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MMO-Champion has compared spell files and found a lot of changes to Druid spells and abilities including some that weren’t listed in the Patch 3.1 PTR notes. Below are all the changed and new abilities mixed in with those changes already announced.
Druid
Balance
Skills
- Faerie Fire now decreases armor by 5%. (Previously decreased armor by a set amount)
Talents
- Owlkin Frenzy (Tier 8 ) now procs off physical melee and ranged attacks. (Previously was triggered by all attacks)
Feral
Skills
- Faerie Fire now decreases armor by 5%. (Previously decreased armor by a set amount)
- Savage Roar changed to increase physical damage done by 30%. (Previously increased attack power by 40%)
- Maim now stuns the target instead of incapacitate.
- *New Spell* Savage Defense, 1 rank, level 40 – Each time you deal a melee critical strike, you gain Savage Defense, reducing the damage taken from the next physical attack that strikes you by 25% of your attack power.
Talents
- Survival of the Fittest (Tier 6) now increases your armor contribution from cloth and leather items in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by 11/22/33%. (Previously 22/44/66%)
- Predatory Strikes (Tier 4) now increases now includes Moonkin Form in its effect.
- *New Talent* Primal Gore, Tier 10, 1 point talent – Grants the periodic damage from your Rake, Lacerate and Rip abilities the ability to critically hit.
Restoration
Skills
- Abolish Poison now ticks every 3 secs for 12 secs. (Previously ticked every 2 secs for 8 secs)
Talents
- Replenish (Tier 9) renamed Revitalize.
- Improved Regrowth (Tier 6) renamed Nature’s Bounty. Increases the critical effect chance of your Regrowth and Nourish spells by 5/10/15/20/25%. (Previously increased just regrowth crit by 10/20/30/40/50%)
- Intensity (Tier 3) now allows 17/33/50% of mana regeneration to continue while casting. (Previously 10/20/30%)
- Improved Mark of the Wild (Tier 1) now also increases all of your total attributes by 1/2%.
- *New Talent* Improved Barkskin, Tier 10, 2 point talent – Increases the damage reduction granted by your Barkskin spell by 5/10%, and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 30/60% while under the effect of Barkskin.
Looking for more guides, tips and advice? Check out the Bird, Bear, Cat and Tree resource pages. Also see our Druid Tier 10 Info Page and Druid T11 Info Page.
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