Restoration Druid Healing Guide - The War Within 11.1

Welcome to the Restoration Druid Guide! If you’re looking to play a healing role in World of Warcraft, Restoration Druids are exceptional at providing sustained healing to a few targets in a raid, while also having powerful burst healing capabilities. In this guide, we’ll equip you with all the essential information you need to master the art of healing as a Restoration Druid.

Restoration Druid Overview

Restoration Druids specialize in maintaining a steady stream of healing on a few targets in the raid and offer strong bursts of healing after using cooldowns. Restoration Druids also do well when healing a small number of targets for a prolonged period (such as players with debuffs).

Restoration Druids generally suffer when they have to react to damage for which they were not prepared and when they did not have the time to set up their HoTs. Tranquility, Incarnation: Tree of Life, and Flourish offer decent burst healing when needed.

Restoration Druid Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• Good burst healing on short cooldown in raids.
• Good healing on the move.
• Good active damage output both in raids and Mythic+.
• Good survivability.
• Good constant healing in Mythic+.

Weaknesses

• Need to do damage to not go OOM.
• Low healing outside of cooldowns in raid.
• No raid wide damage reduction.
• Mediocre passive damage output.
• Very few healing cooldowns for Mythic+.

Improving as a Restoration Druid

If you find your performance lacking and are trying to figure out what you are doing wrong, you can check out the pages below that will help you improve.

Restoration Druid Changes in Patch 11.1

This patch brings many changes to the class tree. While we won't cover all of them here, below are the most important updates affecting gameplay:

• Symbiotic Relationship: Places a buff on an ally. Your self-healing heals your bonded ally for 10% of the amount healed, while healing your bonded ally also heals you for 8%. Provides strong self-sustain.
• Fluid Form now works with Skull Bash, allowing you to interrupt without using a GCD.
• Ursoc's Spirit grants 4% Stamina at all times and an additional 5% in Bear Form.
• Improved Rejuvenation has been renamed Lingering Healing and now also increases Regrowth duration on yourself by 3 seconds.
• Rejuvenation and Wild Growth healing increased by 5%. This is a net-neutral change due to the removal of this bonus from the class tree.
• Improved Nature's Cure is now learned at level 10, saving one talent point.
• Mastery: Harmony reworked. Base value increased but effectiveness reduces with each additional HoT. This is a buff at 4 HoTs or fewer and a nerf at 5 or more, making Mastery a stronger stat.
• Tranquility cast time reduced to 5 seconds (was 8 seconds), with healing unchanged.
•  Flourish now provides an initial heal when cast. Small but noticeable, especially in Mythic+.
• Nature's Swiftness now triples the healing of Regrowth instead of doubling it.
• Many class tree talents now focus on either spell damage or physical damage, requiring a choice between the two. This provides a solid damage buff in all content while simplifying gameplay slightly.

Overall, these changes bring buffs to both survivability and healing output in raids and Mythic+.

Restoration Druid Leveling Guide for The War Within

Gear Options

The best gearing while levelling is quick and easy upgrades with the highest item level possible, stats are not relevant, and the gear will be swiftly replaced as you go through the levels, so try not to go too out of your way for a single piece of equipment while levelling. Try to avoid Mastery on gear since it does not provide any damage benefit.

Rotation to Level Up as a Restoration Druid

1. Convoke the Spirits: A great spell to quickly damage an enemy and heal your group.
2. Moonfire: A powerful damage-over-time spell that should be used against any enemy you are fighting.
3. Sunfire: Similar to Moonfire, it deals damage to a target and applies a damage-over-time effect to all enemies within 8 yards at level 32.
4. Ferocious Bite: Deals damage based on the number of combo points spent. Additional damage is applied for each Energy point used beyond 25, up to an extra 25.
5. Use Rip instead of Ferocious Bite if you expect the enemy to live long enough for the DoT to deal its full damage.
6. You gain your first talent point—spend it on Rake. Use Rake and Moonfire to apply DoTs to multiple enemies.
7. Cat Form: Increases movement speed by 30% and unlocks Shred, a single-target attack that awards 1 Combo Point.

