Feral Druid

The priority

1. Tiger’s Fury — when it is ready (below 90 energy)
2. Feral Frenzy — at 2 or fewer combo points
3. Ferocious Bite — with apex predator’s craving
4. Rip — at 5 combo points, when rip is ending
5. Ferocious Bite — at 5 combo points
6. Shred — with sudden ambush
7. Rake — when rake is missing or ending
8. Moonfire — when moonfire is missing or ending
9. Shred — as your builder

Common mistakes

• Finishing at 3 or 4 combo points.
• Letting Rip fall off on a single target.
• Capping Energy before Tiger’s Fury.

What’s simplified

• Each turn is one decision (about one global cooldown). Cooldowns and buff durations are converted to turns, so timing is approximate.
• Priority order follows SimulationCraft’s default priority list for this build, simplified to the abilities modeled here. Costs, cooldowns and effects come from Blizzard’s spell data. Rule wording is our own.
• Energy caps at 140 (an approximation of the talented cap) and regenerates 18 per turn. Tiger’s Fury adds 50.
• Finishers are always spent at 5 combo points.
• Rip lasts 16 turns, Rake and Moonfire 10. "Refreshable" means 4 or fewer turns left for Rip, 3 for the others. Snapshotting is not modeled.
• Clearcasting (free Shred) is a 25% chance per turn; Sudden Ambush and Apex Predator’s Craving each a 12% chance per finisher.
• Berserk, Incarnation, Convoke the Spirits and Regrowth weaving are not modeled.

Sources

• SimulationCraft: Default action priority list (Oct 20, 2026)
• SimulationCraft: Spell data dump, build 12.1.5.70391 (Oct 16, 2026)
• Blizzard Entertainment: Spell tooltips and Game Data API (spells) (Oct 13, 2026)
• Warcraft Secrets: Patch 12.1.5 content update notes (class changes) (Oct 13, 2026)

Druid of the Claw with Feral Frenzy and Apex Predator’s Craving: the build this module teaches. Wildstalker is not modeled. Reviewed Oct 20, 2026. A training aid, not a damage simulator.