An Overview of Druid Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.1

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• New Talent: Grievous Wounds — Rake, Rip, and Thrash damage increased by 10%.
• New Talent: Gale Winds — Increases Typhoon’s radius by 20% and its range by 5 yards.
• New Talent: Incessant Tempest — Reduces the cooldown of Typhoon by 5 seconds.
• New Talent: Circle of the Wild — Physical damage dealt by your abilities increased by 5% (25% for Restoration Druids).
• New Talent: Circle of the Heavens — Magical damage dealt by your spells increased by 5% (25% for Restoration Druids).
• New Talent: Lycara's Meditation — You retain Lycara's Teachings’ bonus from your most recent shapeshift form for 5 seconds after shifting out of it.
• New Talent: Symbiotic Relationship — Form a bond with an ally. Your self-healing also heals your bonded ally for 10% of the amount healed. Your healing to your bonded ally also heals you for 8% of the amount healed.
• New Talent: Aessina's Renewal — When a hit deals more than 12% of your maximum health, instantly heal for 10% of your health. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 seconds.
• New Talent: Perfectly-Honed Instincts — Well-Honed Instincts can trigger up to once every 90 seconds.
• Ursoc's Spirit has been updated — Stamina increased by 4%. Stamina in Bear Form increased by an additional 5%.
• Light of the Sun replaces Skull Bash for Balance Druids only — The remaining cooldown of Solar Beam is reduced by 15 seconds when it interrupts its primary target.
• Improved Rejuvenation has been changed to Lingering Healing — Rejuvenation’s duration is increased by 3 seconds. Regrowth’s duration is increased by 3 seconds when cast on yourself.
• Instincts of the Claw is now a 1-point talent (was 2) — Ferocious Bite and Maul damage increased by 8%.
• Lore of the Grove is now a 1-point talent (was 2) — Moonfire and Sunfire damage increased by 10%.
• Fluid Form has been updated:
  • Skull Bash can now be used in any form and shifts you into Cat Form if necessary.
  • Wrath and Starfire transform you into Moonkin Form at the end of their casts, instead of at their starts.
• Moonkin Form has been added to the Class talent tree in Sunfire’s previous position.
• Rejuvenation healing increased by 5%.
• Wild Growth healing increased by 5%.
• Rip damage reduced by 9%.
• Shred damage increased by 10%.
• Swipe damage increased by 10%.
• Ferocious Bite damage reduced by 8%.
• Cyclone duration is now 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
• Improved Sunfire’s effect is now included in Sunfire.
• Disorienting Roar now breaks based on a small damage threshold instead of any damage.
• Many talents have changed positions in the class tree.
• Rising Light, Falling Night has been removed.
• Hero Talents — Druid of the Claw:
  • Ravage damage reduced by 8%.

• Balance Druids now learn Moonkin Form in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• Light of the Sun has been moved to the Class talent tree for Balance Druids.
• Power of Goldrinn damage increased by 100%.
• Starsurge damage increased by 5%.
• Touch the Cosmos chances increased to 18% from Wrath (was 15%) and 25% for Starfire (was 22%).

• Feral Druids now learn Thrash in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• All ability damage increased by 8%.
• Melee auto-attack damage increased by 25%.
• Adaptive Swarm damage over time increased by 25%.
• Brutal Slash damage increased by 10%.
• Killer Instinct no longer increases damage dealt by Moonfire cast with Lunar Inspiration.
• Hero Talents — Wildstalker:
  • Bursting Growth damage increased by 20%.

• New Talent: Ursol's Warding — Gain magical damage reduction equal to 5/10% of your damage reduction from armor.
• Reinvigoration has been updated — Frenzied Regeneration heals over 1/2 additional seconds and cast Rejuvenation and Regrowth on you at 100/200% effectiveness.
• Raze has been updated — Strike with the might of Ursoc, dealing Physical damage to your target and to all other enemies in front of you. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
• Guardian Druids now learn Verdant Heart in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• All ability damage increased by 26%.
• Moonfire damage increased by 20%.
• Mangle damage increased by 10%.
• Maul damage reduced by 8%.
• Raze damage reduced by 8%.
• Raze now replaces Maul.
• Layered Mane has been removed.
• Hero Talents — Elune’s Chosen:
  • Fury of Elune damage increased by 80%.

• Restoration Druids now learn Improved Nature's Cure in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• Mastery: Harmony effectiveness increased by 45% — Now reduces its bonus with each additional heal over time effect.
• All damage reduced by 20%.
• Tranquility channel time reduced to a base of 5 seconds (was 8 seconds). Total healing remains unchanged.
• Nature's Swiftness now increases the healing of Regrowth by 200% (was 100%).
• Flourish now causes an initial heal effect on affected allies, split evenly among them.
• Master Shapeshifter now refunds 30% less mana from caster form spells.

• Thorns (PvP Talent) has been redesigned — Now a passive that activates when you cast Barkskin or Ironbark.
• King of the Jungle (PvP Talent) has been removed.
• New PvP Talent: Ancient of Lore — Shapeshift into an Ancient of Lore for 12 seconds, preventing all crowd control effects, reducing damage taken by 20%, and granting you access to Blossom Burst and Mass Blooming. Reduced movement speed and replaces Incarnation: Tree of Life. 1.5-minute cooldown.
• Blossom Burst — Heals an ally and applies 1 missing heal over time effect. If all are present, Blossom Burst critically heals.
• Mass Blooming — Heals 5 allies and applies 1 missing heal over time effect.
• New PvP Talent: Forest Guardian — Wrath, Starfire, Cyclone, and combo-point generating abilities extend the duration of your active heal over time effects by 1 second on up to 3 allies. Starsurge and combo-point spending abilities increase the rate of your heal over time spells by 25% for 4 seconds.
• Mastery: Harmony’s effectiveness is no longer reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
• Lifebloom healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Tranquility healing increased by 100% in PvP combat.
• The following PvP talents have been removed:
  • Focused Growth
  • Preserve Nature

You can find other Patch 11.1 class changes linked below.