Restoration Druid War Mode Talents for Leveling

In this section, we will highlight the most useful War Mode PvP talents to speed up your leveling process. Unfortunately, none of the others provide anything useful in terms of damage output.

• Thorns: Provides incredible damage against any enemies that hit you in melee.
• Tireless Pursuit: Slightly increases your movement speed while leveling.
• Deep Roots: Can be paired with Mass Entanglement to pull a lot of mobs and apply DoTs to all of them.
• Forest Guardian: A useful healing bonus if you are leveling in a group.

Restoration Druid Healing Spec, Builds, and Talents

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Raid Healing

Keeper of the Grove Dungeon Healing

Wildstalker Dungeon Healing

PvP Talents (War Mode)

Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• 10-30% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10-30% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With these benefits, War Mode is recommended for leveling and PvE content to maximize experience gain and rewards. However, enabling it also makes you vulnerable to open-world PvP encounters.

Restoration Druid PvP Talents

• Thorns: A solid choice that increases damage. Usable in any form and deals significant damage to enemies in big pulls.
• Disentanglement, Entangling Bark, Deep Roots, Focused Growth, and Early Spring: These have limited impact on PvE content in terms of increasing damage or small-group healing.

Best Hero Talents for Restoration Druid in The War Within

Raiding Hero Talents for Restoration Druid

Keeper of the Grove

Keeper of the Grove is the strongest Hero Talent for all raid scenarios. It offers the most consistent healing, passive damage, and significantly better burst healing. Additionally, it provides superior defensive nodes.

Wildstalker

Wildstalker performs poorly in raids. The extra HoTs only affect a few players, do not significantly enhance healing ramps, and require shifting into Cat Form. This tree lacks any advantages over Keeper of the Grove. Additionally, its HoT does not currently get extended by Flourish due to a known bug.

Mythic+ Hero Talents for Restoration Druid

Keeper of the Grove

Keeper of the Grove is not optimal for dungeon healing. It deals less active damage but provides a stronger defensive option through Protective Growth. It is also less reliant on Cat Form for damage. However, its healing potential lags behind Wildstalker and is harder to execute effectively.

Wildstalker

Wildstalker is the better choice for both damage and healing in Mythic+. It offers steady, on-demand healing through Implant and Vigorous Creepers. It also synergizes well with Convoke the Spirits, as each Swiftmend cast by Convoke applies Vigorous Creepers (if Implant is selected). While this tree relies on Cat Form for damage, players focusing purely on healing can ignore the damage aspect.

Restoration Druid Healing Stat Priority

The Basics of Stats for Restoration Druid

The stat priority for a Restoration Druid depends on whether you are healing in raids or dungeons.

Stat values change based on your gear, content, and spell choices. There are no universal stat weights, as they shift with every gear swap.

Generally, item-level upgrades are beneficial. Sockets are usually worth around 10-15 item levels, Leech on the first 2-3 pieces is worth 5-10 item levels, and Avoidance is worth about 5 item levels.

Diminishing Returns of Secondary Stats

All secondary stats (Critical Strike, Haste, Mastery, Versatility) have diminishing returns. After reaching specific values, further rating acquisitions suffer penalties. However, buffs like Heroism, Bloodlust, Power Infusion, and Lycara's Teachings are unaffected. Restoration Druids must pay attention to rating-based breakpoints:

• Haste: 10% after 19,800, 20% after 26,400, 30% after 33,000.
• Crit and Mastery: 10% after 21,000, 20% after 28,000.
• Versatility: 10% after 23,400, 20% after 31,200.

Raid Healing

There are no precise stat weights, but exceeding the second diminishing breakpoint is discouraged. The general priority is:

1. Intellect
2. Haste
3. Mastery
4. Versatility
5. Critical Strike

For consumables and enchants, refer to the Gems, Enchants, and Consumables page.

