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My tips for levelling boomkin: 1) Auto-attack the last 30-40% of mob HP will mean you have slightly slower kills but more time regenerating mana, you won't drink half as often. I basically did SF-SF-Wrath-MF-auto. 2) Level cooking as you go - the constant stam/spirit buff you'll have really helps with regen, particularly at low levels, plus it's just a useful skill to have on a toon. 3) Alchemy is an incredibly useful profession for the same reason as above, even small boosts can make your lowbie feel way more powerful, and being able to churn out mana pots makes life much easier too. 4) I'd change the spec shown slightly by levelling with 1 point in Nature's Grasp, which is a very useful, especially on PVP realms. 5) Don't forget you have Sleep! It's really helpful for managing bad pulls of either beasts or dragonkin!
I take Omen of Clarity and use it to heal dungeons. I auto attack mobs like a Ret pally and use the procs on a max rank Regrowth. Works best with a dagger.
I'm leveling a new druid as balance and have a different strategy. Using Omen of Clarity, i play it more like a Enhancement Shaman. Two-hand Mace, Moonfire, Swarm, and using my free Omen procs for healing (so as not to waste on a Resist). I rarely drink, usually only after a hard group pull and once you have Innervate sometimes not even then. One last thing, Hibernate is crazy useful and I often find myself forgetting about it. That plus Rank 1 roots means you can easily juggle 3 or 4 mobs. Playing more as a Spellblade instead of a Caster it's similar to feral in terms of speed. I haven't been able to find too much about Omen procs. A dagger might be better if procs aren't normalized for attack speed.
I also play like that. It is very versatile style of playing. But I don’t use Swarm, because it is not Balance spell and I’m running in Moonkin form with lots of armor.
But seriously though, we do have a Curiosity stream sub!! Great video, dude. Gonna try out balance despite everyone and their dog telling me not to. I love the caster class fantasy and I'm determined to make it work.
i just got to 60 yesterday 1 hour before going to MC with my guild (they said if i get to 60 im going and i did it haha) and i leveled all the way to 60 as balance. i gotta say the first lvls are kinda hardbut then it becomes really easy and i actually enjoyed a lot people used to tell me if i hate my life for leveling as balance instead of feral but well it took me just 1 month and the only bad thing i found about it was the fact that i spent a lot of money on water glad i had some mage friends that gave me water whenever they can so that made it less awful in that aspect.
Played boomkin ever since i started playing wow! Sadly I played mage all the way until aq launch and said fuck it not gonna go meta. (That was the whole reason of me playing mage) I am lvl 53 I have met a bunch of amazing people along my way to 60 and they fully support boomkins! Love the content man very entertaining definitely gonna check out your streams.
Melee for the duration of a moonfire. Pull, moonfire, melee. Dont damage the mob so much on pull that a moonfire cant tick all the way thru after. If you have a decent 2hwep, then the combo of melee, buffed moonfire and buffed thorns is respectable dps. You cast less plus you spend melee time regening mana. I actually put +weapon dmg enchant on my 2hs when leveling, cuz the mats for +5 or +7 weapon damage are pretty cheap and it gets a lot of use. Plus use bandages to heal, and I don't have to drink much at all. If you kill mobs entirely with spellcasting, then yeah, you'll drink like a fish. But balance doesn't mean just cast spells. Balance literally means use a little bit of everything. Just my $0.02.
Thanks for the leveling tips i am soon going to start a self-found hardcore boomkin 😅 Haven’t played boomkin in classic so tips like these are just wonderful for me ❤
Leveling as Balance isn't as hard as people think. Your first 14 talent points need to go into Resto tree for Insect Swarm and the 15% mana regen while casting. Stack spirit on your gear, "of the owl" and "of the whale" items. Open with Starfire, then cast 1 Wrath, followed by Moonfire and Insect Swarm. Then you just melee the target down with your staff and thorns buff, and let the spirit regen kick in. I rarely drink this way and utilise a quick bandage every now and then to save mana. The kill speeds are middle of the pack when compared to everyone else.
