Balance Druid DPS Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — Dragonflight 10.0.7

Balance Druid gameplay is a standard build and spend class with a predictable cadence to their rotation.

At the start of combat or with each use or proc of Celestial Alignment / Incarnation: Chosen of Elune, you choose between either Solar or Lunar Eclipse. To enter Solar Eclipse, you must cast two Starfires, and to enter Lunar Eclipse, you need to cast two Wrath.Currently, we prioritize Lunar Eclipse and Wrath for all phases.

From there on, you build Astral Power using the appropriate filler. In Solar Eclipse, you cast Wrath to gain Astral Power and, in Lunar Eclipse, you cast Starfire. Each Eclipse lasts 15 seconds. Eclipse uptime is incredibly important and you should aim to be inside Eclipse as often as you can.

On single-target, you will use Starsurge, which costs 40 Astral Power. On multi-target, you want to be casting Starfall which costs 50 Astral Power. Some spells reduce the cost of these abilities such as Rattle the Stars and Elune's Guidance.

Keep your DoTs up on all targets to activate your Mastery bonus. Use cooldowns optimally, either on cooldown or when there is a better moment.

In this guide, when we refer to our standard rotation or priority list, the priority below is what is being referred back to.

Use the buttons below to select how a talent changes your basic rotation:

• Show Force of Nature
• Show Stellar Flare
• Show Wild Mushroom
• Show Astral Communion
• Show Warrior of Elune
• Show Convoke the Spirits
• Show New Moon
• Show Fury of Elune

Additionally, your rotation changes when you aquire the Balance Druid 4-piece:

• Show Touch the Cosmos (4-piece)
• Show No Tier

1. Apply or maintain your Moonfire and Sunfire. Reapply these DoTs when they have 30% remaining on their duration. The target should live for 6-seconds.
2. Apply or maintain Stellar Flare. Reapply this DoT when it has 30% remaining on its duration. The target should live for 8 seconds.
3. Cast two Wrath to enter Lunar Eclipse
4. Consume the buff with Starsurge on single target or Starfall on multi target.
5. Use Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune to put this spell on cooldown.During these cooldowns, cast Wrath.
6. Cast Convoke the Spirits if you are inside Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune. If you do not have Elune's Guidance, you should use Convoke the Spirits on cooldown if there is more than 30-seconds until you will enter your cooldowns.
7. Cast two Wraths and enter Lunar Eclipse if you are not in Eclipse and do not have Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune is available.
8. Cast New Moon when you will not cap on Astral Power. Do not cap stacks of this spell.
9. Use Warrior of Elune and cast three Starfires. Do not cap on Astral Power. You do not instantly have to cast these but Warrior of Elune will not go back on cooldown until all three have been cast.
10. Spend your Astral Power on Starsurge (single target) or Starfall (multi-target).
11. Cast Fury of Elune when you will not cap on Astral Power and if enemies are stacked.
12. Cast Wild Mushroom when targets are stacked and you have less than 80 .
13. Cast Astral Communion when you have less than 40 Astral Power.
14. Cast Force of Nature when you have less than 80 Astral Power.
15. Cast Wrath on single target and Starfire on multi-target.
16. Cast two Wrath to enter Lunar Eclipse.

With Umbral Intensity you can go into Solar Eclipse on single target only. This is only relevant on multi-target fights or dungeons.

Below we will go over the Balance Druid Opening Rotation. This can also be used as a cooldown priority list. Please note that from max range, Wrath has a 4-second travel time.

Use the buttons below to select how a talent changes your basic rotation:

• Show Force of Nature
• Show Stellar Flare
• Show Wild Mushroom
• Show Astral Communion
• Show Warrior of Elune
• Show Convoke the Spirits
• Show New Moon
• Show Fury of Elune

Additionally, your rotation changes when you aquire the Balance Druid 4-piece:

• Show Touch the Cosmos (4-piece)

1. At 2 seconds on the pull timer, start pre-casting two Wraths.
2. Apply or maintain your Moonfire and Sunfire. Reapply these DoTs when they have 30% remaining on their duration.
3. Apply or maintain Stellar Flare. Reapply this DoT when it has 30% remaining on its duration.
4. Consume the buff with Starsurge on single target or Starfall on multi target.
5. Use Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune.
6. Drink your Potion
7. Cast Convoke the Spirits if you are below 40 Astral Power.
8. Cast Starsurge on single target and Starfall on multiple targets. Do not cap Astral Power.
9. Use Warrior of Elune and cast three Starfires. Do not cap on Astral Power.
10. Cast New Moon when you will not cap on Astral Power. Do not cap stacks of this spell. You want to cast at least one Full Moon per cooldown.
11. Cast Wild Mushroom.If using these to maintain Waning Twilight, stagger these casts.
12. Cast Fury of Elune.
13. Cast Astral Communion when you have less than 40 Astral Power.
14. Cast Force of Nature when you have less than 80 Astral Power.
15. Cast Wrath on single target and Starfire on multi-target.

