Druid Class Changes for Shadowlands (Patch 9.0.2)

• Travel Form's ground forms are no longer mountable.
• The Stag Form ability has been renamed to Mount Form and ground forms are mountable when using this ability. The ability is learned from Tome of the Wilds: Mount Form available in the Druid Order Hall, The Dreamgrove, and is automatically learned for players who have already learned Tome of the Wilds: Stag Form before the update.
• The Lunarwing appearance is mountable when selected as the Flight Form appearance at the Barber Shop.
• Lunar Strike has been renamed back to Starfire.
• Solar Wrath has been renamed to Wrath.
• Growl is now learned at level 9 (was 14).
• Moonfire is now learned at level 14 (was 9).
• All Druids can now use the following abilities:
  • Ferocious Bite — Finishing move that causes Physical damage per combo point and consumes up to 25 additional Energy to increase damage by up to 100%. Requires Cat Form.
  • Barkskin — Your skin becomes as tough as bark, reducing all damage you take by 20% and preventing damage from delaying your spellcasts. Lasts 12 seconds. Usable while stunned, frozen, incapacitated, feared, or asleep, and in all shapeshift forms.
  • Cyclone — Tosses the enemy target into the air, disorienting them but making them invulnerable for up to 6 seconds. Only one target can be affected by your Cyclone at a time.
  • Stampeding Roar — Shift into Bear Form and let loose a wild roar, increasing the movement speed of all friendly players within 15 yards by 60% for 8 seconds.
  • Ironfur — Increases armor for 7 seconds. Requires Bear Form.
  • Wrath — Hurl a ball of energy at the target, dealing Nature damage.
• Swipe now capped at 5 targets.

• Regrowth (Level 52) — Regrowth's initial heal has a 40% increased chance for a critical effect if the target is already affected by Regrowth.
• Entangling Roots (Level 56) — Entangling Roots can withstand 20% more damage before breaking.

• New Talent: Heart of the Wild (replaces Typhoon) — Abilities associated with your chosen Affinity are substantially empowered for 45 seconds. 5-minute cooldown. Shifts you into the appropriate form upon cast, except in Restoration Affinity.
  • Restoration Affinity — Healing of your Restoration spells is increased by 30%, and mana costs are reduced by 50%.
  • Balance Affinity — Damage of Balance spells increased by 30% and Starsurge is instant cast.
  • Feral Affinity — Damage of your Feral abilities is increased by 30%, and critical strikes with attacks that generate a combo point generate an additional combo point.
  • Guardian Affinity — Bear Form gives an additional 20% Stamina, multiple uses of Ironfur may overlap, and Frenzied Regeneration has 2 charges.
• Mighty Bash now stuns the target for 4 seconds (was 5 seconds) and has a 1-minute cooldown (was 50 seconds).
• New abilities have been added to their respective Affinities:
  • Restoration Affinity — Ursol's Vortex.
  • Balance Affinity — Typhoon.
  • Feral Affinity — Maim.
  • Guardian Affinity — Incapacitating Roar.
• Cyclone is no longer a PvP Talent and the ability is learned by all Druids at level 48.
• Master Shapeshifter: Balance Affinity no longer reduces the cast time of Starsurge and now increases the damage of Wrath and Starfire by 20% for 10 seconds.
• Master Shapeshifter: Feral Affinity now only increases bleed by 30% (was 25%).
• Deep Roots now increase the damage required to break your Entangling Roots and Mass Entanglement by 250% (down from 400%).

