Resto, 31 Points

1. Blessing of the Grove – Rank 1/2 – Increases the healing done by your Rejuvenation by 2% and the direct damage of your Moonfire by 3%.
2. Natural Shapeshifter – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the mana cost of all shapeshifting by 20% and increases the duration of Tree of Life Form by 6 sec.
3. Naturalist – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch and Nourish spells by 0.50 sec.
4. Heart of the Wild – Rank 3/3 – Increases your Intellect by 6%. In addition, while in Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 6% and while in Cat Form your attack power is increased by 10%.
5. Perseverance – Rank 3/3 – Reduces all spell damage taken by 6%.
6. Master Shapeshifter – Rank 1/1 – Grants an effect which lasts while the Druid is within the respective shapeshift form.
   • Bear Form – Increases physical damage by 4%.
   • Cat Form – Increases critical strike chance by 4%.
   • Moonkin Form – Increases spell damage by 4%.
   • Tree of Life/Caster Form – Increases healing by 4%.
7. Improved Rejuvenation – Rank 3/3 – Increases the effect of your Rejuvenation and Swiftmend spells by 15%.
8. Revitalize – Rank 2/2 – When you periodically heal with your Rejuvenation or Lifebloom spells, you have a 20% chance to instantly regenerate 2% of your total mana. This effect cannot occur more than once every 12 sec.
   • In addition, you also grant Replenishment when you cast or refresh Lifebloom.
   • Replenishment – Grants up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 1% of their maximum mana per 10 sec. Lasts for 15 sec.
9. Nature’s Swiftness – Rank 1/1 – When activated, your next Nature spell with a base casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell. If that spell is a healing spell, the amount healed will be increased by 50%.
10. Empowered Touch – Rank 2/2 – Increases the direct healing done by your Healing Touch, Regrowth and Nourish spells by 10%, and grants those spells a 100% chance to refresh the duration of your Lifebloom on targets.
11. Malfurion’s Gift – Rank 2/2 – Whenever you heal with your Lifebloom spell, you have a 4% chance to cause Omen of Clarity. In addition, the cooldown of your Tranquility is reduced by 5 minutes.
12. Efflorescence – Rank 3/3 – Your Swiftmend spell causes healing flora to sprout beneath the target, restoring health equal to 12% of the amount healed by your Swiftmend to the three most injured targets within 8 yards, every 1 sec for 7 sec.
13. Wild Growth - Rank 1/1 – Heals up to 5 friendly party or raid members within 30 yards of the target for 2975 over 7 sec. Prioritizes healing most injured party members. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as the Wild Growth reaches its full duration.
14. Gift of the Earthmother – Rank 3/3 – Increases the healing done when your Lifebloom expires by 15%, and causes your Rejuvenation spell to also instantly heal for 15% of the total periodic effect.
15. Swift Rejuvenation – Rank 1/1 – Reduces the global cooldown of your Rejuvenation by 0.5 sec.
16. Tree of Life – Rank 1/1 – Shapeshift into the tree of life, increasing healing done by 15% and increasing your armor by 120%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects. In addition, some of your spells are temporarily enhanced while shapeshifted. Lasts 25 sec.
    • Enhanced spells: Lifebloom, Wild Growth, Regrowth, Entangling Roots, Wrath

Balance, 10 Points

1. Nature’s Grace – Rank 3/3 – You gain 15% spell haste after you cast Moonfire, Regrowth, or Insect Swarm, lasting 15 sec. This effect has a 1 minute cooldown. When you gain Lunar or Solar Eclipse, the cooldown of Nature’s Grace is instantly reset.
2. Nature’s Majesty – Rank 2/2 – Increases the critical strike chance with spells by 4%.
3. Genesis – Rank 2/3 – Increases the healing done by your periodic spells and by Swiftmend by 4%, and increases the duration of your Moonfire and Insect Swarm by 4 sec.
4. Moonglow – Rank 3/3 – Reduces the mana cost of your damage and healing spells by 9%.

Glyphs

Glyphs come in three varieties, Prime, Major and Minor. Prime glyphs enhance core aspects of your class and generally provide the greatest benefit of the three types. Major Glyphs, while not quite as powerful as Prime Glyphs, are still useful and continue to provide a myriad of benefits. Minor Glyphs often times provide small quality of life improvements or visual changes.

Glyphs are learned permanently so it’s perfectly reasonable to learn them all and swap them in an out depending on the situation. You will need some supplies from your Inscription Supplies Vendor to make those swaps.

• Vanishing Powder up to level 80.
• Dust of Disappearance for 81 to 85
• Tome fo the Clear Mind for 86-90

Prime:

Major:

Minor:

Mists of Pandaria note: Prime glyphs are going away, you will have only Major and Minor glyphs, six total glyphs at level 90.

Talents will be completely overhauled, as well. See our Druid page and scroll down for an early concept video of the new talents. Also, many of the Cata talents will be rolled into the abilities list and some of these will be unique to each spec.

