Balance Druid
DPS Caster spec. Eclipse gives it a rhythm, mana pressure is largely gone, and DoTs can crit.
Best in slot
Head Totemic Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted 9
- 2 Wisdom's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Pristine Circlet Tailoring · Crafted
- 4 Trapper's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 5 Lakeshire Firefighter's Headband Source not listed
- 6 Shadow Goggles Engineering · Crafted
- 7 Stormrider's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Green Tinted Goggles Engineering · Crafted
- 9 Solomon's Comfortable Hat Source not listed
- 10 Flying Tiger Goggles Engineering · Crafted
Neck Mark of the Pack Leader Source not listed 9
- 2 Sorcerer Collar Rethilgore · Shadowfang Keep
- 3 Scholarly Pendant Source not listed
- 4 Tarnished Locket Source not listed
- 5 Replica Crescent Necklace Source not listed
- 6 Snake Eye Kaleidoscope Lady Anacondra · Wailing Caverns
- 7 Roadwatcher's Confidence Source not listed
- 8 Ephemeral Choker Faldrim Anvilmar · Hall of Thanes
- 9 Erudite's Amulet Source not listed
- 10 Scout's Medallion Kelm Hargunth · Vendor
Shoulder Magician's Mantle World drop 9
- 2 Raptorclaw Shoulders Source not listed
- 3 Chestnut Mantle Allegiance to the Old Gods · Quest (Horde)
- 4 Rose Mantle Morganth · Quest (Alliance)
- 5 Reinforced Woolen Shoulders Tailoring · Crafted
- 6 Ghostly Mantle Deathstalkers in Shadowfang · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Double-Stitched Woolen Shoulders Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Silk Mantle of Gamn Uncovering the Past · Quest (Alliance)
- 9 Desert Shoulders Grimtotem Spying · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Ethereal Mantle Source not listed
Back Windsong Drape Free at Last · Quest (Horde) 9
- 2 Prelacy Cape Researching the Corruption · Quest
- 3 Heavy Woolen Cloak Tailoring · Crafted
- 4 Battle Healer's Cloak Kelm Hargunth · Vendor
- 5 Caretaker's Cape Illiyana Moonblaze · Vendor
- 6 Pearl-clasped Cloak Tailoring · Crafted
- 7 Feyscale Cloak Deviate Faerie Dragon · Wailing Caverns
- 8 Black Whelp Cloak Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Soft Willow Cape Je'neu of the Earthen Ring · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Mystic Shawl Pyrewood Ambush · Quest (Horde)
Chest Dro'zem's Tunic Source not listed 9
- 2 Stormrider's Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Leftover Abomination Skin The Baron · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 4 High Robe of the Adjudicator Assault on Fenris Isle · Quest (Horde)
- 5 Filigreed Pristine Gown Tailoring · Crafted
- 6 Wisdom's Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Barkshell Tunic Betrayal from Within · Quest (Horde)
- 8 Totemic Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Gray Woolen Robe Tailoring · Crafted
- 10 Moonglow Vest Leatherworking · Crafted
Wrist Aetherwisp Bracers Faldrim Anvilmar · Hall of Thanes 9
- 2 Tabitha's Cuffs Source not listed
- 3 Mindthrust Bracers Trash drop · Shadowfang Keep
- 4 Featherbead Bracers Returning the Lost Satchel · Quest (Horde)
- 5 Owl Bracers Source not listed
- 6 Witherbite Bracers Witherfang · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 7 Owlbeard Bracers Earthen Arise · Quest (Horde)
- 8 Harpy Bangles Source not listed
- 9 Bright Bracers World drop
- 10 Ratchet Wristwraps Ratchet - Friendly · Reputation
Hands Jutebraid Gloves Horde Presence · Quest (Horde) 9
- 2 Stormrider's Leather Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Serpent Gloves Lord Serpentis · Wailing Caverns
- 4 Fletcher's Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 5 Gnoll Casting Gloves Mosshide Mistweaver · Wetlands
- 6 Tattered Mittens Source not listed
- 7 Pristine Gloves Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Windfelt Gloves The Absent Minded Prospector · Quest
- 9 Totemic Leather Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 10 Wisdom's Leather Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
Waist Warsong Sash Warsong Supplies · Quest (Horde) 9
- 2 Heartwood Girdle Twilight Falls · Quest (Alliance)
- 3 Pristine Sash Tailoring · Crafted
