Druid Class Changes for Shadowlands (Patch 9.0.2)

Last updated on Dec 01, 2020 at 09:45 by Stan 8 comments

On this page, you will find a list of all Druid changes coming in Shadowlands.

In addition to the class changes listed here, Druids also gain access to class-specific Druid Covenant Abilities that can be used anywhere in the open world, Legendary Powers obtained through Runecarving, Soulbind Conduits, and Anima Powers that only work in Torghast.

1.

General Changes

  • Travel Form Icon Travel Form's ground forms are no longer mountable.
  • The Stag Form ability has been renamed to Mount Form and ground forms are mountable when using this ability. The ability is learned from Tome of the Wilds: Mount Form Icon Tome of the Wilds: Mount Form available in the Druid Order Hall, The Dreamgrove, and is automatically learned for players who have already learned Tome of the Wilds: Stag Form before the update.
  • The Lunarwing appearance is mountable when selected as the Flight Form appearance at the Barber Shop.
  • Lunar Strike has been renamed back to Starfire Icon Starfire.
  • Solar Wrath has been renamed to Wrath Icon Wrath.
  • Growl Icon Growl is now learned at level 9 (was 14).
  • Moonfire Icon Moonfire is now learned at level 14 (was 9).
  • All Druids can now use the following abilities:
    • Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite — Finishing move that causes Physical damage per combo point and consumes up to 25 additional Energy to increase damage by up to 100%. Requires Cat Form Icon Cat Form.
    • Barkskin Icon Barkskin — Your skin becomes as tough as bark, reducing all damage you take by 20% and preventing damage from delaying your spellcasts. Lasts 12 seconds. Usable while stunned, frozen, incapacitated, feared, or asleep, and in all shapeshift forms.
    • Cyclone Icon Cyclone — Tosses the enemy target into the air, disorienting them but making them invulnerable for up to 6 seconds. Only one target can be affected by your Cyclone at a time.
    • Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar — Shift into Bear Form Icon Bear Form and let loose a wild roar, increasing the movement speed of all friendly players within 15 yards by 60% for 8 seconds.
    • Ironfur Icon Ironfur — Increases armor for 7 seconds. Requires Bear Form Icon Bear Form.
    • Wrath Icon Wrath — Hurl a ball of energy at the target, dealing Nature damage.
  • Swipe Icon Swipe now capped at 5 targets.
2.

General Druid Abilities Learned Above Level 50

  • Regrowth Icon Regrowth (Level 52) — Regrowth Icon Regrowth's initial heal has a 40% increased chance for a critical effect if the target is already affected by Regrowth.
  • Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots (Level 56) — Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots can withstand 20% more damage before breaking.
3.

General Druid Talent Changes

  • New Talent: Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild (replaces Typhoon Icon Typhoon) — Abilities associated with your chosen Affinity are substantially empowered for 45 seconds. 5-minute cooldown. Shifts you into the appropriate form upon cast, except in Restoration Affinity.
    • Restoration Affinity — Healing of your Restoration spells is increased by 30%, and mana costs are reduced by 50%.
    • Balance Affinity — Damage of Balance spells increased by 30% and Starsurge Icon Starsurge is instant cast.
    • Feral Affinity — Damage of your Feral abilities is increased by 30%, and critical strikes with attacks that generate a combo point generate an additional combo point.
    • Guardian AffinityBear Form Icon Bear Form gives an additional 20% Stamina, multiple uses of Ironfur Icon Ironfur may overlap, and Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration has 2 charges.
  • Mighty Bash Icon Mighty Bash now stuns the target for 4 seconds (was 5 seconds) and has a 1-minute cooldown (was 50 seconds).
  • New abilities have been added to their respective Affinities:
    • Restoration AffinityUrsol's Vortex Icon Ursol's Vortex.
    • Balance AffinityTyphoon Icon Typhoon.
    • Feral AffinityMaim Icon Maim.
    • Guardian AffinityIncapacitating Roar Icon Incapacitating Roar.
  • Cyclone Icon Cyclone is no longer a PvP Talent and the ability is learned by all Druids at level 48.
  • Master Shapeshifter Icon Master Shapeshifter: Balance Affinity no longer reduces the cast time of Starsurge Icon Starsurge and now increases the damage of Wrath Icon Wrath and Starfire Icon Starfire by 20% for 10 seconds.
  • Master Shapeshifter Icon Master Shapeshifter: Feral Affinity now only increases bleed by 30% (was 25%).
  • Deep Roots Icon Deep Roots now increase the damage required to break your Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots and Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement by 250% (down from 400%).
4.