Only first tip is relevant in my opinion. Fourth tip about always looking for mage is not good. Just shapeshift to cat and keep playing, or just drink your own drinks you bought in taverns. Why always porting to city and buy numerous stacks of water? That’s not practical gameplay imo. I was expecting some general tips regarding Moonkin form. I don’t know why people don’t mention, here are some small tips: If you are out of mana, just engage into melee combat and finish enemy under Faery Fire debuff with auto attacks. Moonkin form grants you lots of armor, which allows you to successfully survive melee fights. And you are going to also save big amount of mana due to passive mana regeneration when you auto attacks. Additionally If you chose talent Omen of Clarity (+10% melee damage as well) you can periodically cast spells for free - Moonfire or Regrowth. Better use Moonfire, healing breaks Moonkin form. Slower weapons are better for us. In dungeons use Omen of Clarity to cast Hurricane expensive AOE spell for free Starfire->Entagling Roots->Moonfire->Starfire->…(mob is close AND you are ~20% mana)->Faery Fire->Auto Attack. Some might use Moonfire right before roots, but consider GCD too. In terms of stats: Intellect and Stamina. I’d say Spirit too if you always mobs always with meleeattacks. But we don’t have any talent or passive spell that would synergize with Spirit. Stick to Intelllect. Strength also synergies well with +10 melee damage. Ideally, you shouldn’t use healing spells. Eat and drink in Moonkin form. Use Hibernate to kick dangerous spells of beast and dragonkin casters. Use Wrath for PVP battles. Improved Wrath is also helpful for that. (Starfire when enemy is rooted)
Im leveling a balance druid in faerlina actually level 15, is worse than feral but not that bad as i expected, I have to drink every 2 mobs and kite them with my roots, is like a mage but without free water
I am really enjoying your videos. Just came back to Classic and trying Horde and Druid both for first time and loving it. Feral for now but going Boomie for the last several levels and hope there are groups eventually (lots of solo players right now).
Enjoy the videos. Can you do a video on bis leather only gear pre raid and from raids. Curious how we would do with the best leather only items in pve.
All of these tips also apply while mob grinding as 60, and would have been helpful to learn 6 months ago. Pro Boomie Tip: Work on Argent Dawn Rep ASAP, so you can purchase Mana Biscuits. The HP/MP will fully restore you, and is often a gift from Elune. Also, I made macros to eat and stealth (did you know you can stealth while eating?)
balance druid should have had moonkin form replaced with an ultimate innate ability which would have caused druids melee forms to gain AP and armor from druid's maximum mana, having increased mana regenreration, and having shapeshifts not to interrupt mp5, making the balance spec balance between casting and melee shapeshifting depending on the situation. (also i must say that the entangling roots not working insides was the worst decision in the entire classic wow)
I honestly was going to say something like that in a video... This is brought to you by... ah just kidding look at my channel BWHAHAHAH That got me good man lol
Have any ideas you want to see put in video form or simply want to hangout and get more content from me? Feel free to join the discord! Ill answer any question you have and its easier to keep updated on when I stream/upload! discord.gg/QabSfHe
My tips for levelling boomkin:
1) Auto-attack the last 30-40% of mob HP will mean you have slightly slower kills but more time regenerating mana, you won't drink half as often. I basically did SF-SF-Wrath-MF-auto.
2) Level cooking as you go - the constant stam/spirit buff you'll have really helps with regen, particularly at low levels, plus it's just a useful skill to have on a toon.
3) Alchemy is an incredibly useful profession for the same reason as above, even small boosts can make your lowbie feel way more powerful, and being able to churn out mana pots makes life much easier too.
4) I'd change the spec shown slightly by levelling with 1 point in Nature's Grasp, which is a very useful, especially on PVP realms.
5) Don't forget you have Sleep! It's really helpful for managing bad pulls of either beasts or dragonkin!
with that wouldn't taking OOC actually good? make ur next SF on the next pull free?
