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Balance Druid Artifact Weapon: Scythe of Elune – Legion 7.3.5
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This section of the Balance Druid guide explains the best possible choices for the Netherlight Crucible, important traits and relic bonuses, and how to progress through your artifact weapon Scythe of Elune.
Artifacts in Battle for Azeroth
As of June 26th, completing the quest
Il potere nelle nostre mani
will further empower your Artifact Weapon, enabling all traits and at least
Armonia degli Spezzalegione
level 75, further increasing in power over time until the Battle for Azeroth pre-expansion patch.
Therefore, only the Netherlight Crucible recommendations are relevant on this guide page leading up to BFA, as you already receive all Artifact Traits by default. This makes content easier to complete, especially some
content going away
such as
Ahead of the Curve
and
Mage Tower Challenges
.
In the
BFA pre-patch
, your Artifact Traits will be removed, and relics will simply increase the item level of your artifact weapon. However, many artifact traits are returning as talents or azerite powers in Battle for Azeroth and we have a compiled a
full list you can read here
.
Moving forward in Battle for Azeroth, you will still be able to acquire the Artifact Weapon which will mainly interest transmog collectors for the appearances. Learn how to unlock all appearances in BFA with our
Artifact Appearance Guide
.
Artifact Weapon:
Scythe of Elune
Active Ability
Equipping the Scythe of Elune grants you the ability
Luna Nuova
, which causes you to deal Astral damage to the target and generate
Potere astrale
. When this ability is cast, it cycles into
Mezza Luna
, which, after cast, cycles into
Luna Piena
, which finally returns to
Luna Nuova
after casted. Every new step of the cycle doubles the damage and resource generation from the previous, until it resets back to
Luna Nuova
.
Netherlight Crucible
The
Netherlight Crucible
is a new system added in Patch 7.3. The Crucible allows you further empower your Balance Druid Artifact Weapon, by specializing and increasing the power from your relics. With it, each relic receives a small talent tree that you can select new traits from, depending how many traits your weapon have. Do not worry, however, because with the changes to
Artifact Knowledge
, unlocking the full power of the Crucible won't take long. Learn everything about this new system in our
Netherlight Crucible Guide
.
We want make the best possible combination for our relic. In most cases, you'll see less-than-optimal combinations. RNG is RNG, nothing you can do about... except try again. If you would like a little more help deciding which talents you should take, please use this tool:
Relic Comparison and Netherlight Crucible Calculator
--- Full credit to Dreamgrove Discord members: Iskalla, Nick, and Slippykins.
There's no point in "ranking" them because everything is situational. I am using whole numbers, so you can't really see the minor differences. With that said, we can favor specific traits. Overall,
Maestro delle Ombre
is a very good Crucible trait. For our relic trait,
Falce delle Stelle
,
Stella Cadente
,
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
and
Luminosità Crepuscolare
are fantastic options.
You have a good chance to see a strong relic path (83.3% to see one of those 4 traits; 74.5% chance to get a good relic trait and to avoid
Sventure Oscure
. Basically, you got a 75% chance for something good. Full BiS isn't something you should aim for. Realistically, better gameplay will net you more of a DPS boost compared to the difference between
Maestro delle Ombre
and
Sventure Oscure
. With the opening of
Antorus, il Trono Infuocato
, it is now possible to obtain
Fregio della Grande Armata
, which increases the potency of your Tier 2 Crucible traits by 50%. It might be a really strong legendary if you are lucky with Netherlight Crucible rolls!
Light/Shadow Traits:
Single-Target Value:
AOE Value:
Tormento dei Deboli
+4 ilvl
+2 ilvl
-- torment the weak
Protezione nella Luce
+4 ilvl
+2 ilvl
-- secure in the lgiht
Infusione di Luce
+4 ilvl
+2 ilvl
-- infusion of light
Vincolo d'Ombra
+4 ilvl
+2 ilvl
-- shadowbind
Oscurità Caotica
+4 ilvl
+2 ilvl
-- chaotic darkness
Maestro delle Ombre
+3 ilvl
+3 ilvl
-- master of shadows
Intento Assassino
+3 ilvl
+3 ilvl
-- murderous intent
Luce Folgorante
+3 ilvl
+3 ilvl
-- shocklight
Velocità della Luce
+3 ilvl
+3 ilvl
-- light speed
Sventure Oscure
+2 ilvl
+3 ilvl
-- dark sorrows
Relic Traits:
Single-Target Value:
AOE Value:
Falce delle Stelle
+4 ilvl
+0 ilvl
-- scythe
Lato Oscuro della Luna
+2 ilvl
+1 ilvl
-- dsotm
Luminosità Crepuscolare
+1 ilvl
+5 ilvl
-- tg
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
+1 ilvl
+4 ilvl
-- sb
Potenziamento
+1 ilvl
+0 ilvl
-- empowerment
Affondo Solare
+1 ilvl
+0 ilvl
-- solar stabbing
Stella Cadente
+0 ilvl
+6 ilvl
-- fs
Luce della Stella della Sera
+0 ilvl
+2 ilvl
-- lotes
Piume Taglienti
+0 ilvl
+0 ilvl
-- bladed feathers
Tocco della Luna
+0 ilvl
+0 ilvl
-- totm
As mentioned, the differences are tiny between Crucible traits. If you're interested in the data, take a peek!
