Mists of Pandaria Classic Balance Druid Spell Summary

Last updated on Jun 22, 2025 at 12:00 by Seksixeny

On this page, we present you with all spells and procs that you need to understand as a Balance Druid in Mists of Pandaria Classic.

1.

Balance Druid Spells, Cooldowns and Abilities

While not all abilities in your spellbook have the same degree of importance, they all have their uses, which we will try to quickly explain in the following sections.

1.1.

Balance Druid Rotational Spells

  • Starsurge Icon Starsurge is your main single target nuke which deals significant Spellstorm (Arcane and Nature simultaneously) damage and will usually be cast with the Eclipse Icon Eclipse buff.
  • Starfire Icon Starfire is a casted ability that will deal a burst of Arcane damage and grant Solar energy for Eclipse Icon Eclipse.
  • Wrath Icon Wrath is a casted ability that will deal some Nature damage and grant Lunar energy for Eclipse Icon Eclipse.
  • Moonfire Icon Moonfire is an instant-cast Arcane damage-over-time effect.
  • Sunfire Icon Sunfire is an instant-cast Nature damage-over-time effect.
  • Hurricane Icon Hurricane deals Nature damage to targets in an area for every second while you channel. Turns into Astral Storm Icon Astral Storm when in Lunar Eclipse.
  • Starfall Icon Starfall causes up to 20 stars to fall on enemies around you over a period of 10 seconds.
  • Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment is your main DPS cooldown and causes you to gain the benefits of both Solar and Lunar Eclipse simultaneously for 15 seconds, on a 3-minute cooldown.
  • Wild Mushroom Icon Wild Mushroom is an ability you can pre-position in a place and detonate for a burst of damage, but is much weaker than it used to be in Cataclysm.
  • Solar Beam Icon Solar Beam creates a beam on the position of an enemy which interrupts and prevents casting for 8 seconds on a 1-minute cooldown.
  • Typhoon Icon Typhoon causes some damage and knocks back all targets in a huge radius in front of you, also slowing them for 6 seconds. This makes it very useful when soloing, in PvP, and also in group PvE when used with Glyph of Typhoon Icon Glyph of Typhoon.
  • Astral Communion Icon Astral Communion causes you to rapidly gain Lunar or Solar energy depending on which would be most beneficial for you to hit your next Eclipse Icon Eclipse quickly.
1.2.

Cat Form Abilities

As a BalanceBalance, Cat Form Icon Cat Form is mostly used for Prowl Icon Prowl and Dash Icon Dash.

1.3.

Bear Form Abilities

As a BalanceBalance, Bear Form Icon Bear Form is mostly used to gain extra health and Armor in emergencies, as well as the Might of Ursoc Icon Might of Ursoc and Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration defensives.

2.

Symbiosis

Symbiosis Icon Symbiosis allows you to target one allied player to give a specialization-specific ability, while also receiving a specific ability of his class to use yourself! All effects are listed below:

Class Ability Granted to Target Ability Granted to Druid
Death Knight Blood: Might of Ursoc Icon Might of Ursoc — Frost/Unholy: Wild Mushroom: Plague Icon Wild Mushroom: Plague Icebound Fortitude Icon Icebound Fortitude
Hunter Dash Icon Dash Deterrence Icon Deterrence
Mage Healing Touch Icon Healing Touch Ice Block Icon Ice Block
Monk Brewmaster: Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts — Mistweaver: Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots — Windwalker: Bear Hug Icon Bear Hug Fortifying Brew Icon Fortifying Brew
Paladin Holy: Rebirth Icon Rebirth — Protection: Barkskin Icon Barkskin — Retribution: Wrath Icon Wrath Cleanse Icon Cleanse
Priest Discipline/Holy: Cyclone Icon Cyclone — Shadow: Tranquility Icon Tranquility Leap of Faith Icon Leap of Faith
Rogue Growl Icon Growl Evasion Icon Evasion
Shaman Elemental/Enhancement: Solar Beam Icon Solar Beam — Restoration: Prowl Icon Prowl Spiritwalker's Grace Icon Spiritwalker's Grace
Warlock Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation Demonic Circle: Teleport Icon Demonic Circle: Teleport
Warrior Arms/Fury: Stampeding Shout Icon Stampeding Shout — Protection: Savage Defense Icon Savage Defense Intimidating Roar Icon Intimidating Roar
2.1.

Druid Caster Form Utility Abilities

These are other abilities that all Druids possess and which are part of your utility package. We will list the most important ones at the top, but you can read about all of them if you want to learn more about being a DruidDruid.

  • Rebirth Icon Rebirth allows you to resurrect a group member while in combat.
  • Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar makes your nearby raid members much faster for a short duration.
  • Barkskin Icon Barkskin is a defensive cooldown that reduces all damage taken by 20% for 12 seconds on a 1-minute cooldown. This is usable while crowd controlled.
  • Innervate Icon Innervate causes the target to regenerate Mana based on 50% of the casting Druid's Spirit every second over 10 seconds. The total Mana restored will always be at least 8% of the caster's maximum Mana.
  • Remove Corruption Icon Remove Corruption removes all Curses and Poisons from your target on a 8-second cooldown.
  • Mark of the Wild Icon Mark of the Wild is a Druid raid buff that increases the primary stats of all allied players by 5%.
  • Flight Form Icon Flight Form and Swift Flight Form Icon Swift Flight Form are unique Druid flying forms which allow for instant air travel. They cannot be cast while in combat.
  • Hibernate Icon Hibernate is a crowd control ability that puts a Beast or Dragonkin to sleep for 40 seconds. This is usable on enemy Druids while they are in animal forms.
  • Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots is a crowd control ability that roots the target in place for a duration.
  • Cyclone Icon Cyclone is a short cast that stuns its target and makes it immune to damage and healing.
  • Nature's Grasp Icon Nature's Grasp puts a 45-second buff on you which roots the next target to damage you.
  • Moonfire Icon Moonfire is an instant cast, damage-over-time effect.
  • Wrath Icon Wrath is a short cast ability that deals some Nature damage.
  • Hurricane Icon Hurricane deals damage to targets in an area for every second while you channel.
  • Faerie Fire Icon Faerie Fire creates a magic debuff on its target, lowering their Armor and making them unable to turn invisible or stealth while active.
  • Soothe Icon Soothe removes all Enrage effects from the target.
  • Track Humanoids Icon Track Humanoids allows you to track nearby Humanoids, including players, on your mini-map.
  • Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation is a heal-over-time effect you can cast on yourself or allies to heal them every few seconds for a while.
  • Healing Touch Icon Healing Touch is a powerful heal with a longer cast.
  • Tranquility Icon Tranquility is a powerful healing cooldown that, while channeled, heals raid members every 2 seconds for 8 seconds on a 8-minute cooldown.