TBC Classic Restoration Druid Guide (Phase 3)
About the Class
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.
Strengths
- Free movement: almost all healing is instant, so you lose no efficiency while moving.
- Strong single-target healing and multi-tank healing thanks to rolling stacks of
Lifebloom. - Useful raid and party buffs, especially if no one else in the party can provide an improved
Mark of the Wild.
Weaknesses
- No full-fledged area healing other than
Tranquility. - Weaker utility than more in-demand classes, or it duplicates their abilities.
- Weak burst healing when relying on periodic effects, and abandoning them quickly drains mana.
Stat Priority
- 1Bonus Healing
- 2Spell Haste Rating (up to 242)
- 3Spirit
- 4Mana per 5 sec.
- 5Intellect
- 6Spell Critical Strike
- 7Stamina
Talents
Ability Priority
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
Important Abilities
Spell Ranks
- 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
Best in Slot (BiS)
Best in Slot (BiS)Tier 6 Set — Thunderheart Raiment
Tier 6 Set — Thunderheart RaimentEnchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants
Gems
ConsumablesRaces
Best Professions
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.
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.
Grants exclusive ring enchants that work throughout all of TBC and noticeably boost healing.
Plenty of explosives for area damage, including the 
Super Sapper Charge.
Passive income through transmutes and new specializations for elixirs, potions, and transmutation. Suitable for a character for whom maximum healing is not a priority.
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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