Dreamgrove

Guardian for Beginners

Main abilities

  • Mangle – Single target, generates rage – note that its cooldown can be reset by other abilities via Gore
  • Thrash – AoE, generates rage, better than Swipe
  • Swipe – AoE, filler
  • Moonfire – Generates rage with Galactic Guardian talented, with a proc
  • Ironfur – Active mitigation, and primary defensive spender. Reduces physical damage taken
  • Frenzied Regeneration – Heals you for a percentage of your maximum health over time
  • Barkskin – Minor defensive cooldown
  • Survival Instincts – Major defensive cooldown

Talents for beginners

These are not necessarily the best talents to use in any particular situation. They are, however, the simplest to play and will be effective enough in most situations.

Rotation for beginners

Again it must be stressed that this rotation is not necessarily the actual best rotation you ought to be using, either for survivability or DPS, in any particular circumstance. However if you are new to the spec or to the game it will perform adequately for many purposes, and help whilst you familiarise yourself with what your abilities do.

  • Mangle on cooldown -> Thrash on cooldown -> Use Moonfire if it’s not up on the target or is about to run out -> Swipe.

  • Make sure all Global Cooldowns are filled by queueing abilities, i.e. press the button just before it’s ready. You should never have gaps in between casts.

  • Use Ironfur when you are taking physical damage, and use Frenzied Regeneration when you need healing.

  • Use Barkskin when you are taking significant damage.

  • Use Survival Instincts when you are about to take extremely heavy damage and you are not sure that you will survive without it.

  • Try not to use multiple Damage Reduction cooldowns together unless you think you need to do that in order to survive.