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Restoration Druid Basics In Wrath Classic
Restoration Druids still excel at single target healing and heals-over-time inClassic Wrath of the Lich King. They’ve earned a nice spot on ourWotLK PvE Healing Tier Listthanks to their efficiency, utility, and some reworks that allow them to perform AOE heals. Due to this, there’ll be more in demand for raid spots in compositions. The spec is also an absolute blast to play, too. The spec also sees some very welcome quality of life changes that makes you wonder how you ever lived without them.
This guide will focus specifically on level 80 content and abilities. It will be updated throughout theWrath of the Lich Kingexpansion as more content rolls out.
Important New And Reworked Talents And Abilities
Wild Growth- The new capstone talent for Restoration Druids. It’s a heal-over-time that can be cast on up to five players. It finally gives Resto Druids an AOE heal, and one at instant speed to boot, too.
Nourish- A powerful single target heal that is buffed by the amount of HOTs you have on that target.
Tree of Life- A rework to Tree of Life allows you to cast just about every important spell while in Tree form.
Lifebloom- It now costs more mana, but also gives you half the mana back if you let it complete its duration.
Rebirth- Now a 10-minute cooldown.
Revive- You can now resurrect out of combat. This is not a drill, people.
Talent Build For Restoration Druids In WotLK
There are two Resto Druid talent builds inWrath of the Lich King Classic. They are based on the amount of Haste rating you’re able to acquire, allowing you to lower the local cooldown to one second. This is important because you want to maximize the amount ofRejuvenationHealing Over Time effects (HOTs) that are cast on the raid.
Resto Druid Talent Tree for 735 Haste
If you’re at a max of 735 Haste, which is the likely outcome for phase one, then you’ll want to dip into the Balance tree forCelestial Focus.
Resto Druid Talent Tree for 856 Haste
As you acquire more gear, you can reach the Haste soft cap of 856 and will no longer need to dip that far down into the Balance tree.
No matter what talent build you have, your glyphs will not change.
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Restoration Druid Skill Rotation
You don’t really have a “rotation” like DPS or tanks as a healer. Instead, there’s generally a preferred heal to cast in certain situations and some setup before the encounter begins.
Important Spells/Abilities During Fights
As long as your healing targets don’t die, you’ve done your job.
Important Restoration Druid Cooldown To Use
As alluded to earlier,Nature’s Swiftnessis a great cooldown to use to pump out a quick heal when needed. Unfortunately, that’s about it when it comes to your healing cooldowns.
You’ll still haveInnervateto give people mana. This has been reworked to no longer be based off of the target’s spirit. Instead, the targeted player will regen 225% of your base mana. This opens up more people to see the full effect of Innervate.
WotLK Resto Druid Stat Priority
The most important stats for Restoration Druids inWrath of the Lich King Classicare as follows:
Best Wrath Professions For Restoration Druids
Best In Slot Gear For Restoration Druids In WotLK
The article below outlines the very best item as well as alternative choices for each equipment slot for both Pre-Raid and Phase 1 of Wrath of the Lich King.
