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If you want your Racials to affect your DPS, there is only one choice in Alliance and it is Human. His Sword Specialization gives him a considerable edge over other available allied races. It decreases your chance to miss an attack, reduces enemy's chance to dodge, block, and parry, and most of all reduces glancing blow (glancing blows deal damage reduced in proportion to the difference between Target's defense skill and Attaker's weapon skill) penalty, which is huge for DPS.

If you are going for a Dagger build, the race choice becomes very much open. We recommend Dwarf or Gnome in this case, because of their solid PvP-centred Racials - Stone Form and Escape Artist.

1. Hit Rating - Increases your chance to Hit a Target. At level 60, with a Weapon Skill of 300, you have a 5% chance to miss with a special attack against a Target of equal level. Against level 63 Boss, who has 315 Defense skill, you need 9% Hit Rating to never miss a special attack. This means that getting 9% Hit Rating is paramount for a Raiding Rogue and should be your first goal when gearing up.

2. Weapon Skill - Increases your chance to Hit, decreases enemy's chance to Block, Dodge, and Parry, and counteracts Glancing Blow Penalty. As a Rogue, you get 5 Weapon skills in Swords, Daggers, and Fist Weapons with the Weapon Expertise Talent, but you need at least 5 more. These 5 points can be provided by Human's Racial (for Sword Spec) or by Aged Core Leather Gloves (Drop from Molten Core; for Dagger spec).

3. Agility - Increases your Ranged and Melee Attack Power by 1 AP per 1 Agility (at all levels), improves your Dodge chance by 1% per 14,5 Agility, and Critical Strike chance by 1% per 29 Agility (at level 60). This is your primary stat and you should look for it on all item upgrades after covering Hit Rating and Weapon Skill.

4. Attack Power/Strength - 1 point of Strength provides Rogue with 1 Attack Power, making these two stats equal. They both increase Damage but have a much lower impact than Agility.

5. Critical Strike - Increases your chance to deal bonus (critical) damage with all your attacks. Crit is a powerful stat for any rogue, but it gets a bit overshadowed by the fact that Agility provides both Crit Chance and Attack Power.

Swords Combat Rogue PvE DPS Build

Assassination Tree:

• 5/5Malice
• 3/3Ruthlessness - This Talent brings some RNG to Rogue's rotation, but the boost that it brings is definitely worth it.
• 2/2Murder - A lot of the Bosses are either Humanoids, Giants, Beasts or Dragonkin, which makes this Talent a must-have (it is a bit underwhelming in Molten Core, however).
• 3/3Improved Slice and Dice - Makes your Slice and Dice much more efficient and cheaper to maintain at all times.
• 5/5Lethality - More Damage from Sinister Strike Crits. This talent scales very well with gear.

Combat Tree:

• 3/3Improved Gouge - More of a PvP Talent, but it finds some uses in PvE as well.
• 2/2Improved Sinister Strike - More Sinister Strikes = more DPS.
• 1/5Lightning Reflexes - This Talent has close to 0 value in PvE, but the point has to go somewhere to unlock higher tier Combat Talents.
• 5/5Precision
• 2/2 Endurance - Allows you to Sprint more often, which makes you more mobile and less prone to losing DPS because of encounter mechanics.
• 2/2 Improved Sprint - Your Sprint now also breaks movement impairing effects, which is essential in some encounters.
• 5/5Dual Wield Specialization - With this Talent, your offhand Weapon deals 75% of normal Damage instead of standard 50%.
• 1/1Blade Flurry - Strong DPS Cooldown that also allows you to Cleave your Damage to a second Target.
• 5/5Sword Specialization - Solid Talent that passively boosts your DPS. Be aware that this Talent's procs will reset your Swing Timer (you should use your abilities immediately after Auro-Attack swings - get a Swing Timer Addon - because of that).
• 2/2 Weapon Expertise - Weapon Skill increase is very hard to get on Items and this talent provides you with 5 points!
• 3/3 Aggression
• 1/1Adrenaline Rush - Very strong offensive Cooldown that increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 seconds. Be aware that your Energy will tick for 40 per 2 seconds instead of 20 per 2 seconds when this is active (keep track of your energy levels, or you might waste some of it).

