Last updated on Aug 21, 2024 at 18:20by Mysticall14 comments
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performancein PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you asa Restoration Druid and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Restoration Druid PvP Guide.
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Talent Choices for Restoration Druids
This build takes advantage of how strong Restoration Druid single-target healingis. With this build, you will stand far away from enemy teams so they cannot crowdcontrol you and focus on healing.
Some other important spells:
- Cenarion Ward. This is an extra HoT and will increase your overallhealing output. This also scales with your Mastery and cannot be purged by theenemy team. This is a good spell to use before being put in crowd control.
- Soul of the Forest is the best choice in this tier. Thisis crucial for single-target healing. However, if you are playing against a teamwith serious single-target damage or a Mage on it, Incarnation: Tree of Lifeis the best choice in this tier.
- Overgrowth is the best choice in this tier. It will instantly placeall of your HoTs on one of your teammates. This should be used when the enemyteam is hitting a teammate that does not have any HoTs on them. Be careful whenplaying against Mages, as they can use Kleptomania that can steal allof your HoTs off of your teammate.
- Germination is the best choice in this tier. This gives you anadditional HoT on your target that will increase your overall healing output.It is also useful against teams that might have a Purge.
Some other important spells:
- Cenarion Ward. This is an extra HoT and will increase your overallhealing output. This also scales with your Mastery and cannot be purged by theenemy team. This is a good spell to use before being put in crowd control.
- Soul of the Forest is the best choice in this tier. Thisis crucial for single-target healing. However, if you are playing against a teamwith serious single-target damage or a Mage on it, Incarnation: Tree of Lifeis the best choice in this tier.
- Overgrowth is the best choice in this tier. It will instantly placeall of your HoTs on one of your teammates. This should be used when the enemyteam is hitting a teammate that does not have any HoTs on them. Be careful whenplaying against Mages, as they can use Kleptomania that can steal allofyour HoTs off of your teammate.
- Germination is the best choice in this tier. This gives you anadditional HoT on your target that will increase your overall healing output.It is also useful against teams that might have a Purge.
2.
PvP Talents for Restoration Druids
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each ofthem has its uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others.The top three choices are the most useful but can be replaced with other PvPtalents, depending on your team's goal.
2.1.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Focused Growth makes it so that every time you use Lifebloom on a teammate, they will gain a stack of Focused Growth, up to 3 stacks. These stacks increase the healing ofyour Lifebloom. It is important to maintain your Lifebloomand Focused Growth stacks on the teammate that is the primary targetfor the enemy team.
If you feel like you will be the main target for the enemy team, Preserve Nature is an amazing PvP talent to keep yourself alive. Thismakes it so that when you use Tranquility, you are immune to all crowdcontrol.
2.2.
Situational PvP Talents
Reactive Resin reduces the movement speed of enemies who remove yourHoTs by 30% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. At 3 stacks, the movementspeed duration is removed, and the target is rooted and silenced. This is amandatory talent if you are playing against multiple classes that can dispelyour HoTs, like Priests, Shamans, and Mages.
If you find yourself using Cyclone defensively, High Windsis another useful PvP talent. When used on an enemy, it will reduce their damage once theyleave Cyclone. If you are playing against a team with minimal interrupts and they donot focus on you, this can be used to help your teammates survive.
Thorns, when you place this on you or a teammate, any melee strikesagainst them will deal Nature damage to the attackers. This is not normallyused in 3v3 arena, as the other talents are stronger, but you should use thisin 2v2 versus a team with a melee on it.
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Changelog
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 26 Jul. 2024: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 19 May 2024: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 04 Mar. 2024: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended Talents.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated Recommended talents.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 07 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated PvP Talents section.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Talent Tree.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 31 Jan. 2023: Updated Recommended Talents.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Best Talent build.
- Updated Best PvP Talents.
- 21 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- Updated PvP Talents.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Updated PvP Talents.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 27 Dec. 2020: Updated PvP Talents.
- 10 Dec. 2020: Updated PvP Talents.
- 23 Oct. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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