- 4 Stormrider's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 5 Novice Arcanist's Sash Tailoring · Crafted
- 6 Wisdom's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Novice Ardent's Sash Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Hillman's Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Totemic Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 10 Keller's Girdle World drop
Legs Dark Ritual Leggings Source not listed 9
- 2 Stormrider's Leather Pants Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Wisdom's Leather Pants Leatherworking · Crafted
- 4 Filigreed Pristine Leggings Tailoring · Crafted
- 5 Dreamer's Leggings Source not listed
- 6 Totemic Leather Pants Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Colorful Kilt Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Ogre Loincloth Rhahk'Zor · The Deadmines
- 9 Wispcloth Leggings The Abandoned · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 10 Smouldering Leggings Source not listed
Feet Spidersilk Boots Tailoring · Crafted 9
- 2 Stormrider's Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Wisdom's Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 4 Totemic Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 5 Nimbus Boots Twilight Falls · Quest (Alliance)
- 6 Red Woolen Boots Tailoring · Crafted
- 7 Feather Padded Treads Source not listed
- 8 Moonglow Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Black Whelp Slippers Leatherworking · Crafted
- 10 Disjointed Shoes Source not listed
Finger 1 Minor Channeling Ring WANTED: Chok'sul · Quest (Alliance) 9
- 2 Advisor's Ring Kelm Hargunth · Vendor
- 3 Lorekeeper's Ring Illiyana Moonblaze · Vendor
- 4 Sludge-Stained Band Source not listed
- 5 Lavishly Jeweled Ring Gilnid · The Deadmines
- 6 Sacred Band The Den · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Black Pearl Ring Lady Vespira · Darkshore
- 8 Loop of Sacrifice Source not listed
- 9 Totemic Clan Ring Revenge of Gann · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Skull Ring Souvenirs of Death · Quest (Horde)
Finger 2 Advisor's Ring Kelm Hargunth · Vendor 9
- 1 Minor Channeling Ring WANTED: Chok'sul · Quest (Alliance)
- 3 Lorekeeper's Ring Illiyana Moonblaze · Vendor
- 4 Sludge-Stained Band Source not listed
- 5 Lavishly Jeweled Ring Gilnid · The Deadmines
- 6 Sacred Band The Den · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Black Pearl Ring Lady Vespira · Darkshore
- 8 Loop of Sacrifice Source not listed
- 9 Totemic Clan Ring Revenge of Gann · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Skull Ring Souvenirs of Death · Quest (Horde)
Trinket 1 Minor Recombobulator Engineering · Crafted 9
- 2 Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering · Crafted
- 3 Rune of Duty Source not listed
- 4 Rune of Perfection Source not listed
- 5 Lookie's Spyglass Cookie · The Deadmines
- 6 Crystal of Zin-Malor Source not listed
- 7 Greater Insignia of the Alliance Source not listed
- 8 Greater Insignia of the Horde Source not listed
- 9 Insignia of the Alliance Rank 6 · PvP Rank
- 10 Insignia of the Horde Rank 6 · PvP Rank
Trinket 2 Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering · Crafted 9
- 1 Minor Recombobulator Engineering · Crafted
- 3 Rune of Duty Source not listed
- 4 Rune of Perfection Source not listed
- 5 Lookie's Spyglass Cookie · The Deadmines
- 6 Crystal of Zin-Malor Source not listed
- 7 Greater Insignia of the Alliance Source not listed
- 8 Greater Insignia of the Horde Source not listed
- 9 Insignia of the Alliance Rank 6 · PvP Rank
- 10 Insignia of the Horde Rank 6 · PvP Rank
Main Hand Gnarled Necromancer's Staff Ruins of Lordaeron Quest · Quest Reward 9
- 2 Staff of the Blessed Seer Trash drop · Blackfathom Deeps
- 3 Evocator's Blade Trash drop · Blackfathom Deeps
- 4 Coldspire Staff Rath'mael · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 5 Crescent Staff Leaders of the Fang · Quest (Horde)
- 6 Emberstone Staff Captain Greenskin · The Deadmines
- 7 Scepter of the Abandoned The Abandoned · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 8 Golemheart Stave Plunder · Hall of Thanes
- 9 Buzzer Blade Sneed's Shredder · The Deadmines
- 10 Staff of Orgrimmar Hidden Enemies · Quest
