WoW TWW Patch 11.1 Development Notes - Druid Changes

A lot of massive changes will arrive in Patch 11.1, and many World of Warcraft players can't wait to try out the new raid, Mythic+ dungeons and score some new tier sets, given the new approach by the devs in terms of tuning and balancing.

With that in mind, we got a huge batch of changes from the TWW PTR so we will take a closer look at all of the Druid changes.

WoW TWW Druid Changes 11.1

• Moonkin Form has been added to the Class talent tree in Sunfire’s previous position.
  

Developers’ notes: Restoring Moonkin Form to the class talent tree empowers Restoration Druids to use Convoke the Spirits for magic damage, like they can currently use Cat Form for physical damage.

• Sunfire moved to Improved Sunfire’s position. Improved Sunfire’s effect is now included in Sunfire.
• Fluid Form causes Wrath and Starfire to transform you into Moonkin Form at the end of their casts, instead of at their starts.

Developers’ notes: It should always take a global cooldown to transform to a shapeshift form, either from a direct transformation or a Fluid Form ability. Starting a Wrath or Starfire cast and cancelling it allowed Druids to transform into Moonkin without a global cooldown.

• Lycara’s Meditation now only retains bonuses from your shapeshift forms. The Haste bonus from humanoid form is not retained.
  

Developers’ notes: Druids can revert to humanoid form instantly and, with Fluid Form, transform back to role forms without losing a GCD. This is only the case for humanoid form – shifting to and from shapeshift forms incurs some cost. We are making this change because it is not intended gameplay for Druids to shift to humanoid form frequently to maintain its Haste bonus from Lycara’s Teachings.

Balance

• Balance Druids now learn Moonkin Form in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• Light of the Sun has been moved to the Class Talent Tree for Balance Druids.

Feral

• Feral Druids now learn Thrash in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• Undermine(d) 4-Set Bonus – Big Winner!!! deals direct damage equal to 800% of Attack Power (was 250%). Apex Predator increases the damage of your periodic effects by 16% (was 8%).

Guardian

• Guardian Druids now learn Verdant Heart in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.
• Raze has been updated – Strike with the might of Ursoc, dealing Physical damage to your target and to all other enemies in front of you. Damage reduced beyond multiple targets.

Developers’ notes: This change causes Raze to always deal increased damage to the primary target, even if other targets exist.

Restoration

• Restoration Druids now learn Improved Nature’s Cure in the Class talent tree upon reaching level 10.

And that covers all of the changes so far. As more and more players test out the Patch 11.1 content on the PTR, we can expect the next major update to The War Within might look very promising in the long run. You can also check out the official notes, here.