Does not include Relic traits (such as Sunfire Burns).
If you're looking for a more basic overview of our Artifact,
Falce di Elune
, please visit
this page
. Written by
Bologna
(
Armory
) in
Midwinter
Artifact path recommendation and explanation:
This
Falce di Elune
build will focus on playing to the strengths of the spec, single target damage and burst. We have strong sustained AoE damage as well.
Esposizione Solare
and
Falce delle Stelle
are the two most important common nodes for the Balance Druid Artifact, without a doubt. With that said,
Stelle Echeggianti
is not as useful as either of the other elite nodes in most situations. It works in our favor that
Potere di Goldrinn
is easily attained on our way to
Luna e Stelle
.
By the time we're ready to start going for
Stelle Echeggianti
, after
Potere di Goldrinn
and
Luna e Stelle
, we've reached the point where each additional trait starts to become a major time investment at lower Artifact Knowledge levels (less than 15). But this is no longer relevant as everyone's AK is now the same.
In 7.2, we have 5 new Artifact traits to acquire on the Balance Druid Artifact.
Radiosità del Circolo Cenariano
- Increases damage by 10% and Stamina by 10%.
Invocazione Circadiana
- Moonfire damage increases the Arcane damage you deal to the target by 1%, and Sunfire damage increases the Nature damage you deal to the target by 1%, each stacking up to 6 times.
Since these are two separate auras, these effects stack for Astral damage (Nature, Arcane) (~12% more damage).
Astral damage spells:
Cometa Arcana
,
Pioggia di Stelle
,
Luna Nuova
,
Mezza Luna
,
Luna Piena
,
Stelle Echeggianti
Invocazione Circadiana
(Arcane)
Invocazione Circadiana
(Nature)
Applied/Refreshed by direct damage and damage-over-time from respective spells.
Crescita e Declino
- Your Moonfire increases the direct damage of your Moonfire and Sunfire by 25%. Stacks up to 5 times and lasts 30sec.
Luce della Stella della Sera
- Increases the damage of Starfall by 3% per rank.
Armonia degli Spezzalegione
- Your abilities have a chance to increase your primary stat by 4000 for 10sec. (Stat increased by 300 per subsequent rank.)
Below we have posted the 6 "stages" of Artifact progression:
For ease of access, the recommend path in 7.2, assuming you have at least 35 traits, is as follows:
1.
Radiosità del Circolo Cenariano
- Best option available.
2.
Luce della Stella della Sera
- This will be 4 points.
3.
Crescita e Declino
- This trait is really poor, it's the next trait we want.
4.
Invocazione Circadiana
- Worth about 6-7% single-target target. (Less value on "burst AoE" due to ramp-up.)
5.
Falce delle Stelle
- Strongest single-target available.
6.
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
7.
Luminosità Crepuscolare
8.
Affondo Solare
9.
Lato Oscuro della Luna
10.
Potenziamento
11.
Stella Cadente
12.
Piume Taglienti
- Doesn't really matter at this point, but this is the better option.
13.
Tocco della Luna
14.
Armonia degli Spezzalegione
- Obtainable after all traits fulfilled.
Single-Target notes:
Invocazione Circadiana
- It's a flat 6% boost to all of our damage in most cases. Factoring in the extra bonuses from Astral damage, This bonus jumps to ~8% total damage. This value is higher for users with
Acchiappasogni di Smeraldo
because
Cometa Arcana
is a larger portion of our total damage output, we will see a fairly big increase in damage output. (7.5 - 8.5% damage boost)
Crescita e Declino
- Single-target is a bit more complex then Multi-Target, but its fairly straight-forward. This is a ~0.14% buff to single-target.