Dungeon Healing

Dungeon gearing is more complex due to its impact on damage, crowd control, and spell timing. The rough priority is:

1. Intellect
2. Mastery = Haste
3. Versatility
4. Critical Strike

At higher levels, Druids prioritize damage and minimize Mastery:

1. Intellect
2. Haste
3. Versatility
4. Critical Strike
5. Mastery

For more details on Mythic+ gearing, visit the dedicated Mythic+ page.

Getting a Better Understanding of Restoration Druid Stats

• Intellect: Your primary stat, increasing Spell Power and the strength of heals.
• Haste: Reduces cast times, increases HoT healing, and shortens the global cooldown.
• Mastery (Mastery: Harmony): Increases healing on targets affected by HoTs, with its effectiveness based on your Mastery level.
• Critical Strike: Increases the chance to land critical heals, which deal double healing by default.
• Versatility: Boosts all damage and healing while reducing incoming damage.

Restoration Druid Healing Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities

Welcome to our Rotation for Restoration Druids. Here, you will find everything you need to know about playing the spec in Raiding and Mythic+ scenarios.

Your exact healing playstyle as a Restoration Druid depends on the targets you need to heal, which is usually tied to the environment—whether in raids or dungeons.

Raid Healing

This rotation focuses on playing Keeper of the Grove, which is significantly stronger than Wildstalker.

Normal healing rotation

1. Keep Efflorescence under a group of players, usually melee.
2. Keep Lifebloom on a tank or a player taking heavy damage.
3. Use Innervate during low to moderate damage moments and try to fit both Efflorescence, Swiftmend, and Wild Growth in the duration.
4. Use Swiftmend and follow it with Wild Growth. Never use one without the other.
5. Keep Rejuvenation on an active tank and any players with debuffs. Be sure to cast fewer Rejuvenations to keep your Mana for Flourish windows.
6. Start casting Rejuvenations about 15-20 seconds before you plan on using Flourish.
7. Fill your free global cooldowns with Wrath. You should be specced into Master Shapeshifter, so this is a good way to regenerate some Mana.

Grove Guardians were intentionally omitted in this section. It is usually very hard to fit more than 1 between Flourish ramps, so you should avoid doing that. It is crucial to save 3 charges for the Flourish burst.

Be careful with casting both Moonfire and  Sunfire since they cost a lot of Mana, especially  Sunfire.

Doing damage in Cat Form can put you in difficult situations or even outright wipe the raid when used without full knowledge of the fight. You are still considered a ranged and a healer in any shapeshift form. Therefore, you will be targeted by all mechanics that do not specifically target players based on distance.

Ramp and burst rotation

In this section, we will explain how to prepare for raid damage and execute the cast sequence properly.

1. Make sure you have Incarnation: Tree of Life ready for later in this sequence.
2. Make sure you have at least 2 stacks of Grove Guardians when you start ramping. Your goal is to have 3 for the end of it.
3. Start by casting a lot of Rejuvenation to prepare for the damage event.
4. If you have Incarnation: Tree of Life ready, use it ~10 seconds before the damage event.
5. Refresh Efflorescence at some point in your ramp.
6. Refresh Lifebloom. Press Swiftmend.
7. Cast Wild Growth. Make sure it hits 6 players.
8. Press one Grove Guardians before Wild Growth and one after.
9. If you are specced into Convoke the Spirits, use it right after Wild Growth and before Flourish.
10. Flourish ideally right after Wild Growth. Make sure this all is timed around damage hitting the raid.
11. Cast your last Grove Guardians.
12. Then cast 2-3 Regrowths.
13. If you are specced into Prosperity, cast Swiftmend again and use it on Wild Growth or Rejuvenation.
14. Continue casting Regrowth. Use Nature's Swiftness if you have to move.