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Resto Raid Build 1:

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Restoration Talents

1. Natural Shapeshifter – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the mana cost of all shapeshifting by 20% and increases the duration of Tree of Life Form by 6 sec.
2. Naturalist – Rank 2/2 – Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch and Nourish spells by 0.50 sec.
3. Heart of the Wild – Rank 3/3 – Increases your Intellect by 6%. In addition, while in Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 6% and while in Cat Form your attack power is increased by 10%.
4. Master Shapeshifter – Rank 1/1 – Grants an effect which lasts while the Druid is within the respective shapeshift form.
   • Bear Form – Increases physical damage by 4%.
   • Cat Form – Increases critical strike chance by 4%.
   • Moonkin Form – Increases spell damage by 4%.
   • Tree of Life/Caster Form – Increases healing by 4%.
5. Improved Rejuvenation – Rank 3/3 – Increases the effect of your Rejuvenation and Swiftmend spells by 15%.
6. Living Seed – Rank 3/3 – When you critically heal a target with Swiftmend, Regrowth, Nourish or Healing Touch spell you plant a Living Seed on the target for 30% of the amount healed. The Living Seed will bloom when the target is next attacked. Lasts 15 sec.
7. Revitalize – Rank 2/2 – When you periodically heal with your Rejuvenation or Lifebloom spells, you have a 20% chance to instantly regenerate 2% of your total mana. This effect cannot occur more than once every 12 sec.
   In addition, you also grant Replenishment when you cast or refresh Lifebloom.
• Replenishment – Grants up to 10 party or raid members mana regeneration equal to 1% of their maximum mana per 10 sec. Lasts for 15 sec.
8. Nature’s Swiftness – Rank 1/1 – When activated, your next Nature spell with a base casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell. If that spell is a healing spell, the amount healed will be increased by 50%.
9. Empowered Touch – Rank 2/2 – Increases the direct healing done by your Healing Touch, Regrowth and Nourish spells by 10%, and grants those spells a 100% chance to refresh the duration of your Lifebloom on targets.
10. Malfurion’s Gift – Rank 2/2 – Whenever you heal with your Lifebloom spell, you have a 4% chance to cause Omen of Clarity.
    In addition, the cooldown of your Tranquility is reduced by 5 minutes.
11. Efflorescence – Rank 3/3 – Your Swiftmend spell causes healing flora to sprout beneath the target, restoring health equal to 12% of the amount healed by your Swiftmend to the three most injured targets within 8 yards, every 1 sec for 7 sec.
12. Wild Growth – Rank 1/1 – Heals up to 5 friendly party or raid members within 30 yards of the target for 2975 over 7 sec. Prioritizes healing most injured party members. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as the Wild Growth reaches its full duration.
13. Nature’s Cure – Rank 1/1 – Empowers your Remove Corruption spell to also remove a magic effect from a friendly target.
14. Gift of the Earthmother – Rank 3/3 – Increases the healing done when your Lifebloom expires by 15%, and causes your Rejuvenation spell to also instantly heal for 15% of the total periodic effect.
15. Swift Rejuvenation – Rank 1/1 – Reduces the global cooldown of your Rejuvenation by 0.5 sec.
16. Tree of Life – Rank 1/1 – Shapeshift into the tree of life, increasing healing done by 15% and increasing your armor by 120%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects. In addition, some of your spells are temporarily enhanced while shapeshifted. Lasts 25 sec.
    • Enhanced spells: Lifebloom, Wild Growth, Regrowth, Entangling Roots, Wrath

Balance (8 Points)

1. Nature’s Grace – Rank 3/3 – You gain 15% spell haste after you cast Moonfire, Regrowth, or Insect Swarm, lasting 15 sec. This effect has a 1 minute cooldown. When you gain Lunar or Solar Eclipse, the cooldown of Nature’s Grace is instantly reset.
2. Nature’s Majesty – Rank 2/2 – Increases the critical strike chance with spells by 4%.
3. Moonglow – Rank 3/3 – Reduces the mana cost of your damage and healing spells by 9%.

Feral Combat (2 Points)

1. Furor – Rank 2/3 – Grants you a 66% chance to gain 10 Rage when you shapeshift into Bear Form, allows you to keep up to 66 of your Energy when you shapeshift into Cat Form, and increases your maximum mana by 10%.

Glyphs

Glyphs are learned permanently so it’s perfectly reasonable to learn them all and swap them in an out depending on the situation. You will need some supplies from your Inscription Supplies Vendor to make those swaps.

• Vanishing Powder up to level 80.
• Dust of Disappearance for 81 to 85
• Tome fo the Clear Mind for 86-90

Note: These are the same glyphs as the above Resto build.

Prime:

Major:

Minor:

Mists of Pandaria note: Prime glyphs are going away, you will have only Major and Minor glyphs, six total glyphs at level 90.

Resto Raiding Guide

Druids are perhaps the most versatile class when it comes to raiding, capable of doing just about anything and they are sometimes called on to do a little bit of everything. After all, with the exception of the Paladin, they are the only class in the game than can fulfill all three roles of healing, tanking and DPS at the same time.

Therefore, it is imperative that you get yourself a good Druid PvE guide to assist you in mastering all these aspects of your character. This is especially the case if you have just reached level 85 on your Druid and want to start running instances with your character.

You will need to have a good idea of what to expect, as well what others expect of you in a PvE environment.

To start with, a good Druid PvE guide should tell you how to heal properly. A good Restoration spec Druid can stand toe to toe with the best healers in the game. Excellent raid healers, your vast array of different spells and HoT’s make you a highly effective healer especially during those boss encounters that require a lot of movement and coordination. Your Innervate and Battle Rez abilities also make you a great asset to any healer team.

If the guide you seek can assist you in all these things and ensure that you know what specs, gear, enchants, glyphs and consumables to aim for, you will be able to perform extremely well as a Resto (or any) Druid.

Resto Raid Build 2:

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