With 5.3 likely to come out in the next few weeks, I thought it might be helpful to write a recap of the 5.3 changes for resto & moonkin druids. Since this is still on the PTR, it is, of course, subject to change. The full PTR notes are available here. We still don’t have [...]
Category Archives: Moonkin Balance DPS
Moonkin damage buffs on PTR build 16577
A new patch has been found by both MMO-champion and WOWhead. It looks like moonkin are getting a substantial DPS buff (9% to wrath, starfire, & Starsurge). There are also adjustments to mages (a 23% buff to frostbolt for frost mages – which addresses some of my concerns about frost mage damage for the next [...]
Druid 5.0.4 Mists of Pandaria resources
Happy patch day Tuesday! Here are a list of some of the resources here at Restokin and other places to get you set up for Mists of Pandaria. Restoration druid resources My Resto “what changed in 5.0″ post My Resto 5.0 full guide for healing raids WTS Heals what changed in 5.0 Cannot be tamed [...]
Moonkin 5.0 Survival Guide for Mists
What changed for moonkin in 5.0 for Mists of Pandaria. Moonkin overall in MOP are in a slightly better position than we were in Cataclysm especially since we now have more on-demand cooldowns. However, there is still a lot of subtlety and complexity in the moonkin rotation. I’m hoping that we’ll see more things change [...]
MOP moonkin rotation video by Cyous
Cyous of Illidan made a video talking about the MOP balance druid rotation, as of build 16004. Note that any changes in builds may have an impact on rotations. Incarnation and Nature’s Vigil are currently coming out highest on testing right now, so that’s what talents the video uses (though Cyous was posting on an [...]
They fixed moonkin! Beta build 15913
The latest beta patch brought with it a large number of changes to the moonkin rotation, so I’ll take some time now to explain some of the changes. Overall, I am really happy with the latest beta build for moonkin, and as long as they don’t muck with it too much, we should be in [...]