Improved Barkskin

In the Balance Druid talent tree, Improved Barkskin sits in the Druid class talents, row 5 of 13. It is a single-point node.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Improved Barkskin from Ursoc's Spirit, Verdant Heart and Remove Corruption.

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  Ursoc's Spirit

  Stamina increased by 4%. Stamina in Bear Form is increased by an additional 5%.

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  Verdant Heart

  Frenzied Regeneration and Barkskin increase all healing received by 20%.

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  Remove Corruption

  Nullifies corrupting effects on the friendly target, removing all Curse and Poison effects.

Connected below

Improved Barkskin leads on to Thick Hide, Light of the Sun and Natural Recovery.

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  Thick Hide

  Reduces all damage taken by 4%.

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  Light of the Sun

  Reduces the remaining cooldown on Solar Beam by 15 sec when it interrupts the primary target.

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  Natural Recovery

  Healing you receive is increased by 4%.

Same row

Also on this row: Maim, Ironfur, Hibernate, Nurturing Instinct and Sunfire.

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  Maim

  Finishing move that causes Physical damage and stuns the target. Damage and duration increased per combo point: 1 point : damage, 1 sec 2 points: damage, 2 sec 3 points: damage, 3 sec 4 points: damage, 4 sec 5 points: damage, 5 sec

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  Ironfur

  Increases armor for 7 sec. Multiple uses of this ability may overlap.

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  Hibernate

  Forces the enemy target to sleep for up to 40 sec. Any damage will awaken the target. Only one target can be forced to hibernate at a time. Only works on Beasts and Dragonkin.

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  Nurturing Instinct2 ranks

  Magical damage and healing increased by 6%.

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  Sunfire

  A quick beam of solar light burns the enemy and all enemies for (21.2% of Spell Power) Nature damage and then an additional (165.6% of Spell Power) Nature damage over 18 sec. Generates Astral Power.