Balance Druid DPS Mythic+ Tips — Midnight Season 1

The Elune's Chosen build focuses on sustained throughput which caps out at a higher end than Keeper of the Grove. It can be harder to use in lower keys (this could vary based on level of group play).

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

The Keeper of the Grove build focuses on doing quick bursts of damage at the start of the pull utilizing Force of Nature buffs such as Treants of the Moon and Dream Surge. It is a bit easier to play than Elune's Chosen, and thus the recommended build when not pushing high-keys.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Balance Druid provides support for the party through damage, healing, and other additional effects such as dispels and mob management.

• Solar Beam is one of the strongest silences in the game. Solar Beam can be used to silence a large number of mobs for 8 seconds in a small radius. This can enable pulls that would otherwise be impossible due to an interrupt requirement.
• Typhoon is an iconic Balance Druid spell. This will knock enemies in front of you away in the direction the cast was aimed. Use this to knock enemies away from the tank, yourself, or away from special mob-specific mechanics.
• Ursol's Vortex is another group of crowd control that can assist in kiting mobs.
• Mighty Bash is a strong 5-second single target stun. This does require you to be in the melee range of the target.
• Incapacitating Roar can be used to stop a group of enemies from casting.
• Entangling Roots can be used to root patrols or crowd control immune packs. In those packs, the main target can normally be rooted, allowing you to handle the leftovers more easily.
• Cyclone can be used to block healing, as a last-resort interrupt, or block the application of dangerous enemy buffs.
• Mass Entanglement can root a group of enemies. It can sometimes be used in niche strategies for bosses.

• Soothe will dispel all enrage buffs applied to enemies.
• Remove Corruption will dispel Curses and Poisons.
• Innervate is best used on heavy group damage boss encounters. This will allow you to expand your healer's Mana pool and allow them to extend the duration of the encounter if needed.
• Stampeding Roar provides some additional mobility for skips or just to get through the dungeon faster.
• Heart of the Wild can provide valuable healing, especially on Tyrannical bosses with constant damage.

Xalatath's Bargain: Ascendant will periodically spawn a number or orbs in waves that need to be crowd-controlled in some way, before they complete a cast. Each orb successfully stopped provides the group bonus Haste.

Balance Druid can wait for all of the orbs to spawn and then cast Incapacitating Roar. This will generally interrupt all orbs. Typhoon can also be used but be careful not to knock mobs into bad positions.

Xalatath's Bargain: Voidbound will periodically summon a large Void Emissary that will begin to cast Dark Prayer. This enemy must be killed before the cast completes to stop it, otherwise it provides significant damage reduction to nearby enemies. If successfully stopped, the group is granted a large amount of Versatility and cooldown reduction.

This should be focused down at top priority whenever it spawns. Freely use your cooldowns like Celestial Alignment, Force of Nature, and Elune's Chosen on this mob as it will recharge them faster after the add is killed.

Xalatath's Bargain: Pulsar spawns an orb that orbits each player, which needs to be soaked by a separate player before they expire. Each orb will grant the party 4% Mastery and 2% Leech, stacking, with a 30-second duration. Unsoaked orbs will increase nearby enemies' damage done, and reduce their damage taken.

There is no Balance Druid specific tip for this mechanic. As a ranged caster, you can sometimes extend the timer by standing out and popping the orb later as each application also refreshes the buff duration.

Xalatath's Bargain: Devour applies a debuff to each party member, that must be either dispelled or healed off (though bear in mind this does not absorb incoming heals). Each debuff dispelled provides the group with maximum health and Critical Strike, stacking, for 30 seconds. Any debuffs not cleared will heal nearby enemies a large amount.

As a caster with Remove Corruption, you should always be able to dispel yourself or someone else.