with the 5% maximum energy neck since the sims indicate there is energy capping going on so it definitely helps towards that, for a minor amount of vers loss compared to another crit/vers neck.
I ended up with all items being locked except for waist and wrists, where I selected crit/vers/haste items, then balanced using gems (everything versatility except for one haste gem. For some reason it raidbots would spaz out by 10k dps if i changed the last haste gem to versatility.
Stat Weights with Vers=Crit=Haste
Trinket Comparisons with Seeping Scourgewing and Golganneth's Vitality
Tier 0 and 3 with Shred and with Incarn
Tier 2 with Torment the Weak
Of course, for reference here's a meme all legendary profile with 7/7 in every trait, 1014 weapon:
Finally if you want the copy/paste to explore it yourself:
# SimC Addon 1.9.1
druid='BiSFeral T21″
level=110
race=night_elf
region=us
server=TheBestServer
role=attack
talents=3213231
spec=feral
artifact=58:0:0:0:0:1633:1:1327:1:1365:1:1153:1:1154:1:1155:1:1156:1:1157:1:1158:1:1159:1:1160:4:1161:4:1162:4:1163:4:1164:4:1165:4:1166:4:1167:4:1168:4:1505:4:1506:1:1507:1:1508:40
crucible=1739:1780:1167/1739:1780:1167/1739:1780:1167
#1161 rip, 1162 shred; 1163 is bite; 1164 tf; 1166 rake; 1167 incarn
#crit is 151580
#haste is 151583
#vers is 151585
head=,id=151801,ilevel=1000
neck=,id=134488,enchant_id=5439,gem_id=151583,ilevel=985
shoulder=,id=152129,enchant_id=5883,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
back=,id=152125,enchant_id=5435,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
chest=,id=152124,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
wrist=,id=144485,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985 Casino age in washington.
hands=,id=137480,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
waist=,id=151991,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
legs=,id=152128,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
feet=,id=137397,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
finger1=,id=134542,enchant_id=5430,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
finger2=,id=151636,enchant_id=5430,gem_id=151585,ilevel=1000
trinket1=,id=151964,gem_id=151585,ilevel=985
trinket2=,id=154174,ilevel=1000
main_hand=,id=128860,ilevel=1014,gem_id=137308/133687/136720,bonus_id=723,relic_id=0:0:0/0:0:0/0:0:0
off_hand=,id=128859
#mainhand incarn: 137466/137363/144458
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#mainhand shred: 137308/133687/136720
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