Restoration Druid Guide — Class Guides · WoW Wrath of the Lich King

Healing over time with Rejuvenation and Regrowth, and healing that keeps up while moving.

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. More about the druid

Class: Druid
Roles: Healer
Used for: Raids and dungeons, Player versus player
Top talent: Wild Growth
Popular builds: 2
Version: WoW Wrath of the Lich King

How to play

Restoration in Wrath is a top raid healer: Wild Growth heals several hurt party members over time, Rejuvenation and Lifebloom roll on tanks and the raid, Nourish heals more on targets with your heals over time, and Swiftmend saves anyone in trouble. Revitalize can give the raid Replenishment.

Wild Growth whenever ready, Rejuvenation on anyone taking damage, Lifebloom on tanks, Nourish to fill and Swiftmend for spikes. Tree of Life raises healing for your party.

In arenas Restoration druids heal on the move and shift out of crowd control.

At a glance

Single-target healing
Group healing
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Wrath of the Lich King.

Rotation and priorities

1Tree of Life form.
2Wild Growth whenever it is ready.
3Rejuvenation on players taking damage; Lifebloom on tanks.
4Nourish to fill, on targets with your heals over time.
5Swiftmend for spikes; Nature's Swiftness and Healing Touch for emergencies.
6Innervate a healer who needs it; Tranquility for raid-wide damage.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Excellent raid healing on the move.
Wild Growth.
Innervate, Rebirth and Replenishment.

Weaknesses

Heals over time can't save a target from one big hit.
Easy to overheal tanks.
Little damage in Tree of Life.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

1
Spell power
2
Hastefaster casts and a shorter global cooldown
3
Spirit
4
Intellect
5
Critical strike
6
Mana per 5 sec

What to look for

Spell power and haste first.
Spirit for mana regeneration.
A healing staff, or a mace with an off-hand.

Items worth chasing

Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient KingsThe legendary healing mace.
Purified Lunar DustA healing trinket with mana regeneration.
Althor's AbacusA healing trinket with a haste proc.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

Balance
Feral Combat
Restoration

Restoration Raid Healer
HealerPvE
1853
18/0/53
Raid healing with 53 points in Restoration, down to Wild Growth, and 18 in Balance.
- Revitalize 3/3
- Tree of Life 1/1
- Improved Tree of Life 3/3
- Gift of the Earthmother 5/5
- Wild Growth 1/1
Glyphs: Glyph of Wild Growth (major), Glyph of Swiftmend (major), Glyph of Nourish (major), Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth (minor), Glyph of the Wild (minor), Glyph of Dash (minor)
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting
Restoration Arena Healer
HealerPvP
1358
13/0/58
Arena and battleground healing with 58 points in Restoration, down to Wild Growth, and 13 in Balance.
- Tree of Life 1/1
- Improved Tree of Life 3/3
- Improved Barkskin 2/2
- Gift of the Earthmother 5/5
- Wild Growth 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting

Key talents

Wild Growth · top talent, up to 1
Heals up to 5 friendly party or raid members within 15 yards of the target for 686 over 7 sec. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as the Wild Growth reaches its full duration.
Living Spirit · tier 7, up to 3
Increases your total Spirit by 15%.
Swiftmend · tier 7, up to 1
Consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on a friendly target to instantly heal them an amount equal to 12 sec. of Rejuvenation or 18 sec. of Regrowth.
Empowered Rejuvenation · tier 8, up to 5
The bonus healing effects of your healing over time spells is increased by 20%.
Living Seed · tier 8, up to 3
When you critically heal your target with Swiftmend, Regrowth, Nourish or Healing Touch spell you have a 100% chance to plant a Living Seed on the target for 30% of the amount healed. The Living Seed will bloom when the target is next attacked. Lasts 15 sec.
Revitalize · tier 9, up to 3
Your Rejuvenation and Wild Growth spells have a 15% chance to restore 8 Energy, 4 Rage, 1% Mana or 16 Runic Power per tick.
Tree of Life · tier 9, up to 1
Reduces the mana cost of your healing over time spells by 20% and grants the ability to shapeshift into the Tree of Life. While in this form you increase healing received by 6% for all party and raid members within 100 yards, and you can only cast Restoration spells in addition to Innervate, Barkskin, Nature's Grasp and Thorns spells. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.
Improved Tree of Life · tier 9, up to 3
Increases your armor contribution from items while in Tree of Life Form by 200%, and increases your healing spell power by 15% of your spirit while in Tree of Life Form.
Improved Barkskin · tier 10, up to 2
Grants 160% additional armor contribution from cloth and leather items while in Travel Form or while not shapeshifted, increases the damage reduction granted by your Barkskin spell by 10% and reduces the chance your Barkskin is dispelled by 70%.
Gift of the Earthmother · tier 10, up to 5
Increases your total spell haste by 10% and reduces your global cooldown by 10% when casting Lifebloom.

Restoration abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.