TBC Classic Restoration Druid Guide (Phase 3)

Restoration Druid is a ranged leather-wearing healer. Uses staves or a one-handed weapon together with an off-hand item. Healing is built around periodic effects, and most of them are applied instantly, so a druid barely loses any healing while moving. It also brings Innervate to the raid for mana return and Rebirth for battle resurrection.

• Tree of Life — keep the form up at all times; leave it only for Healing Touch or Tranquility in an emergency
• Lifebloom — keep 3 stacks on the tank and others taking constant damage
• Rejuvenation — keep on everyone taking damage
• Regrowth — keep on the tank in addition to the other effects
• Swiftmend — consume an expiring HoT when the target needs a burst of healing
• Healing Touch — when a single target is taking heavy damage
• Nature's Swiftness — together with Healing Touch if the target is about to die

• Tranquility — powerful burst of raid healing
• Rebirth — battle resurrection
• Innervate — restores an ally's full mana
• Entangling Roots — immobilizes an enemy
• Cyclone — removes an enemy from combat

• Rejuvenation — rank 8 to save mana, rank 11 as a balance, rank 13 for maximum healing
• Healing Touch — rank 13 for big heals under Nature's Swiftness, ranks 8 and 10 are more mana-efficient

Night Elf

• Nature Resistance increases Nature resistance by 10.
• Quickness increases dodge chance by 1%.
• Shadowmeld enters stealth while you stand still. 10-second cooldown, does not work in combat.
• Wisp Spirit turns you into a wisp after death and increases ghost movement speed by 50%.

Tauren

• Cultivation increases Herbalism skill by 15.
• Endurance increases total health by 5%.
• Nature Resistance increases Nature resistance by 10.
• War Stomp stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds. 0.5-second cast, 2-minute cooldown.

Tailoring

The main choice for PvE. It grants the Primal Mooncloth set with a large bonus to healing power and Spirit, as well as the Whitemend Wisdom set bonus. Plus cloth cooldowns that bring in gold throughout the expansion.

Leatherworking

An alternative if you don't want to change your tailoring specialization. The Windhawk Armor set suits both a healer and a DPS. It's also the source of Drums of Battle — an important consumable available only to leatherworkers.

Enchanting

Grants exclusive ring enchants that work throughout all of TBC and noticeably boost healing.

Engineering

Plenty of explosives for area damage, including the Super Sapper Charge.

Alchemy

Passive income through transmutes and new specializations for elixirs, potions, and transmutation. Suitable for a character for whom maximum healing is not a priority.