Thread: Resto Druid Guide - 4.3+

"Omen of Clarity can no longer trigger from helpful spells (aka heals), unless the Restoration talent Malfurion's Gift is chosen."

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing what how OoC has been "nerfed" for Restoration because it looks like a nerf that was specifically for healing moonkins.

Does anyone have the math on Mandala of Stirring Patterns after the change from mastery to int? Specifically how much regen the trinket gives total at average levels of base int using Innervate during the proc.

I am very curious if it is an upgrade versus Tear of Blood (Heroic).

I recently got Je'Tze's Sparkling Tiara


it dropped off trash in reg grim. trash
my guild gave it to me to use
I understand i would lose my 5% from leather specialization but so far it seems like it would be BIS for now
should i stick with it or go with something else?

kk thanks for the info and guide!

Originally Posted by syhairis

I recently got Je'Tze's Sparkling Tiara


it dropped off trash in reg grim. trash
my guild gave it to me to use
I understand i would lose my 5% from leather specialization but so far it seems like it would be BIS for now
should i stick with it or go with something else?

BIS for now =|= BIS

Anyways, as Myrrar said, there is no way one piece could make up for the 5% int loss.

thank you thank you for this amazing article. really helps one question though, i put in the healing touch macro, but it doesn't work, my char says "you have to target something first" ive double checked it and i typed it right, any ideas?

thanks in advance

Originally Posted by rsenour

thank you thank you for this amazing article. really helps one question though, i put in the healing touch macro, but it doesn't work, my char says "you have to target something first" ive double checked it and i typed it right, any ideas?

thanks in advance

If you are using an addon like vuhdo or healbot then you will need to add the mod specific targeting command

/cast [target=vuhdo] Healing Touch

or

/cast [target=hbtarget] Healing Touch

if you aren't using one of those mods then you might try copy/pasting directly from the guide into your macro screen. and make sure you have auto self casting enabled in your interface options.

ALso make sure that the option to cast on your self when no target is selected is checked(bliz options)

and i hate vuhdoo and healbot, ugh

simple HT macro is:

/cast Nature's Swiftness
/cast Healing Touch

Simple, easy, randomly dosent cast NS(and will cast HT if NS is on CD or isnt triggered)

AND

For those of you who actually read through all 11 pages of this thread, and STILL have questions/dont know what else to do to improve your healing or would like to have a resto druid conversation in game, just contact me on my server im almost always on my druid during the day.

Erhm, I'm not sure, but wouldnt the change to healing mechanics of druids in the upcoming patch make them retartedly OP in tankhealing in 25mans? The way I see it, you go treeform at the start of the fight, put triple lifeblooms on all 3 tanks, refresh em with nourish during ToL, and after ToL runs out keep 3 rejuvs on the tanks and refresh the LB stacks with nourish. It'd cost quite little mana for the throughput you're getting from it, since each tank would have a rejuv and 3 lifebloom stacks on em, and a nourish every now and then as well

For a boss like halfus (first half) this seems to be very good throughputwise, and manawise you're better off than spamming HT/rejuv as well

Originally Posted by Rakydei

Erhm, I'm not sure, but wouldnt the change to healing mechanics of druids in the upcoming patch make them retartedly OP in tankhealing in 25mans? The way I see it, you go treeform at the start of the fight, put triple lifeblooms on all 3 tanks, refresh em with nourish during ToL, and after ToL runs out keep 3 rejuvs on the tanks and refresh the LB stacks with nourish. It'd cost quite little mana for the throughput you're getting from it, since each tank would have a rejuv and 3 lifebloom stacks on em, and a nourish every now and then as well

interesting idea

the problem would be that your overall throughput would be focused on the tanks and maintaining your LB on them for however long you choose to do it while about the only thing you can do to the raid would be to rejuv random ppl. BUT if you are designated as a tank healer, and healing nothing else, it looks pretty sound.

I'm too much of a worry wart when it comes to the raid and my ADD would eventually get to me

I'm new to the forums, however I joined just so I could put my input on this

LB on tank at all times, but instead of using nourish or HT to renew it, another LB suffices if there isn't much damage going on, why waste that extra mana? My LB costs me 1100 mana to refresh, opposed to 3-5k mana to refresh it with a nourish or HT.
Regrowth as tank starts taking damage, I generally see most trash having awesome burst at the beginning of fights....wish our dps had as much lol.
Using that Regrowth, I can use swiftmend twice on the tank before it goes off, and then I regrowth again, not only so it's there to SM off of, but it's usually needed about that time.
I use wild growth whenever it's off cd.
Heroic mobs almost all have a magic to cast on your party. Being able to dispel it.... is a true life saver.

For bosses it's much the same, however depending on the boss, if the tank is the only one taking most of the damage, I'll keep him stacked with LB and then use Regrowth and toss rejuv on him along with sm and wg whenever they are up....That is alot of HOTS adding up right there with the efflor hitting the melee too just in case as well as the wg hitting entire party.

This method is something I had to experiment with, and still am, but for speed casting in places where you shouldn't stand still long, like in Halls Of Origination, I found I have to move at least every 6 seconds to avoid being targetted by the beams. (something I tell every group because I found this out with experimentation as well and works awesome) In that 6 seconds, I can hit 3 people with regrowth if needed and move myself out of harms' way, knowing they got a decent size heal and also a small HOT to work on them until the next time I can have them within range and able to sit still for another 6 seconds. Also in that fight, you HAVE to be able to dispel the magic the boss puts on the tank, or you are sure to wipe.

So, not only is it viable to use mainly RG with your other hots in heroics, for me, it works great. I don't have to sit after every trash pull, or boss either for that matter.

I've only been to a couple Baradin Hold runs on my druid for my raid experience right now, but I find the dispel magic a necessity there too as you only have 2 heals, one for each group of 5, and all the dps have to lay out the dps like no tomorrow, not be bothered with being assigned to a dispel. There is a very potent magic that goes out on the group that MUST be dispelled or they die, period. I've used the same heal technique in those raids as well, but will have to tweak things once I start doing other raids I am sure.

Just wanted to put my .02 in. Hope it helps somebody.

BTW, if you want to look at my spec, my druid is Dewdrops on Icecrown US. ( I have a bit of tweaking to do, as I said, so it may not be the same twice :P also, I logged out in balance doing dailies, however the gear is my resto gear and you can click on the resto spec in armory)