- Vinnavation
- Feb 16, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 1
This is just like my opinion man.
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Races
Alliance: Night Elf
That's it really. Having access to Shadowmeld is just too powerful. Whether you need to drop combat to rez or drink. Cancelling a spell being cast on you. This ability won't give any number increases but is a contender for best racial ability of all races.
Horde: Tauren (Highmountain / Standard) Or Troll
Darkspear Troll
A haste buff that lines up well with your Innervate allowing you to really spread your heals efficiently.
Tauren
War stomp is a solid stop on a shortish cooldown. Not always needed in PvE content but certainly strong in PvP.
Highmountain Tauren
A movement ability that also stuns targets. Again, another good form of AoE CC, Druids in my opinion don't need the extra movement but you can always make an argument for why you may want it.
Stat Weights
From my memory in previous expansions. Resto Druid continues to want Haste above all other stats. The remaining secondary stats will probably be shifted around a bit and If I were to guess. Stat prio will look like ILvl>Haste>Mastery>Crit>=Vers. Start of expansions are very stat starved so we’ll be looking to maximize Harmony and only then be searching for the other two (Vers & Crit). I recommend the add-on True Stat Values to give a better insight into your stat break points.
Gear & Trinkets
For gear, be sure to check out QE Live for an in depth look into trinkets and what your chase pieces may be.
Talents
Resto druid is looking to be a top contender for the M+ meta healer slot. Time will tell as will tuning if this truly blooms into the go to spec in Mythic Plus. Raid on the other hand has the other healers
pulling ahead for now but I still wouldn’t be surprised to see Druid as the MoTW buff in the upcoming race.
Raid
Talent Link:
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I haven't played any of the PTR but, this would be my feelycraft raid build. Focusing on Swiftmend proccing Reforestation and syncing that with Convoke and Flourish. As the numbers come in we'll see if this is viable but I can see this build providing a massive amount of healing every minute. The Grove Guardian and Swiftmend interactions with our tier will even out the healing profile.
Mythic Plus
Talent Link:
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Druid's M+ build seems to be relatively unchanged. Our tier set buffs our hero talents to provide some beefy HoT healing which allows us to spot heal with better urgency.
Weak Auras
Externals on You https://wago.io/-jC2P_4gF
Stagger Indicator https://wago.io/LlIfeGUf6
Runic Power Tracker https://wago.io/GHTE-Q8Od
Mark of the Wild Check https://wago.io/MarkOfTheWild
Ability Frames https://wago.io/LuxthosDruidWarWithin/101
Add-On Profiles
To use: Download the text file and copy the entire string. In game open up the desired add on and navigate to profiles and import the correlating text string.