Daggers Combat Rogue PvE DPS Build

Assassination Tree:

• 5/5Malice
• 2/2Murder
• 3/3Improved Slice and Dice
• 5/5Lethality

Combat Tree:

• 3/3Improved Gouge
• 2/2Improved Sinister Strike - you'll want to use Backstab with this build, but this should provide you with more value than 2/5 Lightning Reflexes anyway.
• 3/3Improved Backstab - Additional 30% Crit chance with Backstab. A must-have.
• 5/5Precision
• 2/2 Endurance
• 2/2 Improved Sprint
• 5/5Dagger Specialization - even more Critical Strike chance.
• 5/5Dual Wield Specialization
• 1/1Blade Flurry
• 2/2 Weapon Expertise
• 1/1Adrenaline Rush

Subtlety Tree:

• 5/5Opportunity - 20% Extra Damage from Backstab, Garrote, and Ambush abilities. We advise you to watch out for your Ambushes at the start of Combat, as you might accidentally pull Aggro with them - just give Tank a while to generate some Threat.

• Pre-Raid - Felstriker(Dagger)/Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge(Sword) (Both drop from Warchief Rend Blackhand, Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Perdition's Blade(Dagger) (Drop from Ragnaros, Molten Core) / Vis'kag the Bloodletter(Sword) (Drop from Onyxia, Onyxia's Lair)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Dal'Rend's Tribal Guardian(Sword) (Drop from Warchief Rend Blackhand, Upper Blackrock Spire) / Alcor's Sunrazor(Dagger) (BoE World Drop)
• Phase 1 - Brutality Blade(Sword) (Drop from Garr, Molten Core) /Core Hound Tooth(Dagger) (Cashe of the Firelord, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Blackcrow (Drop from Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin, Lower Blackrock Spire) / Precisely Calibrated Boomstick (BoE World Drop)
• Phase 1 - Striker's Mark (Drop from Magmadar, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Hand of Justice (Drop from Emperor Dagran Thaurissan, Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 - Hand of Justice
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Blackhand's Breadth (Quest Reward from 'For the Horde!' / 'General Drakkisath's Demise', Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Blackhand's Breadth
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Mark of Fordring (Quest Reward from 'In Dreams', Western Plaguelands)
• Phase 1 - Onyxia Tooth Pendant (Quest Reward from 'For All To See' / 'Celebrating Good Times', Onyxia's Lair)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Blackstone Ring (Drop from Princess Theradras, Maraudon)
• Phase 1 - Blackstone Ring
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Painweaver Band (Drop from General Drakkisath, Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Band of Accuria(Drop from Ragnaros, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Mask of the Unforgiven (Drop from The Unforgiven, Stratholme)
• Phase 1 - Bloodfang Hood (Drop from Onyxia, Onyxia's Lair)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Cadaverous Armor (Drop from Multiple Bosses, Scholomance)
• Phase 1 - Nightslayer Chestpiece (Drop from Golemagg the Incinerator, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Devilsaur Leggings (Leatherworking Recipe)
• Phase 1 - Bloodfang Pants (Drop from Ragnaros, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Devilsaur Gauntlets (Leatherworking Recipe)
• Phase 1 - Nightslayer Gloves(Drop from Gehennas, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Swiftwalker Boots (Drop from Princess Moira Bronzebeard, Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 - Nightslayer Boots (Drop from Shazzrah, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Truestrike Shoulders (Drop from Pyroguard Emberseer, Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Nightslayer Shoulder Pads (Drop from Sulfuron Harbinger, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Deepfury Bracers (BoE World Drop)
• Phase 1 - Nightslayer Bracelets (Trash Mobs (BoE), Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Cloudrunner Girdle (Drop from Quartermaster Zigris, Lower Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Nightslayer Belt (Trash Mobs (BoE), Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Cape of the Black Baron (Drop from Baron Rivendare, Stratholme)
• Phase 1 - Cape of the Black Baron
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

1. Maintain Slice and Dice at all times (use it with 5 Combo Points)

2. Vanish if too high on Threat and there is a danger of pulling Aggro

3. Adrenaline Rush on Cooldown

4. Blade Flurry when Adrenaline Rush is active or when multiple Targets available

5. Eviscerate at 5 Combo Points

6. Sinister Strike/Backstab as a CP generator (depending on the situation/build)

1. If you want to deal more Damage and stand out from your Raid competition, Stack Consumables. Spending some additional Gold or a few extra hours grinding might secure you a spot in a Raid, as Raid leaders prefer dedicated and well-prepared players.

