Restoration Druids are the kings of heal-over-time. This makes them desirable, but also ensures a very unique way of playing. In our updated class guide based on patch 4.0.6 you will learn what is important for the part-time saplings.

Who doesn’t know the affectionate nicknames “Bäumchen” and “Resto”? Who hasn’t raised their leg with an emote to relieve themselves next to such a “little tree”? Yes, restoration druids don’t have it easy. The oversized Treants are considered enormously strong group healers. Thanks to their powerful over-time heals, they are a perfect complement to the heals of priests, shamans, and paladins. In this detailed guide, we will show you how to get the best out of your druid healer with the current WoW: Cataclysm expansion. We will explain to you which skill is particularly strong in the raids, which basics beginners should consider and also show you the secrets of patch 4.0. 1 introduced reforging and the new glyph system. Finally, we focus on your way towards level 85 and tell you whether you can safely walk through the new zones in Azeroth with a recovery skill.

Druids

• Bark is no longer banishable.
• Entangling Roots now has an 8 second duration in PvP.
• Healing Touch is now learned at level 78 instead of level 3.
• Hibernation now has an 8 second duration in PvP.
• Lacerate’s damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
• Mangle (Bear Form) weapon damage percentage (at level 80 and above) reduced from 300% to 235%.
• Mangle (Cat Form) percentage of weapon damage (at level 80 and above) increased from 360% to 460%.
• Maul damage has been reduced by approximately 20%.
• Moonfire mana cost reduced from 18% to 9%.
• Mount Up: This guild bonus now also affects Flight Form and Swift Flight Form.
• [Nature’s Grasp] now has an 8 second duration in PvP.
• Nourishment can now be learned at level 8 instead of level 78.
• Omen of Clarity can no longer be triggered by helpful spells (heals) when the restoration talent, Gift of Malfurion, is not selected.
• Prowl is no longer canceled when enemies use Demoralizing Shout or Demoralizing Roar.
• Rake’s damage has been reduced by 10%.
• Rejuvenation is now learned at level 3 (was level 8). Also, the mana cost of this spell is now 20%.
• Rip’s damage has been reduced by 10%.
• Shapeshifting: Beginning or ending a shapeshift no longer breaks immobilize effects. It still negates snare effects.
• Percentage of weapon damage dealt by Shred (at level 80 and above) increased from 350% to 450%.
• Skull Bash spell lock duration reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
• Soothe is now an instant cast (down from 1.5 seconds).
• Worgen and troll druids now have their own model for their swift flight form.

Talent Specializations

Balance

• Fungal Growth duration increased from 10 seconds to 20 seconds. In addition, the wild mushrooms should now react much better to the detonation.
• Moonkin form now grants 15% damage reduction instead of increasing armor. In addition, shapeshifting into or out of this form frees the caster from movement-impairing effects. Note that this is not stated in the tooltip.
• The duration of the Shooting Stars buff has been increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds.
• Starfall will no longer hit non-combat targets, and the stars will fall at a slightly faster rate.
• Sunfire mana cost reduced from 18% to 9%.
• Typhoon mana cost reduced by 50%.
• Total Eclipse (Mastery) bonus gained from mastery has been increased by approximately 33%.
• Wild Mushroom is now instant cast instead of taking 0.5 seconds to cast. In addition, the explosion radius has been increased from 3 to 6 meters and damage increased by 30%.

Wild fight

• Berserker (Instant Proc Chance Mangle) now has a new spell warning message. Additionally, Berserk no longer breaks Fear or grants the druid immunity to Fear.
• Blood in the Water: Improved the timing of this effect so that Ferocious Bite now refreshes the duration of Rip immediately, rather than slightly delayed (which could cause Rip to disappear from the target even though the duration was was renewed).
• Infected Wounds now has an 8 second duration in PvP.
• Percentage of weapon damage dealt by Pulverize has been reduced from 100% to 80%.

Restoration

• Untangle (New Specialization): With this specialization, shapeshifting removes root effects in addition to snare effects.
• Empowered Touch now also affects Regrowth. Also, when Tree of Life is no longer active, the talent will only refresh the last cast or refreshed effect of Lifebloom, other copies of Lifebloom will not refresh.
• Swiftmorph has been renamed Polymorph Talent and now increases the duration of Tree of Life form by 3/6 seconds (down from 5/10 seconds).
• Nature’s Bounty no longer affects Swiftmend, but now has a new effect. If Rejuvenation is active on 3 or more targets, the cast time of Nourish is reduced by 10/20/30%.
• The bonus Symbiosis (Mastery) gains from Mastery has been increased by approximately 16%.
• Tree of Life form duration reduced from 30 to 25 seconds.
• Wild Growth’s healing has been increased by 30% and its cooldown reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.

glyphs

• Glyph of Entangling Roots has been redesigned. It now reduces the cast time of Entangling Roots by 0.2 seconds instead of making the cast instant.
• Glyph of Regrowth now causes the heal-over-time effect to refresh on targets with 50% (up from 25%) or less health.
• Glyph of Wrath now increases damage done by Wrath by 10% and no longer requires Insect Swarm on the target.

What is WoW Classic?

World of Warcraft Classic is a true recreation of the original WoW as you know it from 2006. All parts of the game – from combat mechanics and talent trees to character models and zones – have been recreated, contributing to the authentic experience.

Getting Started

All players with an active World of Warcraft subscription or game time on their accounts have access toWoW Classic at no additional cost.

1. Open the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop App and select World of Warcraft from the menu.
2. Select World of Warcraft Classic from the Version menu. If you have more than one World of Warcraft account, you’ll see a second Account drop-down list. In this column, select the active account you want to play with.
3. Click the Install button. The progress bar will tell you when your game is ready to play.
4. Click the Play button when the installation is complete.

You will need to select the realm you want to play on from several different realm types. Make sure you choose the same realm as your friends – in World of Warcraft Classic, you can only group with characters that are on the same realm as you!

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