News

• As of 17 August there are critical bugs affecting Overgrowth (where its spells sometimes apply to a random target) and Nurturing Dormancy (where Rejuvs expire early under conditions relating to Haste value changes). This page makes recommendations that account for both bugs that will be updated when they are fixed.
• Base game CDM now has functioning pandemic alerts (including sound) for Lifebloom
• Nature's Swiftness no longer buffs Regrowth casts during Convoke the Spirits

Major Guides

Our official guides are all complementary, not intended to compete or conflict, so you should read them all.

• Wowhead: Resto Druid pages on Wowhead are written and kept up-to-date by Voulk. They will always include an overview of meta/starter talent builds, gear, rotations, and general gameplay tips. Any particularly useful pages are linked below:

  • Rotation guide (healing)

• Icy Veins: Resto Druid pages on Icy Veins are also written and kept up-to-date by Voulk now but were originally by Torty. Both major sites are consistent, just use the one with the layout you can tolerate more.

• Questionably Epic: Questionably Epic is written by Voulk and used as a blog for posting resources and articles unburdened by Wowhead/IV style guides. Any particularly useful pages are linked below:

  • Common mistakes, and how to review your own logs by face2face
  • Midnight Season Two Raids QE encounter guide (general advice) by Broccoliz

Talents

Raid Healing

We always play Wildstalker in Raid for its healing profile, but we have two builds based on whether or not you need mana return:

• Maintain Lifebloom on yourself and be mindful of your positioning for Lifetreading
• Swiftmend yourself on cooldown to benefit from effects like our Apex talent Everbloom
• Maintain Abundance (which has been reworked) using Soul of the Forest on Rejuvenation
• Convoke the Spirits as damage starts, then Regrowth after for little mana cost

M+ Healing

We always play Wildstalker in M+ for its healing profile, but there's a few different ways to approach dealing damage in M+ so I've provided standardised strings for the most common archetypes. tl;dr as long as you take all the healing nodes, our class tree is pretty flexible for utility and whatever kind of damage you want to do.

• Maintain Lifebloom on a target that needs healing and will be stacked with the group for Lifetreading
• Spread Rejuvenation using Power of the Archdruid to prepare for heavy-hitting abilities
• Cast Regrowth on a non-Lifebloom target to benefit from Rampant Growth cleave
• Convoke the Spirits for big healing on the entire group

Resto Druid BiS Gear

All major class guides always have "BiS" lists, but we only want to use them to get an idea of what pieces we will find valuable. As Resto Druids, we always use the tools in the "Simming" section below to determine what gear to equip and where we might find upgrades.

"Simming" Resto Druid

It's not literally simming, but it's the closest we've got. Your SimC output can be used on the following websites:

Questionably Epic Live

Questionably Epic Live (QELive): QELive was created by Voulk and is our resource that is always kept most up-to-date. Select the Dungeon or Raid setting at the top of the page, and use the Top Gear module to find your best set of gear based on the items you own and load into it. Top Gear supports set bonuses, stat diminishing returns, special effects, Great Vault exclusivity, etc.

QELive basics

• Force a refresh with Ctrl+Shift+R if it seems you're out-of-date
• The Dungeon setting can be further configured to "Healing focused" or "Balanced" mode
• For the Raid setting, you can insert a log using the button in the top right for increased accuracy

QELive notable pages

• Trinkets graph with Optional Settings for individual vs. group benefit, etc.
• Embellishments graph with tabs for HPS, DPS, and a combination of both
• Upgrade finder with filters for content types and difficulty levels

For further support, refer to Voulk's tutorial on all of QELive's tools and check out the QELive Discord server.

Raidbots

Raidbots: Raidbots is the default resource for simulating Resto Druid damage, particularly for use in M+.

Other Resources

WoWAnalyzer

Resto Druids can use WoWAnalyzer to receive general feedback on Logs. If you haven't uploaded any logs yourself, you should still search your character name on Warcraft Logs to see if anyone has logged any content with you. Our WoWAnalyzer modules are now maintained by squid and were previously by Sref.

Addons

Midnight changed the addon game permanently. Here is what you need to know as of 12.1:

• Base game raid/party frames are still bad. Many of us have now swapped to EllesmereUI which has an intuitive frame designer for HoT/buff placement. It functions as a complete UI replacement suite but is also modular, so you can disable whatever parts you don't need or want.
• Base game CDM now has functioning pandemic alerts (including sound) for Lifebloom so we no longer need an addon for that.
• There is currently no fully functioning Rejuv tracker (for count and next expiry).

If you see someone playing with raid/party frames or an addon profile you like but can't find on your own, consider asking them directly for the import code, like in their stream chat or comment section.

Dreamgrove Discord Server

Join the Dreamgrove Discord server to stay up-to-date on the latest news and strategies, and to ask questions and share your own experiences about Resto Druid.

Regular posters include the authors of our official guides, notable contributors to our class knowledge, and a handful of notable Resto Druid players in the Raid and M+ scenes. You can learn a lot just by lurking.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this page, you can ping me there.

How to get good advice in #resto

No matter the time of day, there is always someone knowledgeable ready to help in #resto. Here's what you can do to make sure they can give you the best advice possible:

• Best practice: Post a link to a Log. If you haven't uploaded any Logs yourself, you should still search your character name on Warcraft Logs to see if anyone has logged any content with you.
• Second best practice: Post a screenshot of your healing and/or damage breakdown from your Details! Damage Meter.
• If you don't have any evidence of your performance to share, you can still try to describe how you play to receive some feedback. But if you are serious about improving, you should be prepared to look into the above tools.