Mists of Pandaria Classic Balance Druid Guide

Balance is a ranged DPS specialization with the unique Eclipse mechanic and Lunar / Solar energy resources that brings multiple caster buffs to the raid group and high spread area damage potential due to their multiple damage over time effects and Starfall being able to hit all targets in a large area around you regardless of them being stacked together or not.

Their gear is also heavily shared with Restoration Druids, which is very helpful if you want to off-spec healer.

Balance Druids have a faster baseline rotation in Mists due to Euphoria speeding your transition between Eclipse states, but are still one of the lowest performing single target DPS specializations.

Despite this, their two strong damage over time effects Moonfire and Sunfire make Balance excellent at dealing with multiple spread targets, especially when Celestial Alignment and Starfall are also available!

Strengths

• High area damage with Starfall and multi-dotting Moonfire and Sunfire;
• Shared gear with Restoration allows for easy swapping between damage and healing between encounters;
• Great utility with Stampeding Roar, Typhoon, Rebirth, and Innervate.

Weaknesses

• Weak single target damage when compared to the top specializations;
• Low baseline survivability, with the most powerful tools coming from specific uses of Symbiosis;
• Mobility is very weak for single target, as dealing damage requires near-constant casting in order to progress through Eclipses as quickly as possible.

Trolls are the best Horde race, bringing Berserking and Beast Slaying which have no equivalent counterpart on Taurens.

Alliance Druids should roll Worgen as they are vastly superior to Night Elf due to Darkflight and Viciousness.

1. Engineering — Engineering is the best PvE profession in the game due to the extra burst DPS afforded by Synapse Springs, and mobility increase of Nitro Boosts.
2. Tailoring — Tailoring is also a great PvE profession due to Lightweave Embroidery which is less controllable than Synapse, but fairly predictable due to its internal cooldown, allowing you to stack its large Intellect boost with your DPS cooldowns and Synapse.

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