News

The Dreamgrove community has posted some extensive feedback regarding the state of Balance Druid going into the last season of The War Within and with Midnight on the horizon that can be found here.

We have also posted some feedback regarding the 11.2 tier sets that can be found here.

Elune's Chosen tier set

2-piece

Starfire damage increased by 25%. Gaining Astral Power with Starfire has a 50% chance to launch a Starsurge at a victim of 50% effectiveness.

The free Starsurge procs have the same properties as a regular Starsurge, helping reduce Fury of Elune cooldown through Lunation, stacks Starlord and procs Power of Goldrinn.

4-piece

On impact, Starsurges launched by Starfire split to up to 3 additional targets at 80% effectiveness and grand a stack of Gathering Moonlight. Casting Fury of Elune or Full Moon consumes Gathering Moonlight to increase your damage by 4% per stack for 12 sec.

This buff stacks to a maximum of 6 and resets the duration to 20 seconds when a new stack is gained. Equals to a maximum of 24% damage amp after using Fury of Elune or Full Moon. The Full Moon cast that procs it does not benefit from the effect. The stacks only gets consumed by the actual Fury of Elune or Full Moon casts and not procs like Orbit Breaker or Sundered Firmament.

Keeper of the Grove tier set

2-piece

Casting CA/Inc calls upon the assistance of a dryad for 10 sec that casts Starsurge at 30% effectiveness and Starfall at 100% effectiveness.

4-piece

When your Dryad fades, your next 2 Starsurges damage for an additional amount equal to 5% of your dmage done while it was active and splash 20% of their damage onto nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.

This tier set is very strong and the 4-piece buffed Starsurges, if you crit, can deal a lot of damage. There are however currently an amount of bugs or issues with the tier set, like the spawned Dryad currently not doing any damage or the total cap of the 4pc damage being based on your max HP leading to some tech where you enter Bear Form at the end of your ramp to increase the cap. You can find more in-depth explanation of these bugs on the WoW forum and the tier set feedback post. This tier set is significantly stronger in AoE scenarios where you can funnel off of mobs and more easily hit the cap than in single target or raid scenarios.

11.1.7 D.I.S.C Belt

Patch 11.1.7 is releasing with the new D.I.S.C Belt that works similiarly to the Cyrce's Circlet from 11.0.7. The base ilvl of the belt is 691 increasing through 4 weeks of weekly content to a maximum of 701. It is worth equipping the belt instantly after you acquired the powers. Look in the Gearing & Consumables section for information on what powers to choose.

Turbo Boost

There are some situations where Cyrce's Circlet is worth swapping out for 684 ring in M+. Run an MDT Sim or 1 target 5 minute patchwerk sim to find out what is better for you. There is a section in Gear & Consumables listing the items you should look out for when spending your Puzzling Cartel Chip. Remember to sim your character.

Season 2 Tier set

2-piece

Your damaging spells have a chance to hit a Jackpot, growing a Wild Mushroom at a nearby enemy's location at 100% effectiveness. Casting CA/Inc always hits a Jackpot.

This is approximately ~6% dmg increase from having no set.

4-piece

Starfall and Starsurge damage against targets affected by your Wild Mushroom's damage over time effect is increased by 20%.

This is approximately ~11% dmg increase from having no set.

Sim for tier set

Rotation

Openers

Start casting at max range 4 seconds before pull.

x2

x3

Cast

Wrath 2 seconds before pull, then pull the boss with

Starfire and apply dots before entering

Eclipse.

x2

Single Target Priority

What is a priority list?

When reading the priority lists below, you should not think of these as steps to be followed in a specific order. At any given point in combat, you should cast the first ability on the list that you are able to cast, provided the conditions for its use are met.

