Balance Druid guide
Caster DPS. Balance casts Moonfire, Insect Swarm, Starfire and Wrath from range, and from level 40 does it in Moonkin Form, the Balance capstone. Insect Swarm is now a Balance talent (tier 4, level 25), Nature's Grace speeds your casting by 10% for 3 sec after non-periodic crits, and Omen of Clarity, now a passive every Druid learns from the trainer at 20, procs free spells.
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Stat priority
- Hit (to cap)
- Spell Power
- Critical Strike
- Intellect
- Arcane Damage
- Nature Damage
- Spirit
Opener
- Moonkin Form: Crit aura for the party
- Faerie Fire: Armor debuff if no one else applies it
- Insect Swarm: Apply the DoT
- Moonfire: Apply the DoT
Single target
- Insect Swarm: Keep up
- Moonfire: Keep up
- Starfire: Main nuke, especially after a Nature's Grace proc
- Wrath: Filler vs arcane-resistant targets or to fish for crits
Several targets
- Hurricane: Channel on packs, slows attack speed
- Moonfire: Spread while moving
- Insect Swarm: Spread on priority targets
Cooldowns
- Innervate: Mana on yourself or a healer
- Barkskin: Damage reduction
- Rebirth: Combat resurrection
Key talents
- Moonkin Form
- Nature's Grace
- Moonfury
- Improved Starfire
- Insect Swarm
- Eclipse
- Vengeance
- Moonglow
- Nature's Majesty
- Nature's Splendor
- Nature's Reach
- Improved Wrath
What Forever changed
Forever's talent tree moves Insect Swarm into Balance (tier 4) and adds new talents: Genesis (up to 10% more periodic damage and healing), Nature's Majesty (up to 4% crit), Nature's Splendor (longer Moonfire, Insect Swarm, Rejuvenation and Regrowth) and Eclipse (each Wrath shortens your next two Starfires). Improved Wrath now also cuts Wrath's Mana cost by up to 50% and Moonglow cuts damage spell costs by up to 25%. Omen of Clarity is no longer a talent: every Druid learns it from the trainer at 20.
Tips
- Nature's Reach gives 4% hit at 2/2, reducing how much gear hit you need.
- Omen of Clarity procs twice as often in Moonkin Form; spend them on Starfire.
- Use Wrath on arcane-resistant bosses and Starfire elsewhere.
Other Druid specs: Feral Combat, Restoration
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .