Welcome to the PVE Balance Druid DPS Guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King! This guide will teach you how to play a Balance Druid in a raid. It covers talents, glyphs, gems, enchantments, rotation, and gameplay tips.
Talents Suitable for players with lower gear and helps mitigate mana related talents. The second build is a general raid build for players with better gear. You might make some tweaks according to your raid group’s needs.
Glyphs Major Glyphs
Gems Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.
- Meta – Chaotic Skyflare Diamond
- Red – Runed Cardinal Ruby
- Yellow – Potent Ametrine
- Blue – Purified Dreadstone or Runed Cardinal Ruby
Enchants
- Head – Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
- Shoulder – Greater Inscription of the Storm
- Cloak – Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed
- Chest – Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
- Bracers – Enchant Bracers - Superior Spellpower
- Gloves – Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower
- Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
- Legs – Brilliant Spellthread
- Boots – Enchant Boots - Icewalker
- Weapon
- One Hand – Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower
- Staves – Enchant Staff - Greater Spellpower
Rotation & Gameplay Rotation
- Maintain Faerie Fire
- Cast Starfall
- Cast Force of Nature
- Maintain Insect Swarm except during Eclipse (Lunar)
- Cast Wrath during Eclipse (Solar) / Cast Starfire during Eclipse (Lunar)
- Cast Wrath after leaving Eclipse (Solar) until the next Eclipse procs / Cast Starfire after leaving Eclipse (Lunar) until the next Eclipse procs
- Cast Moonfire while moving
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