39 druid balance spec

[Atotem]

has anyone here tried this?



it sounds liek it could be pretty fun. I just bought a +arcane staff and ut sunfire on it for starfire dmg. And I have a SoJ w/ +40 spell power on it.

 

[Beachcomber]

I play a 39 balance druid...I would just suggest the following rule:



1. Max spell power for hots and dots, plus talents and glyphs that support that style (Genesis, Glyphs of Moonfire and Insect Swarm, etc.)



or



2. Crit rating for Starfire/Wrath spam, plus glyphs and talents that support that style (Nature's Grace, Glyph of Entangling Roots)



Most of the cookie cutters are build 1 style, but I do play build 2 and love it. I'm just hoping 3.1 doesn't mess up 39's too much.

 

[Jadyn]

I don't recommend stacking a single school like arcane unless you're only going for big numbers. If you intend to put winning ahead of numbers, you want generic spell power and stats.

 

[deebombish]

39 balance druid is actually pretty sick DPS, but 1 of the strengths of a balance druid over say a mage is the ability to toss out heals whilst dpsing. thats why i hope you go straight spell dmg and not just arcane. Also balance goes OOM very fast so I tend to start with 30 int WSG staff and switch to 40 spell dmg after i used up the mana.



Edit:



Best balance spec:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=0xRbuicocb



-I do not recommend going dot spec because genesis is a waste of talent points imo and you will not be able to burst down healers