Off Hand Dwarven Tome Halls of Thane Quest · Quest Reward 9
- 2 Defective Samophlange Ratchet - Honored · Reputation
- 3 Skum's Bucket Skum · Wailing Caverns
- 4 Mathystra Channeling Orb Source not listed
- 5 Expended Apothecary Vial Source not listed
- 6 Bouquet of Auberdine Flowers Source not listed
- 7 Tear of Grief For Love Eternal · Quest
- 8 Seer's Fine Stein World drop
- 9 Spellbinder Orb World drop
- 10 Onu's Patience Source not listed
Ranged Mystic Mushroom Enchanting · Crafted 2
- 2 Mark of Urs'endris Source not listed
- 3 Unbalanced Idol Source not listed
Where the list sends you
- 5 Crafted of 48 on the list
- 3 Quest (Horde) of 19 on the list
- 2 Quest Reward of 2 on the list
- 1 Vendor of 7 on the list
- 1 Quest (Alliance) of 6 on the list
- 1 World drop of 5 on the list
- 1 Hall of Thanes of 3 on the list · 4 quests
Alternatives only: The Deadmines, Ruins of Lordaeron, Wailing Caverns, Quest, PvP Rank, Shadowfang Keep, Reputation, Darkshore, Blackfathom Deeps, Wetlands.
Talents
51 points, all of them spent by level 60.
Balance
33Feral Combat
5Restoration
1321 points, which is everything the beta's level 30 cap allows.
Balance
21Feral Combat
0Restoration
0Rotation
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- Use
Moonkin Form . Transforms the Druid into Moonkin Form. While in this form, the armor contribution from items is increased by 360%, Omen of Clarity gains 100% increased chance to trigger, and all party members within 45 yards have their critical strike chance increased by 3%, exclusive with Leader of the Pack. The Moonkin cannot cast healing spells while shapeshifted. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects. - Maintain Moonfire and Insect Swarm . Burns the enemy for 9 to 12 Arcane damage and then an additional 12 Arcane damage over 9 sec.
- Cast Wrath until 4 charges of
Eclipse . Causes 10 to 12 Nature damage to the target. - Cast Starfire to consume the 2 stacks of
Eclipse . Causes 79 to 96 Arcane damage to the target.
- Maintain Moonfire and Insect Swarm . Burns the enemy for 9 to 12 Arcane damage and then an additional 12 Arcane damage over 9 sec.
- Cast Wrath . Causes 10 to 12 Nature damage to the target.
Races
Ranked by how many of a race's racials touch what this spec does, read out of the game's own wording and out of the weapon its gear list aims for. Those are lit; the number on the right is the count. It is a measure, not a verdict: nothing in the beta has been parsed yet, so anything stronger would be a guess.
Alliance
- 1 Skyborne Elemental Insight Read Ley Line Walk on Air Wind Blessed 2
- 2 Night Elf Elune's Light Quickness Shadowmeld Wisp Spirit 1
Horde
- 1 Skyborne Elemental Insight Skysight Walk on Air Wind Blessed 2
- 2 Tauren Plainsrunning Cultivation Endurance War Stomp 1
What Forever changed
3 new, 27 rewritten, 1 no longer taught, across the whole class. Every ability, rank by rank.
In the Balance tree
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EclipseWrath and Starfire now feed each other instead of competing, turning Balance's rotation into an alternating cycle. - Damage over time can critMoonfire, Insect Swarm and Rip all benefit, which changes how Balance and Feral scale with gear.
Elsewhere in Druid
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Omen of Clarity is baselineIt no longer costs a talent, and it now procs from spellcasting rather than melee alone. That is why it is missing from the Feral tree. -
MangleA single bleed-amplifying strike usable in both cat and bear form, which gives Feral one button that matters in either role. - Wild GrowthRestoration gets a genuine group heal. Classic Druid healing was almost entirely single-target.
New abilities
- LacerateLacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for 50 damage over 15 sec plus 10% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to 5 times on the same target.
- ReviveBrings a dead player back to life with 70 health and 135 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.
- Wild GrowthHeals the target and their party for 490 over 7 sec. Party members must be within 43.5 yards of target. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as Wild Growth reaches its full duration.