Balance Druid DPS Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

Last updated on Mar 03, 2025 at 02:20 by Bora 112 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Balance Druid for each boss of the following raid: Liberation of Undermine. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.0).

1.

Introduction

Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Liberation of Undermine. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Liberation of Undermine Boss guides.

On this page, you will find tips and tricks specifically tailored toward Balance Druids and its toolkit based on the recommended talent build. It does not include general tips for mechanics, which are included in the full raid guide instead, whereas this page assumes that you are already familiar with most of the major mechanics of each encounter.

All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.

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Liberation of Undermine Boss Guides for Balance Druid

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Liberation of Undermine Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Balance Druid

Vexie Fullthrottle Cauldron of Carnage Rik Reverb Stix Bunkjunker Sprocketmonger Lockenstock One-Armed Bandit Mug'Zee Chrome King Gallywix
3.

Tips for Vexie Fullthrottle for Balance Druid

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • During later casts of Tank Buster Icon Tank Buster, you will a lot of DoT damage from Exhaust Fumes Icon Exhaust Fumes.
  • Use Renewal Icon Renewal and Barkskin Icon Barkskin as needed otherwise.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • You should Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on pull and then during intermissions which happen once ever 1-minute, 40-seconds.
  • You can use one Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment during the normal phases with Whirling Stars Icon Whirling Stars
  • When possible, save Force of Nature Icon Force of Nature and Dream Surge Icon Dream Surge for the stacked Geargrinder Bikers.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Typhoon Icon Typhoon and Ursol's Vortex Icon Ursol's Vortex to control the Pit Mechanics during the intermission.
2.4.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.5.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Cauldron of Carnage for Balance Druid

2.6.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Barkskin Icon Barkskin when soaking Scrapbomb Icon Scrapbomb when available. Especially later in the phase with high stacks of Blistering Spite Icon Blistering Spite
  • Be prepared to roll healing such as Heath Potions, Healthstones, and Renewal Icon Renewal during casts of Colossal Clash Icon Colossal Clash which ramp up as the fight goes on.
2.7.

Cooldown Usage

  • Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits can be used on cooldown and you can use Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on cooldown thereafter.
  • Try to save Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment for Colossal Clash Icon Colossal Clash which happens every 70-seconds.
2.8.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge to disengage out Blastburn Roarcannon Icon Blastburn Roarcannon after it finishes channeling.
  • Use Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots or Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement to crowd control Voltaic Images.
2.9.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.10.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Rik Reverb for Balance Druid

2.11.

Defensive Tips

  • Roll extra Healing and Barkskin Icon Barkskin while soaking the Amplifiers as the damage ramps up quickly.
2.12.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on pull and on cooldown thereafter.
  • Pool Astral Power and potentially Force of Nature Icon Force of Nature when Pyrotechnics spawn as they will wipe the raid if not killed.
2.13.

Mechanical Tips

  • During the intermission, to maximize damage, pool Astral Power, DoT the boss, and potentially get a Touch of the Cosmos Icon Touch of the Cosmos proc as the boss takes no Damage during this phase.
2.14.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.15.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Stix Bunkjunker for Balance Druid

2.16.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Barkskin Icon Barkskin during Electromagnetic Sorting Icon Electromagnetic Sorting.
  • If afflicted with high stacks of Toxic Fumes Icon Toxic Fumes be ready to use Renewal Icon Renewal and other Healing as there are random bouts of damage that can kill you.
2.17.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on pull and on cooldown thereafter.
  • Focus down Territorial Bombshells as they can not be absorbed by rolling trash piles.
2.18.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Typhoon Icon Typhoon to push detached Territorial Bombshells into Melee to be cleaved.
2.19.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.20.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Sprocketmonger Lockenstock for Balance Druid

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Barkskin Icon Barkskin, Renewal Icon Renewal, and other Healing can be used as needed but most damage taken is from failing mechanics.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on pull and on cooldown thereafter.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Stampeding Roar Icon Stampeding Roar or Dash Icon Dash to get back to the boss quickly during the intermission.
2.24.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.25.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for One-ARmed Bandit for Balance Druid

2.26.

