WoW Classic Balance Druid Leveling Talent Build from 1 to 60

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Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.

Nature's Grasp is a great single point pickup that will undoubtedly save your life many times on your journey to 60. After that, Improved Wrath and Improved Moonfire are solid damage increases. You may choose to re-spec later on to drop Improved Wrath once you start using Starfire instead, but that is up to you.

Finish off Improved Moonfire, then the next 4 points are yours to do with as you please. Nature's Reach is a great option for the range, and Improved Entangling Roots will also be quite useful since you will be using Entangling Roots plenty while leveling. After that, go for the full 5 points in Vengeance for the damage increase.

Nature's Grace is a great all around option for damage, healing, and utility. The procs can be used on any type of spell cast, so track them for when you need a quick Entangling Roots or just for the straight damage increase. Moonglow is an essential mana efficiency talent, and Moonfury is a strong damage increase. You can put the 1 point into something else if you which, but finishing off Improved Entangling Roots to remove any chance of pushback when casting it is a great choice.

Moonkin Form is an essential pickup for the damage increase and for the extra armor it provides. Some people choose to take Improved Starfire earlier, but it is up to you when you decide to invest the points into it. Starfire is a better filler than Wrath both for damage and mana efficiency, so investing the points earlier is not a terrible idea. After you finish it, you can start putting points into Restoration with Improved Mark of the Wild.

Most of these talents are personal preference, but Insect Swarm and Reflection are required. Insect Swarm is a powerful DoT that will be a nice damage boost while leveling, and Reflection is a great mana efficiency boost.

1. Cast one Wrath;
2. Cast one Wrath or Starfire;
3. Moonfire;
4. Insect Swarm;
5. Wrath until your run out of Mana;
6. Wrath or Starfire.
7. Melee if you run out of mana.

Early levels as Balance can be quite slow, so consider finding someone to level with for 1-10 or even 1-20.

Entangling Roots will be your best friend while leveling. You can use it to control a second enemy while killing the first, or even to keep something still while you get a cast off onto it, like Starfire, to limit your damage taken. Use it frequently while leveling.

Do your class quest to get Bear Form. Bear Form will be a huge power spike, significantly speeding up your leveling. Beat form will be more damage until level 20 or so, and you will be much safer while leveling.

The quest for Aquatic Form is available at this level, but you should hold off. It is a very long quest that will be significantly easier once you have Travel Form or a mount.

The rotation says " Wrath or Starfire" because it is up to you which you want to spam as your filler. Starfire is the better choice once you take Improved Starfire, but it is up to you at what point you take it. +Arcane Damage and +Nature Damage on gear can also determine which will be better, which is why this is a choice that you will need to make for yourself.

Druid-specific quests are an important part to the class as a whole, as it will unlock certain animal forms that you won't have access to otherwise.

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Below is a list of skills to upgrade as you level. With more gold you can buy more skills, but this list is meant to be an optimal point where you buy what helps you most while saving as much money as possible for your mount at level 40.

• Moonfire
• Wrath
• Thorns
• Entangling Roots
• Hibernate
• Barkskin
• Bash
• Starfire
• Cat Form
• Prowl
• Dash
• Challenging Roar
• Travel Form
• Track Humanoids
• Pounce
• Dire Bear Form
• Feline Grace
• Mark of the Wild
• Hurricane
• Rejuvenation
• Regrowth
• Healing Touch
• Innervate

Choosing what gear to wear is usually pretty straightforward since upgrades will be obvious most of the time. However, when given the choice, you should always go for Nature Damage or Arcane Damage. Your basic priority will be as follows.

1. Nature Damage or Arcane Damage
2. Intellect
3. Spirit
4. Stamina

Nature damage or Arcane damage (depending on whether you use Wrath or Starfire) will be your primary damage increase. After that you will want Intellect for more mana and spell crit, Spirit for better regeneration rates, and finally Stamina for more health.

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This guide has been written by Seksi, original vanilla player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Warrior, Mage and Shaman Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.

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