Druid Balance guide
How to play Balance in WoW: Forever: what to press, which stats to chase, the talent build level by level, and the gear and dungeons to aim for.
Overview
Balance is the druid's caster spec. In Forever, Wrath is much cheaper but hits for less, so you can cast it a lot. Improved Wrath makes it faster and cheaper still, and Vengeance makes your crits hit hard. Skyborne can be druids on both factions.
Good at
- Cheap, steady Wrath casts
- Can heal yourself and others
- Can shift to bear when things go bad
- Strong crits with Vengeance
Watch out for
- Cloth or leather armor
- Moonkin Form is a 31-point talent, out of reach at 30
- Lower burst than a mage
How to play it
In order of priority for levels 20 to 30, on one target:
- MoonfireOpen with it or use it while moving. The talent makes it hit harder.
- WrathYour main spell. Cheap and quick with Improved Wrath.
- StarfireBigger hit when you have time to cast it.
- Faerie FireUse it on tough mobs to lower their armor.
- Entangling RootsRoot a mob and keep casting. It works indoors now.
Several targets
- MoonfireSpread it on a few mobs while the tank holds them.
- Nature's GraspRoots the first mob that hits you, so you can get away.
Stat priority
- Spell hit
- Spell crit
- Spell damage
- Nature damage
- Arcane damage
- Intellect
- Spirit
This is the order ONN ranks gear by for Balance. Your weapon matters more than anything for melee.
Talents
21 / 0 / 0 at level 30. One point every level from 10. Take them in this order:
- 10
Improved Wrath1/5 - 11Improved Wrath2/5
- 12Improved Wrath3/5
- 13Improved Wrath4/5
- 14Improved Wrath5/5
- 15
Nature's Majesty1/2
- 16Nature's Majesty2/2
- 17
Moonglow1/3 - 18Moonglow2/3
- 19Moonglow3/3
- 20
Nature's Splendor1/1
- 21
Improved Moonfire1/2 - 22Improved Moonfire2/2
- 23
Nature's Reach1/2 - 24Nature's Reach2/2
- 25
Vengeance1/5
- 26Vengeance2/5
- 27Vengeance3/5
- 28Vengeance4/5
- 29Vengeance5/5
- 30
Nature's Grace1/1
Gear at level 30
The best item for each slot. Hover for the full tooltip.
- Head
Enduring Cap - Neck
Kaleidoscope Chain - Shoulders
Bloodmage Mantle - Back
Windsong Drape - Chest
Beguiler Robes - Wrists
Glowing Magical Bracelets - Hands
Shilly Mitts - Waist
Highlander's Cloth Girdle - Legs
Abomination Skin Leggings - Feet
Acidic Walkers - Ring 1
Advisor's Ring - Ring 2
Lorekeeper's Ring - Trinket 1
Rune of Perfection - Two-hand
Hardened Root Staff
Dungeons to run
Where most of your best gear drops, best first.
- Shadowfang Keep levels 22 to 301 best-in-slot item: Abomination Skin Leggings
- Scarlet Monastery: Graveyard levels 26 to 361 best-in-slot item: Bloodmage Mantle
- Gnomeregan levels 29 to 381 best-in-slot item: Acidic Walkers
- Blackfathom Deeps levels 24 to 32
- The Stockade levels 24 to 32
Tips
- Omen of Clarity is baseline from level 20 for every druid, and Wrath never uses up the free cast.
- Nature's Grace makes your next casts faster after a crit.
- Moonglow lowers the cost of all your damage spells.
- Keep Mark of the Wild and Thorns on yourself at all times.
- Potions work in forms now, so shift to Bear Form if a mob gets on you.
Macros
Make a macro with /macro in game, paste the text, and drag it to your bar.
Moonfire on your mouseover, or your target.
#showtooltip Moonfire /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Moonfire
Rejuvenation on your mouseover, then your friendly target, then yourself.
#showtooltip Rejuvenation /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Rejuvenation
Sources
Written by ONN for the WoW: Forever beta (level 30 cap). Talents, stats and gear update from the live data; the beta is still changing, so details may be different at launch on November 4. Something wrong? Tell us in #help.