In Pre-Patch, what’s new?

Balance Druid has had a very significant overhaul:
Empowerments are out and there’s an Eclipse.
Mastery: Total Eclipse is the latest result of our mastery.
Celestial Alignment and Incarnation: to give all sides of Eclipse as their active damage advantage, Incarnation: Chosen of Elune ones have been altered. Notable abilities include: Starsurge, Starfall, New Moon, Fury of Elune, and Shooting Stars that “double dip” on both sides of the eclipse because they are Astral Damage (a combination of arcane and nature).
Celestial Alignment and Incarnation: Chosen of Elune are now now off GCD and do not offer 30 Astral Strength after pressing anymore.
Shooting Stars is now now baseline at the 1 / SQRT(N) formula, meaning that on certain proc chance goals, you get declining returns.
Starsurge has been limited to 30 Astral Strength, and each Starsurge you cast during the Eclipse makes more bonus damage to your Eclipse.
Starfall Hurts now, so you can’t get more than one involved user at a time.
The baseline now is Stampeding Roar, T Typhoon, and Cyclone . The Heart of the Wild has substituted the talent that once stood for the typhoon.
Wrath to 6 Astral Power, Starfire to 8 Astral Power, and Nature’s Balance to 1 Astral Power per 2 seconds: Lower Astral Power around the board.
Miscellaneous Talent Changes: Soul of the Forest now improves filler powers, while Stellar Drift increases the length of Starfall by 2 seconds in Eclipse, and Fury of Elune now inflicts decreased harm on secondary goals.
New results come from the Affinity row: Restoration Affinity comes with the Ursol’s Vortex, Guardian Affinity comes with Incapacitating Roar, and Feral Affinity comes with Maim Affinity.


Basic Information

Troll, Zandalari Troll, Tauren, and Highmountain Tauren can be picked from: Horde
For Horde, because of their successful Berserking species, Troll can continue to be the strongest harm race. Thanks to their Bull Rush skill and their passive versatility by Mountaineer, Highmountain Tauren is also a good candidate for progression content and Mythic +, but their harm is a little worse.

Night Elf, Worgen, or Kul’Tiran Alliance may be chosen from:
Owing to Touch of Elune, Night Elf has marginally higher damage. Worgen can use Darkflight as a pseudo Sprint, and Shadowmeld can be seen in quite a few Mythic+ scenarios by Night Elf.


Druid Arms balance
Daggers, 1H/2H maces, hand axes, polearms, staves, and off-hands may be used by druids.


Abilities with Iconic Equilibrium
Moonfire
Sunfire
Starfire
Wrath
Starsurge
Starfall
Solar Beam


Flavor Effects
In response to their needs, Druids have the power to transform into several shapes. In-combat speed Cat Form , Travel Form / Flight Form for out-of-combat speed and riding, Bear Form for improved agility and armor to improve survival by a large amount, and Moonkin Form for all your skills and additional armor for 10 percent injury.
The game’s best pet is Moonkin Hatchling, hands down. If you are a real fan, call it Lil’ Tettles.

Druids have the unique powers of Dreamwalk or Teleport: Moonglade, which they can use to teleport to specified Druid areas.

The following Legendaries may be fit with Druids: Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest, Val’anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings, Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian, and Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros,
Things for Vanity:
There are also Druid-associated vanity glyphs. Any of these are the Glyph of the Forest Path, , the Mark of the Sentinel, l, and the Mark of the Doe (BIS is the Doe’s Glyph).

There are other vanity items sold by Lorelae Wintersong in Moonglade:
Tome of the Wilds: Treant Form -Treant Form Teaches
Tome of the Wilds: Mount Form -Teaches Stag Form
Tome of the Wilds: Charm Woodland Creature -Teaches Woodland Animals Charm
Tome of the Wilds: Flap -Teaches Flap
Flap is the only vanity power that is ever used in real-world circumstances to negate fall loss in certain situations.


