An Overview of Druid Class Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

Last updated on Oct 24, 2023 at 08:57 by Stan 1 comment

The following page covers all Druid changes that went live in Patch 10.2.

1.

Druid Class Guides for Dragonflight Patch 10.2

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

2.

General Druid Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Innervate Icon Innervate duration is now 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Heart of the Wild Icon 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%).
3.

Balance Druid Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Damage of all abilities increased by 2%.
  • Nature's Grace Icon Nature's Grace now grants 10% Haste (was 15%).
  • Power of Goldrinn Icon Power of Goldrinn damage increased by 20%. Moved to where Starlord Icon Starlord was located in Fractures in Time.
  • Starlord Icon Starlord has moved to where Power of Goldrinn Icon Power of Goldrinn was located in Fractures in Time.
  • Rattle the Stars Icon Rattle the Stars has been redesigned — It is no longer a buff that stacks when you cast Starsurge Icon Starsurge or Starfall Icon 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 Icon Fungal Growth has been removed. Wild Mushroom Icon Wild Mushroom now includes the effects of Fungal Growth.
  • Wild Mushroom Icon 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 Icon Mastery: Astral Invocation has been updated — Your Nature spells deal increased damage and additional damage to targets affected by Sunfire Icon Sunfire. Your Arcane spells deal increased damage and additional damage to targets affected by Moonfire Icon Moonfire.
  • Friend of the Fae Icon 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 Icon Orbital Strike is reverted to its original design and location in the talent tree.
  • Wild Mushroom Icon Wild Mushroom damage increased by 10%.
  • The positions of the Aetherial Kindling Icon Aetherial Kindling and Lunar Shrapnel Icon Lunar Shrapnel talents have been swapped.
  • Starsurge Icon Starsurge damage increased by 6%. This does not affect PvP combat.
  • Shooting Stars Icon 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 Icon Wild Mushroom, Power of Goldrinn Icon Power of Goldrinn, and Orbital Strike Icon Orbital Strike.
4.

Feral Druid Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Apex Predator's Craving Icon 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 Icon Cat's Curiosity has been replaced with a new talent: Saber Jaws Icon Saber Jaws — When you spend extra Energy on Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite, the extra damage is increased by 40%/80%.
  • Ashamane's Guidance Icon Ashamane's Guidance’s effect for Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane Icon Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane has been redesigned – During Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane and for 30 seconds after it ends, your Rip Icon Rip and Rake Icon Rake each cause affected enemies to take 3% increased damage from your abilities.
  • Rampant Ferocity Icon Rampant Ferocity damage increased by 10%.
  • Feral Druids can cast Innervate Icon Innervate in Cat Form.
  • Relentless Predator Icon Relentless Predator now reduces the Energy cost of Ferocious Bite by 10% (was 20%).
  • Apex Predator's Craving Icon 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.
5.

Guardian Druid Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Thrash Icon Thrash rage generation from Blood Frenzy Icon Blood Frenzy now has a target cap (was previously uncapped).
  • Fixed an issue causing Blazing Thorns Icon Blazing Thorns damage to be dealt twice.
  • Blood Frenzy Icon Blood Frenzy now grants 3 Rage each time Thrash Icon Thrash deals damage (was 2).
6.

Restoration Druid Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Cenarius' Guidance Icon Cenarius' Guidance Incarnation: Tree of Life functionality has been redesigned — During Incarnation: Tree of Life Icon Incarnation: Tree of Life, you summon a Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians every 10 seconds. The cooldown of Incarnation: Tree of Life is reduced by 5 seconds when Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians fade.
  • Incarnation: Tree of Life Icon Incarnation: Tree of Life now additionally empowers Wrath Icon Wrath, causing it to deal 20% more damage and be instant cast.
  • Reforestation Icon Reforestation now grants Incarnation: Tree of Life Icon Incarnation: Tree of Life for 10 seconds (was 9 seconds).
  • New Talent: Liveliness Icon 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 Icon Circle of Life and Death has been removed.
  • Grove Tending Icon Grove Tending healing increased by 30%.
  • Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians' Nourish Icon Nourish healing decreased by 16%.
  • Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians' Swiftmend Icon Swiftmend healing reduced by 20%.
  • Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians' Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth healing from Wild Synthesis Icon Wild Synthesis reduced by 20%.
  • Luxuriant Soil Icon Luxuriant Soil now causes Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation to have a 1%/2% chance to jump to a nearby ally (was 1.5%/3%).
  • Regrowth Icon Regrowth initial healing increased by 20%.
  • Regrowth Icon Regrowth heal over time effect increased by 42%.
  • Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation healing increased by 25%.
  • Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth healing increased by 15%.
  • Wrath Icon Wrath and Starfire Icon Starfire damage increased by 90%.
  • Abundance Icon Abundance caps at 12 stacks for a maximum of 60% crit/cost reduction.
  • Cenarion Ward Icon Cenarion Ward healing increased by 25%.
  • Swiftmend Icon Swiftmend healing increased by 30%.
  • Inner Peace Icon Inner Peace now reduces the cooldown of Tranquility Icon Tranquility by 30 seconds (was 60 seconds).
  • Spring Blossoms Icon Spring Blossoms healing reduced by 25%.
  • Sunfire Icon Sunfire now costs 1.8% base mana (was 2.4%).
  • Embrace of the Dream Icon Embrace of the Dream healing reduced by 30%.
  • Flourish Icon 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 Icon Flourish procs from Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits now extends heal over time effects by 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and lasts 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  • Flourish Icon Flourish is now a 60-second cooldown (was 90 seconds).
  • Cenarius' Guidance Icon Cenarius' Guidance no longer spawns an additional Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians at the beginning of Incarnation: Tree of Life.
  • Cenarius' Guidance Icon Cenarius' Guidance now reduces the cooldown of Incarnation of Tree of Life by 5 seconds when a Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians fades (was 4 seconds).
  • Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians are now present on the totem bar.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Efflorescence Icon Efflorescence to slay Grove Guardians Icon Grove Guardians.
  • Wild Growth Icon Wild Growth now costs 4% base mana (was 4.4%).
  • Regrowth Icon Regrowth now costs 3.2% base mana (was 3.4%).
  • Aberrus (2) Set Bonus — Now increases the healing of Regrowth Icon 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%).
7.

Druid PvP Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Mastery: Astral Invocation Icon Mastery: Astral Invocation from increasing Star Burst Icon Star Burst damage.
  • Star Burst Icon Star Burst damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
  • New PvP Talent: Call of the Elder Druid Icon Call of the Elder Druid — When you shift into a combat shapeshift form, you gain Heart of the Wild Icon Heart of the Wild for 15 seconds, once every 1 minute.
  • Disentanglement Icon Disentanglement now reduces the mana cost of Efflorescence Icon Efflorescence by 40% (was 25%).
8.

More Dragonflight Patch 10.2 Class Changes

You will find other Patch 10.2 class changes linked below.

9.

Changelog

  • 24 Oct. 2023: Page added.
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