2. Do not ever overcap your Combo Points or Energy, but don't just spam Energy requiring abilities, try to maintain a stable Energy level (60-80).

3. You should always try to use your Finishing Moves with 5 Combo Points in order to maximize efficiency. Keep track of Ruthlessness procs, as they can change the math slightly (don't just spam 5x Sinister Strike/Backstab into finisher, keep track of your current CP).

4. Use Macros. You should add a /startattack macro to all your offensive abilities. Other macros, like /cancelaura 'x', Weapon Swaps (/equip 'WeaponName') and even mouseovers (/cast [target=mouseover, exists] AbilityName; AbilityName) are worth considering as well. Weapon Swap macros can be especially useful if you have multiple Weapons, with different Poisons applied, in your bags (you can swap weapons to apply poisons as needed).

5. Always try to improve. Get an addon that tracks your performance and try to optimize your equipment and rotation.

END NOTE

This Guide should help you to prepare yourself for that legendary Vanilla Raiding Experience and allow you to progress through Raid Tiers efficiently and with a good amount of fun.

We hope that you have found this guide useful and informative. If we have missed a piece of information that is important to you, please let us know!

Please do note that this is an early version of our guide, and we will be happy to receive constructive criticism, that will help us improve it, so leave your suggestions in the comments section below.

1. Hit Rating - Increases your chance to Hit a Target. At level 60, with a Weapon Skill of 300, you have a 5% chance to miss with a special attack against a Target of equal level. Against level 63 Boss, who has 315 Defense skill, you need 9% Hit Rating to never miss a special attack. Getting 9% Hit Rating is paramount for a Raiding Feral Druid and should be your first goal when gearing up as missing an Ability will throw off your rotation.

2. Agility - Increases your Attack Power, improves your Dodge, and Critical Strike chance. Druid gets 1% Critical Chance for 20 Agility (0,05% per point) and 1 AP per 1 Agility. This is your primary stat and you should look for it on all item upgrades after covering Hit Rating.

3. Strength - Increases Damage you deal to enemies. Druid's Strength to Attack Power proportion is calculated as follows: 1 Str = 2 AP without Hart of the Wild Talent and 1 Str = 2,4 AP with the Talent. The value of Strength is comparable to that of Agility.

4. Critical Strike - Increases your chance to deal bonus (critical) damage with all your attacks. Crit is a powerful statistic for a Feral Druid, but it gets a bit overshadowed by the fact that Agility provides both Critical Chance and Attack Power.

5. Attack Power - Increases Damage dealt. Druid's damage in Shapeshift forms is calculated only based on the AP value (Weapon Damage does not matter). Both Strength and Agility provide AP and are more efficient than this statistic in what they do.

6. Intellect - Increases your mana pool which in turn allows you to Powershift more, and Powershifting increases your DPS.

7. Spirit - Increases your Health and Mana regeneration while out of combat. Moreover, your mana will regenerate in combat according to the 5-second rule. The fact that mana regenerates while you are shapeshifted may lead you to believe that Spirit is a great stat for Druids as it will enable you to Powershift more often. Sadly, this is not the case because you want to Powershift in specific time-windows which greatly limits Spirit's viability. However, Spirit will play a role if you completely run out of mana during a fight.

Statistic Priority for a Raiding Feral Druid:

Hit Cap ⇒Agility =/⇒Strength ⇒Critical Chance ⇒ Attack Power⇒ Intellect ⇒ Spirit

DPS Feral Druid Build for PvE

Balance Tree:

• 1/1Nature's Grasp - This is potentially useful for immobilizing an add, but can only be used outdoors which makes it very situational. It can save your life if you pull aggro on a mob that isn't immune to CC, but it also may be detrimental in some cases - for example when you want adds to be grouped up (you don't want one of them to be immobilized in a different location). Also very solid in PvP.
• 4/4Improved Nature's Grasp - Makes Nature's Grasp much more reliable by making it trigger with 100% probability.
• 5/5Natural Weapons - Feral Talent in the Balance Tree - very balanced. Jokes aside, 10% physical Damage increase is very solid.
• 3/3Natural Shapeshifter - Makes Powershifting* much more cost-effective, which visibly increases your DPS.
• 1/1Omen of Clarity - Gives you a chance to enter a Clearcasting state, which is one of the most powerful effects in Classic. While in Clearcasting state, your next spell or ability cast is free (this saves you 48 energy if used with Shred).

