Cat Form
Cat Form 3.7% of base mana Instant cast Shapeshift into Cat Form, causing Agility to increase attack power, increasing autoattack damage by 100%, and increasing movement speed by 25%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various cat abilities. Energy regeneration continues while not in Cat Form. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of movement impairing effects.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	6
Related buff
Cat Form Immune to Polymorph effects. Causes Agility to increase attack power, increases autoattack damage by 100%, and increases movement speed by 25%.
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• Cat Form
• 3.7% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Shapeshift into Cat Form, causing Agility to increase attack power, increasing autoattack damage by 100%, and increasing movement speed by 25%.
  
  Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various cat abilities.
  
  Energy regeneration continues while not in Cat Form.
  
  The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of movement impairing effects.

Druids always land on their feet.^[1]

Cat Form is a shapeshift druid ability learned at level six. Similar to a Rogue, 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.

Triggered by

• [Displacer Beast] (talent)
• [Prowl (druid ability)Prowl] (core ability)
• [Dash] (core ability)

Modified by

• [Heart of the Wild] (talent)
• [Feline Grace] (core ability)

2020

• Glyph of Cat Form
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Druid
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Increases healing done to you by 20% while in Cat Form.
• Sell Price: 1

2020

• Glyph of Master Shapeshifter
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Druid
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Reduces the mana cost of all shapeshifts by 90%.
• Sell Price: 1

2020

• Glyph of the Chameleon
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Minor Glyph
• Classes: Druid
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Each time you shapeshift into Cat Form or Bear Form, your shapeshifted form will have a random hair color.
• Sell Price: 1

Notes

• Cat Form uses Energy instead of Mana and can stealth, like a Rogue.
• Blizzard has redesigned the Cat and Bear forms, which were released with Patch 3.2.0. There are now 5 different fur colors, designated by your hair color.

Tips and tactics

• A druid in Cat Form can use both stealth and Track Humanoids to ambush people in PvP. By default, if you have no profession tracking on, when you shift into Cat Form, Track Humanoids is automatically activated once you have learned it.

Media

The original night elf and tauren in cat form.

Night elf cat forms.

Tauren cat forms.

Troll cat forms.

Worgen cat forms.

Troll cat form from the card game.

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Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.5 (11 September 2012): The 25% speed increase granted by Cat Form should no longer stack with the speed increase of Dash. 
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Entering or leaving a shapeshift no longer cancels root effects. It continues to cancel movement slowing effects.; Druid forms now have an Archaeology Survey animation. 
  
• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Available at level 8. 
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Mana energizes that occur while in this form will now appear in the combat log and floating combat text. 
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): The mana regeneration penalty when in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form and Cat Form has been removed. 
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): The attack power bonus from the base cat form will now calculate correctly on zoning or logging in. 
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (13-Sep-2005):
  • The base weapon damage of the form has been increased.
  • Each point of agility now adds 1 attack power. 
    
• Patch 1.6.0 (12-Jul-2005):
  • Shapeshifting will now counteract the slowing effects of frost-based spells (Frostbolt, Frost Shock, Cone of Cold, etc.).
  • Druid shapeshift form buttons are no longer dimmed while under the effects of Polymorph. 
    
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Shapeshifting into an animal form will now remove Polymorph effects. 
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (07-Mar-2005): DPS increase at levels 40-60. 
  

References

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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