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Balance Druid Mythic+ Guide

11.1 - Undermine(d)

Last Updated:March 3, 2025|Changelog|FAQ

Welcome to the Balance Druid Mythic+ guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.1! This guide covers everything you need to know to understand your character! Are you starting out and leveling up from 70? Check out the leveling guide!

Overview

Patch 11.1 - Undermine(d)
Balance Druid
Balance DruidMythic+
Single-Target
Strong
AoE
Excellent
Utility
Excellent
Survivability
Strong
Mobility
Average
Balance Druid Mythic+ Best in Slot

Hero Talents

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  • Keeper of the Grove is probably the best choice for mid to lower Mythic+ content but Elune's Chosen sims 3% higher, which means it's worth swapping to it in higher keys (+10-15).
Elune's Chosen
Keeper of the Grove

Elune's Chosen focuses gameplay around casting Starfire as much as possible and reducing the cooldown of Fury of Elune to get as many casts as possible.

Core Talents

  • Boundless Moonlight
    • Works with all versions of your Fury of Elune including Sundered Firmament and The Light of Elune.
    • Works with all versions of your Full Moon including Orbit Breaker and the second Full Moon from Radiant Moonlight.
  • Lunar Calling
    • Makes your Starfire hit like a truck single-target and prevents you from entering Eclipse (Solar).
    • Synergizes with Umbral Intensity, Umbral Embrace, Nature's Grace and Lunation.
    • Great for fights with low movement, but can be rough to get used to on high movement fights. Sadly most hard fights in raids are high movement.
  • Lunation
    • Makes all your spells that deal Astral or Arcane damage reduce the cooldown of your Fury of Elune or New Moon.

Passive Talents

  • Moon Guardian
    • Makes your Moonfire and Sunfire generate 2 more Astral Power.
  • Moondust
    • Surprisingly potent in dungeon content, making kiting slightly easier for your tank.
  • Lunar Insight
    • Makes your Moonfire deal 20% more damage.
  • Glistening Fur
    • Moonkin Form and Bear Form reduces all Arcane damage taken by 6% and all other magic damage taken by 3%.
  • Lunar Amplification
    • Each non-Arcane damaging ability grants your next Arcane or Astral spell 3% damage increase, stacking up to 3 times.
  • Atmospheric Exposure
    • Enemies damaged by your Full Moon or Fury of Elune take 6% more damage from you for 6 seconds.
  • The Eternal Moon

Rarely Talented

  • Elune's Grace
    • Mostly a raid-specific talent, not as useful as Moondust.
  • Stellar Command
    • Rarely talented given how strong Lunar Calling is.
  • Astral Insight
    • Not a viable talent if you're using Lunar Calling.
  • Arcane Affinity
    • Undertuned compared to Lunation.
  • Elune's Grace

Keeper of the Grove is heavily reliant on playing around Force of Nature as a minor cooldown.

Core Talents

  • Dream Surge
    • Force of Nature empowers your next 3-4 Wrath or Starfire to explode around your target for additional nature damage to nearby enemies and your target.
  • Treants of the Moon
    • Casting Force of Nature is now a great way for you to apply Moonfire to enemies quickly.
    • Great for add-waves.
  • Grove's Inspiration
    • Empowers your Wrath and Starfire to deal 10% more damage.
  • Harmony of the Grove
    • Grants you an 8% damage increase per active Treant (24% total).
  • Early Spring
    • Reduces the cooldown of Force of Nature by 15 seconds.
  • Control of the Dream
    • Makes holding your cooldowns more forgiving, retaining up to 15 seconds per use.
    • Grants another 10 seconds of cooldown reduction to Celestial Alignment if Whirling Stars is talented.
  • Blooming Infusion
    • Synergizes with Protective Growth and Forestwalk making it a strong talent.
    • Works great as a filler for when there is movement and you don't have a better instant cast available.

Passive Talents

  • Expansiveness
    • Increases your maximum Astral Power by 20.
  • Protective Growth
    • While affected by your own Regrowth you take 8% less damage.
  • Cenarius' Might
    • Grants you 10% haste when you enter an Eclipse.
  • Power of Nature
    • Removes your Force of Nature ability to taunt mobs and increases their damage dealt by 200%.

Rarely Talented

  • Power of the Dream
    • Grants you an additional stack of Dream Surge when Force of Nature is used.
  • Potent Enchantments
    • Most likely meant only to be used in PvP.
  • Durability of Nature
    • Useful if you want your treants to taunt mobs for your tank.
  • Bounteous Bloom
    • Generates insane amounts of Astral Power while your Treants are active.
    • Sadly anti-synergizes with Convoke the Spirits because you overcap a lot of Astral Power making it slightly worse.
    • Strong for high-movement fights.

Talents

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Elune's Chosen
Keeper of the Grove
Elune's Chosen Balance Druid Mythic+ Build

When to use this Spec

Both Hero Trees are equally viable, play whatever you enjoy the most!

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

  • Fury of Elune
    • Minor burst cooldown that blasts your target with Astral Damage and nearby enemies for 47%~ of the damage.
    • You can reduce its cooldown through Lunation, a core aspect of this talent build.
    • Damage increased and base cooldown decreased through the Radiant Moonlight talent.
  • Warrior of Elune
    • Makes your next 3 Starfire casts instant and generate 40% more Astral Power.
  • Nature's Grace
    • Reduces the cast time of your next 2 Wrath or Starfire by 40% when entering combat or exiting Eclipse.
  • Twin Moons
    • Grants your Moonfire the ability to apply Moonfire to another nearby enemy.
    • Prioritizes units without Moonfire already applied.
  • Whirling Stars
    • Reduces the cooldown of your Celestial Alignment to 100 seconds and grants it 2 charges, but reduces its duration by 20%
  • Starlord
    • Grants you 4% stacking haste buff for 15 seconds when you spend Astral Power.
  • Balance of All Things
    • Increases your crit chance of Nature and/or Arcane spells for 10 seconds after entering an Eclipse decaying each second.
    • Double dips for Astral Damage when entering Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune
  • Sundered Firmament
    • Calls down a weaker version of Fury of Elune which can also trigger effects from your hero talents.

Class Tree

  • Verdant Heart
    • Increases healing taken while Barkskin is active by 20%.
  • Natural Recovery
    • Increases healing taken by 4%
  • Oakskin
    • Increases the damage reduction granted by Barkskin to 30%.
  • Ursoc's Spirit
    • Increases stamina by 4% and an additional 5% while in Bear Form

All of these talents combined grant you strong mitigation and healing amplification, if these are not enough you need to use Bear Form too.

Core Hero Talents

  • Lunar Calling
    • Makes your Starfire hit like a truck single-target and prevents you from entering Eclipse (Solar).
    • Synergizes with Umbral Intensity, Umbral Embrace, Nature's Grace and Lunation.
  • Lunation
    • Makes all your spells that deal Astral or Arcane damage reduce the cooldown of your Fury of Elune or New Moon.
Keeper of the Grove Balance Druid Mythic+ Build

When to use this Spec

Both Hero Trees are equally viable, play whatever you enjoy the most!

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

  • Force of Nature
    • Grants you various damage increases to your spells via your Hero Talent tree.
    • Minor but strong AoE and ST DPS cooldown.
  • Convoke the Spirits
    • Cast a flurry of 16 spells over a 4-second channel on random targets in your range.
    • Starsurges will always be shot at your target.
    • Unaffected by haste.
    • Major single-target DPS cooldown.
  • Nature's Grace
    • Reduces the cast time of your next 2 Wrath or Starfire by 40% when entering combat or exiting Eclipse.
  • Whirling Stars
    • Reduces the cooldown of your Celestial Alignment to 100 seconds and grants it 2 charges, but reduces it's duration by 20%
  • Starlord
    • Grants you 2% stacking haste buff for 15 seconds when you spend Astral Power.
  • Balance of All Things
    • Increases your crit chance of Nature and/or Arcane spells for 10 seconds after entering an Eclipse decaying each second.
    • Double dips for Astral Damage when entering Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune

Class Tree

  • Verdant Heart
    • Increases healing taken while Barkskin is active by 20%.
  • Natural Recovery
    • Increases healing taken by 4%
  • Oakskin
    • Increases the damage reduction granted by Barkskin to 30%.

All of these talents combined grant you strong mitigation and healing amplification, if these are not enough you need to use Bear Form too.

Core Hero Talents

  • Dream Surge
    • Force of Nature empowers your next 3 Wrath or Starfire to explode around your target for additional nature damage to nearby enemies and your target.
  • Harmony of the Grove
    • Grants you a 8% damage increase per active Treant (24% total).

