[Balance] The basics of Balance for beginners

Tyler Caraway of WoW.com covers basic play for the Moonkin Druid spec. His Balance 101 piece covers pros and cons of the class, stats, talents and leveling, spell rotations, gems, enchants and glyphs. This is an excellent primer for any Druid playing Balance for the first time.

Best DPS spell rotation for Moonkin

Graylo of the Gray Matter balance druid blog has a great post up on spell choices for the best Moonkin dps output. He dismisses the old idea of spell rotation and explains the current concept of spell priority.

WoW Patch 3.3 Moonkin spell rotation, glyphs and AddOns

Altosis is the Druid Officer in his guild and has compiled a list of basics for raiding Balance Moonkin recruits. It covers spell rotation for maximum dps, idols, glyphs, consumables and AddOns. Current for Icecrown Patch 3.3.

Trial of the Grand Crusader guide for Moonkin Druids

The Taste Like Battle Chicken Balance Druid blog continues their series of guides on Patch 3.2's Trial of Grand Crusader. They cover strats for Moonkin (and ranged DPS in general) for both the 10-man and 25-man versions of the Northrend Beasts encounter including Gormok the Impaler, the Twin Jormungars Acidmaw & Dreadscale and Icehowl.

Moonkin Druid guide Part 5 – DPS Rotations and Leveling advice

The Druid Main blog wraps up their series on Moonkin basics with a look at what spells make for the best Moonkin DPS as well as which ones are better suited for Balance Druids under level 80 (the ones still leveling.)

Best Moonkin DPS rotation for WoW Patch 3.2 revisited

Macbook at Moonkin.info expands on his Best Moonkin DPS Spell Rotation for WoW Patch 3.2 post with a follow up looking into why he chose the order of Moonfire, Insect Swarm and Faerie Fire.

New Moonkin spell rotation for Patch 3.2

Patch 3.2 altered how the Eclipse talent works for Balance Druids and now it’s easier to manage your Wrath and Starfire rotations. Macbook at Moonkin.info and Relevart at the Druid Reliquary look into it in more detail.

Moonkin Heroic strat to Ulduar boss Mimiron

The Taste Like Battlechicken blog continues their series of Ulduar boss strat guides for Moonkin, this time tackling the Voltron-esque Mimiron. This guide includes charts for positioning as well as DPS advice.

When to use the new 4T8 proc in the Eclipse cycle

Relevart at the Druid Reliquary did teh mathz on the best time to use the new 4T8 proc during both the Solar and Lunar eclipse spell rotations. There is a tldr version at the bottom of the post if you want to skip all the numbers.

Moonkin raid gear set bonuses analyzed

Graylo at the Gray Matter Moonkin blog analyzes the DPS increase behind the raid set bonuses for 4T7, 2T8 and 4T8. He gives a recommendation on when to break the old set bonuses and move on to the new ones.

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