Is Boomkin Starfall better in Shadowlands beta vs life BFA? If it is then how many targets make it worth using over starsurge?
Don’t know. Right here in bfa I just mainly use starsurge. Star fall is just a useless ability. Starfall only does half the amount of damage starsurge. If I were you I would be using starsurge instead as you get the empowerment’s. But in SL starfall got kind of better. The amount of people? I’d say at least 4. My Druid can take down 3 with only using starsurge.
It can’t get any worse than it is right now. In a recent Mythic Raider guide on SL boomy he said that currently casting starfall is a DPS increase on as low as 2 targets as opposed to casting StarSurge.
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Yes, on beta it’s worth using 2-3 targets. As Astral damage, it gets boosted by each Eclipse and during Inc/CA, it gets double benefit from both Eclipses (just like Starsurge).
starfall became a lackluster ability when it was made into a targeted aoe
From what I’m understanding you only starsurge and starfall only in a eclipse. Outside is a dps loss by the % your mastery is.
No, Starfall was still great in Legion.
In BfA, the damage was nerfed and Balance Druids entire Azerite setup was focused in using Starsurge (1 Arcanic Pulsar and 2, later 3, Streaking Stars) meaning you got much more value out of Starsurge to do gain more CA’s and subsequently tons of passive damage. In addition, BfA added the splash effect to Solar Wrath’s which wasn’t present in Legion.
Starfall becoming a targeted AoE did not automatically make it crap. That didn’t happen until BfA.
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ok it was the start of it becoming crap. it was better the way it is going back to in shadowlands. it was even better in wotlk when they added splash damage to it
So why did you post? lol
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From what I’ve seen it’s insane on beta. The damage is super competitive with the new mastery, and the talent where you can cast while moving (sorry forgot name) is INFINITELY better with the new iteration.
On live, star fall wasn’t better than surge on even 5 targets. On beta, it’s worth using if there are even just two.
I plan on making a Druid to Starfall all day
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Single-target is lagging in Shadowlands, but Starfall is bonkers. They’ll probably nerf Starfall and buff DOTs by an insane amount, because DOTs are incredibly weak at this point.
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