Mists of Pandaria Classic Balance Druid Spell Summary

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.

• Starsurge is your main single target nuke which deals significant Spellstorm (Arcane and Nature simultaneously) damage and will usually be cast with the Eclipse buff.
• Starfire is a casted ability that will deal a burst of Arcane damage and grant Solar energy for Eclipse.
• Wrath is a casted ability that will deal some Nature damage and grant Lunar energy for Eclipse.
• Moonfire is an instant-cast Arcane damage-over-time effect.
• Sunfire is an instant-cast Nature damage-over-time effect.
• Hurricane deals Nature damage to targets in an area for every second while you channel. Turns into Astral Storm when in Lunar Eclipse.
• Starfall causes up to 20 stars to fall on enemies around you over a period of 10 seconds.
• 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 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 creates a beam on the position of an enemy which interrupts and prevents casting for 8 seconds on a 1-minute cooldown.
• 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.
• 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 quickly.

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

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

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

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 Druid.

• Rebirth allows you to resurrect a group member while in combat.
• Stampeding Roar makes your nearby raid members much faster for a short duration.
• 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 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 removes all Curses and Poisons from your target on a 8-second cooldown.
• Mark of the Wild is a Druid raid buff that increases the primary stats of all allied players by 5%.
• Flight Form and Swift Flight Form are unique Druid flying forms which allow for instant air travel. They cannot be cast while in combat.
• 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 is a crowd control ability that roots the target in place for a duration.
• Cyclone is a short cast that stuns its target and makes it immune to damage and healing.
• Nature's Grasp puts a 45-second buff on you which roots the next target to damage you.
• Moonfire is an instant cast, damage-over-time effect.
• Wrath is a short cast ability that deals some Nature damage.
• Hurricane deals damage to targets in an area for every second while you channel.
• Faerie Fire creates a magic debuff on its target, lowering their Armor and making them unable to turn invisible or stealth while active.
• Soothe removes all Enrage effects from the target.
• Track Humanoids allows you to track nearby Humanoids, including players, on your mini-map.
• 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 is a powerful heal with a longer cast.
• Tranquility is a powerful healing cooldown that, while channeled, heals raid members every 2 seconds for 8 seconds on a 8-minute cooldown.