Balance Druid

  • Balance Druids received a new Mastery: Mastery: Total Eclipse Icon Mastery: Total EclipseEclipse (Solar) Icon Eclipse (Solar) increases Nature damage by 11%, and Eclipse (Lunar) Icon Eclipse (Lunar) increases Arcane damage by 11%.
  • Eclipse Icon Eclipse passive has been redesigned and works with Balance Affinity (Level 30 Talent for Feral, Guardian, and Restoration): Casting 2 Starfire Icon Starfires empowers Wrath Icon Wrath for 15 seconds. Casting 2 Wraths empowers Starfire for 15 seconds. These Eclipses occur in alternation.
    • Eclipse (Solar) Icon Eclipse (Solar)Wrath Icon Wrath cast time reduced by 15% and damage increased by 20%.
    • Eclipse (Lunar) Icon Eclipse (Lunar)Starfire Icon Starfire cast time reduced by 15% and increases the critical strike chance of Starfire by 20%.
  • Starsurge Icon Starsurge now increases the damage bonus to Wrath Icon Wrath and Starfire Icon Starfire for the duration of the Eclipse and costs 30 Astral Power (was 40).
  • Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment has been moved off the global cooldown and the ability maintains both Eclipses and grants 10% Haste for 20 seconds. Starfall Icon Starfall now has a 40-yard radius around the caster and moves with the caster for the duration, avoiding targets not in combat. Starfall damage has been substantially increased.
  • Shooting Stars Icon Shooting Stars is now baseline and learned at level 49. It generates 3 Astral Power (was 4) and the proc chance has been increased by 50%.
  • Moonfire Icon Moonfire and Sunfire Icon Sunfire now generate 2 Astral Power (was 3).
  • Wrath Icon Wrath now generates 6 Astral Power (was 8).
  • Starfire Icon Starfire now generates 8 Astral Power (was 12).
  • Innervate Icon Innervate's duration has been reduced to 10 seconds and it no longer has a global cooldown.
5.

Balance Druid Abilities Learned Above Level 50

  • Starfall Icon Starfall (Level 54) — Casting Starfall Icon Starfall extends the duration of active Moonfire Icon Moonfires and Sunfire Icon Sunfires by 4 seconds.
  • Starsurge Icon Starsurge (Level 58) — Starsurge Icon Starsurge further empowers the damage bonus of any active Eclipse.
5.1.

Balance Druid Talent Changes

  • New Talent: Solstice Icon Solstice (replaces Shooting Stars) — During the first 6 seconds of every Eclipse, Shooting Stars Icon Shooting Stars falls 300% more often.
  • Nature's Balance Icon Nature's Balance now generates 1 Astral Power every 2 seconds while in combat (was 2 Astral Power every 3 seconds).
  • Soul of the Forest Icon Soul of the Forest has been redesigned. Eclipse increases Wrath Icon Wrath's Astral Power generation by 50% and increases Starfire Icon Starfire's damage to all other enemies by 150%.
  • Starlord Icon Starlord now grants you 4% Haste for 15 seconds (was 3% Haste for 20 seconds).
  • Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Icon Incarnation: Chosen of Elune has been moved off the global cooldown and now grants the benefits of Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and 10% Critical Strike.
  • Stellar Drift Icon Stellar Drift now increases Starfall Icon Starfall duration by 2 seconds and damage by 15%.
  • Fury of Elune Icon Fury of Elune deals reduced damage on secondary targets.
  • Prickling Thorns Icon Prickling Thorns (PvP Talent) now causes Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots to deal damage every 3 seconds instead of damage upon removal.
  • Moon and Stars Icon Moon and Stars (PvP Talent) radius has been increased to 5 yards (was 3 yards). Moon and Stars now triggers each time you enter an Eclipse, instead of when using Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment.
5.2.

