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: The War Within (11.2).

Single Target

Ensure Sunfire, Moonfire, and Stellar Flare (if talented) are applied before starting.

• Warrior Of EluneView detailsUse on cooldown for persistent buff.
• Celestial AlignmentView detailsUse after Fury Of Elune unless saving for Convoke The Spirits.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsUse after Celestial Alignment if Astral Power < 40.
• WrathView detailsCast twice to enter Lunar Eclipse if not in cooldowns.
• Fury Of EluneView detailsUse if not entering Celestial Alignment.
• StarsurgeView detailsSpend Astral Power or maintain Starlord.
• StarfireView detailsUse to generate Astral Power.

Maintain DoTs and prioritize Warrior Of Elune and Celestial Alignment. Use Convoke The Spirits with low Astral Power and Starsurge to spend it. Generate Astral Power with Starfire or Wrath as needed.

AoE

Ensure Sunfire and Moonfire are applied to all targets.

• Warrior Of EluneView detailsUse on cooldown for persistent buff.
• Fury Of EluneView detailsUse for Astral Power generation.
• Celestial AlignmentView detailsUse to enhance AoE damage.
• WrathView detailsCast twice to enter Lunar Eclipse if not in cooldowns.
• StarfallView detailsSpend Astral Power or maintain Starlord.
• StarfireView detailsUse to generate Astral Power.

Apply DoTs to all targets and prioritize Warrior Of Elune and Fury Of Elune. Use Starfall to spend Astral Power and Starfire for generation.

Cooldowns

• Celestial AlignmentView detailsUse on cooldown or with other cooldowns for max DPS.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsPair with Celestial Alignment for optimal burst.
• Fury Of EluneView detailsUse for Astral Power generation and AoE damage.
• Force Of NatureView detailsUse outside Eclipse or to apply Moonfire to multiple targets.

Stack Celestial Alignment with Convoke The Spirits for burst. Use Fury Of Elune for AoE and Force Of Nature for utility or multi-target Moonfire application.

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.