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Balance Druid

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 2.9% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Wrath+0.6s50%
  2. 2Sunfire+1.8s100%
  3. 3Moonfire+2.2s100%
  4. 4Starfire+3.3s100%
  5. 5Fury of Elune+3.9s75%
  6. 6Lunar Eclipse+4.2s75%
  7. 7Empowering Venom+5.3s75%
  8. 8Light's Potential+5.4s50%
  9. 9Incarnation: Chosen of Elune+5.9s100%
  10. 10Starsurge+6.8s75%

What follows what

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

  • Starfire122 casts→Starfire69%Starsurge17%Starfall4%
  • Starsurge48 casts→Starfire52%Starsurge26%Starfall13%
  • Sunfire13 casts→Moonfire54%Lunar Eclipse31%Fury of Elune8%
  • Starfall12 casts→Starsurge50%Sunfire25%Starfire25%
  • Moonfire11 casts→Starsurge27%Sunfire27%Starfire27%
  • Lunar Eclipse9 casts→Starsurge44%Starfire22%Light's Potential11%

Ability usage

Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Single target

5 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

  1. 1Starfire17.1per min
  2. 2Starfall14.3per min
  3. 3Starsurge7.3per min
  4. 4Moonfire3.0per min
  5. 5Sunfire2.4per min
  6. 6Fury of Elune1.0per min

Multi-target

10 fights with substantial add damage

  1. 1Starfire16.9per min
  2. 2Starsurge9.9per min
  3. 3Starfall7.3per min
  4. 4Sunfire5.3per min
  5. 5Moonfire5.3per min

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 30/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

Secondary stats

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility43.4%954 avg
  • Haste37.1%830 avg
  • Mastery13.7%322 avg
  • Critical Strike5.9%146 avg

What PvE players are playing

Talent choices across 229 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

Where builds differ

Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

  • Touch the Cosmos89%

    194 players · Specialization

  • Stellar Amplification86%

    188 players · Specialization

  • Nature's Balance85%

    187 players · Specialization

  • Blooming Infusion85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Bounteous Bloom85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Cenarius' Might85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Control of the Dream85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Dream Surge85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Dryad's Dance85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Durability of Nature85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Expansiveness85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Grove's Inspiration85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Harmony of the Grove85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Heart of the Wild85%

    186 players · Class

  • Protective Growth85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Spirit of the Thicket85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Sunseeker Mushroom85%

    186 players · Specialization

  • Sylvan Beckoning85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Treants of the Moon85%

    186 players · Hero

  • Force of Nature84%

    184 players · Specialization

  • Light of the Sun82%

    180 players · Class

  • Ursine Vigor76%

    166 players · Class

  • Hail of Stars75%

    165 players · Specialization

  • Umbral Intensity63%

    137 players · Specialization

  • Astral Communion61%

    134 players · Specialization

  • Total Eclipse60%

    131 players · Specialization

  • Forestwalk58%

    128 players · Class

  • Remove Corruption58%

    128 players · Class

  • Sculpt the Stars58%

    128 players · Specialization

  • Denizen of the Dream40%

    88 players · Specialization

  • Fury of Elune38%

    83 players · Specialization

  • Perfectly-Honed Instincts37%

    82 players · Class

  • Rake37%

    80 players · Class

  • Soul of the Forest34%

    74 players · Specialization

  • Aetherial Kindling33%

    72 players · Specialization

  • Improved Stampeding Roar33%

    72 players · Class

Near-universal picks (45)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
  • Aessina's Renewal100%

    219 players · Class

  • Circle of the Heavens100%

    219 players · Class

  • Cyclone100%

    219 players · Class

  • Frenzied Regeneration100%

    219 players · Class

  • Gift of the Wild100%

    219 players · Class

  • Improved Barkskin100%

    219 players · Class

  • Lycara's Teachings100%

    219 players · Class

  • Mass Entanglement100%

    219 players · Class

  • Nurturing Instinct100%

    219 players · Class

  • Oakskin100%

    219 players · Class

  • Stampeding Roar100%

    219 players · Class

  • Thick Hide100%

    219 players · Class

  • Tiger Dash100%

    219 players · Class

  • Ursoc's Spirit100%

    219 players · Class

  • Verdant Heart100%

    219 players · Class

  • Well-Honed Instincts100%

    219 players · Class

Rarely taken (148)under 15% — situational or out of favour
  • Meteorites14%

    31 players · Specialization

  • Arcane Affinity13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Astral Insight13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Atmospheric Exposure13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Bask in Moonlight13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Boundless Moonlight13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Elune's Grace13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Glistening Fur13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Lunar Calling13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Lunar Insight13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Moon Guardian13%

    29 players · Hero

  • Penumbral Swell13%

    29 players · Hero

Import a real build

Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

  • Sveyl

    ysondre · EU3,625

  • Stkk

    sanguino · EU3,552

  • Promioseven

    draenor · EU3,540

  • Sunstep

    proudmoore · US3,535

  • Ykkie

    ysondre · EU3,507

Learn the spec

This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

  • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
  • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
  • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

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