Balance Druid Talent Tree

Below is the current talent tree for Balance Druids.

  • Level 15 Talents: Nature's Balance Icon Nature's Balance / Warrior of Elune Icon Warrior of Elune / Force of Nature Icon Force of Nature;
  • Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash Icon Tiger Dash / Renewal Icon Renewal / Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge;
  • Level 30 Talents: Feral Affinity Icon Feral Affinity / Guardian Affinity Icon Guardian Affinity / Restoration Affinity Icon Restoration Affinity;
  • Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash Icon Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild;
  • Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest Icon Soul of the Forest / Starlord Icon Starlord / Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Icon Incarnation: Chosen of Elune;
  • Level 45 Talents: Stellar Drift Icon Stellar Drift / Twin Moons Icon Twin Moons / Stellar Flare Icon Stellar Flare;
  • Level 50 Talents: Solstice Icon Solstice / Fury of Elune Icon Fury of Elune / New Moon Icon New Moon.
5.3.

Balance Druid Shadowlands Guide

6.

Feral Druid

  • Survival Instincts Icon Survival Instincts now has 1 charge (was 2).
  • Rake Icon Rake deals 60% increased damage while stealthed (was 100%).
  • Shred Icon Shred now deals 60% increased damage while stealthed (was 30%).
  • Berserk Icon Berserk no longer has a global cooldown and the ability has been redesigned — Go berserk for 20 seconds, causing Rake Icon Rake and Shred Icon Shred to deal damage as though you were stealthed, and giving finishing moves a 20% chance per combo point spent to refund 1 combo point.
  • Incarnation: King of the Jungle Icon Incarnation: King of the Jungle is no longer on the global cooldown.
7.

Feral Druid Abilities Learned Above Level 50.

  • Shred Icon Shred (Level 54) — While stealthed, Shred Icon Shred generates 1 additional combo point.
  • Berserk Icon Berserk (Level 58) — When Berserk Icon Berserk grants combo points, it grants 1 additional combo point.
7.1.

Feral Druid Talent Changes

  • Sabertooth Icon Sabertooth now extends Rip Icon Rip by 1 second (down from 4).
  • Balance Affinity Icon Balance Affinity Moonkin Form no longer has a 90-second cooldown.
  • Incarnation: King of the Jungle Icon Incarnation: King of the Jungle now grants the benefits of Berserk Icon Berserk, reduces the energy cost of all Cat Form abilities by 20%, and allows the use of Prowl Icon Prowl once while in combat.
  • Bloodtalons Icon Bloodtalons has been redesigned — When you use 3 different combo point-generating abilities within 4 seconds, the damage of your next 2 Rip Icon Rips or Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bites is increased by 30%.
  • Brutal Slash Icon Brutal Slash is now capped at 5 targets.
7.2.

Feral Druid Talent Tree

Below is the current talent tree for Feral Druids.

  • Level 15 Talents: Predator Icon Predator / Sabertooth Icon Sabertooth / Lunar Inspiration Icon Lunar Inspiration;
  • Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash Icon Tiger Dash / Renewal Icon Renewal / Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge;
  • Level 30 Talents: Balance Affinity Icon Balance Affinity / Guardian Affinity Icon Guardian Affinity / Restoration Affinity Icon Restoration Affinity;
  • Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash Icon Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild;
  • Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest Icon Soul of the Forest / Savage Roar Icon Savage Roar / Incarnation: King of the Jungle Icon Incarnation: King of the Jungle;
  • Level 45 Talents: Scent of Blood Icon Scent of Blood / Brutal Slash Icon Brutal Slash / Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath;
  • Level 50 Talents: Moment of Clarity Icon Moment of Clarity / Bloodtalons Icon Bloodtalons / Feral Frenzy Icon Feral Frenzy.
7.3.

