Balance Druid

Balance Druid puts 36 points into Balance, 10 points into Restoration and 5 points into Feral Combat by level 60, with no respec on the way.

Key talents: Insect Swarm at 25.

Moonkin Form is left out on purpose: in our sim it does less for leveling than the same points spent elsewhere.

By our sim, this build gets you from 10 to 60 in about 32% less time than playing with no talents.

At level 40 most of your ability damage comes from Starfire (59%), Moonfire (25%) and Insect Swarm (15%).

Each talent gets a tier for how much it helps this build level, by our sim: S best, A strong, B solid, C small, Filler needed to reach deeper talents.

1. 10-14
   

   Improved Wrath 1-5 S

   Balance. S tier: one of this build's best points for leveling.
2. 15-17
   

   Moonglow 1-3 S

   Balance. S tier: one of this build's best points for leveling.
3. 18-19
   

   Improved Moonfire 1-2 A

   Balance. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
4. 20
   

   Nature's Reach 1 A

   Balance. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
5. 21-25
   First, filler points:

   • Nature's Reach 2A
   • Genesis 1-3C

   

   Insect Swarm 1 B

   Balance, at level 25. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
6. 26-30
   

   Improved Starfire 1-5 B

   Balance. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
7. 31-33
   First, filler points:

   • Nature's Majesty 1-2

   

   Nature's Splendor 1 B

   Balance, at level 33. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
8. 34-39
   First, filler points:

   • Genesis 4C

   

   Moonfury 1-5 A

   Balance, at level 35. A tier: a strong point for leveling.

1. 
   Starfire

   filler
2. 
   Moonfire

   once per mob
3. 
   Insect Swarm

   once per mob

Share of your ability damage

• Starfire59%
• Moonfire25%
• Insect Swarm15%

What our sim found levels best at this level with this build: DoTs once per mob, cooldowns on cooldown, and the rest on your best filler. Auto attacks are always on, so they are not listed.

Spell power > Intellect > MP5 > Spirit

• Spell power1.00
• Intellect0.81
• MP50.43
• Spirit0.09

1% crit is worth about 1 Spell power.

Stat values like Pawn: point for point, your best stat is 1.00 and the rest are worth that share of it. MP5 is mana regen per 5 seconds, as item tooltips show it. Your own gear shifts these: the Character page works them out for you.

• Put Moonfire on each mob once: most mobs die before it needs refreshing.
• At level 40, for the same item budget, spell power helps most, then Intellect. Look for gear with those first.
• Some points (Nature's Focus) are filler to reach the next tier; they do little for leveling on their own.

How this is made: a typical character at each level (Classic-like stats, quest greens for gear) pulling same-level mobs one at a time, with downtime counted. It is an early version, refined as players’ combat logs measure what each talent really does.