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. Here are some particularly useful pages:

  • Rotation guide (healing)
  • Rotation guide (damage) link to be added when updated

• 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 prefer.

• Questionably Epic: Resto Druid pages on Questionably Epic are written by Voulk. He gave the site an enormous update ahead of Patch 11.1 and uses it as a blog for posting resources and articles unburdened by Wowhead/IV style guides.

  • What's changing going into 12.0 Midnight expansion spec changes overview
  • Common mistakes, and how to review your own logs by face2face
  • Midnight Season One Raids QE encounter guide (general advice) by Broccoliz

Quick Offspec Guide

Have you been asked to offspec Resto Druid on incredibly short notice? Here are talent strings to use for Raid and M+ respectively, along with the most important interactions in our kit for both content types.

Raid Healing

Wildstalker Raid Talents

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In Raid, we ramp in one minute intervals. Here is the sequence you are looking to emulate:

• Maintain Lifebloom on yourself and be mindful of your positioning for Lifetreading
• Cast Swiftmend (spend Soul of the Forest on Rejuvenation) on cooldown to spawn Grove Guardians
• Spread Rejuvenation around the raid ~15 seconds before major damage events to gain Abundance stacks
• Convoke the Spirits as the damage event starts, then Regrowth after for little mana cost

M+ Healing

Wildstalker M+ Talents

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

Resto Druid BiS Gear

All Wowhead and Icy Veins 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 actually 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 everything you own and put into it. Top Gear supports set bonuses, stat diminishing returns, special effects, Great Vault exclusivity, and more.

QELive basics

• The Dungeon setting can be further configured to "Healing focused" or "Balanced" mode
• For the Raid setting, 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:

• Base game raid/party frames are still bad. You will want Grid2 or Danders, and you need to understand private aura visibility settings in whichever you choose. Voulk's profiles for both linked on QE here are good bases to start from
• Base game Lifebloom pandemic sound alert doesn't work and uptime is really important so you need a separate solution for that
• WeakAuras is gone but popular fork M33kAuras lives on. We can use it to track non-secret spell information in combat (which includes Lifebloom duration, allowing for pandemic sound alerts)
• We have a fully functional Rejuv tracker (count and next expiry) being maintained by Pureformance

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.