Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars Row 2 Balance druid talent Passive Moonfire and Sunfire damage over time has a chance to call down a falling star, dealing (30% of Spell power) Astral damage and generating 2 Astral Power.
Properties
Class	Druid
Talents
Talent required	[Eclipse]
Other information
Affects	[Moonfire], [Sunfire]
Improvements	[Crashing Star], [Orbit Breaker], [Solstice]

Shooting Stars is a Balance druid talent. It gives [Moonfire], [Sunfire], and [Stellar Flare] a chance to deal additional damage and generate Astral Power.

Patch changes

Retail

• Hotfix (2024-10-29): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Astral power generation is no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Damage increased by 46%.
  
• Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-18): Fixed a bug that could cause Shooting Stars to hit enemies not affected by [Moonfire] or [Sunfire].
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Chance for Shooting Stars to fall increased by 15%. Shooting Stars can no longer be triggered by [Stellar Flare].
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Balance talent (was a level 49 Balance ability) and also affects Stellar Flare.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Shooting Stars is no longer a Talent and learned by all Balance Druids at level 49. Shooting Stars now generates 3 Astral Power (was 4) and the proc chance has been increased by 50%.
  
• Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Shooting Stars grants 2 Astral Power on player targets (was 4 Astral Power).
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased by 31%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-22): Shooting Stars now gives 4 Astral Power (was 5).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned as a level Balance 90 talent (was a level 26 Balance ability). Moonfire and Sunfire damage has a 10% chance to call down a falling star, dealing (42% of Spell power) Arcane damage and generating 4 Astral Power. Icon changed from

  Previous: You have a 5% chance when your most recent Moonfire or Sunfire deals damage over time to trigger Shooting Stars. Chance doubled on critical strikes. Shooting Stars restores 1 charge of Starsurge and Starfall.
  

• Hotfix (2014-12-10): Shooting Stars should no longer fail to trigger if the most recent target of Moonfire or Sunfire dies.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Redesigned. You have a 5% chance when your most recent Moonfire or Sunfire deals damage over time to trigger Shooting Stars. Chance doubled on critical strikes. Shooting Stars restores 1 charge of Starsurge and Starfall.

  Old: You have a 30% chance when you deal critical periodic damage with your Moonfire or Sunfire to instantly reset the cooldown of your Starsurge and cause its next cast within 12 sec to be instant. This chance is reduced against multiple targets.
  

• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now has a reduced chance to activate for each additional target affected by the same spell (Moonfire and Sunfire are tracked separately).
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now has a 30% chance to trigger when dealing critical periodic damage with Moonfire or Sunfire (was a 2/4% chance when dealing damage with Moonfire or [Insect Swarm]). Now a level 26 Balance specialization ability (was a tier 3 Balance talent).
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Buff duration has been increased to 12 seconds, up from 8 seconds.
  
• Hotfix (2010-12-02): The proc buff from the talent Shooting Stars should no longer be consumed without providing its benefits if the druid is already casting [Starsurge].
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.
  

Classic

• Patch 5.5.0 (2025-07-01): Will no longer split its chance to activate across multiple targets.
  

Other versions

• Cataclysm Classic

  Shooting Stars
  Shooting Stars (2 ranks) Tier 3 Balance druid talent Passive You have a 2/4% chance when you deal damage with your Moonfire or Insect Swarm to instantly reset the cooldown of your Starsurge and reduce its cast time by 100%. Lasts 12 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Druid
  Other information
  Affects	[Insect Swarm], [Moonfire]
  Related buff
  Magic Shooting Stars Cast time of your next Starsurge reduced by 100%. Duration: 12 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Shooting Stars
  Shooting Stars Level 26 Balance druid ability Passive You have a 30% chance when you deal critical periodic damage with your Moonfire or Sunfire to instantly reset the cooldown of your Starsurge and cause its next cast within 12 sec to be instant. This chance is reduced against multiple targets in PvP.
  Properties
  Class	Druid
  Other information
  Level learned	26
  Affects	[Moonfire], [Sunfire]
  Related buff
  Magic Shooting Stars Your next Starsurge spell is instant cast. Duration: 12 seconds

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