Keeper of the Grove - ST

Keep up Sunfire, refresh within pandemic (30% of base duration shown in the tooltip).
Keep up Moonfire, refresh within pandemic (30% of base duration shown in the tooltip).
Keep up Stellar Flare and refresh within pandemic (30% of base duration shown in the tooltip) if you will not overcap on AP.
Use Force of Nature if any of the following are true:
- The cooldown on CA is less than a GCD and the cooldown of Convoke the Spirits is less than 3 GCD's.
- The cooldown of CA/Inc is less than a GCD or longer than 30 seconds.
- The cooldown of Convoke the Spirits is longer than 25 seconds.
- The cooldown of Convoke the Spirits is longer than 10 seconds.
Use Celestial Alignment/Incarnation if any of the following are true:
- You just used Force of Nature.
- The cooldown on Convoke the Spirits is greater than the recharge time of your next CA.
- The fight will end before Force of Nature is available again.
Cast 2 Starfire to enter Solar Eclipse. It is optimal to start casting Starfire when the cast time of Starfire is longer than the remaining duration of Eclipse.
Use Convoke the Spirits when you are below 40 AP and both scenarios are true:
- You just used Force of Nature.
- CA/Incarnation will last for more than 4 seconds or your next CA/Incarnation is more than 40 seconds away.
Use Fury of Elune.
Use Starsurge if Starlord has less than 3 stacks.
Use Starsurge if one of the following conditions is met:
- Starlord has less than 3 stacks.
- You are about to overcap on AP.
- You need to move.
- You have a Starweaver's Weft proc.
- You have a Touch the Cosmos proc.
Use New-,Half- and Full Moon if all of the following conditions are met:
- You will not overcap on AP.
- You can finish the cast before your current Eclipse ends.
- You are in CA/Incarnation or you're about to cap on charges and the cooldown of CA/Incarnation is longer than 15 seconds.
Use Starsurge if one of the following conditions is met:
- You are about to overcap on AP.
- You need to move.
- You have a Starweaver's Weft proc.
- You have a Touch the Cosmos proc.
Use Starfall if you have a Starweaver's Warp proc.
Use Wild Mushroom if you will not overcap on AP and Fungal Growth is not active on your target.
Use Wrath.

AoE Priority (2+ targets)

Keeper of the Grove - AoE

Use Sunfire if the target will live for at least 5.5 seconds. Subtract 0.5 seconds for each additional target beyond the first. Wait until all targets are gathered.
Use Moonfire if the targets will live for 6 or more seconds and you will not overcap on AP. Remember Force of Nature also spreads Moonfire
Use Stellar Flare if all of the following conditions is met:
- The target will live for at least 8s+1s per target that Starfire can hit.
- You will not overcap on AP.
Use Starfall if you would overcap Astral Power with your next cast.
Use Force of Nature if one of the following conditions is met:
- Your current Eclipse has more than 3 seconds left.
- Your next GCD is CA/Incarnation.
Use Celestial Alignment/Incarnation if one of the following conditions is met:
- You just used Force of Nature.
- The cooldown on Force of Nature is longer than 25 seconds.
Use Wrath to enter Lunar Eclipse.
Use Fury of Elune.
Use Starfall if:
- Starlord is below 3 stacks.
- You have a Starweaver's Warp proc.
- You have a Touch the Cosmos proc.
Use Starfire to consume any stacks of Nature's Grace and Umbral Embrace.
Use Wild Mushroom if you will not overcap on AP and Fungal Growth is not active on your target.
Use Full Moon if all of the following conditions are met:
- You will not overcap on AP.
- You can finish the cast before your current eclipse ends.
- You are in CA/Inc or you're about to cap on charges and the cooldown of Celestial Alignment/Incarnation is longer than 10 seconds.
Use New Moon if you will not overcap on AP.
Use Half Moon if you will not overcap on AP and you can finish the cast before your current eclipse ends.
Use Convoke the Spirits if you are fighting less than 7 targets and Umbral Embrace is not up.
Use Starsurge if you have a Starweaver's Weft proc.
Use Starfire.

Elune's Chosen - AoE

Use Sunfire if the target will live for at least 5.5 seconds. Subtract 0.5 seconds for each additional target beyond the first. Wait until all targets are gathered.
Use Moonfire if the targets will live for 6 or more seconds and you will not overcap on AP. Start spreading Moonfire while the tank is gathering mobs.
Use Stellar Flare if all of the following conditions is met:
- The target will live for at least 8s+1s per target that Starfire can hit.
- You will not overcap on AP.
Use Starfall if you would overcap Astral Power with your next cast and you're not casting CA/Incarnation next.
Use Fury of Elune if it's available the global before CA/Incarnation.
Use CA/Incarnation.
Use Warrior of Elune if you have no stacks of Dreamstate and will not overlap the Starfire casts with Dreamstate ones.
Use Wrath to enter Lunar Eclipse.
Use Fury of Elune.
Use Wild Mushroom if you will not overcap on AP and Fungal Growth is not active.
Use Starfall if one of the following conditions is met:
- Starlord is below 3 stacks.
- You have a Starweaver's Warp proc.
- You have a Touch the Cosmos proc.
Use Full Moon if all of the following conditions are met:
- You will not overcap on AP.
- You can finish the cast before your current eclipse ends.
- You are in CA/Inc or you're about to cap on charges and the cooldown of CA/Incarnation is longer than 10 seconds.
Use New Moon if you will not overcap on AP.
Use Half Moon if you will not overcap on AP and you can finish the cast before your current eclipse ends.
Use Starfire to consume any stacks of Nature's Grace and Umbral Embrace.
Use Convoke the Spirits if you are fighting less than 7 targets and Umbral Embrace is not up.
Use Starsurge if you have a Starweaver's Weft proc.
Use Force of Nature if you will not overcap on AP.
Use Starfire.

Rotational Details

Eclipses and Fillers

Keeper

Elune's Chosen

Enter Solar Eclipse and cast Wrath on 1 and 2 targets.
If you enter Lunar Eclipse by mistake on 1 target, cast Wrath.
If talented into Soul of the Forest and Umbral Intensity, enter Lunar Eclipse on 3 targets. Otherwise, enter Solar Eclipse and cast Wrath.
Enter Lunar Eclipse on 4+ targets.
Cast Wrath in CA/Inc on 1 and 2 targets.
Cast Starfire in CA/Inc on 3+ targets.
If talented into Lunar Calling, enter Lunar Eclipse and use Starfire on all target counts.
Use Starsurge on 1 target.
Use Starfall on 2+ targets with Aetherial Kindling.
Use Starfall on 3+ targets.

Warrior of Elune is an off-gcd ability, making your next 3 Starfire instant for 25 seconds. The ability has a 45s cooldown that starts once you've pressed it.

If you are playing Lunar Calling you should use your Warrior of Elune charges when you have no stacks of Nature's Grace.

When not talented into Lunar Calling, use Warrior of Elune with 7 seconds remaining on Eclipse and use the charges to enter Solar Eclipse.

Use Owlkin Frenzy procs to enter Solar Eclipse, inside Lunar Eclipse or inside CA/Incarnation if Starfire will hit 2 or more targets. Keep in mind that Warrior of Elune charges are consumed before Owlkin Frenzy procs.

Whirling Stars is a talent that changes your CA/Incarnation cooldown to a charge system, with a 100s recharge. In Keeper of the Grove, you want to overlap these charges with Force of Nature and Convoke the Spirits or just Force of Nature if your CA/Incarnation will recharge before Convoke comes back off cooldown.

In a raid scenario where you pull a boss with both charges up, you want to use your 1st charge on pull, and your 2nd charge together with your 2nd or 3rd set of Force of Nature treants, and save your 3rd charge for Convoke at 2 minutes. After this, you just aim to overlap all 3 cooldowns with the priority outlined in rotation section.

In an M+ scenario, if you're talented into Incarnation: Chosen of Elune instead of Convoke, you want to use your Whirling Stars charges at any time where you can overlap with Force of Nature.

When using Elune's Chosen and not talented into Convoke, you can use Whirling Stars right after entering an Eclipse that procs Sundered Firmament, but this is not a major gain. If you're using Elune's Chosen and you're talented into Convoke, you want to overlap your Whirling Stars charge with your Convoke cooldown.

When using Nature's Grace you should make sure to start casting your Wrath/Starfire when the duration of your active Eclipse is shorter than the cast time of your Wrath/Starfire. This will make sure that you always keep 1 stack of Nature's Grace when entering your new Eclipse. This can be tricky to pull off consistently when cycling between Lunar Eclipse. Try to bank some AP for the end of Eclipse if you need to fill a GCD to time your Wrath cast correctly.

If you are approaching a pack in mythic+ you can cancelaura your Nature's Grace and spell-queue 2 Wrath casts while the tank is walking towards the pack before you've entered combat, this will make it so you are in Lunar Eclipse and have 2 stacks of Nature's Grace up for faster Starfire casts whenever you've finished spreading your dots. This can be tricky to pull off, especially if your tank is chaining a lot of packs. Keep in mind that the moment you enter combat, spreading Sunfire and Moonfire becomes the highest priority.

You can use the macro below and replace your existing Wrath keybind with it to cancel Nature's Grace when you're out of combat to help with this.

#showtooltip
/cast Wrath
/cancelaura [nocombat] dreamstate

Talents

Raid

NOTE

These builds are templates that will serve you well in most cases, for specific builds and explanations for each boss, check out the raid guide and click the "Balance" checkbox.

Single Target

Class Tree

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2/2

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

2/2

Single Target Cleave

Class Tree

1/2

2/2

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

2/2

Stix Bunkjunker

Class Tree

1/2

2/2

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

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One-Armed Bandit Talents

Can swap out Convoke the Spirits for Incarnation if you want some more flexible cooldowns. Alternatively you can also play Starweaver instead of Rattle the Stars. Try out different talents and make a decision that fits best for you.

Class Tree

1/2

2/2

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

2/2

Mythic+

The following are dungeon talent builds that will always serve you well but mind that there can be some variations based on your group comp or affixes. Do not be afraid of swapping some talents out if you think it can help your group.

Both hero trees are viable and perform very close to each other. Feel free to choose the one you prefer. For additional information on what talents you can swap out for other specific talents, check the talent explanation section below.

Keeper of the Grove build

Class Tree

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2/2

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

2/2

Elune's Chosen build

Class Tree

0/2

2/2

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

2/2

Talent Explanations

The Druid class tree has received a rework for 11.1 with better pathing and more freedom to take useful talents. Below, you will find a graphic outlining what talents are mandatory and what talents are optional for each section of the tree, together with explanations for the options you have.

ClassTree

Keeper

Elune's Chosen

Top Section Explained

After taking the mandatory defensive and offensive nodes in the top section of the tree, you are required to spend 1 more point before you can progress down the tree.

Remove Corruption and Killer Instinct are your options here. Remove Corruption is a poison/curse dispel, and is the preferred choice in most Mythic+ content, but does not offer a lot of value in raid. Killer Instinct increases your armor and physical damage done, which can give you a very minor damage increase if you are using Convoke the Spirits in melee range.

Hibernate is a viable option for pathing, but the spell has no real value in any current content.

Middle Section Explained

In the middle of the tree, you have noticeably more options to choose from. After choosing the mandatory talents in this section, there are 4 points to spend before you can progress further down the tree.

Either Feline Swiftness and Well-Honed Instincts are necessary to progress down the left side of the tree. Feline Swiftness is a good movement speed talent, while Well-Honed Instincts gives a minor defensive every 90-120 seconds, depending on the talent below it. It is beneficial to take both options in reasonable content.

Either one of Typhoon or the Ursol's Vortex node are needed to progress down the right side of the tree. They are both situational utilities you can use dependent on what content you're doing. You are likely to use both in Mythic+.

Matted Fur is a very minor defensive talent that gives you a small shield when you press Barkskin.

Light of the Sun reduces the cooldown of your Solar Beam by 15 seconds, making your interrupt have a 45 second cooldown instead of a 60 second cooldown.

Astral Influence increases the range of your spells by 5 yards. Good talent to take if you're in a situation where you need to outrange an ability. Good point to spend if you have no better options available.

Bottom Section Explained

After choosing the mandatory talents in this section of the tree, you're left with 4 more points to spend on optional talents.

Improved Stampeding Roar is an often relied-upon option for progression fights where your raid can benefit from a group-wide movement speed increase. Talk to your raid leader and make the decision that's best for your group.

Nature's Vigil is a situationally helpful talent for your raid. Talk to your raid leader and healer team and make a decision that's best for your progression when considering this talent.

Forestwalk is a situationally good node, giving you increased movement speed and healing received after casting Regrowth. This can be strong when paired with Blooming Infusion and Protective Growth for fights that require good defensive value.

Incapacitating Roar is a good option to make use of in Mythic+.

Ursine Vigor is a solid defensive node that increases your health and armor by 15% for the first 4 seconds of entering Bear Form. This talent is a solid choice in general.

For the Balance Druid spec tree there are currently a solid number of talent iterations to choose from that don't provide a meaningful increase to your damage. Talents like Soul of the Forest, Crashing Star, Touch the Cosmos, Hail of Stars, Umbral Inspiration and Sundered Firmament are mostly interchangeable in ST with Keeper of the Grove, which is the recommended hero talent for raid encounters. Below there will be short explanations for each talent. Keep in mind that most of these options don't provide any changes in your rotation or decision making.

Top Section

Stellar Flare is currently simming noticeably worse than Wild Surges on ST and is generally untakeable outside of niche situations where you can maintain dots on targets that are far apart, like if you stand in the middle on Cauldron of Carnage or on One-Armed Bandit. Wild Surges is the recommended choice for most content outside of the niche scenarios where Stellar Flare can be useful.

Nature's Balance sims around 0.6% higher than Twin Moons on pure single target, but loses out whenever there are more targets, where you can benefit from Twin Moons spreading Moonfire.

Aetherial Kindling is a preferred choice for any sustained AoE scenario where you can benefit from your DoT effects being extended. Very good for m+.

Middle Section

Sunseeker Mushroom or Wild Mushroom are mandatory talents since they help saturate the 4-piece uptime. Sunseeker Mushroom is by far the preferred option as the active Wild Mushroom ability does not do a lot of damage by itself and Sunseeker Mushroom is more than enough paired with the 2-piece to get decent enough uptime.

Stellar Amplification is recommended for ST scenarios where you cast Starsurge enough to keep good uptime on it, taken for most raid encounters.

Touch the Cosmos got a buff since 11.0 and is picked in most ST iterations. You can drop this talent for Umbral Inspiration. In M+ with Elune's Chosen your choice will generally be between Touch the Cosmos or Umbral Inspiration and the choice does not make a big difference. Umbral Inspiration is better on AoE, while Touch the Cosmos provides some needed movement globals.

Umbral Intensity is a very good talent for both Keeper of the Grove and Elune's Chosen. The best build on ST that isn't taking Umbral Intensity is around 1% behind on ST.

Astronomical Impact is a decent talent for both ST and AoE, but requires you to route through Umbral Intensity to reach it.

Soul of the Forest in itself is an okay talent in ST and the extra Astral Power generation can help you in dealing with spots in raid where there is a lot of movement. It is mandatory in AoE.

Crashing Star is an optional talent in ST, and is good when paired with Soul of the Forest.

Hail of Stars is an optional talent in general for ST, but loses out on AoE because of diminishing returns on Shooting Stars when there are more targets.

Bottom Section

Power of Goldrinn got a buff heading into 11.1 and is recommended for all ST encounters.

Umbral Inspiration can be swapped out on ST for another talent, but is generally recommended for all content.

Sundered Firmament is optional for Keeper of the Grove, but mandatory for Elune's Chosen since it helps provide uptime for Atmospheric Exposure.

Orbit Breaker is good whenever paired with Hail of Stars, as the increased duration on Solstice helps saturate Orbit Breaker procs.

Sundered Firmament and Orbit Breaker both benefit from the damage increase from Radiant Moonlight.

Denizen of the Dream is a strong single target node, but loses value in AoE scenarios. Recommended for all raid fights.

Fury of Elune and Radiant Moonlight are both mandatory talents for Elune's Chosen, but are generally not picked for Keeper of the Grove. You can pick Fury of Elune in Keeper of the Grove if you can consistently line up the cooldown with add spawns.

Keeper of the Grove compliments Convoke pretty well when you use it with the dmg increase from Harmony of the Grove and Celestial Alignment. Convoke is also good for priority damage and boss fights in M+. Incarnation: Chosen of Elune is good for AoE scenarios, or in situations where Convoke would use spells on targets you don't want to hit. Incarnation: Chosen of Elune also pairs well with Whirling Stars in M+, giving you very consistent cooldowns on most packs, and allows for more flexibility in when your damage spikes, as opposed to Convoke. If you're playing Convoke in M+, you should use it in AoE with the conditions outlined in the "Rotation" section.

Control of the Dream lets you hold on to either Celestial Alignment/Incarnation, Convoke or Force of Nature for up to 15 seconds without losing a use, subtracting the amount of time you held the ability from its cooldown.

Depending on the fight timer, this talent is stronger than Power of the Dream which it shares a choice node with. As always, you should research the fight you are preparing for on warcraftlogs or sim your character to make an educated guess.

Gearing & Consumables

Stat Priority

WARNING

Sim yourself using Raidbots Top Gear. Do not follow any stat priorities.