Rotation

Patch 11.1 - Undermine(d)
Balance Druid

Tier Set

  • 2-Set: Your damaging spells have a chance to hit a Jackpot!, growing a Wild Mushroom at a nearby enemy's location at 100% effectiveness. Casting Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune always hits a Jackpot!
  • 4-Set: Starfall and Starsurge damage against targets affected by your Wild Mushroom's damage over time effect is increased by 20%.

Single-Target

Elune's Chosen
Keeper of the Grove

Opener

  • If you cancelaura Nature's Grace before pre-casting you will be able to pre-cast 2x Wrath instead of only 1x and still keep 2 stacks of Nature's Grace.
  • Your goal in the opener is to pre-cast 1-2x Wrath to fish for Umbral Embrace and carry 2 stacks of Nature's Grace into your Celestial Alignment and reach 3 stacks of Starlord as fast as possible.
Balance Druid Single-Target opener in Mythic+

Use your Berserking, Tempered Potion and on-use trinket in conjunction with Celestial Alignment with a macro. (See Macro section)

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Warrior of Elune if you have no stacks of Nature's Grace.
  2. Moonfire and Sunfire if it's not on your target or in Pandemic range.
  3. Fury of Elune
  4. Celestial Alignment
  5. Wrath if the duration of your Eclipse (Lunar) is less than the cast time of Starfire.
  6. Starsurge if:
    • You have less than 3 stacks of Starlord.
    • You would overcap Astral Power with your next Starfire.
    • Eclipse (Lunar) ends in less than 4 seconds and you have more than 70 Astral Power. You should have Astral Power pooled for the next Eclipse (Lunar) / Starlord cycle.
  7. Starfire

Opener

  • If you cancelaura Nature's Grace before pre-casting you will be able to pre-cast 2x Wrath instead of only 1x and still keep 2 stacks of Nature's Grace.
  • Your goal in the opener is to pre-cast 1-2x Wrath to fish for Umbral Embrace and carry 2 stacks of Nature's Grace into your Celestial Alignment and reach 3 stacks of Starlord as fast as possible.
Balance Druid Single-Target opener in Mythic+

Use your Berserking, Tempered Potion and on-use trinket in conjunction with Celestial Alignment with a macro. (See Macro section)

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Moonfire and Sunfire if it's not on your target or in the Pandemic range.
  2. Force of Nature
    • Should be held to be used in conjunction with Celestial Alignment, or Celestial Alignment should be held to be used in conjunction with Force of Nature.
  3. Celestial Alignment
  4. Convoke the Spirits if your Astral Power is less than 36.
  5. Starfire if the duration of your Eclipse (Solar) is less than the cast time of Wrath.
  6. Starsurge if:
    • You have less than 3 stacks of Starlord.
    • You would overcap Astral Power with your next Wrath.
    • Eclipse (Solar) ends in less than 4 seconds and you have more than 90 Astral Power. You should have Astral Power pooled for the next Eclipse (Solar) / Starlord cycle.
  7. Wrath

AoE

Elune's Chosen
Keeper of the Grove
  • If you cancelaura Nature's Grace before pre-casting you will be able to pre-cast 2x Wrath instead of only 1x and still keep 2 stacks of Nature's Grace.
  • Your goal in the opener is to pre-use Warrior of Elune as early as possible without losing charges, (optional) pre-casting 1x Wrath to fish for Umbral Embrace and carry 2 stacks of Nature's Grace into your Celestial Alignment and reach 3 stacks of Starlord as fast as possible.
Elune's Chosen Balance Druid AoE (4 Targets) opener in Mythic+

Use your Berserking, Tempered Potion and on-use trinket in conjunction with Celestial Alignment with a macro. (See Macro section)

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Warrior of Elune
  2. Moonfire and Sunfire if it's not on your targets or in the Pandemic range and will expire otherwise.
  3. Fury of Elune
  4. Celestial Alignment
  5. Wrath if the duration of your Eclipse (Lunar) is less than the cast time of Starfire.
  6. Starfall if:
    • You have less than 3 stacks of Starlord.
    • You would overcap Astral Power with your next Starfire.
    • Eclipse (Lunar) ends in less than 4 seconds and you have more than 70 Astral Power. (You should have Astral Power pooled for the next Eclipse (Lunar) / Starlord cycle).
  7. Starfire

Opener

  • If you cancelaura Nature's Grace before pre-casting you will be able to pre-cast 2x Wrath instead of only 1x and still keep 2 stacks of Nature's Grace.
  • Your goal in the opener is to pre-cast 1-2x Wrath to fish for Umbral Embrace and carry 2 stacks of Nature's Grace into your Celestial Alignment and reach 3 stacks of Starlord as fast as possible.
Keeper of the Grove Balance Druid AoE (4 Targets) opener in raid

Use your Berserking, Tempered Potion and on-use trinket in conjunction with Celestial Alignment with a macro. (See Macro section)

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Moonfire and Sunfire if it's not on your targets or in the Pandemic range and will expire otherwise.
  2. Force of Nature
    • Should be held to be used in conjunction with Celestial Alignment, or Celestial Alignment should be held to be used in conjunction with Force of Nature.
  3. Celestial Alignment
  4. Wrath if the duration of your Eclipse (Lunar) is less than the cast time of Starfire.
  5. Starfall if:
    • You have less than 3 stacks of Starlord.
    • You would overcap Astral Power with your next Starfire.
    • Eclipse (Lunar) ends in less than 4 seconds and you have more than 90 Astral Power. (You should have Astral Power pooled for the next Eclipse (Lunar) / Starlord cycle).
  6. Starfire

Deep Dive

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Advanced Opener

Balance Druid Advanced AoE Opener

The optimal way to enter a pack in a dungeon is to have 4 stacks of Blooming Infusion prepared, cancelaura Nature's Grace and pre-cast 2x Wrath followed by a Regrowth.

Having 4 stacks instead of 5 stacks prepared will allow you to pre-cast the Wraths which generates Astral Power but more importantly fish for a Umbral Embrace proc. If you don't plan to pre-cast then entering the pull with 5 stacks is better.

With cancelaura Nature's Grace before pre-casting you will through a bug be able to retain your Nature's Grace stacks after the pre-casts.

If everything goes to plan you will have entered the pull with:

  • 2 stacks of Nature's Grace, reducing the cast time of your next 2 Starfire by 40%.
  • Blooming Infusion, increasing the damage of your next Starfire by 100%
  • 40% chance to proc Umbral Embrace, increasing the damage of your next Starfire by 75% AND that it will deal Astral Damage, meaning it will deal an additional ~40% more damage.
    • It will now also double-dip from Balance of All Things, meaning it will have another 20% chance to crit.

Adding all these amplifications together means you will have an astronomically strong Starfire prepared as your first cast after using Celestial Alignment.

Keep in mind, this is not always possible on every pull, your tank will not just let you stand there and cast 4 regrowths followed by precasting wraths, etc... But look for the opportunity to do this whenever you can.

Nature's Grace

Since your talents enhance your generators so much, it's possible to squeeze a bit of damage out of Nature's Grace by ensuring you pre-cast Wrath or Starfire before your previous Eclipse is over so that you enter next Eclipse with a stack of Nature's Grace remaining, and if you're lucky you even proc a Umbral Embrace.

Every Eclipse looks like this if you properly pre-cast Starfire before exiting Eclipse (Solar) and pool Astral Power properly, this way you get a hasted Wrath:

Balance Druid Optimal Eclipse Opener in Mythic+

The same concept works on AOE too with Starfire.

It's also a damage gain to let your previous Eclipse expire before using Celestial Alignment since overriding an Eclipse with Celestial Alignment won't grant you the Nature's Grace buff.

Starlord

With the removal of Primordial Arcanic Pulsar, syncing Starlord with your Eclipse has become quite an obvious min-max as both Starlord and Eclipse last 15 seconds.

If you want to squeeze that tiny bit extra, consider implementing a /cancelaura Starlord macro into your rotation and use it when you're forced to Starsurge/Starfall when Starlord has less than 2 seconds remaining.

Keep in mind, the use of /cancelaura Starlord is primarily used for FIXING the mistake of desyncing your Starlord, it's not something you should need to use on a regular basis with proper fundamentals.

Balance of All Things

Worth keeping in the back of your mind, after your first few Starsurges in Eclipse that apply Starlord are still going have this buff. Remember to use your hardest hitting spells first.

Multi Target

On multi-target fights, the opener is the biggest thing that you can min-max (Other than the basic principles mentioned in Single Target). Since multi-target fights tend to be much shorter than boss fights a larger portion of the fight is spent on setting up which makes it important to perfect.

Moonfire - Sunfire - Enter Eclipse (Lunar)

These three can be done in any order, preferably you enter Eclipse (Lunar) with pre-casts but the idea is to apply Moonfire, Sunfire and enter Eclipse (Lunar) as fast as possible, if you do it 2 or 3 globals too slow and the pull is 30 seconds long, you've just lost 10% of your globals because you're slow in the opener.

This being said you should still respect threat, Moonfire alone won't overaggro a tank if he has used any sort of damage on the mob, but many times tanks pull mobs without dealing damage to them, so it's imperative to pay attention when dotting while the tank gathers the pull. Positioning becomes essential and hovering Shadowmeld while pre-dotting is highly advised.

A good habit to get into is to look which spells the tank is using to pull mobs, if you see a sigil pull a pack - did it hit all the mobs? Then it's safe to pre-dot. Another scenario is if you see the tank pull a pack of 5 mobs with what looks to be a single target spell - this means there is 0 threat on 4 of the mobs meaning you will get aggro if you dot them, however if you can position yourself so that you kite them into where the tank is gathering the mobs then it can be safe to pre-dot them too.

Understanding Mechanics

Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.

Dungeons

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Operation: Floodgate
Mechagon - Workshop
Cinderbrew Meadery
Darkflame Cleft
The Rookery
Priory of the Sacred Flame
The MOTHERLODE!!
Theater of Pain
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in Operation: Floodgate

Boss Tips

Big M.O.M.M.A.

  • Interrupt Maximum Distortion from the adds.
  • Try to line up your cooldowns with Jumpstart as the boss takes 200% increased damage.

Demolition Duo

  • If you get targetted by Barreling Charge, make sure to hit as many barrels at possible. You can save your movement spells for this one.
  • Use your Barkskin to minimize the damage taken from Kinetic Explosive Gel when you are getting dispelled.

Swampface

  • Make sure to coordinate with your group as to which side you are dodging towards since you will be linked with Razorchoke Vines.
  • Use your Barkskin during Awaken the Swamp cast from the boss and dodge the Rushing Tide.

Geezle Gigazap

  • Use your Barkskin during Turbo Charge.
  • When you get targetted by Leaping Sparks, make sure to guide your Spark towards the water on the floor.
  • Consider using Bear Form on Giga Zap.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Trickshot from Mechadrone Sniper.
    • Surveying Beam from Venture Co. Surveyor.
    • Bloodthirsty Cackle from Darkfuse Hyena.
    • Blood Blast from Darkfuse Bloodwarper.
    • Restorative Algae from Disturbed Kelp.
    • Lightning Bolt fromVenture Co. Electrician.
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in Mechagon - Workshop

Boss Tips

Tussle Tonks

  • A lot to dodge on this platform, watch out and try to position so that you can't get knocked into bombs.
  • Make sure not to pop cooldowns when Platinum Plating is on.

K.U.-J.0.

  • Ensure you bait Air Drop away from old exploding boxes.
  • Use your Barkskin on Explosive Leap
  • During the Venting Flames cast, hide behind one of the boxes, and try to keep hitting the boss, it's usually easiest on corners. As long as you have Hiding Behind Junk you are safe.
  • Use your cooldowns before/after boss leaps to not have any downtime.

Machinist's Garden

  • Interrupt Giga-Wallop.

King Mechagon

  • Use your Barkskin when targetted by Mega-Zap and try to stand still.
  • Try to play around the edges of the room to make dodging balls easier.
  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Giga-Wallop from Mechagon Tinkerer.
    • Tune Up from Mechagon Mechanic.
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in Cinderbrew Meadery

Boss Tips

Brew Master Aldryr

  • Always use Barkskin or Bear Form on Throw Cinderbrew.
  • Make sure to dodge out of Blazing Belch, a frontal cone of the boss.
  • During the intermission at 66% and 33%, use your Stampeding Roar to pick up the beer and deliver it quickly.
  • Use your Frenzied Regeneration on Rowdy Yell during the intermission.

I'pa

  • Use your Barkskin on Spouting Stout.
  • You can use your remaining personals on Burning Fermentation if needed.

Benk Buzzbee

  • Make sure to dodge the tank circle.
  • Rotate Barkskin and your other personals on Fluttering Wing as needed.

Goldie Baronbottom

  • Rotate Barkskin and your other personals on Let It Hail! cast from the boss.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Free Samples? from Taste Tester.
    • Boiling Flames from Venture Co. Pyromaniac.
    • Rejuvenating Honey from Flavor Scientist.
    • Failed Batch from Flavor Scientist
    • Bee-stial Wrath from Bee Wrangler
    • Honey Volley from Royal Jelly Purveyor.
  • Pay extra attention to these casts:
    • Volatile Keg from Hired Muscle
    • Reckless Delivery from Careless Hopgoblin
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in Darkflame Cleft

Boss Tips

Ol' Waxbeard

  • Make sure not to stand on the rails.
  • Instantly swap onto the cart when it spawns.
  • If you get targeted by Reckless Charge, try to run the adds over and hit a nearby wall.

Blazikon

  • Always make sure to hit a candle with Enkindling Inferno and Extinguishing Gust.

The Candle King

  • If you get targetted by Darkflame Pickaxe, hide behind one of the statues.
  • Use your Solar Beam on Paranoid Mind.
  • Use Barkskin when targetted by Throw Darkflame and try to hit as many candles as possible.

The Darkness

  • Use Barkskin on Eternal Darkness boss cast.
  • Use your Solar Beam on Call Darkspawn cast that spawns adds.
  • Use Barkskin or Bear Form on Shadowblast.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Mole Frenzy from Lowly Moleherd.
    • Explosive Flame from Blazing Fiend.
    • Flaming Tether from Sootsnout.
    • Drain Light from Shuffling Horror.
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in The Rookery

Boss Tips

Kyrioss

  • Generally you always want to be spread out during this boss.
  • When the boss casts Crashing Thunder, useBarkskin and spread out so you don't hit people in your party.

Stormguard Gorren

  • Make sure to dodge Crush Reality.
  • Try to use cooldowns before or after Dark Gravity.
  • During Chaotic Corruption, make sure to use a personal and be close to other people to pass the debuff on.

Voidstone Monstrosity

  • Try to hit as many Voidstone Fragments as possible with Null Upheaval.
  • Try to line up with cooldowns with Void Shell after you break the shield.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Lightning Bolt from Cursed Thunderer.
    • Void Bolt from Void Ascendant.
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in Priory of the Sacred Flame

Boss Tips

Captain Dailcry

  • Break the shield of the add.
  • Use your Solar Beam on Battle Cry.
  • Make sure to dodge Hurl Spear.

Baron Braunpyke

  • Use your Solar Beam on Burning Light.
  • Use rotate personals on Sacrificial Pyre.

Prioress Murrpray

  • Make sure to look away when the boss casts Blinding Light.
  • Break Barrier of Light as fast as possible and then interrupt the boss.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Cinderblast from Taener Duelmal.
    • Fireball Volley from Risen Mage.
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in The MOTHERLODE!!

Boss Tips

Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler

  • Make sure to pop cooldowns when there are at least 5 stacks of Blazing Azerite on the boss.
  • Rotate your personals on Static Pulse.

Azerokk

  • Use Ursol's Vortex and Typhoon when players get fixated by Raging Gaze.
  • Have dots up on the adds to swap to them quickly once they take extra damage.
  • Use your Barkskin on Resonant Quake.

Rixxa Fluxflame

  • Make sure to clear as much as possible if targeted by Propellant Blast to give you more room to fight the boss.
    • Rotate your personals when targeted by Propellant Blast.

Mogul Razdunk

  • Avoid getting hit by the circle of Homing Missile. If you get targeted make sure you kite it away and blow it up far away from melee so they can easily dodge the circle.
  • Avoid the rockets at all costs as they one shot. The tank should be pre-placing the boss in a safe spot but keep your eyes open and look at the helicopter mobs flying around the platform.
  • If you get targetted by Drill Smash, make sure to use your Dash to quickly hit the pillars on the floor.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Toxic Blades from Hired Assassin.
    • Iced Spritzer from Refreshment Vendor.
    • Rock Lance from Venture Co. Earthshaper.
    • Furious Quake from Stonefury.
    • Transmute: Enemy to Goo Venture Co. Alchemist.
Balance Druid Mythic+ Build in Theater of Pain

Boss Tips

An Affront of Challengers

  • If you pull the first pack into the boss make sure to use Soothe on the Raging Tantrum.
  • Make sure to dodge Decaying Breath.
  • ‍Spread out with Searing Death.
  • Interrupt Necromantic Bolt.
  • Use your Barkskin on Mighty Smash.

Xav the Unfallen

  • Try to position half-way towards the wall to not have too hard of a time dodging the bosses chained abilities.
  • You can shapeshift the slow from the banner if dodging is hard.
  • Try to win the duel if you have cooldowns ready when you get sent back up as you get a 10% damage buff if you win.
    • You get a -10% damage debuff if you lose.