Feral Druid Shadowlands Guide

8.

Guardian Druid

  • New Ability: Berserk Icon Berserk — Go berserk for 15 seconds, reducing the cooldowns of Mangle Icon Mangle, Thrash Icon Thrash, Growl Icon Growl, and Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration by 50% and the cost of Ironfur Icon Ironfur by 50%. 3-minute cooldown. The ability no longer has a global cooldown.
  • New Ability: Infected Wounds Icon Infected WoundsMangle Icon Mangle and Maul Icon Maul slow the target's movement speed by 50% for 12 seconds.
  • Incapacitating Roar Icon Incapacitating Roar now shifts you into Bear Form Icon Bear Form when used.
9.

Guardian Druid Abilities Learned Above Level 50

  • Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration (Level 54) — Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration increases all healing received by 20%.
  • Berserk Icon Berserk (Level 58) — Berserk Icon Berserk reduces the cooldowns of Mangle Icon Mangle, Thrash Icon Thrash, Growl Icon Growl, and Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration by an additional 25%.
9.1.

Guardian Druid Talent Changes

  • New Talent: Renewal Icon Renewal (replaces Ursol's Vortex Icon Ursol's Vortex) — Instantly heals you for 30% of maximum health.
  • New Talent: Tooth and Claw Icon Tooth and Claw (replaces Lunar Beam) — Auto attacks have a 20% chance to empower Maul Icon Maul, stacking up to 2. Empowered Mauls deal 40% increased damage and reduce the target's damage to you by 15% for 6 seconds.
  • Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Icon Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc has been redesigned — An improved Bear Form Icon Bear Form that grants the benefits of Berserk Icon Berserk, causes Mangle Icon Mangle to hit up to 3 targets, and increases maximum health by 30%. Lasts 30 seconds.
  • Pulverize Icon Pulverize now reduces the damage from the target by 20% for 10 seconds and has a 30-second cooldown (was reduced damage from all targets by 9% for 20 seconds).
9.2.

Guardian Druid Talent Tree

Below is the current talent tree for Guardian Druids.

  • Level 15 Talents: Brambles Icon Brambles / Blood Frenzy Icon Blood Frenzy / Bristling Fur Icon Bristling Fur;
  • Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash Icon Tiger Dash / Renewal Icon Renewal / Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge;
  • Level 30 Talents: Balance Affinity Icon Balance Affinity / Feral Affinity Icon Feral Affinity / Restoration Affinity Icon Restoration Affinity;
  • Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash Icon Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild;
  • Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest Icon Soul of the Forest / Galactic Guardian Icon Galactic Guardian / Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Icon Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc;
  • Level 45 Talents: Earthwarden Icon Earthwarden / Survival of the Fittest Icon Survival of the Fittest / Guardian of Elune Icon Guardian of Elune;
  • Level 50 Talents: Rend and Tear Icon Rend and Tear / Tooth and Claw Icon Tooth and Claw / Pulverize Icon Pulverize.
9.3.

Guardian Druid Shadowlands Guide

10.

Restoration Druid

  • Ironbark Icon Ironbark has a 1.5-minute cooldown (was 1 minute).
  • Swiftmend Icon Swiftmend cooldown is now 15 seconds (was 25 seconds), costs 11% mana (was 14%), and consumes an active Regrowth Icon Regrowth, Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth, Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation or Germination Icon Germination healing over time effect to instantly heal an ally.
  • Innervate Icon Innervate's duration has been reduced to 10 seconds and it no longer has a global cooldown.
11.

