Cataclysm Classic Balance Druid Leveling

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Your first talent point unlocks at Level 10.

Start by picking Starlight Wrath for early leveling.

Start by picking Starlight Wrath for early leveling. Next, go Nature's Majesty.

Start by picking Starlight Wrath for early leveling. Next, go Nature's Majesty and your main way of getting Spell Hit, Balance of Power.

Start by picking Starlight Wrath for early leveling. Next, go Nature's Majesty and your main way of getting Spell Hit, Balance of Power, as well as Nature's Grace.

Start by picking Starlight Wrath for early leveling. Next, go Nature's Majesty and your main way of getting Spell Hit, Balance of Power, as well as Nature's Grace. The next talent is the critical Moonkin Form which will be your main transformation from here on.

Continue by picking Euphoria, a critical talent for Mana sustain.

Continue by picking Euphoria, a critical talent for Mana sustain, and Shooting Stars which contributes random burst damage.

Continue by picking Euphoria, a critical talent for Mana sustain, and Shooting Stars which contributes random burst damage. Owlkin Frenzy is especially important while leveling also, as you will frequently be under direct attack.

Continue by picking Euphoria, a critical talent for Mana sustain, and Shooting Stars which contributes random burst damage. Owlkin Frenzy is especially important while leveling also, as you will frequently be under direct attack. Typhoon and Solar Beam are also both very useful for enemy crowd control.

Force of Nature is a useful DPS cooldown.

Force of Nature is a useful DPS cooldown. Earth and Moon provides an important raid buff which also increases your damage significantly in solo situations.

Force of Nature is a useful DPS cooldown. Earth and Moon provides an important raid buff which also increases your damage significantly in solo situations. Sunfire allows you to put extra dots on long living targets when going through your Solar Eclipse.

Gale Winds provides a good area damage potential increase.

Gale Winds provides a good area damage potential increase. Genesis increases the duration of your damage over time effects which are a high part of your total damage.

Gale Winds provides a good area damage potential increase. Genesis increases the duration of your damage over time effects which are a high part of your total damage. Moonglow is a decent point investment which will make you more Mana efficient.

Gale Winds provides a good area damage potential increase. Genesis increases the duration of your damage over time effects which are a high part of your total damage. Moonglow is a decent point investment which will make you more Mana efficient. You will also eventually unlock your main area damage cooldown, Starfall.

Finish your leveling talents by picking up the best passives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild.

Finish your leveling talents by picking up the best passives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild. Path through Natural Shapeshifter.

Finish your leveling talents by picking up the best passives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild. Path through Natural Shapeshifter to get to Master Shapeshifter.

Finish your leveling talents by picking up the best passives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild. Path through Natural Shapeshifter to get to Master Shapeshifter and grab Blessing of the Grove afterwards.

Finish your leveling talents by picking up the best passives from the Restoration tree, such as Heart of the Wild. Path through Natural Shapeshifter to get to Master Shapeshifter and grab Blessing of the Grove afterwards. Finally, finish your talent tree with Perseverance.

Your leveling glyphs are mostly the same as your endgame glyphs. Glyphs can be a huge boost to your DPS capabilities as some glyphs greatly improve the baseline power of your key abilities.

1. Glyph of Moonfire — improves the periodic damage of Moonfire by 20%.
2. Glyph of Insect Swarm — increases your Insect Swarm damage by 30%.
3. Glyph of Wrath — this glyph increases your Wrath damage by 10%, making for a full set of passive damage increasing glyphs.

1. Glyph of Thorns — you will be likely to fight many enemies at once while leveling in dungeons and world content, making Thorns surprisingly strong for extra damage.
2. Glyph of Starfall — reduces the cooldown of Starfall by 30 seconds, allowing you to do large area damage pulls more frequently.
3. Glyph of Monsoon — reduces the cooldown of Typhoon by 3 seconds.

1. Glyph of Mark of the Wild — reduces the Mana cost of Mark of the Wild by 50% which makes it cheaper to cast when buffing someone recently resurrected.
2. Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth — removes the reagent requirement from Rebirth, saving some gold over time.
3. Glyph of Dash — reduces the cooldown of Dash by 20%, increasing your potential mobility in the process.

Make sure to keep your party buffed with Mark of the Wild and debuff bosses and other long lasting enemies with Faerie Fire if there are melee players in your group.

In single-target you will look towards the following priority:

1. Use Starfall in a position where you will not pull unwanted enemies;
2. Cast Starsurge on cooldown;
3. Apply and refresh Insect Swarm followed by Moonfire;
4. Apply and refresh Moonfire;
5. When not in an Eclipse, work towards your next one by casting either Starfire (for your first Eclipse) or Wrath, with the spell you want to cast always being the same as the buffed spell of the Eclipse you mostly recently left.

For area-of-effect damage you will use a different rotation:

1. Use Starfall in a position where you will not pull unwanted enemies;
2. Use Starsurge and Starfire until you enter Solar Eclipse;
3. Apply and refresh Insect Swarm followed by Moonfire on all enemies;
4. Apply and refresh Moonfire on all enemies;
5. Channel Hurricane.

While leveling, you will not need to use all of your spells. Many can be skipped to save gold and trained at a later date, when you have more gold available to you. We recommend to not train these spells below, and save your gold for gear, glyphs and mounts instead.

• Entangling Roots
• Rake
• Claw
• Ferocious Bite
• Demoralizing Roar
• Swipe
• Ravage
• Thrash

Congratulations on hitting Level 85 in Cataclysm! Now that your leveling process is over, you can learn more about maximum level Balance gameplay by reading our detailed guide below.