Changes: Solar eclipse

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Solar Eclipse is a term that describes the use of [Starfire] to proc the balance druid talent [Eclipse]. The term refers to the buff itself, not the rotation, and is a user created term.

Associated rotation

A balance druid using a Solar eclipse rotation will generally start by casting faerie fire if it is in his specc, his two dots, and then begin to cast Starfire until it crits, which will give the druid the Eclipse effect. For the next 15 seconds, the druid's [Wrath] spell will have a significant damage boost (30%), with a 15 second downtime before Eclipse may be procced at all.

Applications

Solar Eclipse rotations are generally better to use when the druid's haste rating is below 400. It is subjective and arguable whether or not a Lunar or Solar rotation is better, but the druid should definitely not use a solar eclipse rotation if his haste rating is significantly higher than 400. Some druids will purposefully lower their haste to be able to use solar eclipse, but others are still highly in favor of lunar eclipse. In certain situations, however, a solar eclipse can still be better than a lunar eclipse, particularly on trash that will die quickly or on boss fights like Loatheb.

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 ==Associated rotation==
-A balance druid using a Solar Eclipse rotation will generally start by casting [[Moonfire]] (the use of [[Insect Swarm]] is sometimes situational) and then begin to cast Starfire until it [[critical strike|crits]], which will give the druid the Eclipse effect. For the next 15 seconds, the druid's [[Wrath]] spell will have a significant damage boost, with a 15 second downtime before Starfire may be used to proc Eclipse again.
+A balance druid using a Solar eclipse rotation will generally start by casting [[faerie fire]] if it is in his specc, his two [[damage over time|dots]], and then begin to cast Starfire until it [[critical strike|crits]], which will give the druid the Eclipse effect. For the next 15 seconds, the druid's [[Wrath]] spell will have a significant damage boost (30%), with a 15 second downtime before Eclipse may be procced at all.
 ==Applications==
+Solar Eclipse rotations are generally better to use when the druid's haste rating is below 400. It is subjective and arguable whether or not a Lunar or Solar rotation is better, but the druid should definitely not use a solar eclipse rotation if his haste rating is significantly higher than 400. Some druids will purposefully lower their haste to be able to use solar eclipse, but others are still highly in favor of [[lunar eclipse]]. In certain situations, however, a solar eclipse can still be better than a lunar eclipse, particularly on trash that will die quickly or on boss fights like [[Loatheb]].
-Solar Eclipse rotations are currently not widely supported, except in specific situations. This is mostly because of the poor interaction that Wrath has with [[Nature's Grace]]. However, after [[patch 3.1.0]], Nature's Grace will be changed in a way that allows Wrath casting without [[GCD]] clipping issues. The damage bonus to Wrath from the Eclipse talent will also be increased from 20% to 30%, making a Solar Eclipse based rotation possible and perhaps even as good as a [[Lunar Eclipse]] based rotation.
 == See also ==