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Comment by 6987

We've found that it's great to toss a moonkin in a group of 4 mages for raiding, it increases their damage output-now to 5%.

The best thing about Moonkin form is you have the same armor contribution as a feral druid, and your attack power is also increased. The most helpful thing in the new "Before The Storm" Patch, will be Dreamstate. Which is a nearby talent for Moonkin Talent Tree's.

Another good thing about moonkin is it is excellent for pvp, I do much better in moonkin form in pvp than I do in feral form, I tend to be too slow and not reach my target before it's dead in feral form, with Moonkin I just bomb them and they fall over :)

Love this :)

Comment by galaxygoddess

I am known in my guild as "the moonkin crack" and I refer to the mages a s "my mages".

We have been in 20 mans and our mages go "umm please tell me we have enough healing so gg can moonkin"

Now that we can cast insects and innervate in moonkin form I am in high heaven. The 5% boost? Oh my LORD!! In moonkin I have 6k armor and a 18.63% crit chance.

I had the highest NR the other day and I tanked the Aymiss the HUnter boss in AQ20!! Moonkin tank FTW BABY!!

Comment by Wildarms1

This form has gotten a huge dps buff. Moonfire spam has reached a new level and owns any person in sight. Treant ability is awesome as well, especially against hunters. the hunter may be able to trap one of them, but that's still 2 trees dpsing down while moonkin spams starfire!

Comment by 8403

Yeah, the damage on this form has definitely been improved, but I think the best thing about it is the 5% spell crit chance for all players in the group. This is great for raids if you put the healers into the group with the moonkin, or even the other offensive casters for some boosted DPS. The new mana recovery chance on hit when in moonkin form is nice, too, really helps in tight situations.

Comment by raventears

This form is also great to have with the mix of a feral druid in the group with Leader Of The Pack to help melee crits.

Moonkin form is fun and I love the way it looks, especially the dance. Not many druids go into balance for leveling, only really for raiding (from what I have seen), and they are missing out on some fun with casting.

Also, since the moonkin form was changed so that melee hits have a chance to gain mana back, that juggled with certain balance talents and Blessing of Wisdom really help to get away from the "oomkin" misconception that balance druids never have mana.

Overall, it is awesome to experiment with this form and talent tree, and I am very happy with the changes that Blizzard made.

Comment by 35857

The thing I like about this for raiding is that I can spam Starfire / Wrath and when I run out of mana, I just go and melee the boss. I don't draw agro because I do crap damage and our Tank is best on realm! BTW... Oomkin? I think not! I think... BOOMKIN!

Comment by 51285

BOOMKIN!!!

Comment by Isilvara

Also, while in Moonkin form you count as a Humanoid (Unlike feral and Tree Of Life forms, where you count as either beast or elemental). You can still not mount up, however, with the exception of using bugs, glitches and costumes. :P

Comment by loozerr

The moonkin dance is actually exactly same as the ogre dance.

Comment by 52329

+5% spell crit for 4 more nukers or healers in a raid setting is not to be underestimated...not to mention the +3% melee hit chance for all melee attackers against targets affected by improved faerie fire talent.this,coupled with the new mana regeneration talents make balance druids not only acceptable as raid slots,but in some cases maybe invaluable...remember,we can always help heal if things get bad,AND we have an extra innervate to dump on somebody.

plus,the 400% armor increase,while wearing leather,and having some armor from MotW(especially improved),makes moonkins probably the thoughest offensive spellcasters a melee class has to face in PvP...esentially a "plate mage"...that can root and heal...and surprise ppl via cat prowl

Comment by Isilvara

On the Eu Druid Forums, we have also proved with mathematical equation that a group of 4 fire mages + 1 Moonkin deals significantly more DPS then 5 fire mages in a raid setting.

Comment by 7784

If you had two Moonkin in the same group, would the auras stack?

Comment by Toldry

5 moonkins in a arena team.

Comment by 65757

One thing i have been noticing lately... and not only on moonkins (( although they are the ones with highest mobility mana-wise and situations )) is that druid nowadays (( yes i am an old school druid )) love their forms way too much.

I know i am generalizing, but i felt to give it a warning to those that check out this stuff so they can improve. A druid is meant as a hybrid. Sacrifices an end to boost another with specs but that doesnt mean other forms (( mainly NE/Tauren)) arent as usefull.

