WotLK Classic Restoration Druid Guide (2024)

Last updated on Jan 02, 2024 at 22:44by Seksixeny6 comments

Welcome to our Restoration Druid guide for WotLK Classic, tailoredfor PvE content. Here, you will learn how all you need to know to playRestoration Druid proficiently. Click the links below to navigate the guideor read this page for a short introduction.

Druids are the only class in the game capable of fulling all four roles: tank,healer, ranged DPS, and melee DPS.

Restoration Druids focus on heal over time effects such as Rejuvenation.Their many instant-cast healing spells allow them to do most of their healingwhile moving, and they bring multiple support abilities, such as Revitalize,Innervate, and Rebirth.

In PvP, Resto Druids keep the same mobility and heal-over-time-heavy style,but are also expected to use their crowd control tools, such as Cyclone,to steer the match into their favor. They also have strong defensive andkiting abilities, and their forms break roots and Polymorph effects.

If you would like to see where Restoration Druids fall in the overall rankingsamong healer specs for both PvE and PvP in Wrath Classic, we have created pagesdedicated to explaining what classes and specializations are the best of the bestthrough multiple factors. However, ultimately, you should not let these listsdissuade you from playing what you enjoy.

Unlike other classes, Druids do not have a choice when it comes to race.If you want to go Alliance, you must be Night Elf. If you want to go Horde, youmust be Tauren. Thus, your only choice is which faction you want to choose, whichyou should make based on your guild, friends, or cosmetic and lore preferences.

• Nature Resistance reduces the chance you are hit with Nature spellsby 2%.
• Quickness reduces the chance you are hit by melee and ranged attacksby 2%.
• Shadowmeld is an ability that allows you to become stealthedwhile standing still when used, on a 2-minute cooldown. It can be used in combat.
• Wisp Spirit causes you to transform into a wisp upon death,increasing your movement speed by 75% while dead.

Shadowmeld is a powerful ability which allow you to instantly dropthreat (temporarily) in PvE or cancel enemy casts on you in PvP.Nature Resistance and Quickness are also very useful defensively.

• Cultivation increases your Herbalism skill by 15.
• Endurance increases your total health by 5%.
• Nature Resistance reduces the chance you are hit with Nature spellsby 2%.
• War Stomp is a 2-minute cooldown that stuns up to 5 enemieswithin 8 yards for 2 seconds, with a 0.5-second cast time.

War Stomp is quite reliable in PvP, often allowing for a surpriseCyclone cast, but has little PvE uses. The 5% increased health fromEndurance is minor, but often useful, as is Nature Resistance.

Most specializations benefit highly from the burst of stats offered byTailoring's Lightweave Embroidery and Engineering's Hyperspeed Accelerators tinker, but Restoration Druid is mostly interestedin flat stats, which offer their benefit all the time. Spell Power is especiallygood as it scales all spells and has no caps to worry about.

Fortunately, all professions offer similar levels of Spell Power when fullyleveled, and as such you can pick from any profession knowing it will grantsimilar benefits. Although it grants less Spell Power than most alternatives,Engineering still has its explosives, Nitro Boosts' burst ofspeed, and Haste on-demand glove enchant, making it a strong profession.

Using macros and addons makes your life significantly easier when playing WrathClassic, and they can improve your experience a lot, depending on how skilled youare at customizing them.

If you are interested in learning more about addons and macros suited toRestoration Druids, check out our guides below: