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Druid notes in WoW PTR Patch 4.0.1

September 25, 2010 By DanO

The pre-Cataclysm class balancing patch 4.0.1 hit the Public Test Server and with it many changes to the Druid class. Here are the notes via MMO-Champion:

Balance

Wild Mushroom now affects targets within 3 yards, down from 10 yards.
Entangling Roots now lasts 30 sec, up from 27 sec.

Feral

According to the tooltips, Swift Flight Form, Flight Form, Aquatic Form, Travel Form, Bear Form, Cat Form no longer make you immune to Polymorph.
Swift Flight Form now costs 8% of base mana, down from 13% of base mana.
Skull Bash now has a 13 yards range, up from 8 yards.
Pulverize now increases your melee critical strike chance by 3%, up from 2%.
Endless Carnage now increases the duration of Savage Roar and Pulverize by 4/8 sec, up from 3/6 sec.
Stampede now makes Ravage not require stealth for 10 sec (up from 3 sec), it will also cost 50/100% less energy.
Predatory Strikes now affects targets at or above 80% health, down from 90%.

Restoration

Rebirth no longer costs mana.
Rejuvenation now costs 20% of base mana, down from 25%.
Mastery: Symbiosis (Revamped) – Increases the potency of your healing spells by 10% on targets already affected by one of your heal over time spells. Each point of Mastery increases heal potency by an additional 1.25%.

Cataclysm Druid Tier 11 Stormrider’s armor set images

September 23, 2010 By DanO

A poster on the MMO-Champion forums from the Raven's Nest EU guild has found images of the druid T11 Cataclysm Stormrider armor set.

Set bonuses were discovered earlier by MMO-Champion:

Balance: Stormrider's Regalia
- Druid T11 Balance 2P Bonus – Increases the critical strike chance of your Insect Swarm and Moonfire spells by 5%. / Instant
- Druid T11 Balance 4P Bonus – Whenever Eclipse triggers, your critical strike chance with spells is increased by 99% for 8 sec. Each critical strike you achieve reduces that bonus by 33%. / Instant
Feral: Stormrider's Battlegarb
- Druid T11 Feral 2P Bonus – Increases the periodic damage done by your Rake and Lacerate abilities by 10%. / Instant
- Druid T11 Feral 4P Bonus – Each time you use Mangle (Cat) you gain a 1% increase to attack power for 30 sec stacking up to 3 times, and the duration of your Survival Instinct ability is increased by 50%. / Instant
Restoration: Stormrider's Vestments
- Druid T11 Restoration 2P Bonus – Increases the critical strike chance of the periodic portion of your Lifebloom spell by 5%. / Instant
- Druid T11 Restoration 4P Bonus – Whenever you have Lifebloom stacked to its maximum of 3 applications on its target, you gain 540 Spirit. / Instant

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WoW Druid T11 armor set bonuses revealed in Cataclysm beta build 12942

September 11, 2010 By DanO

via MMO-Champion:

Item – Druid T11 Restoration 2P Bonus – Increases the critical strike chance of the periodic portion of your Lifebloom spell by 5%. / Instant
Item – Druid T11 Restoration 4P Bonus – Whenever you have Lifebloom stacked to its maximum of 3 applications on its target, you gain 540 Spirit. / Instant
Item – Druid T11 Balance 2P Bonus – Increases the critical strike chance of your Insect Swarm and Moonfire spells by 5%. / Instant
Item – Druid T11 Balance 4P Bonus – Whenever Eclipse triggers, your critical strike chance with spells is increased by 99% for 8 sec. Each critical strike you achieve reduces that bonus by 33%. / Instant
Item – Druid T11 Feral 2P Bonus – Increases the periodic damage done by your Rake and Lacerate abilities by 10%. / Instant
Item – Druid T11 Feral 4P Bonus – Each time you use Mangle (Cat) you gain a 1% increase to attack power for 30 sec stacking up to 3 times, and the duration of your Survival Instinct ability is increased by 50%. / Instant

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Cataclysm beta early leveling impressions for druids

September 8, 2010 By DanO

Lissanna of the Restokin blog gives her impressions of leveling a druid from 1-20 in the Cataclysm 12857 beta build. A lot of abilities are granted earlier than before and both feral and balance leveling are much smoother than they were originally. Which is good since neither spec was considered an early leveling build when the game launched. Bear and Resto aren't generally considered leveling specs and aren't addressed in her article.

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Cataclysm build 12857 Balance druid impressions

September 7, 2010 By DanO

Lissanna of Restokin has taken her beta Balance druid to level 85 and has posted her impressions on the class so far. She touches on the new Eclipse UI, going OOM much faster, the new Wild Mushroom spell and more. Remember that this only impressions in the current beta build. Much will change on the way to launch.

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[Patch 3.3] Heroic ICC strats for Balance Druids

September 7, 2010 By DanO

Tyler Caraway, Moonkin columnist for WoW.com, has compiled strats for Balance Druids working their way through Heroic Icecrown Citadel. He covers all the bosses in the Lower Spire and Crimson Halls including Lord Marrowgar, Lady Deathwhisper, the Gunship Battle, Deathbringer Saurfang, the Blood Prince Council and finally Blood Queen Lana'thel.

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Druid buffs and nerfs in Cataclysm beta build 12857

September 4, 2010 By DanO

via MMO-Champion:

Balance

Hurricane base damage increased by 33%.
Innervate now regenerate mana equal to 20% of the casting Druid's maximum mana pool, down from 33%.
Starsurge now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards.
Entangling Roots now has a 2 sec cast time, up from 1.5 sec.
Starfall now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards. Base damage increased by 33%.
Lunar Shower now increases damage done by your Moonfire by 15/30/45% (Up from 2/4/8%)
Force of Nature now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards.
Solar Beam now has a 40 yards range, up from 30 yards.
Lunar Guidance no longer increases the radius of your Solar Beam.
Moonglow now reduces the mana cost of all your damage and healing spells.
Nature's Majesty now increases the critical strike chance with all spells.

Feral

Thrash now has a 6 sec cooldown, up from 5 sec.
Swipe (Bear) base damage increased by 33%.
Swipe (Cat) now deals 215% weapon damage, up from 125%.
Furor now increases your maximum mana by 5/10/15% instead of increasing your intellect by 2/4/6%.

Restoration

Lifebloom now heals over 10 sec, up from 7 sec. Costs 7% of base mana, up from 5%.
Omen of Clarity is now properly flagged as Passive.
Regrowth HoT effect reduced by 60%, now heals over 6 sec instead of 21 sec. Cast time reduced from 2 sec to 1.5 sec.
Natural Perfection is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 6.
Swift Rejuvenation is now a Tier 6 talent, up from Tier 5.
Revitalize revamped – When you periodically heal with your Rejuvenation or Lifebloom spells, you have a 8/16/24% chance to instantly regenerate 3% of your total mana. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 sec.
Heart of the Wild no longer increases maximum mana by 5/10/15%, now increases Intellect by 2/4/6%.

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WoW Cataclysm closed beta druid spell, ability, mastery and talent list

June 30, 2010 By DanO

The WoW Cataclysm closed beta has officially begun and the NDA has lifted. MMO-Champion is one of the first out of the gate to post a complete list of the current druid spells, abilities and talents, including masteries, new spells and recent dev comments about class changes.

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[Balance] Moonkin raiding basics part 6 video

June 6, 2010 By DanO

Foofy at Foofy's CupCake Factory has posted the sixth raiding Balance Druid instructional video. Excellent series. Be sure to check them all out.

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[Balance 3.3.3] Guide to best Moonkin dps trinkets

May 3, 2010 By DanO

Graylo at Gray Matter has used the SimulationCraft program to determine which of the available dps trinkets currently in the game is the best in slot for Moonkin. He also provides instructions on how to run your own simulation for personalized results. This is current as of WoW Patch 3.3.3.

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