Gems and Enchants

Slot
Gems	1x Elusive Blasphemite or Culminating Blasphemite mixed with whatever gems sim the highest for your character.
Weapon	Authority of the Depths for single target and raid, Authority of Radiant Power for AoE and m+
Head	Greater Rune of the Void Ritual
Chest	Crystalline Radiance
Cloak	Chant of Winged Grace
Legs	Sunset Spellthread
Wrist	Chant of Armored Avoidance
Boots	Scout's March or Defender's March
Ring	You should always sim your own character to determine what enchant to use in this slot

Consumables

Type
Potions	Tempered Potion
Food	Feast of the Midnight Masquerade or Beledar's Bounty
Flasks	Flask of Alchemical Chaos or Flask of Tempered Mastery
Weapon Rune	Algari Mana Oil

Puzzling Cartel Chip

WARNING

This list assumes max myth ilvl (684), remember to sim your character to choose the option that is best for you. This list is not in order of importance or power and simply a list of items to look out for.

Raid Chips:

Mythic+ Chips:

NOTE

Hero track Mug's Moxie Jug is still very good. Sim this together with the mythic+ trinkets if your character doesn't meet the requirements for buying it on myth track.

Embellishments & Crafted Items

Embellishments for this season don't offer a substantial gain, so it's important that you always sim your character using Raidbots Top Gear before making any gearing decision, but here are some guidelines:

Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Writhing Armor Banding

This is a solid all-round choice for both single target and AoE. The Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension can be crafted on any weapon. If you go this route, you should aim to craft this on a two-handed weapon early, and craft the Writhing Armor Banding on a low stat budget slot, preferably on the cloak, belt or wrist slot. Keep in mind that this embellishment only stacks during combat, making it a lot less valuable in mythic+. This option is generally worse later in the season when you can get either of the weapons with special effects.

Duskthread Lining or Dawnthread Lining

These are buffs that give you versatility or critical strike when you're above 80% hp. They are decent choices for mythic+, depending on the uptime you can get. These embellishments can not be crafted on weapons or jewelry. If you go for this choice, you should aim to craft them on two low stat budget slots, notably the cloak, wrist or belt slots.

Elemental Focusing Lens

This is a solid all-round choice for single target and mythic+. It's a random damage proc effect, where the type of damage is determined based on what kind of gems you are wearing. Equipping more gems or changing the type does not matter for the damage output. If you go for this choice, you should aim to craft two of them on low stat budget slots, notably the cloak, belt or wrist slots.

Trinkets

WARNING

Remember to always sim your character using Top Gear on Raidbots. The following list is made assuming the highest ilvl version of these trinkets.

Tier
S Tier	House of Cards	1:30 CD use effect trinket. Easy to line up with CA/Inc
	Mug's Moxie Jug
	Eye of Kezan	Good for longer raid fights, loses value in m+. Very good for One-Armed Bandit or Mugzee prog where damage in execute phase is important.
A Tier	Signet of the Priory	Best active trinket from mythic+, gives your highest secondary stat.
	Carved Blazikon Wax	Solid m+ trinket, good passive versatility effect.
	Entropic Skardyn Core	Spawns orbs you pick up for a buff, after a few seconds the orbs start moving towards you.
	Suspicious Energy Drink	Best trinket from delve.
	Flarendo's Pilot Light	Solid 2m on-use trinket from early in the raid. Gains value if you don't have a lot of haste.
B Tier	Spymaster's Web(639)	This trinket is from last tier, but is still pretty solid early in the tier.
	Reverb Radio	Good haste proc, drops early in the raid.
	Synergistic Brewtaliser	Sims well, requires using a global or macro to kill the barrel.
	Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife	Delve trinket, good option if you can get it.
	Soulletting Ruby
C Tier	Candle Confidant	Another delve trinket option. Performs better than sim if you're close to target.
	Gigazap's Zap-Cap
	Sigil of Algari Concordance
	Remnant of Darkness
	Mister Lock-N-Stalk
	Geargrinder's Spare Keys

Trinket Sim

D.I.S.C Belt

Charged Bolts is currently ahead in most scenarios, but is getting nerfed on the June 24th weekly reset.

Static Charge and Critical Chain are both getting buffs making them perform close to both Electric Current and Spark Burst. These 4 powers are all just random procs that give different stats.

Static Charge gives versatility, Critical Chain gives crit, Electric Current gives mastery and Spark Burst gives haste and since they all perform close to each other the choice will depend on your character. You should sim yourself on Top Gear to find out which one is best for you!

D.I.S.C Belt Sim

Cyrce's Circlet

The Cyrce's Circlet ring from 11.0.7 is still very good in season 2 and you will only swap this out with rings at 684 item level depending on your stats, sim your character to make sure it's worth equipping something else. The best gems for the ring are Stormbringer's, Fathomdweller's and Windsinger's.