• Balance Druids received a new Mastery: Mastery: Total Eclipse — Eclipse (Solar) increases Nature damage by 11%, and Eclipse (Lunar) increases Arcane damage by 11%.
• Eclipse passive has been redesigned and works with Balance Affinity (Level 30 Talent for Feral, Guardian, and Restoration): Casting 2 Starfires empowers Wrath for 15 seconds. Casting 2 Wraths empowers Starfire for 15 seconds. These Eclipses occur in alternation.
  • Eclipse (Solar) — Wrath cast time reduced by 15% and damage increased by 20%.
  • Eclipse (Lunar) — Starfire cast time reduced by 15% and increases the critical strike chance of Starfire by 20%.
• Starsurge now increases the damage bonus to Wrath and Starfire for the duration of the Eclipse and costs 30 Astral Power (was 40).
• Celestial Alignment has been moved off the global cooldown and the ability maintains both Eclipses and grants 10% Haste for 20 seconds. Starfall now has a 40-yard radius around the caster and moves with the caster for the duration, avoiding targets not in combat. Starfall damage has been substantially increased.
• Shooting Stars is now baseline and learned at level 49. It generates 3 Astral Power (was 4) and the proc chance has been increased by 50%.
• Moonfire and Sunfire now generate 2 Astral Power (was 3).
• Wrath now generates 6 Astral Power (was 8).
• Starfire now generates 8 Astral Power (was 12).
• Innervate's duration has been reduced to 10 seconds and it no longer has a global cooldown.

• Starfall (Level 54) — Casting Starfall extends the duration of active Moonfires and Sunfires by 4 seconds.
• Starsurge (Level 58) — Starsurge further empowers the damage bonus of any active Eclipse.

• New Talent: Solstice (replaces Shooting Stars) — During the first 6 seconds of every Eclipse, Shooting Stars falls 300% more often.
• Nature's Balance now generates 1 Astral Power every 2 seconds while in combat (was 2 Astral Power every 3 seconds).
• Soul of the Forest has been redesigned. Eclipse increases Wrath's Astral Power generation by 50% and increases Starfire's damage to all other enemies by 150%.
• Starlord now grants you 4% Haste for 15 seconds (was 3% Haste for 20 seconds).
• Incarnation: Chosen of Elune has been moved off the global cooldown and now grants the benefits of Celestial Alignment and 10% Critical Strike.
• Stellar Drift now increases Starfall duration by 2 seconds and damage by 15%.
• Fury of Elune deals reduced damage on secondary targets.
• Prickling Thorns (PvP Talent) now causes Entangling Roots to deal damage every 3 seconds instead of damage upon removal.
• Moon and Stars (PvP Talent) radius has been increased to 5 yards (was 3 yards). Moon and Stars now triggers each time you enter an Eclipse, instead of when using Celestial Alignment.

Below is the current talent tree for Balance Druids.

• Level 15 Talents: Nature's Balance / Warrior of Elune / Force of Nature;
• Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash / Renewal / Wild Charge;
• Level 30 Talents: Feral Affinity / Guardian Affinity / Restoration Affinity;
• Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild;
• Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest / Starlord / Incarnation: Chosen of Elune;
• Level 45 Talents: Stellar Drift / Twin Moons / Stellar Flare;
• Level 50 Talents: Solstice / Fury of Elune / New Moon.

• Survival Instincts now has 1 charge (was 2).
• Rake deals 60% increased damage while stealthed (was 100%).
• Shred now deals 60% increased damage while stealthed (was 30%).
• Berserk no longer has a global cooldown and the ability has been redesigned — Go berserk for 20 seconds, causing Rake and Shred to deal damage as though you were stealthed, and giving finishing moves a 20% chance per combo point spent to refund 1 combo point.
• Incarnation: King of the Jungle is no longer on the global cooldown.

• Shred (Level 54) — While stealthed, Shred generates 1 additional combo point.
• Berserk (Level 58) — When Berserk grants combo points, it grants 1 additional combo point.

• Sabertooth now extends Rip by 1 second (down from 4).
• Balance Affinity Moonkin Form no longer has a 90-second cooldown.
• Incarnation: King of the Jungle now grants the benefits of Berserk, reduces the energy cost of all Cat Form abilities by 20%, and allows the use of Prowl once while in combat.
• Bloodtalons has been redesigned — When you use 3 different combo point-generating abilities within 4 seconds, the damage of your next 2 Rips or Ferocious Bites is increased by 30%.
• Brutal Slash is now capped at 5 targets.

Below is the current talent tree for Feral Druids.

• Level 15 Talents: Predator / Sabertooth / Lunar Inspiration;
• Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash / Renewal / Wild Charge;
• Level 30 Talents: Balance Affinity / Guardian Affinity / Restoration Affinity;
• Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild;
• Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest / Savage Roar / Incarnation: King of the Jungle;
• Level 45 Talents: Scent of Blood / Brutal Slash / Primal Wrath;
• Level 50 Talents: Moment of Clarity / Bloodtalons / Feral Frenzy.