I met druids moonkins that say they wont heal nor tank. i know we got imba like hell guys.. but really.. cant we just help those priests a bit?. A small taunt in bear form to save the priest, or some off healin? doesnt hurt anyone.

All mentioned before was just because... forms were misused... anyways... Moonkins are the plated mage. Ya its a gattling gun spammer but... it is a dps buffer in raids and no.. its not always out of mana. Not even before the patches, just needed some mana management really. Moonkins can be the best support Spec there is. Resto are used a main healers so they dont count on support here. And ferals, they have the dps to care about. Although balance, increases the party´s spell dps as mentioned before.. (( aka fire mages and warlocks love it the most )) as it can innervate without much thought.. they can keep their mana up so they have a spare innervate unlike healing druids.

On the other hand, although their damage is in fact moderate to high, they can always pop out to heal as they have more mana than ferals usually.

On the pvp side.... as on that youtube movie.... heck.. 5 moonkins... its a suprise attack that almost noone expects and noone knows what to do, everyone can tank/stun/ moonfire gattling gun/ call trees. and stuff. on Battlegrounds they are kinda ignored sometimes till they land a couple starfire crits... but even when they are ganked they last enough for teammates to enter for the kill. (( well.. more against meleers not much against casters )).

But i was assuming the moonkins were geared before, in case they arent, they are ultimately the support of a group, giving a simple damage output with faery fire to help, and pop out for some healing. taking in accoun that moonkin shapeshift is cheaper than other forms.

So ya! in the end its Go GO moonkin!! *moonkin dance*

Comment by 71163

tauren moonkins are so big compared to the night elf ones

Comment by 72483

The melee effect restores about one third of your AP as mana (works out to about 125 mana for a level 70 druid with little or no gear that gives AP). Look for Elune's Grace in the combat log.

It seems to work like other procs (i.e. a given number of times per minute, giving slower weapons a higher percent chance per hit). It works on anything that can be hit in melee, so hitting critters while farming is an easy way to restore some mana.

Comment by 54335

We had a boomkin druid stand in a party with four pallies. This allowed pallies to have around 20% crit and bigger heals (buff filled in the other 5%). This meant bigger pally heals and pallies with limitless mana pools. At times we would also swap priests in to buff inspiration on the tank.

One boomkin is definitely a benefit to any raid if you want to buff your healing or your DPS.

Comment by 17624

levelling as moonkin is rather fun. I'm not sure how I ever got to level 40 as balance, but at 40....wow. Moonkin is a blast.

Comment by 84183

Everytime I see a druid I can't help myself, I have to ask if they have moonkin form and if they'll dance for me.
:D

Comment by 105331

Melee mana is so pointless, it does very little damage, and when you're attacking a mage and you go oom, why would you run up to them so you could beat them except for entertainment purposes? Change mana regen to spell cast or spell crit imo.

Comment by 65503

Blizard has been taking spells for each class off the talent tree so that each class can learn that spell. Hopefuly they will do something like that and we all could be a moonkin, or they might lets us learn the Force of Nature spell to! :)
GO! GO! MOONKIN!!

Comment by 97116

Panzerkin (Moonkin Tank)
Another reason to spec Balance.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WE0uDSK2iwo

Comment by 41689

I don't understand it.. why base the mana regen on attack power? Doesn't being a moonkin mean you're looking for spell stats primarily?
Anyone think it's intentional? Perhaps to keep moonkins from being too powerful :O
Leave it to blizzard entertainment to base class abilities incongruently with the gear necessary to make the class effective, lol

Comment by 143038

Can someone tell how that mana regen scales with attack power? How much more mana You get from more attack power :)

Comment by 93437

After recently arriving in the outlands, once again I decided to give Balance a try.

Personally I find Moonkin Form + the balance spells far more enjoyable than Feral but that might just be me after playing Feral for 50 odd levels.

Anyway heres the scoop, You get your armour increased by 400%, attack power increased by 150% and a 5% extra chance to strike a critical hit with spells (always useful in a party.) So its sorta like wearing plate/mail (depending on whether you wear cloth or leather) armour like in bear form but you have more damaging abilities at your disposal and can take quite a beating!

