Balance Druid PvP Talents and Builds (Shadowlands / 9.2)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as a Balance Druid and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Balance Druid PvP Guide.
Talent Choices for Balance Druids
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15 |
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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While the above table provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.
Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
If you are playing against a team with two melee on it,
Warrior of Elune is the best choice in this tier. This will allow you to
apply pressure even if you are the focus. Against any other team,
Nature's Balance is the better choice. This talent gives you a passive
way to generate Astral Power, which results in an increase to your sustained
damage.
Tier 2 (Level 25) Talents
Renewal is the best choice in this tier. With how much damage
classes can do it is crucial to have a strong self-heal. It is important to
note that you can use
Renewal while in
Bear Form.
Tier 3 (Level 30) Talents
Guardian Affinity is the best choice in this tier.
Reducing overall damage dealt to you and having access to abilities like
Frenzied Regeneration greatly increases your survivability. This also
gives you additional crowd control with
Incapacitating Roar.
Tier 4 (Level 35) Talents
Mass Entanglement is the best choice in this tier. This gives you
reliable crowd control on the enemy healer when used in combination with
Solar Beam. If the enemy team has multiple ways to remove roots or has
a Restoration Druid on the other team,
Mighty Bash is the better
choice.
Tier 5 (Level 40) Talents
Incarnation: Chosen of Elune is the best choice in this tier. This
talent will give you the strongest single-target damage for killing an enemy.
Although this has a long cooldown, you will normally get a kill while your
Incarnation: Chosen of Elune is active.
Tier 6 (Level 45) Talents
Twin Moons is the best choice in this tier. This talent increases
your overall sustained damage and makes it easier to place your
Moonfire on multiple targets.
Tier 7 (Level 50) Talents
Solstice is the best choice in this tier. Because you will be
entering Eclipses often, this is a significant increase to your sustained damage
and Astral Power generation.
PvP Talents for Balance Druids
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful, but can be replaced with other PvP talents, depending on your team's goal.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Moonkin Aura affects
Starsurge so that when you use it,
your teammates have their spell Critical Strike chance increased. This is
perfect for increasing you and your teammates' sustained damage.
Owlkin Adept makes it so
Owlkin Frenzy stacks to 2 times and
reduces the cast time of your next
Cyclone or
Entangling Roots
by 50%. This is another great talent to have versus teams that will
be focusing you, as the near-instant Cyclones will help with negating damage.
Situational PvP Talents
Thorns should be placed on you or a teammate and any melee strikes
will deal Nature damage to the attacker. This will deal a large amount of
damage if the melee DPS do not swap off of you. This should be used if the
enemy team has 2 melee DPS on it.
Celestial Guardian reduces spell damage you take and increases
healing received while in
Bear Form. This talent is crucial versus
teams with heavy spell damage. While enemy casters are using burst cooldowns,
you can stay in Bear Form and drastically reduce the amount of spell damage you
are taking.
High Winds makes enemies do less damage once they leave your
Cyclone. This should be used if you will not be the target for the
enemy team or they have caster DPS on it.
Changelog
- 01 Mar. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- Updated Best PvP Talents.
- 22 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Updated PvP talents.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
This guide has been written by Mysticall, a seasoned PvP player who has repeatedly achieved Arena Master and 2500 rating. You can watch his stream on Twitch, and you can also check out his YouTube channel.
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