Assuming we refresh to keep Moonfire and Sunfire active once every 22sec, that's 15% more direct damage per cast. (takes ~45sec to reach max stacks, which is a ~50% damage modifier over the first 45sec, then 75% onwards. Our DOT damage ~20% of overall damage, and Moonfire and Sunfire direct damage makes up 10% of this value (0.2% of total damage).
Adjusting for a 6min encounter:
6min encounter: 360sec
360sec - 45sec = 315sec
315sec / 22 = 14.3
14.3 means we round up to 15. So....~30 casts.
= 36 casts total (30+6 from the first)
Adding up our cast and their modifiers:
1.5 * 6 = 9; 1.75 * 30 = 52.5; 9 + 52.5 = 61.5
61.5 / 36 = 1.708; ~71%
= 71% average buff per Moonfire or Sunfire cast
Applying damage modifier to total damage:
0.2% * 1.71
= 0.34% ( +0.14% | 0.34 - 0.20 )
Stage 1: We want to rush
Potere di Goldrinn
Stage 2: We want to get
Luna e Stelle
, but we skip
Potenziamento
The bonuses from
Luminosità Crepuscolare
and
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
are much better than Empowerment.
Stage 3: Now we pick up
Falce delle Stelle
and
Esposizione Solare
.
Stage 4: Take the long way to
Stelle Echeggianti
Stage 5: Clean up the remaining traits, taking
Potenziamento
first. Finish with
Furia di Goldrinn
Stage 6: Follow the numbers,this assumes you have 35 traits.
Artifact: Scythe of Elune
Falce di Elune
Elite Nodes
Potere di Goldrinn
All around a solid trait. Useful anytime you are casting
Cometa Arcana
often. (33% proc chance.)
Luna e Stelle
Coupled with
Incarnazione: Prescelto di Elune
, this trait will bolster your burst phases immensely. Celestial Alignment offers 3% per stack, Incarnation offers 1.5% per stack.
Stelle Echeggianti
This bonus benefits from effects that enhance
Pioggia di Stelle
.
Although not a bad trait,
Stelle Echeggianti
is pretty far out of the way of the other nodes we wish to hit.
We don't use
Pioggia di Stelle
regularly enough to merit choosing this trait over others.
Even if you spend most of your PvE time in Mythic+ dungeons, you'd be better off focusing on
Furia di Elune
and boss damage, rather than
Pioggia di Stelle
Invocazione Circadiana
New in 7.2, this is a powerful bonus for sustained damage. It is not too great for AoE damage because it requires time to stack up on the target.
https://www.wowhead.com/guides/legion/artifact-weapons#relics
Common Nodes for Relics:
Artifact traits from relics ranked from best to worst:
Falce delle Stelle
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
Luminosità Crepuscolare
Stella Cadente
Affondo Solare
Lato Oscuro della Luna
Potenziamento
The next two traits are
not damage gains
, but are still organized from best to worst:
Tocco della Luna
Piume Taglienti
Relics:
We have 1 Life relic and 2 Arcane relic slots
Arcane Relics:
Relic:
Trait:
Location:
Mandibola di Ragno di Fase
Falce delle Stelle
Assault on Violet Hold
Credenziali Personali
Tocco della Luna
Court of Stars
Tocco del Tramonto
Potenziamento
Darkheart Thicket
Cristallo del Vincolatempeste
Luminosità Crepuscolare
Eye of Azshara
Legame di Harbaron
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
Maw of Souls
Frammento di Secondo
Lato Oscuro della Luna
The Arcway
Pepita di Fagliaroccia
Falce delle Stelle
Na'zak the Fiend
Mana Cristallizzante
Falce delle Stelle
World Drop/World Quest
Fibrilla Immacolata
Affondo Solare
Enchanting
Life Relics:
Relic:
Trait:
Location:
Riflesso di Sofferenza
Falce delle Stelle
Assault on Violet Hold
Pendente con Smeraldo Spezzato
Luminosità Crepuscolare
Blackrook Hold
Nodo Corrotto
Lato Oscuro della Luna
Darkheart Thicket
Patto di Servizio Vendicativo
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
Eye of Azshara
Fardello della Vigilanza
Piume Taglienti
Halls of Valor
Presa Cedevole di Helheim
Stella Cadente
Maw of Souls
Guscio di Scheggiamorbo Tremolante
Tocco della Luna
Neltharion's Lair
Ghiandola Velenifera di Nal'tira
Affondo Solare
The Arcway
Reliquia di Un'Goro Liberata
Luminosità Crepuscolare
Flotsam
Alberello del Bosco dei Sogni
Scariche di Fuoco Solare
World Drop/World Quest
Marchio di Straszan
Affondo Solare
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