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Leveling Specs While you are leveling you may consider picking different talents than what you have planned for end game. Some specs, particularly restoration, adversely affects your DPS and therefore causes you to level slower than those of other specs. And yet some early level talents affects abilities that you won't even get until later. This guide is here to help you place talent points in slots while leveling, assuming that you are willing to respec at least once as you level and probably another time at 60 for your final spec. But it all boils down to what your goals in the game are. To climb those levels fast: Requirement: You must be willing to collect feral gear, at least for earlier levels (+str/stam, agility to a lesser extent). First point you should invest in is Nature's Grasp, then all your points from level 11 on should be invested into feral. But don't put points into Feral Aggression, that doesn't increase your DPS because you don't get Ferocious Bite until level 32. Instead, put points 2-6 into Ferocity. Less cost to your moves = more dps. Tier 2 doesn't really have anything that increases DPS, but Feral Instinct helps you get around easier with the +stealth bonus, so put your next 5 points there. When you get to level 21 this is where it gets interesting. You should get 2 points into Feline Swiftness first just because it increases your run speed in cat form outdoors by 30%. This kind of gives you an early travel form (you get real one at 30). Faster running means faster leveling, of course. So from 22 on you can run at +30% speed which will last until level 30. From 23-25 you should be putting points into Sharpened Claws, which will increase your crit strike chance in bear/cat by 6%. More crit equals more DPS. At level 26-28 you can put points into Predatory Strikes, increasing your attack power in cat/bear and your DPS. Then you can choose between Blood Frenzy and Primal Fury depending on which form you use more. Decide whether you are going to pvp as a lowbie or not: At this point you are level 30. Now you can keep putting points down the feral tree if you want to continue leveling fast, but if you PVP a lot, you might want to respec into Nature's Swiftness in the restoration tree. NS is godly for early level pvp, especially group pvp, and your opponents will find it extremely difficult to kill you because of your "second life". Your DPS will not be as good, but you have way more survivability. If you are specced into restoration you will level slower than if you had stayed feral. You can start putting points in feral again if you want to continue pvping, and get feral charge. Feral charge is excellent for PVP against classes that need or would like to stay in range (ie mage, hunter). Or you can spec down to innervate. Innervate druids can advertise themselves as such and find groups for instances very easily. If you want to primarily use instances as a source of leveling up from here on, definitely spec down to innervate. At level 40: 40 is an important level because you can now get one of the three tier 7 talents if you wish. Here you can respec to moonkin if you want to nuke, innervate for healing, and leader of the pack for full feral. If you do this you need to start considering a sub-spec (what you want to "minor" in). Remember that if you want Nature's swiftness at level 60 you have to respec again then. And if you are unwilling to do that you must live with not having a final talent for 20 levels, which probably isn't worth it. So if you can afford a respec at 60, from 41 to 60 just pick whatever talent will help you level and respec to what you want at 60. My advice is, if you're specced feral primarily, go balance as your sub-spec until 60, if you're balance or restoration primarily, go feral. This is your fastest ticket to 60. And of course at 60 you can just respec to your final build. |