Balance Druid DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Dragonflight 10.2

Note that these builds are generic recommendations for various content. For more specific recommendations for the Raid and Mythic+, check out the dedicated pages below.

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Best Talents for Balance Druid

Single-Target Talents AoE/Mythic+ Talents Talents Explained

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Best Single-Target Talents for Balance Druid

This build is optimal for pure single-target situations.

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Best AoE Talents for Balance Druid

This is our recommended build for AoE scenarios. This works well for AoE Fights in Raids, as well as most Mythic+.

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Talent Explanations for Balance Druids

Note that we do not explain EVERY Talent in the tree on this page. We only explain Talents that are part of our optimal builds for single-target and AoE. For full details and explanations of every Talent, please visit our Spells page via the button below.

Balance Druid Dragonflight Spell Glossary

3.1.

Class Talents

3.1.1.

Row 1-4

Starfire	A necessary node for AoE and pathing. Generates Astral Power
Sunfire	Essential DoT for our Mastery.
Moonkin Form	An essential shapeshift for Balance Druid.
Improved Sunfire	Needed to spread our DoT on AoE.
Nurturing Instinct	Buffs damage and healing.
Frenzied Regeneration	Strong self-healing spell that requires Bear Form.

3.1.2.

Row 5-7

Wild Charge	Must choose mobility option. Generally used as a disengage.
Astral Influence	Increases range and is a must pick for pathing.
Rising Light, Falling Night	Increases Damage and Healing or Versatility. Instances always grant Versatility.
Typhoon	A utility option that knocks mobs. First point to drop if not needed.
Stampeding Roar	Increases group speed and is a must choose talent.
Thick Hide	Flat damage reduction is always good.
Feline Swiftness	The class tree has many free points that can be used to path to get a point or two of this Talent for movement speed.
Matted Fur	Provides additional survivability with Barkskin.

3.1.3.

Row 8-10

Lycara's Teachings	A substantial DPS increase and is a mandatory pick.
Incapacitating Roar/ Mighty Bash	Crowd Control depending on your needs.
Well-Honed Instincts	Low health protection. 1-point is acceptable.
Renewal	A solid self heal option. Generally taken in all situations.
Ursol's Vortex/ Mass Entanglement	Crowd Control depending on your needs.
Innervate	A potent healer external.
Nature's Vigil	A strong group heal that you should pair with your cooldowns.

3.2.

Spec Talents

3.2.1.

Row 1-4

Eclipse	Our core passive and mandatory to progress.
Shooting Stars	Strong passive Astral Power generation that feeds into other talents later.
Solar Beam	Our AoE interrupt
Warrior of Elune	This is used for single target to enter Solar Eclipse quickly.
Starfall	Our AoE spender. Taken when you are cleaving 2 targets.
Lunar Shrapnel	This buffs our AoE spender and leads to Aetherial Kindling.
Aetherial Kindling	Taken when you need to extend your DoTs on sustained multi-target.
Twin Moons	Used to spread Moonfire.
Wild Surges	Increase Critical Strike chance of some spells and increases their Astral Power generation.
Nature's Balance	A strong passive that synergizes with Eclipse and Primordial Arcanic Pulsar.

3.2.2.

Row 5-7

Celestial Alignment	Our main cooldown. The entire rotation revolves around the uptime of this buff.
Primordial Arcanic Pulsar	A powerful passive that allows us to enter Celestial Alignment more often outside of its 3-minute cooldown.
Astral Smolder	A passive DoT that helps proc Waning Twilight.
Waning Twilight	A passive debuff that increases our damage to a target if they have 3 debuffs applied to them.
Soul of the Forest	Increases Astral Power generation of our builders depending on our Eclipse.
Nature's Grace	A passive buff that procs at the end of an Eclipse. This is not procced when you refresh and Eclipse with Celestial Alignment.
Starlord	Provides a stacking Haste buff. High uptime of 3-stacks is vital to maximizing DPS. Pool Astral Power at the end of each Starlord window.
Cosmic Rapidity	A passive that increases our DoT tick rate. This affects Shooting Stars and its proc rate as well.

3.2.3.

Row 8-10

Rattle the Stars/ Starweaver	Two strong rotation defining passives. Rattle the Stars is generally the go-to passive, which is a flat passive buff that increases damage and reduces resource cost. Starweaver can be taken on some hybrid fights but is generally outshone by the former option.
Power of Goldrinn	A strong passive proc that increases our single target damage.
Incarnation: Chosen of Elune	Improves Celestial Alignment which also works with the proc from Primordial Arcanic Pulsar.
New Moon/ Fury of Elune	A vital spell cooldown for Balance Druid. New Moon is taken on single target, and Fury of Elune is taken on cleave and AoE.
Radiant Moonlight	Improves the damage and cooldown of New Moon and Fury of Elune.
Elune's Guidance	Taken on multi-target scenarios for the reduced resource cost.
Denizen of the Dream	DoTs can spawn dragons to fight with you for 30-seconds.
Friend of the Fae	These dragons buff your damage for 20-seconds.

Mythic+ can require a mix of AoE and Single-Target talents, depending on affixes and other variables. You should check out our page below if you want advice specific to Mythic+.

Some talents will require you to play in a particular way to get the most out of them. You can find more information on how your rotation will look after selecting your talents on our rotation page below.

There will be the option to go into "War Mode." Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:

• PvP Talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended enabling the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being killed while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

In this section, we will list the PvP Talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Note that these may not be optimal in actual PvP situations.

• Star Burst is a passive effect that calls down falling stars on enemies during Starfall. Enemies who run into this take damage and get knocked up. Allies can pick these up and run into enemies to detonate them.
• Moonkin Aura is amazing for group combat and strong for solo content. This can buff all members in your party and help finish quests and rares faster. We would recommend this for all group content.
• Thorns can provide minimal peel or damage in open-world content.
• Malorne's Swiftness will let you move at 100% Movement Speed even while in combat. Great for open-world content.