Druid Hero Talents — The War Within (11.1.0)
This guide will walk you through the best Hero Talents for Balance Druid for Raiding and Mythic+, how they impact your gameplay, and more.
Best Hero Talents for Balance Druid in The War Within
This page is specifically about Hero Talents in The War Within. If you want to learn more about the best regular talents for Balance Druid, check out our Talents page:
Raiding Hero Talents for Balance Druid
Keeper of the Grove
Keeper of the Grove is a versatile build that revolves around
the use of Force of Nature. It is highly flexible and allows for burst
damage and shorter cooldown damage windows for priority damage or vulnerability
phases.
Elune's Chosen
Elune's Chosen is the Hero Talent Tree focusing on Arcane damage and spells
like Fury of Elune and
New Moon.
Mythic+ Hero Talents for Balance Druid
Keeper of the Grove
Keeper of the Grove is the current best Mythic+ talent setup. This offers a
blend of burst, sustained, and boss damage needed for a Dungeon. Its main appeal
is that the burst is frontloaded and ramping into each pack is much easier
with
Treants of the Moon.
Elune's Chosen
Elune's Chosen is quite strong in keys with especially those with longer
lasting pulls. The
Fury of Elune into
Orbital Strike into a second
Fury of Elune is an extremely strong 8-second burst window to use on dangerous
packs. It does require more activity than
Keeper of the Grove as you want to
maximize
Lunation use.
Best Hero Talent Builds for Balance Druid
Keeper of the Grove Single-Target Build for Balance Druid
This build is optimal for pure single-target situations.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Keeper of the Grove Multi-Target Talents for Balance Druid
This is our recommended build for AoE scenarios. This works well for AoE Fights in Raids, as well as most Mythic+.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Elune's Chosen Single-Target Talents for Balance Druid
This is our recommended build for Single Target scenarios when using Elune's Chosen.
Mainly used in raids when using this Hero Talent choice.
You will not be able to enter Solar Eclipse due to the Hero Talent
Lunar Calling.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Elune's Chosen Multi-Target Talents for Balance Druid
This is our recommended build for Multi-Target scenarios when using Elune's Chosen.
Mainly used in dungeons, add fights, or in open world.
You will not be able to enter Solar Eclipse due to the Hero Talent
Lunar Calling.
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!
Hero Talents Rotation for Balance Druid
Keeper of the Grove
Can sometimes impact the rotation. If you are able to use Force of Nature
to apply
Moonfire, you can get into Eclipse and then your rotation
more quickly.
Elune's Chosen
The rotational changes are minor for the Elune's Chosen Hero Talent Tree. The
only thing of note is when using
Lunar Calling which no longer allows
you to use Solar Eclipse for single target. You will be casting
Fury of Elune more often with the
Lunation talent as well.
Changelog
- 24 Feb. 2025: Reviewed and Updated for Patch 11.0.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 10 Oct. 2024: Updated for 11.0.5 Talent Rework
- 07 Oct. 2024: Updated some talent recommendations.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Page added.
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This was written by Borabank, a Balance Druid theorycrafter and raider in Muscle Memory. You can watch him on his Twitch channel or in the Dreamgrove Discord server.
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