Starfire

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The very heavens echoed the druid's rage and opened up at his command.^{TCGHoA 31}

Starfire is a Direct Damage Arcane spell that is a major part of a Balance Druid DPS rotation. This spell provides less damage per second than wrath, but is more mana-efficient.

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Talent improvement 3 Related Glyphs 4 Tips and tactics 5 Past changes

Rank table

Rank	Level	Base Mana Cost	Damage	Cost
1	20	18%	121 - 149	20
2	26	18%	189 - 231	45
3	34	18%	272 - 328	1
4	42	18%	370 - 442	1 60
5	50	18%	485 - 575	2 30
6	58	18%	615 - 725	3 20
7	60	18%	693 - 817	3 40
8	67	16%	818 - 964	7 30
9	72	16%	854 - 1006	20
10	78	16%	1028 - 1212	20

Rank 7 is also learned from [Book of Starfire VII].

Talent improvement

	Talent Points Needed	Type	Description	Talent Points Available
	0	Balance	Starlight Wrath	5
	5	Balance	Nature's Majesty	2
	5	Balance	Moonglow	3
	10	Balance	Nature's Grace	3
	10	Balance	Nature's Reach	2
	15	Balance	Vengeance	5
	15	Balance	Celestial Focus	3
	20	Balance	Improved Insect Swarm	3
	25	Balance	Moonfury	3
	35	Balance	Wrath of Cenarius	5
	40	Balance	Eclipse	3
	45	Balance	Earth and Moon	3

Related Glyphs

• Glyph of Starfire causes your Starfire ability to increase the duration of your Moonfire effect on the target by 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 9 additional seconds.

Tips and tactics

• Pull with Starfire and then root and either use another Starfire or use Wrath to pound away at enemies.
• Cast Starfire while under the effects of Heroism or Blood Lust instead of Wrath.
• Starfire has the 3rd highest damage per mana of a Druid's damage spells, after Moonfire (DOT included) and Insect Swarm.

Past changes

Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Celestial Focus: No longer affects Starfire.
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Celestial Focus: The delay on the stun effect for Starfire has been reduced.

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