• New Ability: Berserk — Go berserk for 15 seconds, reducing the cooldowns of Mangle, Thrash, Growl, and Frenzied Regeneration by 50% and the cost of Ironfur by 50%. 3-minute cooldown. The ability no longer has a global cooldown.
• New Ability: Infected Wounds — Mangle and Maul slow the target's movement speed by 50% for 12 seconds.
• Incapacitating Roar now shifts you into Bear Form when used.

• Frenzied Regeneration (Level 54) — Frenzied Regeneration increases all healing received by 20%.
• Berserk (Level 58) — Berserk reduces the cooldowns of Mangle, Thrash, Growl, and Frenzied Regeneration by an additional 25%.

• New Talent: Renewal (replaces Ursol's Vortex) — Instantly heals you for 30% of maximum health.
• New Talent: Tooth and Claw (replaces Lunar Beam) — Auto attacks have a 20% chance to empower Maul, stacking up to 2. Empowered Mauls deal 40% increased damage and reduce the target's damage to you by 15% for 6 seconds.
• Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc has been redesigned — An improved Bear Form that grants the benefits of Berserk, causes Mangle to hit up to 3 targets, and increases maximum health by 30%. Lasts 30 seconds.
• Pulverize now reduces the damage from the target by 20% for 10 seconds and has a 30-second cooldown (was reduced damage from all targets by 9% for 20 seconds).

Below is the current talent tree for Guardian Druids.

• Level 15 Talents: Brambles / Blood Frenzy / Bristling Fur;
• Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash / Renewal / Wild Charge;
• Level 30 Talents: Balance Affinity / Feral Affinity / Restoration Affinity;
• Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild;
• Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest / Galactic Guardian / Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc;
• Level 45 Talents: Earthwarden / Survival of the Fittest / Guardian of Elune;
• Level 50 Talents: Rend and Tear / Tooth and Claw / Pulverize.

• Ironbark has a 1.5-minute cooldown (was 1 minute).
• Swiftmend cooldown is now 15 seconds (was 25 seconds), costs 11% mana (was 14%), and consumes an active Regrowth, Wild Growth, Rejuvenation or Germination healing over time effect to instantly heal an ally.
• Innervate's duration has been reduced to 10 seconds and it no longer has a global cooldown.

• Innervate (Level 52) — If you cast Innervate on somebody else, you gain its effect at 50% effectiveness.
• Ironbark (Level 56) — Ironbark increases healing from your heal over time effects by 20%.
• Nature's Swiftness — Your next Regrowth, Rebirth, or Entangling Roots is instant, free, castable in all forms, and heals for an additional 100%.

• New Talent: Nourish (replaces Prosperity) — Heals a friendly target for 135% spell power. Costs 15% mana, 2-second cast time, and receives triple bonus from Mastery: Harmony.
• New Talent: Overgrowth (replaces Stonebark) — No longer a PvP Talent. Apply Lifebloom, Rejuvenation, Wild Growth, Regrowth's heal over time effect to an ally. The spell now has a 1-minute cooldown (was 45 seconds).
• Stonebark is no longer a Talent and its increased healing bonus will be learned once again in Shadowlands.
• Encroaching Vines (PvP Talent) has been renamed to High Winds and redesigned. Cyclone leaves the target reeling, reducing their damage by 25% for 4 seconds.
• Nourish (PvP Talent) removed.
• Revitalize (PvP Talent) has been renamed to Reactive Resin.

Below is the current talent tree for Restoration Druids.

• Level 15 Talents: Abundance / Nourish / Cenarion Ward;
• Level 25 Talents: Tiger Dash / Renewal / Wild Charge;
• Level 30 Talents: Balance Affinity / Feral Affinity / Guardian Affinity;
• Level 35 Talents: Mighty Bash / Mass Entanglement / Heart of the Wild;
• Level 40 Talents: Soul of the Forest / Cultivation / Incarnation: Tree of Life;
• Level 45 Talents: Inner Peace / Spring Blossoms / Overgrowth;
• Level 50 Talents: Photosynthesis / Germination / Flourish.

You can find other Patch 9.0.1 class changes linked below.