A few notes on why some things are cast here in the way they are:

• We use Incarnation: Tree of Life before the damage because we want to spawn an extra treant around the time we use Flourish. It also reduces the Mana cost of Rejuvenation as an extra bonus.
• Refreshing Efflorescence and Lifebloom is done before the ramp ends because we really want to cast only Regrowth after Flourish.
• We want to split Grove Guardians usage a bit because while they are off GCD, they still have a 1-second cooldown. So, we do this to avoid wasting precious cast time. It is really important to weave them between other spell casts instead of trying to cast all 3 in a row.
• After Flourish, we are casting Regrowths because we should have a lot of Abundance stacks; we just gained Dream Surge stacks from our Grove Guardians usage. We stop to cast one Swiftmend to refresh Cenarius' Might Haste buff.
• There is an option to cast both Wild Growth and Rejuvenation under Soul of the Forest buff inside your ramp. This only applies here because Thriving Vegetation will do a lot more healing when you are under Flourish effect. It will actually do a very good chunk of spot healing and then apply a very strong Rejuvenation.
• If you are using Convoke the Spirits, you will cast it right after Soul of the Forest empowered Wild Growth. Otherwise, the ramp will remain exactly the same.

Dungeon Healing

When healing in a dungeon, it is important to remember that Restoration Druids have a lot of powerful tools to contribute to damage and crowd control besides keeping the group alive. Since the group is smaller than a typical raid, you will be able to produce a much more significant portion of DPS, which is essential in timed Mythic+ content.

A Restoration Druid's priority should be keeping the group alive. That does not necessarily mean keeping everyone at 100% Health or aiming to do so at all times possible. On some packs and affixes, you can afford to heal your group between the pulls or let the HoTs tick fully without resorting to single-target healing spam. Judging the damage intake of the group is the most important aspect of your success as a healer in dungeons.

During light to medium damage, you should aim to keep Lifebloom up. Try to heal low damage using Soul of the Forest-powered Wild Growth or Regrowth, and Efflorescence. Spend the rest of the time doing damage. Managing to cast fewer Rejuvenation and unempowered Regrowth without letting anyone die will be your biggest DPS increase.

You should almost never keep Lifebloom on yourself because the bloom portion of Photosynthesis is stronger than the tick rate on HoTs. Place it on some DPS player, preferably ranged. The only exception would be if you are the only one taking damage. This is especially true if you are playing Wildstalker with Harmonious Constitution. It will always be more efficient to heal others with Lifebloom and yourself with Regrowth when running this talent.

Grove Guardians add quite a lot of throughput, and they are off the global cooldown. You can also cast them out of any form. You can save multiple charges for heavy damage (even sitting on 3 charges for a time), or you can use them during low or medium damage to facilitate your damage contribution. The spell is really flexible but can take a few runs to get used to.

During very heavy damage, you should aim to keep up as many Rejuvenations as possible, always consume the Regrowth HoT to proc Soul of the Forest. Efflorescence is a good spell to cast if you can ensure even 2 players will be healed by it. Placing it before the pull is the preferred strategy. Ironbark anyone who might be in danger liberally, as its cooldown is too short to sit on. Tranquility can be used as a strong cooldown when needed.

Cooldown Usage for Restoration Druids

As a Restoration Druid, you have a few healing cooldowns by default. Additionally, you can gain others depending on your talent choices. Your non-talent cooldowns should be used as follows:

• Tranquility should be used during heavy raid damage or when you are assigned to use it by your raid leader. It is recommended not to stack it with anything else. Casting Wild Growth before Tranquility is recommended to increase the benefits from Mastery.
• Innervate should be used as many times during the fight as possible. Refresh Efflorescence, cast Swiftmend with Wild Growth, and spam Rejuvenation during Innervate. Try to fit an Innervate before Tranquility.
• Ironbark should be used to reduce the damage a tank is taking during critical moments (such as when special boss abilities are about to be cast). In the absence of such situations, you should just use it on players who are taking damage. You may be assigned to use this at a specific time as part of a rotation with other healers and the tanks' cooldowns.
• Nature's Swiftness should be used with Regrowth. You can make a macro to use them together since Nature's Swiftness does not trigger a GCD. Use it as soon as someone drops low, and you think they will not live for a Regrowth cast to finish. Feel free to pop it often because the cooldown is relatively short.
• Flourish should be used as close to on cooldown as possible. Make sure each Flourish extends Wild Growth, as many Rejuvenation HoTs as possible.
• Incarnation: Tree of Life is a very powerful cooldown. You should aim to use it to cover entire damage events. If those are too short, it is preferred to use Tree of Life a little before damage occurs to pre-HoT for less Mana. Tree of Life dramatically increases the efficiency of both Rejuvenation and Wild Growth. You should plan your Mana in a way that would allow you to cast during it continuously, even at the cost of significantly reduced output outside of Incarnation.

