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Comment by 6780

Fast cast time makes this the spell of choice against melee targets. Talents will give this the same cast time as the global cooldown and will give it a 70% chance to ignore extra cast time due to damage taken.

Comment by 9133

I don't know how notable this is, but with the talent to reduce cast time of wrath to 1.5 seconds, and when Nature's Grace procs, the cast time is then reduced to 1 second.

With rank 1 of Wrath and these talents, it would be a 0.5 second cast (which is rather pointless, but interesting).

In either case, the global cooldown is reduced according to the cast time of this spell while you're casting. So if the cast time was reduced to 1 second, the global cooldown then is 1 second, and you can cast anything at all again in 1 second. However, this applies while you're casting Wrath under these conditions.

Comment by 21328

Probably the best burst damage / high dps spell in the game. Beats other 1.5 cast spell just because it scales much better coming as a 2.0 cast spell.

Comment by 84425

A quick blast of natural energy, Wrath is the basic attack spell for Druids who are just beginning their journey. The rank 1 has a fair mana cost and kills most targets in 3 shots. It also has a very quick cast.

Comment by 25829

Interesting thing is when talented this spell is essentially as fast as an instant cast spell if you consider the gc.

Comment by bugeye999

About 1042 spell damage for an average of 1k a shot

Comment by 137952

Wrath is a faster spell for direct damage(compared to the more powerful Starfire that you learn later). When there is a short interval for casting a ranged spell, use Wrath.

Comment by Alikat

Huh. I was wondering why i was only getting ~1k damage with +800 spell and talents. Why the hell would they nerf your output? I mean, besides Blizz being bound and determined to make druids spam moonfire and oom as much as possible in PVP.

Comment by 226027

Knoxpwns you are indeed correct, Tauren can finally cast more than 3 Wraths at a time.

Comment by 131458

With the updates they've given to the animations of Moonfire and Starfire, I think it's about time Wrath's had its terribly boring animation updated, as well!

Comment by 642902

2.5 sec cast

I hope they change that :( Especially with natures grace giving 1/2/3% spell haste now.

Comment by ndrw

Wrath is changing from being a 1.5 sec cast (talented) to a 2.0 second cast (talented too). I don't like this change, 'cause this 1.5 sec nuke was one of the best things moonkin had, now it's just like shaman's lightning bolt, getting benefit from eclipse instead of lightning mastery. I suposse Blizz made this change just to make lesser difference between wrath and the other nuke, starfire, which now is 2.7 sec cast (talented).

Comment by Talvanor

Does not generate Lunar Energy if you are under the effects of Lunar Eclipse, even if you have under 100 Lunar Energy.

Comment by darknesscalls

Generates 13.333 (repeating of course) lunar energy, not 13 as stated in the tooltip.

Comment by George14

If you put 2 points in , Wrath has no mana cost. This is in the Resto tree.

Comment by I3rawler

New spell effect AND more fitting icon in patch 4.3!

Comment by Aislinge

Can confirm the new changes to both the Wrath icon and the effect. The icon looks almost like sun lightning and the effect is like a sunbolt with a sound like electricity. Hard to explain but hopefully you get the idea :)

Comment by TheDancingTree

Finally,Wrath actually looks like something to do with solar energy in 4.3! After the cataclysm changes to the balance druid (Eclipse buffs) most of the "Solar Spells" a druid could use didn't look fitting- shooting bolts of green energy didn't suit the theme of Solar energy. But the new animation is much more updated and fitting to the theme :)

Comment by Hemingray

Non-druids have a chance to temporarily gain this ability by using Overgrown Lilypad (a possible drop off the rare Sele'na).

Comment by 997771

For Balance, this Spell generates 15 Lunar Energy while your eclipse state is moving from 100 Solar->0 Solar, and 30 Lunar Energy when your eclipse state is moving from 0 Lunar->100 Lunar. As soon as you reach Lunar Eclipse, stop using this spell!

DO NOT CAST THIS SPELL WHEN ARE YOUR ECLIPSE STATE IS MOVING FROM LUNAR TO SOLAR.

Comment by Thottbot

Druids have it tough right from the beginning!

DRUID'S Wrath: 12-14 damage (20 mana, 1.5 sec)
SHAMAN's Lightning Bolt: 13-15 damage (20 mana, 1.5 sec)
WARLOCK'S Shadow Bolt: 12-16 damage (25 mana, 1.7 sec)
PRIEST'S Smite: 13-17 damage (20 mana, 1.5 sec)
MAGE'S Fireball: 14-22 damage + 2 damage over time (30 mana, 1.5 sec)

Clearly the mage, and to a lesser extent the priest, have more damage potential than a druid at level 1!

Comment by Thottbot

I rarely use wrath because I keep the enemy rooted so I can starfire them. Starfire does way more damage, and is more mana effecient. The only reason I'd use this is extremely low mana or if I need a fast cast. This does get much better though once you get 'Celestial Focus' and you don't lose casting time 70% of the time.

Comment by Thottbot

normally u ding at around 7-8 creatures :P but anyway i believe feral is the way, yes

Comment by Thottbot

400 exp, if you kill lvl 1 enemies they're 40 exp a piece, and most enemies are lvl 1, however, some quests require only 8 kills. If we're getting into what classes get off easy and who has it harder, why doesn't anyone look at rogues, I mean, casters get to sit there for 20 seconds after every other fight at lvl 1, but rogues just run to the next mob and energy is back. I've done my rant, yell at me and say I'm wrong now, you know you want to.

Comment by Thottbot

Wrath is acctually a really useful spell if your a balance druid, i have 68 druid, and have been balance thorugh all those 68 levels. Yes starfire is a brilliant spell for dmg (for druids) and is a good opener followed by roots, but if the target is immune to arcane (i think mana wraiths are and prob some others) then wrath is an excelent spell to spam. with the talents (cant remember the names) that give a 0.5 second reduced casting time and 70% chance to avoid interuption alot of the time its better and easier to attack casters and mele enimies with this spell, because its quick (1 second with natures grace on criticals) and u rarely get interuption. where as the time it take to cast roots (if your nature's grasp is on CD)step back and then cast starfire (which normally breaks them out of roots straight away) its more benificial to just stand there, take a small amount of dmg and blast them with wrath.
thats my opinion anyway (if anyone think 'what a noob' then i think you need to realise that there are many different ways to play a balance druid and this is one option that i sometimes use depending on the situation, and hey ive made it to lvl 68 useing this tactic many times)

sorry for the long post it just does my head in when people say that a spell is useless, every spell (even sooth animal) has a use and was put there for a reason, learn how to use your spells effectivly. And thanks for taking the time to read my comment :)

Comment by Thottbot

i agree with u every class has a spell that doesn't look so important but to tell the truth having a spell in your spellbook means there is a reason it is there or blizzard would have it replaced deleted or not even give it to you.

Comment by Allakhazam

What spell is this? never heard of it...

Comment by Allakhazam

this spell.. is the best spell EVER! with talents it actually keeps it's frikkin' 1.5sec cast! making is low on direct damage but high on dps!

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Wrath

Wrath	Level 90

8.8% of base mana	40 yd range

2 sec cast

Causes 2930 Nature damage to the target. [Starsurge: Generates 15 Lunar Energy]

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Nature

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GCD category

Normal

Cost

8.8% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

2 seconds

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

School Damage (Nature)
Value: 1 (SP mod: 1.338)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Dummy
Value: 15
PVP Multiplier: 1
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