*Don't forgot you can melee enemies to get some mana returned too, this is pretty nice but you won't be melee'ing much im afraid.*

Comment by 108625

One thing that I haven't seen is that lil tid bit about the tauren Moonkin. and by that i mean the use of warstomp. anyone ever wonder if you would to use it would it drop you from moonkin? well i have your answer. it is one of the few amusing thing i have seen on my moonkin is it using warstomp. :) good stuff imo.

Comment by 113880

well moonkins are moon avengers they pew pew if decent geared

also dont forgot to use highest ap from weapons and i would recomend to enchant it with savagery

80 ap roughly 25 mana still nice boost :D

Comment by 26892

There's always confusion about Moonkin Form, so let's review:

-Moonkin Form considers the druid to be a humanoid, making you vulnerable to crowd control skills such as Sap, Seduce and Mind Control.
-Like all shapeshifts, you are immune to polymorph effects while in Moonkin Form and will be freed of any snare or root effects when shifting in or out of it.
-Unlike Bear and Cat forms, you use your equipped weapon for melee damage.
-Racial skills, such as War Stomp and Shadowmeld, can be used in Moonkin Form.
-Balance spells are any spell under the "Balance" tab in your spellbook. Casting any non-Balance spell will either give you an error or shift you out of Moonkin Form (depending on your settings).
-Remove Curse, while a Restoration spell, can be used in Moonkin Form.
-You can use potions, food items, "Use:" parts of gear, craft items and even your hearthstone while in Moonkin Form. You CANNOT mount or take taxis.
-Special "disguises" such as the Hallow's End costumes, Deviate Delight transformations and so forth will be removed when you shift into Moonkin Form.
-Your armor is increased by 400% of your equipped gear. This counts armor on your rings, weapons and trinkets. It does NOT count armor from enchants or item enhancement.
-Moonkin Aura is a 5% increase to the spell critical chance of any party (NOT raid) members within 40 yards of you. People can actually cancel the Moonkin Aura if they want to for whatever reason, but it'll come back if you shift out and back into Moonkin Form.

The only benefits of Moonkin Form is the spell crit aura, mana gain melee proc and increased armor. While these are excellent qualities, in many cases it'll be more useful to stay out of Moonkin Form so you have access to your healing spells. Don't fall into the trap of staying in Moonkin Form all the time!

Comment by 160810

I love PvP, and this is most likely my favorite class to PvP with. Roots and Nature's Grasp are great for keeping people standing still, or halting Flag runners, while I sit back and hit them with Starfire, Wrath, etc. All in all, an awesome spec for an awesome class. And yes, Moonkins have the best /dance emote in WoW.

Comment by Thottbot

Basically in moonkin form, the druid have the same armor as dire bearform, but they can cast balance spells at enemies, however the downside is that they cannot heal themselves unless they shapeshift out of the form to heal. Overall it is a great improvement for balance spell attackers along with hurricane being a distance related spell now instead of having to run into the middle of the pack with the spell.

Shadowfurion
lvl 60 Druid
Deathwing server

Comment by Thottbot

Like a mage in plate =)

Comment by Thottbot

the rogues that are following you around are morons, the 3% chance to crit is for spells only

Comment by Thottbot

I taught my moonkin to ride gryphs and mounts... It's not a glitch, there is an item in the game that can help you do it!

Check out the link, watch the video, and stay tuned to find out how....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8422966164468621419

Cunegond of Staghelm

Comment by Thottbot

I would say go Feral until 40 and then respec Balance and Resto. Starting Feral gives a clear advantage for soloing and relatively fast leveling. After you get 40 get moonkin and everyone will love you!

Comment by Thottbot

i LOVE moonkin form, i mean how many times do u see a huge owlbeast dancing and strutting around..!

Comment by Thottbot

i think it's awesome. combined with 3/3 natural shapeshifter, (30% off transformation spells), Omen of Clarity (Clearcast FTW), Balance Druids are gods in instances, at least around 40 we are. plus, it looks sweet. Big downfall though, for PvE, in instances, no nature's grasp allowed (outdoor use only). small price, though.