Convoke the Spirits Usage in Raids

In general, Convoke the Spirits is an easier talent to use in raids compared to Incarnation: Tree of Life. The healing will be roughly equal, but planning will not need to be as precise.

It is generally not recommended to play Reforestation when you are planning to use cooldowns in close to 1-minute intervals, because it will lock you into always casting Swiftmend on cooldown. Also, if you mistime that part, you will be losing quite a lot of healing.

Now, assuming you are specced into Reforestation, the idea behind optimal Convoke usage with it is to pop it during Reforestation proc. To achieve that, you should be already at 3 stacks of Reforestation and have Swiftmend off cooldown. Cast Swiftmend. Since you were on 3 stacks already, the fourth Swiftmend cast procs Incarnation: Tree of Life. Follow it with a Wild Growth cast. Use Convoke the Spirits straight after.

Mana Management

Mana management is the most important aspect of playing a Restoration Druid. How you allocate it in a fight determines how well you will perform. Going out of Mana too early or not using your entire pool during a boss fight are the most common misplays.

In cases where you are unfamiliar with a fight or healing team, you can start by matching your Mana bar percentage to the boss's Health percentage. Make adjustments in later pulls.

One of the most important ways to moderate your Mana: spec into Master Shapeshifter and cast Wrath during low damage. Make sure you do not miss pre-HoT timers for the next damage event.

You are supposed to utilize available cooldowns to their full potential. Good Flourish bursts, getting off Tranquility as often as possible, and keeping high uptime on Efflorescence and Lifebloom are going to be the most defining elements of your raid throughput. These points lead to encounter knowledge, and familiarity with mechanics and timings will yield the most significant returns. Even experienced players take quite a few pulls to familiarize themselves with each boss fight.

Learn to control Mana usage in maintenance mode. Low-cost spells do not necessarily imply a good Mana investment. For example, it is almost always better not to cast a few Rejuvenations during soft damage but instead cast one Wild Growth because it will do more healing per Mana or even let other healers handle the damage. Since Druids are not able to afford constant Rejuvenation spam, you have to resort to either not casting anything or doing damage using low Mana cost Wrath.

Restoration Druid Healing Gems and Consumables

Best Gems for Restoration Druids

You will be able to use one Blasphemite gem. Its main purpose is to provide Intellect, with the secondary effects being less important. The three possible options are Culminating (Critical effect), Elusive (Movement Speed), and Insightful (maximum Mana). Since Critical effect only provides half the benefit for heals, and maximum Mana is not useful due to the lack of Mana scaling, we recommend using Elusive Blasphemite.

For the other gems, aim to maximize the movement speed effect without sacrificing too much. Since Crit is not beneficial for either Mythic+ or raiding, you should only use 3 different types of gems: Masterful Emerald, Quick Onyx, and Quick Sapphire. After acquiring these 3 and Blasphemite, you can continue using Masterful Emerald.

Best Flasks and Potions for Restoration Druids

Flask of Tempered Swiftness should be used for raids along with Algari Mana Potion as your potion of choice.

For Healing Potions, you will mainly use Algari Healing Potion. Also, do not forget Healthstones for emergency healing.

Best Food for Restoration Druids

Use a personal food Beledar's Bounty. This is your best food as it provides more Haste. You can opt for a large feast, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, if it is provided for free and you want to save money.

Other Consumables for Restoration Druids

Make sure you apply Algari Mana Oil to your weapon.

Crystallized Augment Rune is the only other consumable worth mentioning. Use it whenever possible for extra stats.

