World of Warcraft Cataclysm Class Changes: Druid
Blizzard has now released a series of class previews containing an overview of some of the changes currently being planned for each of the 10 World of Warcraft classes. Here you will get a glimpse into some of the changes Blizzard have in store for the druid.
New Druid Abilities
Thrash (Level 81): Thrash deals damage and causes all targets within 10 yards to bleed every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. The intent here is to give bears another button to hit while tanking. Talents will affect the bleed, such as causing Swipe to deal more damage to bleeding targets. 5-second cooldown. 25 Rage.
Stampeding Roar (Level 83): The World of Warcraft druid roars, increasing the movement of all allies within 10 yards by 40% for 8 seconds. Stampeding Roar can be used in cat or bear form, but bears might have a talent to drop the cooldown. The goal of this ability is to give both bears and cats a little more situational group utility. 3-minute cooldown. No cost.
Wild Mushroom (Level 85): Grows a magical mushroom at the target location. After 4 seconds the mushroom becomes invisible. Enemies who cross the mushroom detonate it, causing it to deal area-of-effect damage, though its damage component will remain very effective against single targets. The
World of Warcraft Cataclysm Druid can also choose to detonate the mushroom ahead of time. This is primarily a tool for the Balance druid, and there will be talents that play off of it. No cooldown. 40-yard range. Instant cast.
New Talents and Talent Changes
Tree of Life is changing from a passive talent to a cooldown-based talent, similar to Metamorphosis.
Balance Cataclysm Druids will have a new talent ability called Nature's Torrent, which strikes for either Nature or Arcane damage depending on which will do the most damage, and moves the Eclipse meter more. The improved version of Nature’s Torrent also reduces the target's movement speed. 10-second cooldown.
Restoration druids will have a new talent called Efflorescence, which causes a bed of healing flora to sprout beneath targets that are critically healed by Regrowth.
These changes will by no means be comprehensive, and are subject to change between now and the launch of the
World of Warcraft cataclysm.
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