Feral Combat Tree:

• 5/5Ferocity - Makes your main Cat and Bear abilities more efficient.
• 5/5Feral Aggression - Improves your go-to finishing ability by making it hit 15% harder. Increased Attack Power reduction of your Demoralizing Roar is a nice bonus.
• 2/2Feline Swiftness - Feral Druid is one of the most mobile specs in Classic thanks to this Talent (while outdoors, that is).
• 1/1Feral Charge - Charge ability only usable in Bear Forms (this is not a downside actually, thanks to the Furor Talent), very useful for interrupting enemy spell casts and closing your distance to the target quickly.
• 3/3 Sharpened Claws - 6% increased Critical Chance in Cat and Bear forms.
• 2/2Improved Shred - Shred now costs 48 Energy to use. This increases your DPS and makes your rotation much more fluid.
• 3/3Predatory Strikes - 90 Attack Power for 3 Talent Points (at level 60). Worth it.
• 2/2Blood Frenzy - Your Critical Strikes from Combo Point-generating abilities now award an additional CP. This Talent greatly increases the value of Critical Chance stat.
• 2/2 Savage Fury.
• 1/1 Faerie Fire (Feral) - Armor-decreasing debuff. It should be active on the Boss at all times. Also, a great way to counter Rogues and other Druids in PvP.
• 5/5Heart of the Wild - Solid boost to your primary statistics.
• 1/1 Leader of the Pack - Provides 3% extra Critical Chance for all party members within 45 yards while your Cat, Dire Bear or Bear form is active. This Talent is mandatory for all Feral Druid builds as it makes them much more viable in Raids.

Restoration Tree:

• 5/5Furor - Gives you 10 Rage when you shapeshift into Bear Forms or 40 Energy if you shapeshift into Cat Form. This Talent singlehandedly makes Powershifting* possible.

*Powershifting - Act of instantly switching out and back into Bear or Cat Form to gain instant Rage/Energy injection provided by the Furor Talent and/or the Wolfshead Helm. This technique allows you to exchange your mana for Energy or Rage, which in turn increases your DPS. It should be used on as low Energy/Rage level as possible for the maximum effect.

DPS/Tank Hybrid Feral Druid Build for PvE

Balance Tree:

• 1/1Nature's Grasp.
• 4/4Improved Nature's Grasp.
• 5/5Natural Weapons.
• 1/1Omen of Clarity.

Feral Combat Tree:

• 5/5Ferocity.
• 5/5Feral Instinct - Increases your Threat Generation which is mandatory for Tanking. Improved Prowl is also quite nice for PvP.
• 3/5Thick Hide - Increases your Armor contribution from items by 6%. This Talent is much better than it looks, thanks to the fact that the Dire Bear form increases your Armor contribution from items by 360%. Yes, these two effects stack.
• 1/1Feral Charge.
• 3/3 Sharpened Claws.
• 2/2Improved Shred.
• 3/3Predatory Strikes.
• 2/2Blood Frenzy.
• 2/2 Primal Fury - Improves your Rage generation. This scales well with Critical Chance.
• 2/2 Savage Fury.
• 1/1 Faerie Fire (Feral).
• 5/5Heart of the Wild.
• 1/1 Leader of the Pack.

Restoration Tree:

• 5/5Furor.

• Pre-Raid - Widowmaker (BoE World Drop) /Bonescraper (Drop from Baron Rivendare, Stratcholme)
• Phase 1 - Core Hound Tooth (Contained in Cashe of the Firelord, Molten Core) / Widowmaker
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Tome of Knowledge (Drop from Archivist Galford, Stratcholme)
• Phase 1 - Tome of Knowledge
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Manual Crowd Pummeler* (Drop from Crowd Pummeler 9-60, Gnomeregan)
• Phase 1 - Manual Crowd Pummeler*
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

*If it has charges left - you'll have to farm them constantly.