Druid Attributes balance

Single Target Target Switching-The target swapping of Balance is some of the best when Starsurge is able to share money.
Burst Single Target-On Single Target, Celestial Alignment is extremely powerful and Balance Druid has some of the game’s highest single target burst damage.
Long Term Sustained Multi Target-Balance has a high amount of multi-target damage due to the bulk of our multi-target strength being in Starfall, Moonfire, Sunfire, and Starfire with only small fall-off beyond cooldowns.
Bear Form + Barkskin conjunction-While these two cooldowns are not very strong individually, they are some of the toughest in the game when used in conjunction. Bear Shape increases Armor and Endurance by large quantities, and Barkskin decreases damage by 20% on top of that. The downside to this is the considerable lack of damage, but it is offset by tremendous quantities of life.
Power and Utility-In the form of Innervate, Entangling Roots, and Typhoon and the skill line consisting of Mass Entanglement, and Mighty Bash. Druid as a class has a huge amount of utility and control.


Balance Vulnerabilities of Druids

Long Multi-Target Ramp Up Time-The long ramp up time for multi-targets is attributed to the fact that it takes a considerable amount of time to be able to shoot all the mobs at Moonfire. This causes a relatively smaller multi-target burst than many other types. As for the single goal, it takes 10-15 seconds to create the original Astral Power pool itself, making you really slow down from the start.
Lack of talent strength-Moonkin ‘s base kit is currently very strong, while the talents themselves are quite unimpacted from a harm perspective. You lose ~15% of the total damage whenever you take no harm altering skills. This gives very little agency to the Balance Druid player when choosing what to select for the encounter, which causes difficulties , especially when other classes are not balanced this way.


What makes Equilibrium special
Fantasy: Use the force of the Sun and Moon to cause harm from afar on opponents. Balance will call all of your enemies to the stars, or burn your enemies with the Sun’s power.
Resources: For both spells, Equilibrium Druids use Astral Power as their resource. Healing spells also cost Mana, but be vigilant since there is a limited mana pool for Balance Druids than groups of healers.
Mobility: Match Druids for mobility with Wild Charge as well as Dash in Cat Form
AoE Capabilities: Balance Druids have two Moonfire and Sunfire DoTs that do huge multi-target damage when combined with Starfall.
Defensive Abilities: Barkskin on a fast cooldown is a perfect defensive instrument. If Guardian Affinity is taken, 6 percent less harm can also be performed passively by a Balance Druid. Bear Form helps us to expand our wellbeing pool dramatically. Of all classes and specializations, Moonkin Form helps us to get some of the best armor scores.
Armor: Leather Intelligence

For Shadowlands, Druid Global Cooldown Shifts
The following will no longer be on the Shadowlands GCD for Druids:
(Feral) Berserk
Berserk (Keeper)
Celestial Alignment
Incarnation: Chosen of Elune
Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc
Incarnation: King of the Jungle
Innervate
Ravenous Frenzy
Kindred Spirits

In Shadowlands, the following have been applied to the GCD for Druids:
Roar of the Protector

Changes in Druid Baseline Capacity For Shadowlands

Barkskin Your skin becomes as resilient as bark, minimizing by 20 percent all damage you take and stopping your spellcasts from slowing damage. 8 sec. Lasts. Usable when shocked, frozen, impaired, feared, or asleep, and in all modes of shape change.
Now all the specifications are available.
Barkskin Rank 2 Increased length by 4 seconds
Dash Change to Cat Form and increase the speed of travel by 60% for 10 seconds when in Cat Form.
Entangling Roots Rank 2 Prior to breaking, Entangling Roots can endure 20 percent more damage.
Ferocious Bite Finishing maneuver that causes per combo point physical damage and absorbs up to 25 extra energy to boost damage by up to 100%.
1 point: [(98.28% of Attack Power) * 1 / 5] Hurt
2 points: [(98.28% of Attack Power) * 2 / 5] Hurt
3 points: [(98.28% of Attack Power) * 3 / 5] Hurt
4 points: [(98.28% of Attack Power) * 4 / 5] Hurt
5 points: [(98.28% of Attack Power) * 5 / 5] Hurt
Feral (Level 34): Finishing move that induces per combo point physical damage and absorbs up to 5 extra energy to boost damage by up to 100%.
Accessible to all standards now

After Specialist Riding experience, the Flight Form helps you to ride and raises the speed of movement by 150%.