Cyrce's Circlet Sim

FAQ

Q: Why can't I enter Solar Eclipse?

A: Because you are talented into Lunar Calling.

Q: How can I proc Waning Twilight without Wild Mushroom or Stellar Flare?

A: With Astral Smolder.

Q: I am talented into Lycara's Teachings, but the Mastery on my character panel is not showing right value, is it bugged?

A: The Mastery % displayed in your character panel shows the value of the Astral Invocation spell, which is the damage increased on targets affected by Sunfire and Moonfire and not the full effect of your Mastery.

Q:What is Astral damage?

A: Astral damage is both Arcane and Nature damage. Effects that buff Nature spells also applies to Astral spells, and effects that buff Arcane spells likewise also applies to Astral spells. For example, Solar Eclipse multiplies the damage of all Nature & Astral spells by 1.15x, and Lunar Eclipse multiplies the damage of all Arcane & Astral spells by 1.15x. If you have both eclipses, Astral spells get 1.15 * 1.15 = 1.3225x multiplier, while Nature & Arcane spells get 1.15x.

Keep in mind that class buffs only affect class spells so if a trinket does nature or arcane damage they are not affected by our buffs to these spell schools.

Q: Do our dots snapshot?

A: No, all of our periodic damage (like Moonfire, Sunfire, Stellar Flare) do NOT snapshot, everything is dynamic. This means any dots gain/lose the damage bonus upon entering/leaving the Eclipse that buffs them and whenever any other stat/damage increases are applied/expire.

Q: Is there a target count where spreading Sunfire or Moonfire is not worth it?

A: No, having your DoT effects up increases your damage done to the target. The conditions for spreading Sunfire and Moonfire are tied to how long the target will live, and not how many targets there are.

Q: How do I sim for M+?

A: It is generally recommended that you steer away from simming unrealistic scenarios like "5 target 40 seconds" as they are likely to give skewed results. Balance Druid stats don't really change much depending on target count either, so you will be perfectly fine just using the default "1 target 5 minute patchwerk" options. If your intention is to sim for mythic+, you can use the MDT Sim WeakAura which allows you to sim dungeon routes. Please keep in mind that ST damage is still a big part of mythic+.

Q: I've seen a lot of people running build X instead of Y in Mythic+, is X better?

A: Try them out and make an informed decision! Most differences between builds are based on variables like target count, comps, combat timer or utility needed.

Q: I'm doing really low damage in Mythic+, what am I doing wrong?

A: If you double-checked your rotation and still feel like you're underperforming you could just be playing low keys, together with classes that have very bursty damage profiles. When playing a Balance Druid, mobs need to live long enough for you to actually start doing damage, which is something that doesn't really happen in keys lower than 12+. Consider focusing a bit more on ST or trying another spec, but take into account the fact that DPS isn't everything in a key.

Q: I've read the priority list and I think my rotation looks correct but I'm still doing very low damage. What could be the reason?

A: Log one of your fights and check it with warcraftlogs and wowanalyzer. The main thing to check is if you're always casting: the timeline should have no downtime and, as close to zero as possible, cancelled casts. Another common issue is incorrectly planning your movement and wasting casts on dots: you should always have enough AP to cover some distance just by using spenders.

Q: I have read through the Compendium and I have some questions that are not outlined in this FAQ?

A: If you have any questions, you can go to the Dreamgrove discord server and then ask in there. This guide should cover everything you need, but there could always be some things left out or not considered. Remember, you are not guaranteed to receive the answer you would like.

Balance Druid Video Guide

For 11.1, the Balance Compendium writer decided to make a video guide in addition to the written guide. Be aware that some things can change depending on tuning, like talents or trinkets, and you should always double check the written guide. You can find the video by opening the collapsible below.

Current Bugs

Control of the Dream does not give the proper CDR on the first use of the affecting spells if you wipe to a boss. You need to change talents in the choice node to fix it. You can use this weakaura to change the choice node around by pressing a button in the middle of your screen.
Changing talents from Orbital Strike to Whirling Stars can make macros using CA/Inc not work at all, giving you an error message and have your button be desaturated on your bars. This requires a relog to fix.
If you spell-queue a free spender through a Starweaver or Touch the Cosmos proc as your first global in an Eclipse, you will gain no value from Hail of Stars.