With Umbral Intensity you can go into Solar Eclipse on single target only. This is only relevant on multi-target fights or dungeons.

Balance Druid is more of a priority system rather than a hard set rotation. Making active decisions as to when you want to use each talent and what you want to focus on in each encounter can affect how you play. This section will dive into some things of note for several important talents.

Primordial Arcanic Pulsar plays a largr role in the Balance Druid rotation and is not difficult to play around. You always want to proc Pulsar with Starfall if you are not already in your cooldowns. You get a fully buffed Starfall instead of a weaker Starsurge.

Additionally, try to maximize Eclipses with 4-piece. Track Primordial Arcanic Pulsar and spend Astral Power appropriately to get as many free and buffed spenders as possible.

Sometimes the monotony of casting Wrath will be broken up by tier or Umbral Embrace.

On single target, cast Starfire if you have 2-stacks of Gathering Starstuff or Umbral Embrace and will not cap Astral Power.

On multi target, cast Starfire if you have 3 stacks of Gathering Starstuff or Umbral Embrace and will not cap Astral Power.

These two independent buffs both stack by using Starsurge or Starfall. They have different stack amounts, different timers, and even different methods of timing out. Out of the two buffs, it is more important to prioritize good Starlord uptime.

Get your first stack of Starlord up immediately and then pivot into keeping up Rattle the Stars. Weave filler spells and also generate Astral Power and try to maximize your 2-stack uptime after Starlord is up.

As you get to the end of your Starlord cycle, max sure you get enough Astral Power for either Starfall or Starsurge. You want to immediately recontinue the buff even at the cost of losing Rattle the Stars.

When casting free spells, there is an order of operations to ensure that you are casting the right thing at the right time. If you enter an Eclipse and get a Touch the Cosmos proc alongside a Starweaver proc, you always want to use your 4-piece proc first.

Solstice and Balance of All Things trigger their effects at the start of the Eclipse and Nature's Grace triggers at the end of each Eclipse. Here are some tips on how to play around with these talents:

• Cast a Wrath to finish as your current Eclipse ends. This lets you get immediately into the next Eclipse.
• Solstice generates a good amount of Astral Power at the start of an Eclipse. Try to go into each Eclipse with between 70 and 80 Astral Power to not overcap to excess Shooting Stars procs.
• Balance of All Things does not need to be prioritized over other buffs such as Starlord and Rattle the Stars.

Always try to overlap Convoke the Spirits with Celestial Alignment / Incarnation: Chosen of Elune as well as the buff from Balance of All Things.

Convoke the Spirits has a 45-yard range from the center of any targets hit box. This means for larger bosses, max range Convoke the Spirits may end up whiffing all Balance spells if you are too far away.

With Elune's Guidance talented, melee Convoke the Spirits is less consistent than ranged Convoke. Avoid being in melee if possible or you are more likely to lose a Balance-specific catch. This is a minor point but something to avoid if possible.

If you are using Convoke the Spirits on multiple targets, cast Convoke before casting other Starfalls to raise the chance that you will cast a free Starfall.

Balance Druid has quite a few cooldown options in Dragonflight. The main cooldown that we refer to in this guide is Celestial Alignment which can be upgraded by another talent called Incarnation: Chosen of Elune. You often want to use these immediately every time they come off cooldown as you want to get as many usages as possible.

Cooldowns should be stacked together. If you can use Celestial Alignment and other cooldowns such as Convoke the Spirits or Fury of Elune at the same time, it will make those other cooldowns stronger as well. These buttons are supposed to do the most damage per press compared to the spells you can always cast.

Some cooldowns come in the form of charge-based spells such as Wild Mushroom and New Moon. You should not let these cap their charges as that is the same as another spell being off cooldown and not being used. Keep their charges rolling even if it is not the most efficient use of your time.