Innervate Infuse with energy a helpful healer, helping them to cast spells for 12 sec.10 sec. without wasting mana.
Restoration: You achieve the effect at 50 percent productivity if cast on someone else.

Ironfur For 7 seconds, shield improves by (90100 * Agility / 100)
Guardian (Level 33): There might be overlaps between different uses of this skill.
Accessible to all specs now

Moonfire A fast ray of lunar light burns the opponent for Arcane damage (20 percent of Spell power) and then for additional Arcane damage (104.4 percent of Spell power) over 12 seconds.
Balance (Level 10): 0 Astral Force produces.

Moonfire Rank 2 Raised length by 4 seconds

Mount Form Change to a stagtravel form that can be mounted, raising moving speed by 40 percent. The caster is therefore shielded from the consequences of Polymorph. Useable just outside.
The process of shapeshifting frees the caster from symptoms that impede motion.
Changed the name from Stag Type to Mount Form

Prowl Change and enter stealth into Cat Shape.

Rebirth With 60% vitality and at least 20% mana, Regeneration restores the soul to the body, returning a dead aim to life. Castable in battle.
100% Health-res has advanced to Rank 2

Rebirth Rank 2 With 100 percent fitness, rebirth restores the goal of life.
Regrowth Heals a friendly goal over 12 sec. for (173% of Spell power) and another[(43.2% of Spell power)*1] over 12 sec.
Cost: 17.0% of the base mana mana,

Regrowth Rank 2 If the target is already impacted by Regrowth, Regrowth ‘s initial healing has a 40 percent improved risk of a vital impact.
Now all the specifications are available.

Shred the target, inflicting physical harm to the target [(46 percent of attack power)].
Feral (Level 42): Deals expanded harm to bleeding goals by 20 percent.
Feral (Level 44): Shred does 60 percent increased damage while stealthy, and has double the potential to attack critically.
Feral (Level 54): and creates 1 combo point in addition.
1 combo point award.

Stampeding Roar Turn into Bear Mode and let out a wild scream, increasing the level of action of all friendly players by 60 percent for 8 seconds inside 15 yards.
Accessible to all specs now

Sunfire A fast solar light beam burns the enemy for damage to Nature (20 percent of Spell power) and then additional damage to Nature (104.4 percent of Spell power) over 12 seconds.
Balance: Constructs 2 Astral Force.

Rank 2 of Sunfire now spreads the damage to all enemies within 8 yards over time.

Survival Instincts For 6 seconds, eliminates all damage you take by 50 percent.
Recharge for 3 min
Feral and Guardian are now available.

Tranquility Heals all allies for [(59 percent of Spell power) * 5] for 8 seconds inside 40 yards. For another (6.88 percent of Spell power) over 8 seconds, per cure heals the target, stacking.
Healing, while not in a raid, improved by 100 percent.

Wrath Throw a ball of energy at the goal, causing harm to nature (57.75% of Spell power).
Cost: 1.0% of base mana mana,
Name updated to Wrath from Solar Wrath, Now available on all specs

For Shadowlands, Druid Talent Shifts

Balance AffinityYou gain:
Astral Influence: Expands the range by 5 yards of all your skills.
You’re studying, too: Moonkin Type, Starsurge, Starfire, Sunfire, Typhoon

Feral Affinity You are gaining:
Feline Swiftness: 15 percent improvement in the speed of travel.
You’re learning, too: Rake, Rip, Swipe, Maim
35 percent improvement in the energy recovery.