Best Enchants for Restoration Druid

Slot	Enchantment
Necklace	Magnificent Jeweler's Setting (adds up to 2 sockets to a Ring or Neck)
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Authority of Fiery Resolve
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Stormrider's Fury
Chest	Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers	Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Leech
Legs	Stormbound Armor Kit
Boots	Enchant Boots - Defender's March
Rings	Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Cloak	Enchant Cloak - Chant of Leeching Fangs

Restoration Druid Healing Gear and Best in Slot

This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

BiS Gear for Restoration Druid

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg	Dungeon Great Vault
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Electrician's Siphoning Filter	Dungeon Great Vault
Chest	Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained	Dungeon Great Vault
Bracers	Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs	Dungeon Great Vault
Gloves	Grips of Reclaiming Blight	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Rune-Branded Waistband with Writhing Armor Banding	Crafted — Leatherworking
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Dungeon Great Vault
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mister Pick-Me-Up	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Main Hand	Stix's Metal Detector	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Off Hand	Vagabond's Torch with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension	Crafted — Inscription

Trinkets

A-tier — Mister Pick-Me-Up, Eye of Kezan (Raids)

B-tier — Signet of the Priory, Carved Blazikon Wax, Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife, Reverb Radio, Soulletting Ruby (Mythic+)

C-tier — Eye of Kezan (Mythic+), House of Cards, Burin of the Candle King, Creeping Coagulum

D-tier — Algari Alchemist Stone, Mug's Moxie Jug, Soulletting Ruby (Raids), Ingenious Mana Battery

F-tier — Gallagio Bottle Service, Vial of Spectral Essence

Crafted Gear in The War Within

First of all, make sure you do not craft anything until after you complete the raid or clear at least a few Mythic dungeons. Ideally, wait until week 2 of the season and loot the first vault before crafting anything. This is especially important if you can clear higher levels of Mythic+ and acquire Gilded Harbinger Crest. In that case, we recommend using the first craft on Vagabond's Bounding Baton with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. Your second craft will only happen in week 3 of the season and will likely be bracers with Writhing Armor Banding.

Best Cyrce's Circlet Gems for Restoration Druid

Cyrce's Circlet is a new ring introduced in Patch 11.0.7, obtainable by completing various activities on Siren Isle. The ring features three sockets, each capable of holding a unique type of gem. With four gem options available for each socket—12 gems in total—you have plenty of flexibility in customizing your ring.

Keep in mind that one of the gems scales heavily off your current Mastery rating. While raiding Druids typically have an abundance of this stat, Mythic+ gear will generally have lower levels of Mastery, and you may not want this stat on Cyrce's Circlet at all. Considering this, the recommendations below focus purely on the healing benefits of the ring. It is superior to Mythic item-level rings introduced in Patch 11.1.

Recommended gems:

• Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
• Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
• Legendary Skipper's Citrine
• Old Salt's Bardic Citrine provides more healing, making it an excellent choice for raids.
• Legendary Skipper's Citrine is a better choice for all content if other players are also using this ring.

Addons for Restoration Druid

Raid Frames

• Grid2
• VuhDo
• ElvUI
• BigDebuffs
• Cell

Boss Mods

• BigWigs
• Deadly Boss Mods

WeakAuras

Macros for Restoration Druid

Generic Macros for Druids

Rebirth

• #showtooltip Rebirth
• /cast [@mouseover,help]Rebirth;Rebirth

This macro casts Rebirth on your mouseover target if they are a friendly player. Otherwise, it casts Rebirth on your current target.

Shapeshift forms

• #showtooltip Bear Form
• /cast [noform:1] Bear Form

• #showtooltip Cat Form
• /cast [noform:2] Cat Form

• #showtooltip Travel Form
• /cast [noform:3] Travel Form

• #showtooltip Incarnation: Tree of Life
• /cast !Incarnation: Tree of Life

These macros will shift you into a corresponding form. Spamming the button will not put you out of the forms.

Canceling forms

• /cancelform

This macro will shift you out of any current form.