Kul'tharok

  • Use your Barkskin on Draw Soul
  • Spread out with Well of Darkness.
  • Interrupt Necrotic Bolt.

Gorechop

  • Use your Barkskin on Tenderizing Smash initial hit and then move out of the circle.

Mordretha, the Endless Empress

  • Use your Barkskin on Manifest Death and spread out.

Trash Tips

  • Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
    • Necrotic Bolt from Battlefield Ritualist.
    • Demoralizing Shout from Ancient Captain.
    • Bind Soul from Shackled Soul.
    • Necrotic Bolt Volley from Maniacal Soulbinder.
    • Bone Spear from Bone Magus.
    • Spirit Frost from Nefarious Darkspeaker.
    • ‍Withering Discharge from Blighted Sludge-Spewer.

Affixes

The Affix system got revamped going into The War Within Season 1 retiring most Affixes as well as introducing new kiss-curse ones while also changing on which key level these appear.

  • +2 Affixes -- Rotates on a weekly basis
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant -- Destroy the orbs with Crowd Control
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound -- Kill the Voidbound add
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion -- Soak the orbs
    • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour -- Dispel or heal the Healing Absorbs
  • +4 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +7 Affix
    • Challenger's Peril
  • +10 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis, is always the opposite of the +4 Affix
    • Tyrannical
    • Fortified
  • +12 Affix
    • Xal'atath's Guile -- Replaces the +2 Affix
      • As keys get higher you will need to investigate if you need to invest points in Ursine Vigor and Ursoc's Spirit to empower your Bear Form further in order to survive.

Following you get some useful tips for handling different Mythic+ Affixes as a Balance Druid.

  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant -- Destroy the orbs with Crowd Control
    • Typhoon
    • Incapacitating Roar
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound -- Kill the Voidbound add
    • Main target this add with Starfire and use Starfall to cleave.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion -- Soak the orbs
    • Stampeding Roar
      • Not only grants you movement speed but also all allies within range.
  • Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour -- Dispel or heal the Healing Absorbs
    • Remove Corruption
    • Nature's Vigil
    • Renewal
    • Algari Healing Potion

Stat Priority

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Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Mythic+ dungeons as a Balance Druid. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.

Balance Druid Mythic+ Stat Priorities

Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.

All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!

Tertiary

  • Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities. Amazing for Balance Druids.
  • Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing.
  • Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.

Gear

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Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
SlotItemLocation
HeadBranches of Reclaiming BlightCatalyst / Raid
NeckStrapped Rescue-KegGreat Vault
ShoulderJaws of Reclaiming BlightCatalyst / Raid
CloakTest Pilot's Go-PackSprocketmonger Lockenstock
ChestRobes of Reclaiming BlightCatalyst / Raid
WristRune-Branded ArmbandsCrafted
GlovesShimmering GlimclawsGreat Vault
BeltRune-Branded WaistbandCrafted
LegsMoccasins of Reclaiming BlightCatalyst / Raid
BootsStalwart Guardian's BootsGreat Vault
Ring 1Cyrce's CircletSiren's Isle
Ring 2The Jastor DiamondGallywix
Trinket 1Eye of KezanGallywix
Trinket 2Mug's Moxie JugMug'zee, Heads of Security
Main-handBest-in-SlotsThe One-Armed Bandit
Balance Druid BiS list

Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.

SlotItemLocation
HeadHigh Altitude TurbanThe MOTHERLODE!!
NeckStrapped Rescue-KegCinderbrew Meadery
ShoulderExtravagant EpauletsKing Mechagon
CloakElectrician's Siphoning FilterOperation: Floodgate
ChestJerkin of Awakened StoneThe Rookery
WristBattle-Scarred FisticuffsCinderbrew Meadery
GlovesShimmering GlimclawsDarkflame Cleft
BeltMekgineer's Championship BeltOperation: Mechagon
LegsFlame-Seared LeggingsOperation: Mechagon
BootsBackbreaking BootstrappersCinderbrew Meadery
Ring 1Cyrce's CircletSiren's Isle
Ring 285-Year Tenure RingCinderbrew Meadery
Trinket 1Synergistic BrewterializerCinderbrew Meadery
Trinket 2Signet of the PrioryPriory of the Sacred Flame
WeaponNeural Synapse EnhancerOperation: Mechagon

Trinkets

Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the mythic+ dungeon.

