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Druid Spell Changes Leaked
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As the Wrath of the Lich King expansion nears release, more and more leaks and hints from Blizzard are surfacing about what’s going to be included. In this case it’s updates to druid spells - especially important to all you balance druids out there.
Most balance druids were disappointed by the last patch. Even though it added many new craft recipes and items vary few were useful to the balance druid (or “Boomkin’). From these recent leaks, it looks like we’ll see a little Boomkin love in Wrath of the Lich King.
- Typhoon: Summon a violent typhoon that does 530 nature damage when in contact with hostile targets knocking them back 5 yards.
- Starfall: Summon a flurry of stars from the sky on all targets within 30 yards of the caster each doing 500 arcane damage and an additional 170 arcane to all nearby targets within 10 yards. Maximum 20 stars. Lasts 10 seconds.
- Improved Moonkin Form: Your Moonkin aura also causes affected targets to have a 33-/66-/100-percent chance to gain 20-percent spell haste when they critically hit with spells for 10 seconds.
- Gale Winds: Increases damage done by your hurricane and typhoon spells by 25/50 percent, and increases the range of your cyclone spell by 10/20 percent.
- Owlkin Frenzy: Attacks done to you while in moonkin form have a 5-/10-/15-percent chance to cause you to go into a frenzy, increasing your damage by 10-percent and causes you to be immune to pushback while casting balance spells. Lasts 10 seconds.
- Eclipse: When you critically hit with starfire, you have a 20-/40-/60-percent chance of increasing damage done by wrath by 10 percent. When you critically hit with wrath, you have a 20-/40-/60-percent chance of increasing your critical strike chance with starfire by 10 percent. Effect lasts 30 seconds; two-minute cooldown.
Other general spell enhancements that will have an impact for balance druids:
- Nature’s grasp and entangling roots are no longer outdoors only spells.
- Hurricane no longer has acooldown.
- Nature’s reach will reduce the threat caused by balance spells.
- Brambles will give thorns a chance to daze a target.
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