Insect Swarm

Insect Swarm
Insect Swarm Level 20 druid ability 40 yd range 8% of base mana Instant The enemy target is swarmed by insects, causing X Nature damage over 12 sec.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	20
Related debuff
Magic Insect Swarm X Nature damage every 2 sec. Duration: 12 sec.

Insect Swarm is a DoT with a 12 second duration that deals nature damage. Along with [Moonfire], this ability accounts for a large amount of overall damage during fights when used by a Balance Druid.

Notes

• This ability and [Moonfire] go hand in hand and are often applied to an enemy target within one global-cooldown of one another.
• It is one of the most mana-efficient DoT's in the game.

Improvements

Talents

Talent	Points Needed
[Moonfury]	Balance (Starts With)
[Nature's Grace] (3)	Balance (0)
[Nature's Majesty] (2)	Balance (0)
[Genesis] (3)	Balance (5)
[Moonglow] (3)	Balance (5)
[Balance of Power] (2)	Balance (5)
[Shooting Stars] (2)	Balance (10)

Related Glyphs

 [Glyph of Insect Swarm] increases the damage of Insect Swarm by 30%. Thus this is often considered one of the best prime glyphs to maximize damage for a Balance Druid.

Tips and tactics

• Use in conjunction with [Moonfire].
• Unlike most (all?) Druid spells, Insect Swarm does not interrupt the swing timer.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer talented. Now available as a baseline ability trained at level 20. No longer reduces melee and ranged hit chance (was 3%).
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): The bonus damage from spell power on this damage-over-time ability has been increased significantly to match similar spells on other classes (from 76% to 120%).
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Tooltip corrected to indicate it does not affect hit chance with spells.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now reduces hit chance by 3% (up from 2%). No longer stacks with [Scorpid Sting].
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Casting lower ranks of this spell is now properly penalized like other healing and damage effects.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Insect Swarm has had its damage on all ranks increased. The mana cost of ranks 1 and 3 has been increased. The mana cost of ranks 4, 5 and 6 has been decreased.
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Insect Swarm has been relocated to the Balance Tree from the Restoration Tree.
  
• Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Has received a new icon.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Added.
  

See also

• Insect Swarm, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

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