Active Trinket alternatives

  • Eye of Kezan
    • By far our best trinket.
  • House of Cards
    • Strongest on-use trinket.

Passive Trinket alternatives

  1. Mug's Moxie Jug
  2. Suspicious Energy Drink
    1. Extremely strong before you can get higher ilvl trinkets, found in bountiful delves.
  3. Mister Lock-N-Stalk
  4. Carved Blazikon Wax

Embellishments

  • Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension
    • It is numerically strongest but can only be applied to weapons, forcing you to play with a lower item-level off-hand or primary weapon.
    • Writhing Armor Banding doubles the effect of Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, making it the best alternative for your second embellishment in combination with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.
  • Duskthread Lining
    • High damage and has a defensive aspect too with versatility.

Remaining Sparks

  • Crafted items are 675 item level and regular items are 678 on max item level therefore it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.

Simcraft

To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.

Consumables

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  • Phials
    • Flask of Alchemical Chaos -- Sims highest
  • Food
    • Feast of the Divine Day / Feast of the Midnight Masquerade
    • Beledar's Bounty
      • Practically identical DPS as the feasts.
  • Combat Potion
    • Tempered Potion
  • Health Potion
    • Algari Healing Potion -- A big burst of healing
  • Weapon Oil
    • Algari Mana Oil -- Best
  • Augment Rune
    • Crystallized Augment Rune
  • Sockets
    • Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite - simulate your character to find out if it's worth equipping subpar gems for this bonus.
      1. Masterful Emerald
      2. Quick Onyx
      3. Quick Ruby
      4. Masterful Sapphire

Enchantments

HeadS.A.D.
NeckMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
CloakEnchant Cloak - Chant of Leeching Fangs
ChestEnchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
WristEnchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Leech
S.A.D.
WaistS.A.D.
LegsSunset Spellthread
BootsEnchant Boots - Scout's March
Ring 1Enchant Ring - Radiant MasteryMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
Ring 2Enchant Ring - Radiant MasteryMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
WeaponEnchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power
Balance Druid Enchantments in Mythic+

You buy S.A.D. from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.

Races

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For min-maxing a Balance Druid in Mythic+, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your character. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.

  • Shadowmeld -- Night Elf
    • One of the most potent racials in Mythic+ historically for avoiding mechanics.
    • Use-cases
      • Run past basically any mob and then cast Shadowmeld to make them reset. Even works on mobs that have stealth detection if you get enough distance before you Shadowmeld.
  • Berserking -- Troll
    • Strong burst racial but lines up poorly with Celestial Alignment
    • Reduce the duration of movement imparing effects by 20%.
  • War Stomp -- Tauren
    • Higher DPS than Kul Tiran, but less tanky.
    • War Stomp in combination with Incapacitating Roar and Typhoon can make you a one-man army of rotating AoE interrupts.
  • Brush It Off -- Kul Tiran
    • The numerically best defensive racial and sims relatively high.
    • Looks badass.

Recommendation

Night Elf has a big impact on your Mythic+ experience due to Shadowmeld, making it the only logical choice if you're serious about pushing keys with your Balance Druid.

Macros

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Discover recommended macros for Balance Druid during Mythic+ dungeons and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.

Macro Import Guide Video

Incarnation: Chosen of Elune / Celestial Alignment / Orbital Strike Macro - casts Orbital Strike at your cursor, uses potion and on-use trinket. (You can also add Nature's Vigil and Innervate in here but it's not always the best).

#showtooltip Celestial Alignment
/cast Berserking
/use 14
/use [combat] 16
/use Tempered Potion
/cast [@cursor] Celestial Alignment

Cursor/Mouseover Ursol's Vortex/Mass Entanglement - Casts Ursol's Vortex at your cursor if talented and Mass Entanglement at your mouseover, if no mouseover is available it is instead cast it on your target.

/cast [@cursor] Ursol's Vortex
/cast [@mouseover,exists] [] Mass Entanglement

Force of Nature -- Casts Force of Nature without confirmation click which can save you valuable time.

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Force of Nature

Addons

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Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Balance Druid, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Mythic+ dungeons to make your life easier.

Balance Druid Mythic+ User Interface
Balance Druid User Interface in Mythic+

Changes this Patch

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FAQ

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Credits

Written By: Canexx

Reviewed By: Maystine

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