Moonkin Form

Moonkin Form
	Moonkin Form; Level 21 Balance druid ability; Instant; Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing the damage of your spells by 10% and your armor by 125%, and granting protection from Polymorph effects.; ; The act of shapeshifting frees you from movement impairing effects.; Rank 2: While in Moonkin Form, single-target attacks against you have a 15% chance make your next Starfire instant.;
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	21
Rank levels	37 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Incarnation: Chosen of Elune], [Owlkin Adept]
Affects	[Lunar Strike]
Related buffs
	; Moonkin Form ; Spell damage increased by 10%.; Immune to Polymorph effects.; Armor increased by 125%. ; ; Magic ; Owlkin Frenzy ; Your next Lunar Strike is instant cast. ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

For the version granted by [Balance Affinity], see [Moonkin Form].

Moonkin Form is a level 21 Balance druid shapeshifting ability.

Improvements

[Incarnation: Chosen of Elune] (talent)
[Owlkin Adept] (PvP talent)
[Lycara's Sash] (anima power)
[Writings of Lycara] (anima power)

Removed

[Master Shapeshifter] (talent)
[Ironfeather Armor] (PvP talent)
[Bladed Feathers] (artifact trait)
[Mark of Shifting] (artifact trait)
[Enhanced Moonkin Form] (Draenor perk)
[Empowered Moonkin] (Draenor perk)

Cosmetics

[Glyph of Stars]: Replaces Moonkin Form's appearance with Astral Form, a starry version of your humanoid form. Lasts until removed.
[Incarnation: Chosen of Elune]: Adds armor to Moonkin Form for its duration.

Notes

While in this form, you can only cast Balance spells and [Remove Corruption].
Moonkin is one of only two shapeshift forms in which a druid can deal weapon damage (the other is Tree of Life Form). In feral forms, damage dealt is feral, not weapon damage.
There are a few places where change of appearance can allow you to ride mounts in Moonkin Form, such as places were you get the fel orc costume, or vehicles in Ulduar. Shifting into Moonkin Form will not change your appearance, just give you the bonuses to Armor and Crit, and it is possible to mount. Leaving such an area will not dismount you but you will gain your moonkin appearance, making you a mounted moonkin. This same trick can be done in Wetlands with the Cursed Sailors.
When in Moonkin Form the druid dances exactly like when using the [Gordok Ogre Suit] and the [Carved Ogre Idol].
Players have given the Moonkin Form many nicknames. These are normally short and end with -kin; some of them are: Boomkin or Boomie, a moonkin druid with a high damage output; Oomkin, a moonkin with poor mana regen; Doomkin, a good PvP moonkin (rarely used); noob/newbkin, a bad/inexperienced moonkin druid; and Panzerkin, a tanking moonkin. Sometimes these nicknames are used to describe a particular druid, but most of the time players use them as a general term. Many moonkin druids find some of these nicknames insulting.

Gallery

A night elf and a tauren in Moonkin Form.
Tauren Moonkin Form, also used for Highmountain tauren prior to patch 8.1.0.
Night elf Moonkin Form.
Worgen Moonkin Form.
Troll Moonkin Form.
Zandalari troll Moonkin Form.
Kul Tiran Moonkin Form.
Moonkin Form as it appears as a Astral Form with Glyph of Stars.
Horde Moonkin Plushie

[Incarnation: Chosen of Elune] gives armor to the appearance of the moonkin form.

TCG

Cerwyn, a night elf druid.
Skymistress Taranna, a tauren druid (although she looks like a night elf moonkin).

Patches and hotfixes

Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Highmountain tauren Moonkin Form now has moose antlers.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
- Now learned at level 20 (was 18).
- Owlkin Frenzy will now only affect [Lunar Strike] (and not [Solar Wrath] or [Stellar Flare]).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now causes single-target attacks against the druid to have a 15% chance make their next damaging spell instant. Armor bonus increased to 200% (up from 100%), but no longer increases Mastery.
Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): No longer removed upon interacting with the flight master.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now grants increased Mastery instead of 5% to Spell Haste.
Hotfix (2014-01-08): Moonkin Form now increases the Druid's armor by 100% (up from 60%).
Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now increases the Druid's armor by 60%, but no longer reduces all damage taken by 15%.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned. Additionally, druids can now ride mounts while in Moonkin Form.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now reduces all damage taken by 15%, instead of increasing armor.
Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This form now also reduces the damage the druid takes while stunned by 15%.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Mana cost reduced.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): [Abolish Poison] can now be used in Moonkin Form.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14):
- No longer increases attack power.
- [Elune's Touch] replaced with a new proc: Critical strikes with single-target spells have a chance to restore 2% of the druid's total mana.
Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): [Remove Curse] can now be used in Moonkin Form.
Patch 2.0.10 (2007-03-06): The armor bonus from "Moonkin Form" has been increased from 360% to 400% (to match [Dire Bear Form]).
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05):
- Now increases the druid's attack power by 150% of their level.
- While in Moonkin Form, the druid's melee attacks have a chance to trigger Elune's Touch, which regenerates mana based on attack power.
Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Added.

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