Boomkin/NS?Follow

When you say "Wrath+Starfire+NS Starfire burst combo," do you mean using Nature's Swiftness to make Starfire an instant cast? Isn't Starfire considered Arcane and not Nature, or am I missing something?

I would think the only Balance spell that NS would affect is Wrath, and that's already a pretty fast cast.

NS does not affect starfire, but it works with wrath.

You haven't tasted the sweet excellence of a 600 damage crit with your staff, I see.

Ok, so Ive had a look at that build, tried and tested it in bgs ect. and it seems safe... You know when you get a 3 min mage or a stunlock rogue on your back any you simply cant do anything? This build fixes it.


By the time a stunlock rogue is finished his/her 'openers' (Cs; KS) I am normally below 50% hp and either have to Cyclone + Spam Regrowth (not mana efficiant) or Roots and run. Now, all I have to do is sit in Moonkin form and wait for them, hit barkskin when they start to reduce damage taken then just instant HT once ks is finished. Works like a charm.

Same for 3 Min mages, but start in Healing form with NS up already to reduce global cd. Once their Pyro is over they are basically screwed, and the fight continues as normal.

Plus its great when your tank needs a top up in a heroic :P

I've now thoroughly tested the issue, and unfortunately, I've come to the conclusion that -70% interrupt, -0.5 sec cast on HT, and the regen all spell out pointless for Nature's Swiftness. The only spell really worth it is Healing Touch, and I'm sorry to say that there's not many occasions where's I could use it more than the treants. I see the usefulness a Shaman can get out of it, specially with Chain Heal, but Druid basically is limited to a 1.5s more effective HT every three minutes versus three treants with the ability to interrupt that hit for 200-ish non-crit with about a 2.0 attack speed.

And, for my preferred game of play, 5v5 Arena, an emergency heal isn't as good for the group as some treants beating the crap out of some caster.

I now understand the power of the skill. If I were playing 2v2 and BG's, I'd go NS. As it stands, 3v3 and 5v5 calls for AoE or burst. Since I have no AoE heal affected by Nature's Swiftness, and an instant Wrath is a joke, I think the situation calls for some treants beating the crap out of some poor clothie.

Although treants may reduce the cast time of, for example, a mage's fireball from 3s(?) to virtually a 6s cast, any good player will imeadiatly stop casting, use a single aoe and then it would be out of their hands, treants dead, ready to beat the **** out of you again. The only time I really found treants useful was when I was either grinding, or in pvp when I wanted to keep somone in combat for a long time (rogue, no restealth).


BTW, ever been agains a holy pally that just wont die? Sometimes a instant wrath CAN be usefull, not forgetting an instant Cyclone / Roots...