Additional Resources

Macros

Orbital Strike macro:

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Celestial Alignment

Force of Nature macro:

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Force of Nature

Trinket macro:

If you are using an on-use trinket that should go along with your cooldowns, use the following macro (/13 for top trinket slot, and /14 for bottom trinket slot)

#showtooltip
/use 13
/use 14
/cast [@cursor] Celestial Alignment

Synergistic Brewtaliser Macro:

This macro will target the Synergistic Brewtaliser barrel and use Moonfire to proc the damage, and then change back to your previous target.

#showtooltip Moonfire
/cleartarget
/targetexact Backfill Barrel
/cast Moonfire
/targetlasttarget

Cancelaura Macros

Cancelling Starlord

Cancelling Starlord is entirely optional and is neither a DPS gain nor loss.

If you want to engage in this entirely optional method without incurring a DPS loss, you should aim to cancel Starlord at any point in an Eclipse window where the buff is currently at less than two seconds, and you are about to use Starsurge to prevent overcapping.

#showtooltip
/cancelaura Starlord

Cancelling Dreamstate

#showtooltip
/cast Wrath
/cancelaura [nocombat] dreamstate

Useful WeakAuras and Other Profiles

Balance WeakAura Packs

The following links lead to various Balance Druid WeakAura packs. These contain everything that's recommended to track to play at a high level. None of these are particular better or more useful than others, and which one you should use is up to your personal preference.

Jundies Plater Profile

This profile for Plater is among the most used and asked about public nameplate profiles for Moonkins, having customized colors for each NPC identity.

Regrowth Tracker for Blooming Infusion

This weakaura tracks your number of casts of Regrowth before you get the Blooming Infusion buff that increases the damage of your next Wrath/Starfire and makes them instant cast, and also tracks your number of Starsurge casts before you proc an instant Regrowth.

Casts until you can cast Starfire

Starfire Alerter: See the description of the WA for more details. This is not a required WA but will make it easier to not get into situations where you are wasting a Starfire cast inside Solar Eclipse.

Synergistic Brewtaliser

This weakaura will play a sound and show a timer whenever the trinket Synergistic Brewtaliser procs. The timer shows the latest barrel spawned.

Simc Code Directory

Item Strings for Simming

Item Strings for PTR

SimC String for Every Food/Flask Combination

Race Sim

Current APL

News

Elune's Chosen tier set

2-piece

4-piece

Keeper of the Grove tier set

2-piece

4-piece

11.1.7 D.I.S.C Belt

Turbo Boost

Season 2 Tier set

2-piece

4-piece

Rotation

Openers

Single Target Priority

What is a priority list?

Keeper of the Grove - ST

Elune's Chosen - ST

AoE Priority (2+ targets)

Keeper of the Grove - AoE

Elune's Chosen - AoE

Rotational Details

Eclipses and Fillers

Talents

Raid

Class Tree

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

Class Tree

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

Class Tree

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

Class Tree

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

Mythic+

Class Tree

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

Class Tree

Hero Tree

Specialization Tree

Talent Explanations

Top Section Explained

Middle Section Explained

Bottom Section Explained

Top Section

Middle Section

Bottom Section

Gearing & Consumables

Stat Priority

Gems and Enchants

Consumables

Puzzling Cartel Chip

Embellishments & Crafted Items

Trinkets

D.I.S.C Belt

Cyrce's Circlet

FAQ

Q: Why can't I enter Solar Eclipse?

Q: How can I proc Waning Twilight without Wild Mushroom or Stellar Flare?

Q: I am talented into Lycara's Teachings, but the Mastery on my character panel is not showing right value, is it bugged?

Q:What is Astral damage?

Q: Do our dots snapshot?

Q: Is there a target count where spreading Sunfire or Moonfire is not worth it?

Q: How do I sim for M+?

Q: I've seen a lot of people running build X instead of Y in Mythic+, is X better?

Q: I'm doing really low damage in Mythic+, what am I doing wrong?

Q: I've read the priority list and I think my rotation looks correct but I'm still doing very low damage. What could be the reason?

Q: I have read through the Compendium and I have some questions that are not outlined in this FAQ?

Balance Druid Video Guide

Current Bugs

Additional Resources

Macros

Cancelaura Macros

Cancelling Starlord

Cancelling Dreamstate

Useful WeakAuras and Other Profiles