• Pre-Raid - Counterattack Lodestone (Contained in Gordok Tribute, Dire Maul) / Hand of Justice (Drop from Emperor Dagran Thaurissan, Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 - Counterattack Lodestone
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Blackhand's Breadth (Quest Reward from 'For the Horde!' / 'General Drakkisath's Demise', Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Blackhand's Breadth
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Mark of Fordring (Quest Reward from 'In Dreams', Western Plaguelands)
• Phase 1 - Onyxia Tooth Pendant (Quest Reward from 'For All To See' / 'Celebrating Good Times', Onyxia's Lair)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Myrmidon's Signet (BoE World Drop) / Magni's Will (Quest Reward from 'The Princess's Surprise', Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 - Quick Strike Ring (Drop from multiple Bosses, Molten Core) /Tarnished Elven Ring
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Tarnished Elven Ring(Contained in Gordok Tribute, Dire Maul)
• Phase 1 - Band of Accuria(Drop from Ragnaros, Molten Core) / Tarnished Elven Ring
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Wolfshead Helm (Created by Leatherworking)
• Phase 1 - Wolfshead Helm
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Cadaverous Armor (Drop from Multiple Bosses, Scholomance)
• Phase 1 - Cadaverous Armor
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Devilsaur Leggings (Created by Leatherworking)
• Phase 1 - Devilsaur Leggings
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Devilsaur Gauntlets (Created by Leatherworking)
• Phase 1 - Devilsaur Gauntlets
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Swiftwalker Boots (Drop from Princess Moira Bronzebeard, Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 - Swiftwalker Boots
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Truestrike Shoulders (Drop from Pyroguard Emberseer, Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Truestrike Shoulders
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Braces of the Eclipse (Drop from Prince Tortheldrin, Dire Maul West) / Blackmist Armguards (Drop from The Beast, Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Wristguards of Stability (Drop from Shazzrah, Lucifron, Sulfuron Harbinger, and Gehennas, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Cloudrunner Girdle (Drop from Quartermaster Zigris, Lower Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 - Cloudrunner Girdle
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid - Cape of the Black Baron (Drop from Baron Rivendare, Stratholme)
• Phase 1 - Cape of the Black Baron
• Phase 2 - TBA
• Phase 3 - TBA
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

1. Shred for Combo Point generation

2. Shred for Combo Point generation

3. Powershift immediately after Shred; in-between Energy Ticks (Cast Cat Form twice)

4. Shred for Combo Point generation

5. Shred for Combo Point generation

6. Powershift immediately after Shred; in-between Energy Ticks (Cast Cat Form twice)

7. Shred for Combo Point generation

8. Ferocious Bite as a Combo Point spender

9. Powershift immediately after Ferocious Bite; in-between Energy Ticks (Cast Cat Form twice)

1. If you want to deal more Damage and stand out from your Raid competition, Stack Consumables. Spending some additional Gold or a few extra hours grinding might secure you a spot in a Raid, as Raid leaders prefer dedicated and well-prepared players. This, above all else, applies to the Manual Crowd Pummeler - if you want to do competitive DPS, you have to have enough of them for the whole Raid's duration.

2. Fill the gaps. You play as the most versatile Class in the game - take advantage of it. Does a Healer need saving from an add while an off-Tank is not paying attention? - saving that Healer is your job. Does your group need more healing? - you can help with that as well; you will not be very efficient, but you might make the difference.

3. Do not waste your Energy. Proper timing is the key to increasing your energy efficiency, especially when Powershifting.

4. Do not ever overcap your Combo Points. Keep track of your SavageFury procs and shorten your sequence to avoid wasting Combo Points.

5. Always try to improve. Get an addon that tracks your performance and try to optimize your equipment and rotation.

END NOTE

This Guide should help you to prepare yourself for that legendary Vanilla Raiding Experience and allow you to progress through Raid Tiers efficiently and with a good amount of fun.

We hope that you have found this guide useful and informative. If we have missed a piece of information that is important to you, please let us know!

Please do note that this is an early version of our guide, and we will be happy to receive constructive criticism, that will help us improve it, so leave your suggestions in the comments section below.