Deaosin, Scilla realm

Comment by Thottbot

Moonkin form rocks.As long as you have the following,your the group's best friend

1.)Nature's Grace
2.)Omen of Clarity
3.)NS
4.)Vengeance
5.)Imp Sf

I mean, at 51, i do a normal 480-580 damage.With crits,I do 900-1200.Sometimes,in instances id out damage average mages and rogues.

All you need to know is Starfire,Entangle,starfire,Starfire,Moonfire,Wrath and melee.Then after that ur enemy is most probably dead.

In Av, if i join the game from the very start,at the end im usually at 15-10th.Just stay out of reach and pick out the guys with low Hp.And if you get Fury of the Frostwolf buff,you get 600-900 damage.Crits go up by 1100-1600.Plus,if you get a good priest friend to add the Power thing.....

WOOOOT LAST COMMENT

Comment by Thottbot

i just got this form yesterday in SM CATH. this form rocks the extra armor is awsome and i like the 5% crit chance it gives off for party members! i think that this form is defiently worth being a balance druid

Comment by Thottbot

Moonkins are rare and moonkins with good gear/knowledge of their spec are even rarer. Because of that, most end-game guilds are unaware of the fact that the moonkin is by far the best single-target caster dps in wow.

Just test the moonkin's dps on a single target (I used Dr. Boom in Netherstorm for testing purposes) vs any other caster class with the same gear (mage, shadow priest, lock, whatever) and the druid will win hands down.

Not to mention that the moonkin has many other advantages: can innervate others, can combat ress, has an useful aura and is also well-armoured (a cloth wearer will get one-shotted by most mobs in 25-man raids, while the moonkin can take a few hits till the tank re-takes agro). Balance druids are also the best off-healers in the game, when needed.

Of course, if you're a moonkin, many ppl will say that you're useless, you can't dps, you should respec and so on. Noobs.

Comment by Thottbot

Moonkins are the best druids imo.
My girlfriend has been a moonkin since she could get the form and she kicks ass. True there is not much gear at the start exactly for a moonkin so many moonkins use a bit of cloth gear but omg when u get lvl 70 the gear is everywhere.

As said above the badge vendor has tons for moonkins, she got the dps trinket and boots and the godly balance druid shoulders from the vendor alone. The tier set also is a big help but she uses the epic balance druid set you can make with tribal LW, id recommend all balance druids to be LW it really helps gear wise. Moonkins have alot of ups and downs unfortunitly. Many belive moonkins are crap dps but thats so far from truth, speced, geared and played properly moonkins are one of the best, my girlfriend out dps's most of the mages, hunters and warlocks we usually go with to 25 man raids.

As for pvp i would describe a moonkin as such " An armored tank with a BIG ass gun", melle classes like warriors have no chance against a moonkin specily prot warriors no chance whatsoever.

Besides moonkins are played always by nice kind ppl ive observed so plz dont be mean to them they are doing what they love.

Comment by Thottbot

Well since you can use pots in fat bird form... wouldnt it funny as HELL if you use a swiftness potion... lol

Comment by Thottbot

It seems in raid that Omen of Clarity could also be used to help a balance druid...They could just start out hitting the back of the mob and casting wrath, starfire, moonfire, etc, when wanting too. This could be useful b/c of two reasons: moonkin gives a chance to gain mana on a melee attack (granted its not a lot of mana...still mana and your not doing any harm) and Omen of Clarity pops off of melee attack and could give you an instant spell such as starfire...I was thinking bout making a druid and was wondering if this could possibly work out...Feedback (if possible) would be great.

Comment by Thottbot

<3 Boomkins, they are so cute ^^

Comment by Thottbot

I have a question for you moonkins out there;

I have heard a rumor that the moonkin dance is the only one you can control. I.E. if you press an arrow direction, such as left or right, while dancing, you will do a different form of the dance, and can therefore do synchronized dance moves or whatever.

So. Is this true?

Comment by Thottbot

I'm a Balance Druid and I love it! I was Feral until level30, this was before Balance Druids were very popular so I got laughed at. It also made instances not worth my time, since no one seemed to understand Druids could be casters so I never got any good casting equips - if I rolled Need I was kicked.

Still, I'm a level 70 Moonkin, and never respecced once since! It's more fun than being a cat or bear Druid. Faerie Fire, Entangling Roots, Moonfire, Insect Swarm, Starfire and Wrath spam - maybe some Moonfires to kill off fleeing enemies.