Guardian Affinity You’re gaining:
Thick Hide: Eliminates all harm incurred by 6%.
Thrash, Frenzied Revival, Incapacitating Roar You even learn

For 45 seconds, Heart of the Wild Abilities connected to your preferred Affinity are dramatically empowered.
Restoration Affinity: Restoration spell healing improved by 30% and mana costs decreased by 50%.
Feral Affinity: 30 percent boost in damage to your Feral ability and an extra combo point is created by vital hits with attacks that produce a combo point.
Balance Affinity: 30 percent boost in damage to your balance skills and Starsurge is immediate.
Guardian Affinity: Bear Type offers an additional 20 percent endurance, numerous Ironfur uses can overlap, and 2 charges for Frenzied Regeneration

Mighty Bash Invokes Ursoc’s spirit to shock the goal for 4 seconds. Useable in all kinds of shape change.
Cooldown for 1 min

Restoration Affinity You gain:
Ysera ‘s Gift: Cure you every 5 seconds for 3% of your full fitness. An wounded group or raid member will be cured instead if you are in good health.
You’re also learning: Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, Wild Growth, Vortex Ursol,

Tiger Dash Shift into Cat Shape and increase the speed of travel by 200 percent, steadily decreasing over 5 seconds.

Baseline for Typhoon Now and available only for Balance

Changes in Druid PvP Talents for Shadowlands

Deep Roots Raises by 250 percent the amount of damage expected to cancel your Entangling Roots or Mass Entanglement

Strength of the Wild Maul Power targets 8% of the maximum health of the target in Physical Injury.
Changed the name from Enraged Maul to Force of the Wild

High Winds As the Entangling Roots are detached, dispelled, or terminated, the physical damage to the target is minimized. Cyclone leaves the target reeling for 4 seconds, minimizing their damage by 25%.
Changed name of High Winds from Encroaching Vines
Now all the specifications are available.

Changes in Druid Glyphs for Shadowlands
Technique: Glyph of the Aerial Chameleon: Your shapeshifted form will be automatically chosen each time you shape shift into a Flight Form.
Technique: Glyph of the Aquatic Chameleon: Your shapeshifted body will be automatically chosen every time you transform into an aquatic form.
Technique: Glyph of the Swift Chameleon: Your shapeshifted form will be automatically chosen each time you shapeshift into a Travel Form.

Balance the Talent Tree of Druid Shadowlands

The most recent Balance Druid Skill Tree for Shadowlands is below:
Tier 15: Nature’s Balance, Warrior of Elune, Force of Nature
Tier 25: Tiger Dash, Renewal, Wild Charge
Tier 30: Feral Affinity, Guardian Affinity, Restoration Affinity
Tier 35: Mighty Bash, Mass Entanglement, Heart of the Wild
Tier 40: Soul of the Forest, Starlord, Incarnation: Chosen of Elune
Tier 45: Stellar Drift, Twin Moons, Stellar Flare
Tier 50: Solstice, Fury of Elune, New Moon

