Druid Class Guide — Class Guides · WoW Classic
A leather-wearing shapeshifter who heals in caster form, tanks in Bear Form, deals melee damage in Cat Form, and casts Balance spells. Druids can fill any role in a group.
- Roles
- Damage, Tank, Healer
- Specializations
- 3
- Popular builds
- 7
- Version
- WoW Classic
How the druid plays
Druids are shapeshifters: they tank in Bear Form, deal melee damage in Cat Form, cast as a Moonkin or heal in caster form. Each form has its own resource: Rage for bears, Energy and combo points for cats, mana for casting. Shifting costs mana and breaks roots and slows, which makes druids slippery against players.
In Classic most raid druids heal: Restoration brings Innervate, Rebirth (the only resurrection in combat) and strong healing over time. Feral druids tank and off-tank in dungeons and raids, and Balance is a niche choice played for the Moonkin aura.
Druids level well in Cat Form with Prowl, switching to Bear Form for tougher fights, and Travel Form from level 30 gives fast movement long before a mount.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Can fill any role.
- Innervate and Rebirth are unique raid tools.
- Shapeshifting breaks roots and slows; Travel Form and Aquatic Form for movement.
- Great flag carriers in Warsong Gulch.
Weaknesses
- Jack of all trades: each role trails the pure classes in Classic.
- Gear for several roles fills your bags.
- Shifting in and out of forms costs mana.
Specializations
The specs compared
Each spec rated from 1 to 5 at what it does in WoW Classic. Single and several targets mean damage for damage specs, healing for healers and threat for tanks; a spec's own guide names its ratings for its role.
| Rating |  Balance |  Feral Combat |  Restoration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single target | |||
| Several targets | |||
| Survivability | |||
| Utility | |||
| Solo and leveling | |||
| Ease of play |
- Balance
Damage · 1 build
Ranged nature and arcane damage with Wrath, Starfire and Moonfire, and Moonkin Form.
Top talent:
Balance guide
Moonkin Form - Feral Combat
Damage, Tank · 4 builds
Cat Form damage and Bear Form tanking from one tree. The usual leveling tree.
Top talent:
Feral Combat guide
Leader of the Pack - Restoration
Healer · 2 builds
Healing over time with Rejuvenation and Regrowth, and healing that keeps up while moving.
Top talent:
Restoration guide
Swiftmend
Gear
- Leather; druids can't wear mail.
- Staves, maces, daggers and fist weapons. In Cat and Bear Form weapon damage doesn't count, only the weapon's stats.
- Feral wants Agility, Strength and hit; Restoration wants +Healing, Intellect and Spirit; Balance wants spell damage and crit.
Each spec guide ranks its stats and says what to look for on its gear.
Druid class quests
The quests that unlock class abilities, by the level each route starts at.