Wrath is great because you don't interrupted that often, and thanks to the armour boost of Moonkin shapeshifting, I can gladly say Balance Druids are probably the only casting class not afraid of getting witin a close range of enemies (Perhaps also including Warlocks as they have their Voidwalkers to tank for them).

Not welcome in raids? Don't make me laugh! I'm part of tons of Karazhan raids and I'm starting Heroics, too. Who wouldn't love 5% extra spell crit chance? My healer certainly didn't complain to plentiful crit heals, plus Druids overall come with the brilliant ability to battle rez and cure curses (though Mages also have that). Also, we're not fragile, we can take a couple more hits than other ranged DPS classes/specs(perhaps not mail-wearing Hunters, though probably close). In fact, in one Karazhan raid, a Moonkin came tops in DPS damage. I'm not a brilliantly geared Moonkin, so I'm never near the top compared to my epic-geared raiding friends, but they say I do well. Whoeever turns down a Moonkin must be mad!

Comment by Allakhazam

me wants...me wants like alot o.O its funny dance kicks serious ass aswell hehe, especially if you imagine the right music with it(i got a clip of it with funny moosic, HAHAHA)...OOOO I WANT...

Comment by Allakhazam

How do you get it?

Comment by Allakhazam

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Comment by Allakhazam

im allmost 38 and i was woundering if there was a quest for it or do i buy it with the rest of my spells?

Comment by Allakhazam

u get it by being a lvl 40+ druid with 31 talent points in Balance - the dps/mage style

check my profile + click on talents check below!

Edited, Wed Feb 8 13:30:40 2006

Comment by Allakhazam

I've been burning to know exactly how the math behind the moonkin melee mana regen works and I've been asking about it since beta but it seemed that nobody knew. Well, I just got my moonkin form and the first thing I did was a bunch of testing. Here are my results:

•1 AP = 0.3 mana per proc (each proc restores mana equal to 30% of your attack power)
•About 0.23 procs per second, (±0.03)

Determining the AP to Mana conversion was quite simple; I just kept switching gear and dividing the mana per proc by my attack power. There were usually two possible mana values, so I used both of them at each point as an upper and lower limit. They all centered around 0.3.

That was the easy part, the next one took a lot more time and averaging. Here's my raw data if anyone wants to continue it:

@1.4s swing time: 85 procs in 273 swings
@2.0s swing time: 95 procs in 199 swings
@3.4s swing time: 192 procs in 221 swings

This data was all procured at level 40, but I don't think that would make a difference.

Anyway, I did some more crunching and found that if you compare some amount of mp5 gear to an equivalent amount of str/AP (found by looking at random enchantment items), the mp5 is still by far better for mana regen, even if you're meleeing the whole time without casting at all.

Comment by Allakhazam

noobkin isnt worth crap imo. spec around it if you are a raiding druid looking for a damage option, yet your guild requries you to heal. its a waste of a point no matter what, because in solo pve, you have to USE MANA to shift IN AND OUT to heal. in group pve, druids are usually either a tank (feral) or healing. in pvp, you might argue that noobkin is good, but in reality, they are a big fat "GANK ME PLEASE! FREE HONOR!" sign running into the middle of the BG. dont waste ur time or effort or talent point. if you want the 360% armor that freaking bad, go feral. oomkin is a total waste that blizzard threw into live without actually thinking of something that balance druids could use. other than that, balance tree is amazing for healing and caster dps, but gaykin doesnt do anything for really either of those.

Comment by Allakhazam

lol my bad i ment im allmost lvl 39 im 38 allready lol

Comment by Allakhazam

im 55 right about now, i can out damage mages that are the same lvl as me, just depends on what skills we use, they can use that spell that stops all casting, which means we can bear/cat they use frost nova (aoe grounding spell) we can only use entangling. We can shapeshift out, they can blink out. the list goes on... all just depends on your style but 360% armour and 3% crit chance - now that is cool, if i was to get the same gear as a mage my level i could probably beat him out right, through survivability (armour/heals/bear and cat forms)

overall just comes down to the person on the keyboard

Comment by Allakhazam

This would be good....