Specific Macros for Restoration Druids

Convoke the Spirits macro

If you want to use Nature's Swiftness with Convoke the Spirits, you will often find yourself canceling the Convoke cast due to spell queue or Nature's Swiftness is used during the cast. To avoid this, use the following macro:

• #showtooltip Convoke the Spirits
• /cast [nochanneling] Nature's Swiftness
• /cast Convoke the Spirits
• /cqs

Mouseover Macros

Unless you are using a specific addon that will perform the same function, for all your healing and utility spells, we advise you to use Mouseover macros such as:

• #showtooltip
• /cast [@mouseover] Rejuvenation;Rejuvenation

WeakAuras for Restoration Druid

WeakAuras is an essential tool for Restoration Druid and Healers, offering unparalleled customization to enhance your gameplay. Rather than focusing on specific examples, we recommend exploring Wago.io, where you’ll find an extensive library of WeakAuras to suit your needs.

If you are unfamiliar with WeakAuras, it is an incredibly powerful and widely-used AddOn that allows you to create custom displays for nearly everything in the game. This includes tracking buffs, debuffs, cooldowns, Focus, resources, and much more.

To import a WeakAura, visit Wago.io and select one that fits your preferences. Click the "Copy WeakAura Import String" button to copy it to your clipboard. Next, log into the game and type /wa in the chat box to open the WeakAuras interface. Navigate to the "Import" section, press Ctrl+V to paste the copied string, and click "Import". You’re ready to go!

Mastering WeakAuras and customizing it to your playstyle is highly recommended for any serious raider. With countless options available on Wago.io, you can tailor your interface to optimize your performance and focus on what truly matters in combat.

Restoration Druid Frequently Asked Questions

Are Restoration Druids Good in Raids?

Restoration Druids excel as cooldown-focused throughput healers with great survivability. By pairing Incarnation: Tree of Life with every other Flourish, you can deliver strong burst healing. Damage output can be improved using Nature's Vigil and Master Shapeshifter, though dealing damage is secondary to your main role in raids.

Can I Level to 80 as Restoration?

It’s possible, but not recommended. Restoration leveling offers lower damage compared to other specs, and the playstyle mirrors the specs it mimics without the same efficiency. If you decide to level as Restoration, avoid Mastery on gear and prioritize trinkets with damage procs or active damage effects.

How Much Haste Should I Use? Is There a Haste Cap?

There are no fixed haste caps or ideal stat goals. Intellect is the only universally correct stat to prioritize. Haste linearly enhances your HoT healing, but diminishing returns on Haste rating start at 19800 (10% reduction) and 26400 (20% reduction). These reductions only apply to Haste rating, not percentage increases from abilities like Bloodlust or Lycara's Teachings.

Are Restoration Druids Good in The War Within?

Restoration Druids remain strong in all forms of PvE content. They excel in single-target healing in Mythic+ and provide strong burst healing in raids through cooldowns. Despite a lack of group-wide damage reduction and reliance on cooldowns, they perform well. While their Mythic+ damage requires some effort to master, their overall healing potential makes them a solid choice.

Which Race Is Best for Restoration Druids?

For dungeons, Night Elves are optimal due to the utility of Shadowmeld. In raids, the choice depends on your priorities: Trolls provide stronger burst potential, while Taurens and Highmountain Taurens offer better utility. Zandalari Trolls are also viable, but the differences between races are relatively minor.

Two-Handed Weapon or One-Handed Plus Off-Hand?

Choose the option with the highest item level. Both setups offer nearly identical stats, with only slight differences in secondary stats, making item level the primary factor.

Which Raid Frames Should I Use?

Customizable options like Grid2, VuhDo, Cell, or ElvUI are excellent choices for raid frames. These provide much more detailed and useful information compared to Blizzard’s default raid frames, which lack customization and filtering options.

Convoke or Incarnation in Raids?

Incarnation: Tree of Life is generally the better choice for raids due to its consistent synergy with Flourish. Convoke the Spirits is easier to use and performs decently, making it a viable alternative for most raid encounters.

Are Restoration Druids Good in Mythic+?

Restoration Druids are one of the top healing specializations for Mythic+ dungeons, offering strong healing throughput and solid damage potential. They’re an excellent choice for players looking to heal effectively in this content type.