Druid Class Tuning for March 8 - Balance Tier Nerfs, Feral Tier Buffs

Blizzard has announced class tuning for Druids, going live on the next weekly maintenance.

Balance Druids are receiving nerfs to their 2 and 4-set bonuses — The Fury of Elune ability invoked from the 2-piece set now has 20% effectiveness (down from 25%), and the Starsurge/Starfall cost reduction from the 4-piece set is now 15% (down from 20%). Feral Druids are receiving buffs to their 2 and 4-set bonus — Berserk's cooldown reduction from the 2-piece set is now 0.7 seconds per combo point spent (up from 0.5 seconds), and the Sickle of the Lion damage from the 4-piece set has been increased by 25%.

We’ve worked through the following adjustments to Balance and Feral Druids, which we intend to make live with scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, March 8 in this region.DruidBalance (2) Set Bonus: Entering a Lunar Eclipse now creates a Fury of Elune at 20% effectiveness (was 25% effectiveness). (4) Set Bonus: While in an Eclipse, the cost of Starsurge and Starfall is reduced by 15% (was 20%).

The synergy of the Balance tier set with some of Balance’s options made it perform a bit higher than intended. We want to bring Balance in-line with other tier set bonuses while still rewarding those synergistic choices.

These changes should keep the power of Balance’s tier set bonus, but rein in some of the higher outputs we’ve seen.*DruidFeral (2) Set Bonus: Berserk’s cooldown is now reduced by 0.7 seconds per combo point spent (was 0.5 seconds). (4) Set Bonus: Sickle of the Lion’s damage is increased by 25%.

We really appreciate all of the feedback on the Feral set and feel that we should take some time to explain these changes. When previously tuning this bonus, we took multiple factors into account: the synergy of the set with.

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