DPS Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Balance Druid abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0.1).

Single Target

Ensure Sunfire and Moonfire are applied before starting.

• Sunfire and MoonfireView detailsMaintain DoTs on the target.
• Force Of NatureView detailsUse outside Eclipse unless saving for Convoke The Spirits.
• Celestial AlignmentView detailsUse after Force Of Nature unless saving for Convoke The Spirits.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsUse after Celestial Alignment with <40 Astral Power.
• StarsurgeView detailsSpend Astral Power or maintain Starlord.
• WrathView detailsGenerate Astral Power.

Maintain Sunfire and Moonfire, use Force Of Nature and Celestial Alignment strategically, and spend Astral Power with Starsurge. Use Wrath to generate Astral Power.

AoE

Ensure Sunfire and Moonfire are applied to all targets.

• Sunfire and MoonfireView detailsMaintain DoTs on all targets.
• Fury Of EluneView detailsUse for sustained AoE damage.
• Celestial AlignmentView detailsUse to enhance AoE abilities.
• StarfallView detailsSpend Astral Power or maintain Starlord.
• StarfireView detailsGenerate Astral Power.

Apply Sunfire and Moonfire to all targets, use Fury Of Elune and Celestial Alignment for burst, and spend Astral Power with Starfall. Use Starfire to generate Astral Power.

Cooldowns

• Celestial AlignmentView detailsUse on cooldown for burst phases.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsPair with Celestial Alignment for max DPS.
• Fury Of EluneView detailsUse for sustained AoE damage.
• Force Of NatureView detailsUse to apply Moonfire and generate Astral Power.

Use Celestial Alignment and Convoke The Spirits together for burst. Fury Of Elune excels in AoE, while Force Of Nature provides utility and Astral Power generation.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.