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Cat Form
  • Cat Form
  • Instant cast
  • 35% of Base Mana
  • Shapeshift into cat form, increasing melee attack power by (Your Level * 2) plus Agility. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various cat abilities.

    The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.
Usable by
Class Druid
Properties
Type Utility
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Improvement
talents
See below
Related buff
  • Cat Form
  • Immunity to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by (Your Level * 2) plus Agility.
Druids always land on their feet.[src]
A night elf and a tauren in Cat Form
A night elf and a tauren in Cat Form

Cat Form is similar to a Rogue in that it relies on an Energy bar and combo points to use most of its skills. Druids in Cat Form also gain the ability to Track Humanoids, making a cloaked Cat Form Druid perfect for PvP ambushes.

Contents

Notes

  • Can use Cat Form Abilities.
  • Attack Power is increased by the formula: (Strength x 2) + Agility + (Character Level x 2) - 20
  • Cat Form's damage and DPS isn't affected by the currently equipped weapon (except by the contribution to attack power). Similarly, attack speed in Cat Form is always 1.00.
  • Procs from "Chance on Hit" enchantments on weapons do not work while in Cat Form. This includes weapon enchantments, such as Mongoose, and temporary weapon enhancements, such as Windfury Totem. However, "Equip: Chance on Hit" effects from other armor being worn, most often trinkets such as Darkmoon Cards are known to still work with attacks in Cat Form.
  • Generates energy via 2 ways only: 20 energy every 2 seconds or the talent Furor.
  • Cat Form uses Energy instead of Mana and can stealth, like a Rogue.
  • Cat Form has an innate threat reduction component. This is currently believed to be at 29% reduction, which mirrors the threat reduction of Rogues. (see Threat per Class)

Talent improvement

Talents that affect specific abilities are not listed here, in order to keep this list shorter.

Talent Points Needed Tree Name Talent Points Available
Furor 0 Restoration Furor 5
Naturalist 5 Restoration Naturalist 5
Natural Shapeshifter 10 Restoration Natural Shapeshifter 3
Feral Instinct 5 Feral Combat Feral Instinct 3
Thick Hide 5 Feral Combat Thick Hide 3
Feral Swiftness 10 Feral Combat Feral Swiftness 2
Sharpened Claws 10 Feral Combat Sharpened Claws 3
Predatory Strikes 15 Feral Combat Predatory Strikes 3
Blood Frenzy 15 Feral Combat Blood Frenzy 2
Faerie Fire (Feral) 20 Feral Combat Faerie Fire (Feral) 1
Heart of the Wild 25 Feral Combat Heart of the Wild 5
Leader of the Pack 30 Feral Combat Leader of the Pack 1
Predatory Instincts 35 Feral Combat Predatory Instincts 5
Mangle 40 Feral Combat Mangle 1

Tips and tactics

Main article: Druid tactics
  • A Druid in Cat Form can use both stealth and Track Humanoids to ambush people in PvP. By default, if you have no other tracking on, when you shift into Cat Form, Track Humanoids is automatically activated once you've learned it.
  • The Feral talent Feral Swiftness allows a Feral Druid to travel at 15-30% speed in the levels before you obtain Travel Form, which cuts down greatly on downtime through traveling until then.
  • Cat Form also has an arsenal of difficult-to-remove physical DoTs (like a Warrior's Rend) which can be used to tear casters apart in PvP.
  • Some feral druids have learned to "powershift" which takes advantage of the Restoration talent Furor. Powershifting gives 40 energy in 1 global cooldown (if starting with 0 energy). See macros for more details.

Dire Cat form

A Dire version of Cat form will be added in wrath of the Lich King, similar to Dire Bear Form[1].


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