Restoration Druid Abilities Learned Above Level 50

  • Innervate Icon Innervate (Level 52) — If you cast Innervate Icon Innervate on somebody else, you gain its effect at 50% effectiveness.
  • Ironbark Icon Ironbark (Level 56) — Ironbark Icon Ironbark increases healing from your heal over time effects by 20%.
  • Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness — Your next Regrowth Icon Regrowth, Rebirth Icon Rebirth, or Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots is instant, free, castable in all forms, and heals for an additional 100%.
11.1.

Restoration Druid Talent Changes

  • New Talent: Nourish Icon Nourish (replaces Prosperity) — Heals a friendly target for 135% spell power. Costs 15% mana, 2-second cast time, and receives triple bonus from Mastery: Harmony Icon Mastery: Harmony.
  • New Talent: Overgrowth Icon Overgrowth (replaces Stonebark) — No longer a PvP Talent. Apply Lifebloom Icon Lifebloom, Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation, Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth, Regrowth Icon Regrowth's heal over time effect to an ally. The spell now has a 1-minute cooldown (was 45 seconds).
  • Stonebark is no longer a Talent and its increased healing bonus will be learned once again in Shadowlands.
  • Encroaching Vines (PvP Talent) has been renamed to High Winds Icon High Winds and redesigned. Cyclone Icon Cyclone leaves the target reeling, reducing their damage by 25% for 4 seconds.
  • Nourish (PvP Talent) removed.
  • Revitalize (PvP Talent) has been renamed to Reactive Resin Icon Reactive Resin.
11.2.

Restoration Druid Talent Tree

Below is the current talent tree for Restoration Druids.

  • Level 15 Talents: Abundance Icon Abundance / Nourish Icon Nourish / Cenarion Ward Icon Cenarion Ward;
  • Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash Icon Tiger Dash / Renewal Icon Renewal / Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge;
  • Level 30 Talents: Balance Affinity Icon Balance Affinity / Feral Affinity Icon Feral Affinity / Guardian Affinity Icon Guardian Affinity;
  • Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash Icon Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild;
  • Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest Icon Soul of the Forest / Cultivation Icon Cultivation / Incarnation: Tree of Life Icon Incarnation: Tree of Life;
  • Level 45 Talents: Inner Peace Icon Inner Peace / Spring Blossoms Icon Spring Blossoms / Overgrowth Icon Overgrowth;
  • Level 50 Talents: Photosynthesis Icon Photosynthesis / Germination Icon Germination / Flourish Icon Flourish.
11.3.

Restoration Druid Shadowlands Guide

12.

More Patch 9.0.1 Class Changes

You can find other Patch 9.0.1 class changes linked below.

13.

Changelog

  • 01 Dec. 2020: Fixed typo.
  • 16 Nov. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands release.
  • 11 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch.
  • 22 Sep. 2020: Tooth and Claw talent added.
  • 08 Sep. 2020: Added Solstice to Balance Level 50 talents.
  • 06 Sep. 2020: Updated for Beta Build 35755.
  • 14 Aug. 2020: Scent of Blood tooltip fixed.
  • 01 Aug. 2020: Bloodtalons talent updated.
  • 15 Jul. 2020: Updated for Alpha Build 35078.
  • 20 Jun. 2020: Reviewed for Alpha Build 34821.
  • 15 Jun. 2020: Reviewed for Alpha Build 34714.
  • 09 Jun. 2020: Reviewed for Alpha Build 34615.
  • 02 Jun. 2020: Updated intro with links to Anima Powers and Covenant Abilities.
  • 25 May 2020: Reviewed for Alpha Build 34490.
  • 15 May 2020: Reviewed for Alpha Build 34365.
  • 08 May 2020: Reviewed for Alpha Build 34278.
  • 30 Apr. 2020: Updated Eclipse description for Alpha Build 34199.
  • 29 Apr. 2020: Fixed Typhoon for Balance Druids.
  • 28 Apr. 2020: Updated for Alpha Build 34137.
  • 21 Apr. 2020: Page added.
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