An Overview of Druid Class Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

If you are looking for Druid class guides, please visit one of the guides linked below.

• Innervate duration is now 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
• Heart of the Wild has been updated — Now additionally reduces the cast time of Balance spells by 30% and increases their damage by 20% (was 30%), and generates 1 combo point per 2 seconds while in Cat Form and increases Physical damage by 20% (was 30%).

• Damage of all abilities increased by 2%.
• Nature's Grace now grants 10% Haste (was 15%).
• Power of Goldrinn damage increased by 20%. Moved to where Starlord was located in Fractures in Time.
• Starlord has moved to where Power of Goldrinn was located in Fractures in Time.
• Rattle the Stars has been redesigned — It is no longer a buff that stacks when you cast Starsurge or Starfall and is now a passive bonus that always reduces the cost of Starsurge and Starfall by 10% and increases their damage by 12%.
• Fungal Growth has been removed. Wild Mushroom now includes the effects of Fungal Growth.
• Wild Mushroom’ damage has been reduced by 20% and the Fungal Growth damage over time has been reduced to 60% of Wild Mushroom damage (was 70%). Fungal Growth’s damage over time now deals damage over 10 seconds (was 8 seconds).
• Mastery: Astral Invocation has been updated — Your Nature spells deal increased damage and additional damage to targets affected by Sunfire. Your Arcane spells deal increased damage and additional damage to targets affected by Moonfire.
• Friend of the Fae’s tooltip changed to When a Faerie Dragon is summoned, your spells deal 10% increased damage for 20 seconds.
• Orbital Strike is reverted to its original design and location in the talent tree.
• Wild Mushroom damage increased by 10%.
• The positions of the Aetherial Kindling and Lunar Shrapnel talents have been swapped.
• Starsurge damage increased by 6%. This does not affect PvP combat.
• Shooting Stars damage increased by 15%.
• Fixed a few issues with Balance’s Mastery. Mastery’s default damage bonuses now correctly increase the damage of Wild Mushroom, Power of Goldrinn, and Orbital Strike.

• Apex Predator's Craving’s chance to trigger is increased against a low number of targets and decreased against a high number of targets. Its chance to trigger is about the same as before against 4 targets.
• Cat's Curiosity has been replaced with a new talent: Saber Jaws — When you spend extra Energy on Ferocious Bite, the extra damage is increased by 40%/80%.
• Ashamane's Guidance’s effect for Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane has been redesigned – During Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane and for 30 seconds after it ends, your Rip and Rake each cause affected enemies to take 3% increased damage from your abilities.
• Rampant Ferocity damage increased by 10%.
• Feral Druids can cast Innervate in Cat Form.
• Relentless Predator now reduces the Energy cost of Ferocious Bite by 10% (was 20%).
• Apex Predator's Craving’s chance to activate against a single target is reduced to 7.2% (was 9%), but the rate it activates against additional targets is increased.

• Thrash rage generation from Blood Frenzy now has a target cap (was previously uncapped).
• Fixed an issue causing Blazing Thorns damage to be dealt twice.
• Blood Frenzy now grants 3 Rage each time Thrash deals damage (was 2).

• Cenarius' Guidance Incarnation: Tree of Life functionality has been redesigned — During Incarnation: Tree of Life, you summon a Grove Guardians every 10 seconds. The cooldown of Incarnation: Tree of Life is reduced by 5 seconds when Grove Guardians fade.
• Incarnation: Tree of Life now additionally empowers Wrath, causing it to deal 20% more damage and be instant cast.
• Reforestation now grants Incarnation: Tree of Life for 10 seconds (was 9 seconds).
• New Talent: Liveliness — Your damage over time effects deal their damage 25% faster, and your healing over time effects heal 5% faster.
• Circle of Life and Death has been removed.
• Grove Tending healing increased by 30%.
• Grove Guardians' Nourish healing decreased by 16%.
• Grove Guardians' Swiftmend healing reduced by 20%.
• Grove Guardians' Wild Growth healing from Wild Synthesis reduced by 20%.
• Luxuriant Soil now causes Rejuvenation to have a 1%/2% chance to jump to a nearby ally (was 1.5%/3%).
• Regrowth initial healing increased by 20%.
• Regrowth heal over time effect increased by 42%.
• Rejuvenation healing increased by 25%.
• Wild Growth healing increased by 15%.
• Wrath and Starfire damage increased by 90%.
• Abundance caps at 12 stacks for a maximum of 60% crit/cost reduction.
• Cenarion Ward healing increased by 25%.
• Swiftmend healing increased by 30%.
• Inner Peace now reduces the cooldown of Tranquility by 30 seconds (was 60 seconds).
• Spring Blossoms healing reduced by 25%.
• Sunfire now costs 1.8% base mana (was 2.4%).
• Embrace of the Dream healing reduced by 30%.
• Flourish now extends the duration of all your heal over time effects on friendly targets within 60 yards by 6 seconds (was 8 seconds), and increases the rate of your heal over time effects by 25% (was 100%) for 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).
• Flourish procs from Convoke the Spirits now extends heal over time effects by 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and lasts 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
• Flourish is now a 60-second cooldown (was 90 seconds).
• Cenarius' Guidance no longer spawns an additional Grove Guardians at the beginning of Incarnation: Tree of Life.
• Cenarius' Guidance now reduces the cooldown of Incarnation of Tree of Life by 5 seconds when a Grove Guardians fades (was 4 seconds).
• Grove Guardians are now present on the totem bar.
• Fixed an issue that caused Efflorescence to slay Grove Guardians.
• Wild Growth now costs 4% base mana (was 4.4%).
• Regrowth now costs 3.2% base mana (was 3.4%).
• Aberrus (2) Set Bonus — Now increases the healing of Regrowth’s periodic heal by 35% (was 50%).
• Aberrus (4) Set Bonus — Now increases the rate of your heal over time effects by 26% (was 30%).

• Fixed an issue that prevented Mastery: Astral Invocation from increasing Star Burst damage.
• Star Burst damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
• New PvP Talent: Call of the Elder Druid — When you shift into a combat shapeshift form, you gain Heart of the Wild for 15 seconds, once every 1 minute.
• Disentanglement now reduces the mana cost of Efflorescence by 40% (was 25%).

You will find other Patch 10.2 class changes linked below.