That’s better tips than the tips from OP video. Especially 1 and 5. 👍
You know us real druids level balance
Resto
If you are going to level balance all the way like I'm doing, take omen of clarity
So u do feral also?@@vultrex1839
I take Omen of Clarity and use it to heal dungeons. I auto attack mobs like a Ret pally and use the procs on a max rank Regrowth. Works best with a dagger.
I'm leveling a new druid as balance and have a different strategy. Using Omen of Clarity, i play it more like a Enhancement Shaman. Two-hand Mace, Moonfire, Swarm, and using my free Omen procs for healing (so as not to waste on a Resist). I rarely drink, usually only after a hard group pull and once you have Innervate sometimes not even then. One last thing, Hibernate is crazy useful and I often find myself forgetting about it. That plus Rank 1 roots means you can easily juggle 3 or 4 mobs. Playing more as a Spellblade instead of a Caster it's similar to feral in terms of speed.
I haven't been able to find too much about Omen procs. A dagger might be better if procs aren't normalized for attack speed.
can you link the spec with talent point order would be even better :) wanna try this out
I also play like that. It is very versatile style of playing. But I don’t use Swarm, because it is not Balance spell and I’m running in Moonkin form with lots of armor.
This video made me level my Druid as Balance
But seriously though, we do have a Curiosity stream sub!!
Great video, dude. Gonna try out balance despite everyone and their dog telling me not to. I love the caster class fantasy and I'm determined to make it work.
Keep me updated on the journey!
Love balance druid, please make more of these!
i just got to 60 yesterday 1 hour before going to MC with my guild (they said if i get to 60 im going and i did it haha) and i leveled all the way to 60 as balance. i gotta say the first lvls are kinda hardbut then it becomes really easy and i actually enjoyed a lot people used to tell me if i hate my life for leveling as balance instead of feral but well it took me just 1 month and the only bad thing i found about it was the fact that i spent a lot of money on water glad i had some mage friends that gave me water whenever they can so that made it less awful in that aspect.
Played boomkin ever since i started playing wow! Sadly I played mage all the way until aq launch and said fuck it not gonna go meta. (That was the whole reason of me playing mage) I am lvl 53 I have met a bunch of amazing people along my way to 60 and they fully support boomkins! Love the content man very entertaining definitely gonna check out your streams.
Absolutely love the balance druid. Great video/guide man.
Melee for the duration of a moonfire. Pull, moonfire, melee. Dont damage the mob so much on pull that a moonfire cant tick all the way thru after. If you have a decent 2hwep, then the combo of melee, buffed moonfire and buffed thorns is respectable dps. You cast less plus you spend melee time regening mana.
I actually put +weapon dmg enchant on my 2hs when leveling, cuz the mats for +5 or +7 weapon damage are pretty cheap and it gets a lot of use. Plus use bandages to heal, and I don't have to drink much at all. If you kill mobs entirely with spellcasting, then yeah, you'll drink like a fish. But balance doesn't mean just cast spells. Balance literally means use a little bit of everything.
Just my $0.02.
Thanks for the leveling tips i am soon going to start a self-found hardcore boomkin 😅 Haven’t played boomkin in classic so tips like these are just wonderful for me ❤
Leveling as Balance isn't as hard as people think. Your first 14 talent points need to go into Resto tree for Insect Swarm and the 15% mana regen while casting. Stack spirit on your gear, "of the owl" and "of the whale" items. Open with Starfire, then cast 1 Wrath, followed by Moonfire and Insect Swarm. Then you just melee the target down with your staff and thorns buff, and let the spirit regen kick in.
I rarely drink this way and utilise a quick bandage every now and then to save mana. The kill speeds are middle of the pack when compared to everyone else.
I always open with 3 wraths and a moonfire into roots , you can get the third wrath and moonfire off before the first wrath impacts , at max range
Thanks, love you're guide / tips.
