Balance Druid Leveling Guide from 1 to 90 — 12.0.5

The Druid class in general is a fantastic leveling class that offers a variety of different playstyles and the only class that lets you play as every type of style in the game. Feral for melee, Balance for caster, Guardian for tank, and Restoration for healing. Balance Druid has its own fun and interesting gameplay features that I hope you will come to enjoy as you level yourself!.

The biggest strength of Balance Druid leveling is its sheer toolkit which only increases as it gets levels. With its instant cast DoTs like Moonfire, its unlimited target AoE (Area of Effect) spender Starfall, and eventually its 45-yard cast range, it is a fantastic puller. You are able to hit mobs quickly from far away and group them to be killed quickly and efficiently.

You can heal yourself and control enemies easily as a Balance Druid. Once you have access to abilities such as Typhoon and Ursol's Vortex, you gain the ability to much more easily pull large quantities of monsters and keep them away from you as you cast on them safely.

Leveling Information

Beginner Leveling Guides

If this is your first character, or want to know more about the leveling process in Midnight, we've got you covered with these two guides!

Basic LevelingMidnight Leveling

When leveling in open-world or dungeons, Balance Druid is a very basic builder-spender rotation priority. The basic idea is to rotate between Eclipses, which lasts 15 seconds. Apply your DoTs ( Moonfire and Sunfire) to your target and cast the Eclipse-appropriate filler ( Wrath for Solar and Starfire for Lunar). When you have enough Astral Power, you can cast a spender ( Starsurge on a single target and Starfall on multiple targets).

Here are some explanations for some of the phrases inside the guide that may help you understand the information better.

• A DoT refers to Damage over Time spells such as Moonfire and Sunfire.
• Fillers refer to spells that generate your main resource, which is Astral Power. Fillers should always be cast when there is nothing else we can do. Our fillers are Wrath and Starfire.
• A spender is an ability that consumes our main resource. These are powerful abilities that are crucial to dealing damage. Starsurge is spent on single or priority targets, and Starfall on multiple targets.

Balance Druid cooldowns all come from the talent tree. Celestial Alignment is your big cooldown and provides the benefit of both Eclipse states, allowing you to cast whatever you want as well as buffing all of your spells. On a single target, you will still be casting Wrath, and on multiple targets, you will want to cast Starfire.

As an added note, do not forget to make use of Recuperate to top yourself off after pulls as it will be faster than healing yourself.

Item level is always more important than individual stats when leveling up. Always choose the piece of gear with the highest item level. Items with Speed tertiary stats can help speed up your leveling, especially during parts of extended time spent indoors. Heirloom gear is also useful while leveling, allowing you to ignore a lot of gearing for a large part of your leveling journey.

Itemization

Leveling Heirlooms

Learn how to use Heirloom gear to level your characters as fast as possible!

Heirlooms Guide

As you level up, you may want to visit the Auction House to look for level appropriate food, potions, and flasks depending on the type of content you are doing. Consumables can help significantly speed up the leveling process.

You may also wish to purchase Gunshoes to traverse long distances of the new continent quickly as well as Goblin Glider Kits to cancel out fall damage or jump off mountains.

If you are just starting your journey into Midnight, we have a Level 80 import string for you. You can follow the point-by-point allocation of the below tree once you start gaining levels in Midnight.

In this section, we will list the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Note that these may not be optimal in actual PvP situations.

• Star Burst is a passive effect that calls down falling stars on enemies during Starfall. Enemies who run into this take damage and get knocked up. Allies can pick these up and run into enemies to detonate them.
• Moonkin Aura is amazing for group combat and strong for solo content as well. This can buff all members in your party and help finish quests and rares faster. We would recommend this for all group content.
• Thorns can provide minimal peel or damage in open-world content.
• Malorne's Swiftness will let you move at 100% Movement Speed even while in combat. Great for open-world content.

To help with understanding what changes for your spec as you level up and progress through the talent tree, use the slider below to select your current level. Each time you level up, move it along, and the section will level up with you!

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Due to Balance only being unlocked as a talent specialization at Level 10, you should make use of the abilities provided to you in the intro quests until you are presented with the option.

1. Enter Moonkin Form and be in this form at all times.
2. Cast Force of Nature to hold aggro and damage mobs.
3. Apply Moonfire to the target.
4. Apply Sunfire to the target.
5. Cast Celestial Alignment on cooldown.
6. Cast Convoke the Spirits inside cooldowns.
7. Cast Eclipse if Celestial Alignment is on cooldown. Cast Wrath to activate Solar Eclipse on single target and Starfire to enter Lunar Eclipse on multi target.
8. Cast Starsurge when available on a single target and inside Eclipse.
9. Cast Starfall on more than one target.
10. Cast Wrath or Starfire as a filler to build Astral Power inside Eclipse.

When talenting any cooldowns, such as Force of Nature or Convoke the Spirits, you should use them as they come up. While leveling, most enemies will not pose much of a threat or have extended battles. Use these cooldowns to help speed things up as you level.

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This was written by Borabank, a Balance Druid theorycrafter and raider in Country Club. You can watch him on his Twitch channel or find him in the Dreamgrove Discord server.