Balance Druid Talent Calculator


Balance Improvements to Druid Capacity for Shadowlands

Celestial Alignment Celestial bodies merge, keeping all eclipses and offering 20 seconds of 10% hurry.
Eclipse Casting 2 For 15 seconds, Starfire empowers Vengeance. For 15 seconds, Casting 2 Wrath empowers Starfire. These Eclipses occur in alternation.
Eclipse (Solar): Wrath cast time reduced 8% and damage increased 20%.
Eclipse (Lunar): Starfire cast time reduced 8% and critical strike chance increased 20%.
Eclipse Rank 2 Eclipse now reduces the cast time of affected spells by 15%.
Mastery: Total Eclipse Solar Eclipse increases damage to Nature by 9%, and Lunar Eclipse increases damage to Arcane by 9%.
Moonfire Rank 2 The length of Moonfire and Sunfire rose by 6 seconds.
Moonkin Form Shapeshift into [Moonkin Form][Astral Form], increasing the damage of your spells by 10% and your armor by 125%, and granting protection from Polymorph effects.
The shapeshifting act frees you from symptoms that hinder mobility.
Moonkin Form Rank 2 When in Moonkin Form, you have a 15 percent chance of single-target attacks that make your next Starfire instant.
Over time, Shooting Stars Moonfire and Sunfire damage has a chance to call down a falling star, dealing astral damage (36% of Spell strength) and creating 3 astral power.
Baseline NOW
Starfall Calls down waves of dropping stars within 40 yds on opponents, inflicting astral damage over 8 sec. [9 * (21 percent of Spell power)]
Starfall Rank 2 Starfall Casting increases the time of active Moonfires and Sunfires by 4 seconds.
Starfire Call down a burst of energy, causing (76.5% of Spell power) Arcane damage to the target, and [(76.5% of Spell power) * 33 / 100] Arcane damage to all other enemies within 8 yards.
Eight Astral Force Produces.
The name has been changed to Starfire from Lunar Attack.
Starsurge Launch a surge of stellar energies at the target, dealing (207% of Spell power) Astral damage, and empowering the damage bonus of any active Eclipse for its duration.
Starsurge Rank 2 Starsurge further empowers the damage bonus of any active Eclipse.
Mastery: Total Eclipse Solar Eclipse increases Nature spell damage by 11%, and Lunar Eclipse increases Arcane spell damage by 11%.


Balance Druid Talent Changes for Shadowlands

Fury of Elune Calls down a beam of pure celestial energy that follows the enemy, dealing up to [8 * 2 * (16.5% of Spell power)] Astral damage over 8 sec within its area. Damage reduced on secondary targets.
Generates 40 Astral Power over its duration.
Incarnation: Chosen of Elune An improved Moonkin Form that grants the benefits of Celestial Alignment, and 10% critical strike chance.
Lasts 30 sec. You may shapeshift in and out of this improved Moonkin Form for its duration.
New Moon Deals (75% of Spell power) Astral damage to the target and empowers New Moon to become Half Moon.
Generates 10 Astral Power.
Nature’s Balance While in combat you generate 1 Astral Power every 2 sec.
While out of combat your Astral Power rebalances to 50 instead of depleting to empty.
Shooting Stars Now Baseline
SolsticeDuring the first 6 sec of every Eclipse, Shooting Stars fall 300% more often.
Soul of the Forest Eclipse increases Wrath’s Astral power generation 50%, and increases Starfire’s area effect damage by 150%.
Starlord Starsurge and Starfall grant you 3% Haste for 20 sec.4% Haste for 15 sec.
Stacks up to 3 times. Gaining a stack does not refresh the duration.
Stellar Drift Increases Starfall’s duration by 2 sec, its damage by 15%, and allows you to cast while moving while it is active.
Typhoon Blasts targets within 15 yards in front of you with a violent Typhoon, knocking them back and dazing them for 6 sec. Usable in all shapeshift forms.
Now baseline and available to Balance only.
Warrior of Elune Your next 3 Starfires are instant cast and generate 40% increased Astral Power.


Balance Druid PvP Talent Changes for Shadowlands

High Winds Cyclone leaves the target reeling, reducing their damage by 25%30% for 4 sec.
Moon and Stars [Incarnation: Chosen of Elune][Celestial Alignment]$? Entering an Eclipse summons a beam of light at your location granting you 70% reduction in silence and interrupts for 10 sec.
Prickling Thorns When your Entangling Roots [or Mass Entanglement] is removed, dispelled, or ends, the target will take Entangling Roots [and Mass Entanglement] deal (100% of Spell power) Nature damage.damage every 2 sec.