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Insect Swarm, a Balance Druid talent in WoW Forever

Insect Swarm is an active talent in row 4 of the Balance tree. It needs 15 points in Balance, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.

Insect Swarm

1 rank

  • 45 Mana
  • 30 yd range
  • Instant
  • Requires 15 points in Balance

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with attacks by 2% and causing 48 Nature damage over 12 sec.

Every rank of Insect Swarm

RankText
Rank 1The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with attacks by 2% and causing 48 Nature damage over 12 sec.

Where it sits in the Balance tree

Improved WrathGenesisMoonglowImproved MoonfireNature's MajestyNature's ReachImproved Entangling RootsNature's SplendorInsect SwarmVengeanceImproved StarfireOvergrowthNature's GraceEclipseMoonfuryMoonkin Form
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 3)
Row below (row 5)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Insect Swarm.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.

Position

Classic Era

Restoration, row 3, column 3

WoW Forever

Balance, row 4, column 1

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit by 2% and causing 66 Nature damage over 12 sec.

WoW Forever

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with attacks by 2% and causing 48 Nature damage over 12 sec.

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All Balance talents

  1. Improved Wrath
  2. Genesis
  3. Moonglow
  4. Improved Moonfire
  5. Nature's Majesty
  6. Nature's Reach
  7. Improved Entangling Roots
  8. Nature's Splendor
  9. Insect Swarm
  10. Vengeance
  11. Improved Starfire
  12. Overgrowth
  13. Nature's Grace
  14. Eclipse
  15. Moonfury
  16. Moonkin Form

The other Druid trees: Feral Combat and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Druid since Classic is on the changes page.

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.