if you didnt have to spec entirley balance
which IMO is not entirley worth it
(you are still gonna be outdamaged by mages)

Comment by Allakhazam

I hate feral druids bull@#$%.... I made a balance druid for fun couse i heard feral saying that balance sux, i thought it was strange when i saw the balance tree, i mean the talents where absolutely great... I tested my first bg with my balance druid at lvl 19 and found out that it worked pretty nice, but then i got busy lvling up for moonkin. i got my moonkin and i also got ALOT improved, call it oomkin if u want to lol. I PWN in PvP and ufly rouges aint got a chance if they leave me unstunned for like 1-2 secs (natures grasp and a jump forward,
barkskinn n over time heal dot moonfire insect swarm and then root again and then starfire, at lvl 46 i critted nearly 900 with starfire and i had a chance to stunn with it! well the rouge could still get out of my roots and manage to kill me but i it was a 50-50% chance. then at lvl 50 force of nature. i can take priests by over time healing and doting and save as much mana as im able to and then when the foolish priest aint got mana i innervate, dot him and use force of nature, i dont even need to starfire him rofl^^ well i with force of nature i also take rouges ALOT easier and i have taken all other classes including feral druids exept for locks, couse of the fear spell. I dont know but im goin to turn this and say that feral isnt fun couse i would choose rouge if i wanned to act rougeish lol, a feral druid cant stunnlock and i just put em to sleep and heal myself and then prepare a starfire and if i want to i can sleep again lol and the starfire again, he can plop out and in from forms but cat and bear form costs ALOT of mana... well a ery long post bur PLZ stop saying that balance isnt good i mean it sux i have experienced it myself lol i take feral druids so what the **** are u insane feral druids talking about?
ofc ferals are good but so is balance. I dont PWN every class but i always have just as big chance to win as they do, exept vs locks and rouges that manage to stunnlock-_-

Vladir, ALLIANCE
server: Burning steppes

Comment by Allakhazam

well if its hard to read my text, it is couse i type pretty fast and hit the wrong letters^^and i dont write evrything in the right order and so on but nevermind^^
well when i say it sux i mean that it sux that feral druids says that balance sux^^

Comment by Allakhazam

why does Allakhazam say that class Paladin and Druid can cast it? anyone knows how to learn Tree Form?

Comment by Allakhazam

Sorry for the spam

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/lol

Comment by Allakhazam

ok sorry for the noobish question but how do u get this form?

Comment by Allakhazam

So Im sick to death of trying to find a group and maybe the group is good and maybe it isn't. So I made another character, a NE hunter (which I LOVE) but I put so much time into my druid! So I spent the gold and unlearned all my talents and put them all into getting my "boomkin" form. God I hope I didn't make a mistake! 2 more points and I will be a level 39 with a bad*** moonkin! So I have no points anywhere else...I can throw those in later. Again....I hope I didn't make a mistake!

Comment by Allakhazam

Can you use potions and items in this form?

Comment by Allakhazam

Death to all who oppose the DOOMKIN!

Comment by Allakhazam

*sheds a tear of awe* :'( i love balance druids, to bad i don't have one myself, yet :P

Comment by Allakhazam

Wow I sure am posting alot on this spell. Anyways just something to point out:

YOU GET 400% ARMOR INCREASE IN THIS NOW! =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
This spell will own way more than I did before now.

Beware all rogues who will try to kill me =O

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Moonkin Form

Moonkin Form

Talent

22% of base mana
Instant

Shapeshift into Moonkin Form. While in this form the armor contribution from items is increased by 400%, attack power is increased by 150% of your level and all party members within 30 yards have their spell critical chance increased by 5%. Melee attacks in this form have a chance on hit to regenerate mana based on attack power. The Moonkin can only cast Balance and Remove Curse spells while shapeshifted.

The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Buff

Moonkin Form

Immune to Polymorph effects.
Armor contribution from items is increased by 400%.
Attack power increased by 150% of your level.
Most melee attacks have a chance on hit to regenerate mana based on attack power.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

22% of base mana

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Shapeshift (Moonkin Form)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Immunity - Mechanic (Polymorphed)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #3

Trigger Spell

	Moonkin Aura

Flags

Moonkin Form

Buff

Spell Details

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