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Waking Nightmare

Waking Nightmare1 point

Awaken memories of past conflicts, causing a Dread Shade to take form nearby. While active, shades slowly travel toward your target, dealing (70% of Attack Power) Nature damage to nearby enemies and mirroring your Thrash casts.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassDruid
Specializations4
Tree sectionGuardian specialization talents
Row12 of 14
Opens at20 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Guardian Druid talent tree, Waking Nightmare sits in the Guardian specialization talents, row 12 of 14. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Guardian Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Waking Nightmare from Elune's Favored and Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc or Convoke the Spirits.

  • Elune's Favored

    While in Bear Form, you are healed for 18% of all Arcane damage done.

  • Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc

    An improved Bear Form that grants the benefits of Berserk, causes Mangle to hit up to 3 targets, increases Arcane damage by 10%, and increases maximum health by 30%. Grants immunity to effects that cause loss of control of your character. Lasts 30 sec. You may freely shapeshift in and out of this improved Bear Form for its duration.

  • Convoke the Spirits

    Call upon the spirits for an eruption of energy, channeling a rapid flurry of 16 Druid spells and abilities over 4 sec. Chance to use an exceptional spell or ability is increased.

Same row

Also on this row: Killing Blow, Ursoc's Guidance and Galactic Guardian.

  • Killing Blow

    Maul and Raze may consume up to 20 more Rage to deal up to 70% additional damage.

  • Ursoc's Guidance

    : Every 25 Rage you spend reduces the cooldown of Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc by 1 sec. : Convoke the Spirits' cooldown is reduced by 50% and its duration and number of spells cast is reduced by 25%. Convoke the Spirits has an increased chance to use an exceptional spell or ability.

  • Galactic Guardian

    Your damage has a 5% chance to trigger a free automatic Moonfire on that target. : When this occurs, the next Moonfire you cast generates 8 Rage, and deals 300% increased direct damage. : When this occurs, you gain 1 charges of Lunar Wrath. Each 20 Rage you spend while Red Moon is active consumes a stack to deal (100% of Spell Power) additional Arcane damage to its target and heal you for (130% of Spell Power).

Talent trees

Waking Nightmare is in the talent tree of 4 specializations. Druid: Balance (DPS), Feral (DPS), Guardian (Tank), Restoration (Healer).

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Waking Nightmare Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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