Defensive Tips

  • Most damage taken will be while the Reel Assistants are out as they have uninterruptible casts which damage random players. Use Barkskin Icon Barkskin when targeted.
2.27.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on pull and on cooldown thereafter. Try to cast Convoke the Spirits when only the boss is active.
  • When possible, slightly delay uses of Force of Nature Icon Force of Nature and Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment for add spawns such as Reel Assistants and Dynamite Booty.
2.28.

Mechanical Tips

  • Always try to get the Pay-Line Icon Pay-Line buff. You may want to use Glyph of Stars Icon Glyph of Stars to see your hitbox better than in Moonkin Form.
  • Use Typhoon Icon Typhoon and Ursol's Vortex Icon Ursol's Vortex to control Dynamite Booty adds spawned by depositing bomb tokens. With the exception of the coin plated ones which are immune.
2.29.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.30.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Mug'Zee for Balance Druid

2.31.

Defensive Tips

  • Use Barkskin Icon Barkskin when you soak Goblin-guided Rocket Icon Goblin-guided Rocket.
  • Renewal Icon Renewal can clear off the healing absorb from Searing Shrapnel Icon Searing Shrapnel right away.
  • If targeted with Spray and Pray Icon Spray and Pray use a defensive or go Bear form.
2.32.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits on pull and then on cooldown after.
  • Sometimes it is worth slightly delaying Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment and Force of Nature Icon Force of Nature when killing Gallagio Goons during Earthshaker Gaol Icon Earthshaker Gaol casts.
  • Try to pool all cooldowns into the final burn after the intermission.
2.33.

Mechanical Tips

  • Use Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge or Dash Icon Dash to quickly reposition around walls when you have Frostshatter Boots Icon Frostshatter Boots.
  • Use Mass Entanglement Icon Mass Entanglement to root Unstable Crawler Mines if your raid leader calls for it.
  • Wild Charge Icon Wild Charge can be used to quickly soak far Unstable Cluster Bomb Icon Unstable Cluster Bomb when soaking Crawler Mines.
  • Use some mobility on each cast of Bulletstorm Icon Bulletstorm.
2.34.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.35.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Chrome King Gallywix for Balance Druid

This boss was not testable on the TWW Alpha/Beta servers. Information will be forthcoming once it is available on Live servers.

2.36.

Defensive Tips

  • Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.
2.37.

Cooldown Usage

  • Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the Heroic week for some tips.
2.38.

Mechanical Tips

  • Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.
2.39.

Mythic Difficulty

  • Tips will be added as bosses are cleared.
2.40.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

2.41.

General Offensive Cooldown Usage

Balance Druid has a few cooldowns to think about using optimally on the fights in Liberation of Undermine. The following cooldowns can be used flexibly with Control of the Dream Icon Control of the Dream:

  • Celestial Alignment Icon Celestial Alignment - 2-charges and a 100-second recharge.
  • Convoke the Spirits Icon Convoke the Spirits - Our 2-minute cooldown. Best used on single target.
  • Force of Nature Icon Force of Nature - Our 1-minute or (45-second cooldown with Early Spring Icon Early Spring). Activates several Hero Talents in Keeper of the Grove.

Make sure to use your cooldowns on cooldown as much as possible unless certain adds or DPS phases allow you to get more value out of them. This is typically something you will want to discuss with your Raidleader or the rest of the raid in static groups, while PUGs are more freeform than that. Simply keep an eye out on how you can best serve the raid, even if that means an add does not live to see the full duration of your Deathmark and Kingsbane. If it wiped you in the previous pull, and you now kill the boss, it does not matter if your DPS is a bit lower.

2.42.

General Defensive Cooldown Usage

You want to be utilizing Barkskin Icon Barkskin during high damage instances. Renewal Icon Renewal is a strong heal absorb clear or extra Healthstone. Bear Form Icon Bear Form gives you high Stamina to survive big hits as well as a heal through Frenzied Regeneration Icon Frenzied Regeneration.

3.

Changelog

  • 03 Mar. 2025: Updated raid tips for Liberation of Undermine Normal and Heroic.
  • 20 Feb. 2025: Guide added.
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