Druid Class Guide — Class Guides · WoW Burning Crusade
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
- 8
- Version
- WoW Burning Crusade
How the druid plays
Druids in The Burning Crusade are wanted in every role: Tree of Life Restoration heals raids with Lifebloom, Feral druids tank as well as warriors with Mangle and Lacerate, and Moonkins bring a spell crit aura.
Forms still break roots and slows, Flight Form arrives at level 68, and Cyclone gives druids a strong crowd control spell for arenas.
Each role needs its own gear, and switching roles means switching talents.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Every role, with excellent tanking and healing.
- Innervate and Rebirth.
- Mobility: Travel Form, Flight Form, Dash and shifting out of slows.
Weaknesses
- Each role needs its own gear.
- Tree of Life can't cast most damage spells.
- Shifting costs mana.
Specializations
The specs compared
Each spec rated from 1 to 5 at what it does in WoW Burning Crusade. 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 · 2 builds
Ranged nature and arcane damage with Wrath, Starfire and Moonfire, and Moonkin Form.
Top talent:
Balance guide
Force of Nature - 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
Mangle - Restoration
Healer · 2 builds
Healing over time with Rejuvenation and Regrowth, and healing that keeps up while moving.
Top talent:
Restoration guide
Tree of Life
Gear
- Leather; druids can't wear mail.
- In Cat and Bear Form weapon damage doesn't count, but feral attack power on a weapon does.
- Feral wants Agility, Strength, Stamina and hit; Restoration wants +Healing, Spirit and Intellect; Balance wants spell damage, hit 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.