Introduction
Hello! My name is Gamz. I’ve been playing Balance Druid since Battle for Azeroth and been active in theorycrafting for the spec since Dragonflight. I have been raiding at the Hall of Fame level and writing Balance Druid guides since the end of Dragonflight.
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Balance Druid Overview
Balance Druid is a specialization that takes your classic “builder-spender” model and expands upon it through amplifying your damage through the application of your damage over time effects: Sunfire and Moonfire.
The core of Balance Druid gameplay revolves around maintaining close to 100% uptime on Sunfire and Moonfire abilities on as many targets as possible while spending Astral Power on Starsurge for single target, and Starfall for AoE situations.
Balance Druid uses an Eclipse system to empower your basic generator abilities like Wrath or Starfire. You generally want to enter Solar Eclipse on single target, and enter Lunar Eclipse for AoE situations. However, if you are playing the Elune’s Chosen Hero Talent you will enter Lunar Eclipse and press Starfire in all situations.
What has changed
Midnight Pre-Patch Balance Druid Changes
Balance Druid changes for the Midnight pre-patch change things up from what you have been used to doing in Season 3, but if you have played the spec during Season 1 and Season 2 of The War Within then the main focus points haven’t changed much.
The biggest change is the rework for Eclipse, changing it from a passive buff activated by your previous 2 builders to a button that you press. The state of this button is based on your previously cast builder; casting Wrath changes the button to Solar Eclipse, casting Starfire changes the button to Lunar Eclipse.
The Season 3 tier set is also changing in the pre-patch to basic “damage is increased by %” effects, which shakes up the rotation a fair bit as the Keeper of the Grove tier set dictated your rotation in raid.
The pre-patch also comes with talent changes in all of the trees.