Only first tip is relevant in my opinion. Fourth tip about always looking for mage is not good. Just shapeshift to cat and keep playing, or just drink your own drinks you bought in taverns. Why always porting to city and buy numerous stacks of water? That’s not practical gameplay imo.
I was expecting some general tips regarding Moonkin form. I don’t know why people don’t mention, here are some small tips:
If you are out of mana, just engage into melee combat and finish enemy under Faery Fire debuff with auto attacks. Moonkin form grants you lots of armor, which allows you to successfully survive melee fights. And you are going to also save big amount of mana due to passive mana regeneration when you auto attacks.
Additionally If you chose talent Omen of Clarity (+10% melee damage as well) you can periodically cast spells for free - Moonfire or Regrowth. Better use Moonfire, healing breaks Moonkin form. Slower weapons are better for us.
In dungeons use Omen of Clarity to cast Hurricane expensive AOE spell for free
Starfire->Entagling Roots->Moonfire->Starfire->…(mob is close AND you are ~20% mana)->Faery Fire->Auto Attack.
Some might use Moonfire right before roots, but consider GCD too.
In terms of stats: Intellect and Stamina. I’d say Spirit too if you always mobs always with meleeattacks. But we don’t have any talent or passive spell that would synergize with Spirit. Stick to Intelllect. Strength also synergies well with +10 melee damage.
Ideally, you shouldn’t use healing spells. Eat and drink in Moonkin form.
Use Hibernate to kick dangerous spells of beast and dragonkin casters.
Use Wrath for PVP battles. Improved Wrath is also helpful for that. (Starfire when enemy is rooted)
I always level shaman as elemental too, it's harder but 100x more fun imo
Starting to give me the itch to play a boomie again, damn you haha
Fall to the dark side once more hamster
Just what I was looking for, thanks! :D
Im leveling a balance druid in faerlina actually level 15, is worse than feral but not that bad as i expected, I have to drink every 2 mobs and kite them with my roots, is like a mage but without free water
Curiosity stream ... that got me a little hyped for you then
I am really enjoying your videos. Just came back to Classic and trying Horde and Druid both for first time and loving it. Feral for now but going Boomie for the last several levels and hope there are groups eventually (lots of solo players right now).
At the moment I am leveling as Balance. It is slow but very fun. Level 21 and keep grinding. :)
Do you staff bash when lvling ?
Spirit is the best start for balance leveling
i think resto/balance is best, and funnier than feral if u cant leveling with front shred build
Are we gonna run it back?!?
Enjoy the videos. Can you do a video on bis leather only gear pre raid and from raids. Curious how we would do with the best leather only items in pve.
All of these tips also apply while mob grinding as 60, and would have been helpful to learn 6 months ago.
Pro Boomie Tip: Work on Argent Dawn Rep ASAP, so you can purchase Mana Biscuits. The HP/MP will fully restore you, and is often a gift from Elune. Also, I made macros to eat and stealth (did you know you can stealth while eating?)
thanks.
balance druid should have had moonkin form replaced with an ultimate innate ability which would have caused druids melee forms to gain AP and armor from druid's maximum mana, having increased mana regenreration, and having shapeshifts not to interrupt mp5, making the balance spec balance between casting and melee shapeshifting depending on the situation.
(also i must say that the entangling roots not working insides was the worst decision in the entire classic wow)
Thorns used to be a sword spec proc with 110% wep DMG as nature
The best way is to rush insect swarm then go balance
"I personally like watching warframe streamers while I play a real game" XD
booomkin rule
is it even worth it to take moonkin form over NS? you can't cast heal in Moonkin form as well as it take big chuck of mana going in and out of it
Yes. Check my other comment. Ideally you don’t need that much healing when you are in Moonkin form because of high armor value.
I actually use these kinda lazy macros myself
like id need tips to level a balance druid
I honestly was going to say something like that in a video... This is brought to you by... ah just kidding look at my channel BWHAHAHAH That got me good man lol
#1 tip: dont
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First tip: you don’t.