Druid Guide

Balance Druids commune with celestial forces to weave Arcane and Nature magic together, aligning the stars to vanquish their foes. Their primary resource, Astral Power, is generated through Wrath and Starfire, and spent on Starsurge and Starfall. They also have to maintain Moonfire and Sunfire Damage over Time (DoT) effects.

Balance is the Druid ranged DPS specialization, with an intuitive gameplay loop. It rewards good DoT uptime through its two instant casts, Sunfire and Moonfire, while also managing its resource - Astral Power. This is generated through Wrath and Starfire, and is used on powerful spenders: Starsurge in single-target and Starfall in AoE.

It has an important medium cooldown effect, Eclipse, that alters your rotation when active, pushing you further toward either Lunar or Solar spells. To pair with that, its major cooldown - Celestial Alignment - combines both effects for powerful burst. It also has some great movement tools, sharing the ability to shapeshift with other specs, while allowing you to resurrect allies in combat with Rebirth. Finally, like all Druids, they can provide the Mark of the Wild to their group.

Balance has seen some substantial changes in Midnight, impacting most of its gameplay loop. In particular, changes to its Mastery to smooth out setup time and improvements to Eclipse gameplay are welcome additions.

You can look at a full breakdown on what's changed in our guide!

Feral Druids shapeshift into Cat Form to stalk their prey, pouncing at the right moment. With unmatched ferocity they apply savage bleeds and clamp their jaws around foes. Their primary resource, Energy, is generated passively and through Tiger's Fury, and it is spent on "builders" such as Shred. This builds up their secondary resource, Combo Points, which are used on powerful "finishers" such as Rip and Ferocious Bite.

Feral is one of the slower paced melee specializations, focusing on careful resource management to get the most out of their kit. It balances its Energy to build Combo Points, spending them at the right moment. They also have a variety of DoT effects such as Rake or Rip that they keep applied to targets.

It comes with some strong medium length cooldowns in Tiger's Fury, amplifying its damage, and Feral Frenzy, dealing a powerful flurry of attacks. Its major cooldown, Berserk, floods you with resources, and is paired with Convoke the Spirits for impressive burst. Feral Druids also have a solid defensive toolkit, and can provide Mark of the Wild and Rebirth to your group.

Feral saw significant changes to its core gameplay, most noteably when it comes to its Bleed effects. Midnight has pulled back on how important these are, but has added more cooldowns and rotational abilities to the pool.

You can look at a full breakdown on what's changed in our guide!

Guardian Druids shapeshift into Bear Form to become mighty protectors. With fur stronger than steel, they shrug off even the mightiest blows, using the punishment to fuel their rampage. Its primary resource, Rage, is generated by taking damage from enemies, as well as rotational abilities such as Mangle. This is used to bolster their defenses with Ironfur, or deal additional damage with Maul.

Guardian has a smooth learning curve when picking it up, having an intuitive toolkit to deal with the needs of tanking. It uses Mangle and Thrash to build Rage, and uses it on either Maul to deal damage, or Ironfur to mitigate damage. Resources are quite plentiful, but it has a careful balancing between defense and offense.

It has a medium cooldown damage reduction, Barkskin, that it uses frequently to bolster its survivability before the hits come in. Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc is its major cooldown, providing a HP increase to take more hits, and more importantly, deal significant damage throughout. It comes with some good utility and control tools, and can provide Mark of the Wild and Rebirth to your group.

Guardian saw a complete overhaul to its Talent tree, improving many aspects that were previously lacking. Its rotational gameplay and defense tools are still quite similar, but the whole package comes together better now.

You can look at a full breakdown on what's changed in our guide!

Restoration Druids are masters of harmony, using the power of the dream to blanket their allies in restorative splendour. As healers, their primary resource is Mana, spent healing allies. The majority of Restoration's healing is provided through Healing-over-Time effects (HoTs) such as Rejuvenation, but the specialization also offers powerful direct heals with Regrowth and Swiftmend.

Restoration Druid is a fast-paced healer, rewarding good awareness of the state of your effects. It aims to blanket allies with HoT spells in Rejuvenation, Lifebloom and Wild Growth. When someone is in need of direct healing though, it utilizes both Regrowth and Swiftmend to keep them healthy.

It also has both Tranquility and Convoke the Spirits to provide huge bursts of healing as longer cooldowns, allowing it to keep the group stable during intense encounters. Uniquely compared to other healers, it has an interesting damage component too, shifting into Cat Form while the group is kept stable through lingering HoTs. Lastly, it is also a source of Mark of the Wild and Rebirth, which are highly desirable for all groups.

Restoration, like many healers, saw a pullback in some high management effects due to the UI changes coming in Midnight. It still retains a similar toolkit, with more streamlined throughput methods.

You can look at a full breakdown on what's changed in our guide!