Druid PvP Guides for TBC Classic

Being a Druid in PvP can feel very different depending on your favored specialization:

1. Restoration Druids are one of the best PvP healers, as they combine a unique heal-over-time healing style, which is mostly carried by instant casts, with some of the most disruptive crowd control in the game.
2. Feral Druids are great flag carriers and have nasty burst damage, but unfortunately being one of the few melee classes without a Mortal Strike effect makes them a poor choice.
3. Balance Druids need to cast for their burst damage and have poor Mana efficiency, making them one of the worst caster specializations in the Arena.

Overall, Restoration is the only strong Druid specialization, with both Feral and Balance being weak versions of other classes such as Rogues and Warlocks.

Druids have multiple viable talent builds in PvP, which come down to your favored specialization.

With the introduction of Cyclone, Lifebloom and the Resilience stat, Restoration Druids are absolute Arena powerhouses, capable of setting up enemies into crowd control chains by themselves and heal allies in a Mana-efficient manner. They also have the easiest time drinking due to their heal-over-time kit, which will do the job while the Druid is busy drinking behind a pillar.

Our guide below will take you through what you need to know in order to play as Restoration in TBC Classic PvP.

Feral is a niche specialization, which only has a handful of viable compositions. It does have very strong burst and high Critical Strike chance, which can surprise enemies with low Resilience, but lacks the Mortal Strike effects of other competing melee, making it harder to keep up with enemy healing.

Our guide below will take you through what you need to know in order to play as Feral in TBC Classic PvP.

Balance is, unfortunately, not viable in Arena PvP. It can be played, but it will mostly either end up interrupted and killed, or having to heavily heal, at which point a Restoration Druid would perform better.

The introduction of Resilience in TBC makes PvP gear the best for PvP, as this new stat reduces your damage intake significantly, allowing your team much more time to kill your enemies before being overrun.

You can read our recommended gear guides below.

Macros and Addons can greatly benefit your gameplay, especially in PvP where split-second decisions translate to wins. Macros lessen the time it takes for you to perform an action by combining two or more commands into a single button. Addons increase the amount of information you are receiving, allowing you to make better decisions on the fly.

We list below our guides for Druid-specific Addons and Macros. While many of these are targeted toward PvE, they can also be quite useful for PvP.

Engineering is no longer nearly as good as it was in WoW Classic as only rocket boots and the shield belt can be used inside the Arena, but it is still the best profession for world PvP and Battlegrounds. The Epic goggles that will be coming in Season 2 are also great, especially due to their increased stealth detection perk.

Tailoring gives you Netherweave Net, which is great for Druids, but cannot be used inside Arenas. The crafted gear for PvE, unfortunately, has little-to-no Stamina and no Resilience at all, making it a very risky set to use in PvP. Leatherworking has gear with more Stamina, but it will still only be temporary until you can get your hands onto some Rare PvP gear.

Finally, Enchanting is always a recommended profession, as it increases your throughput with its ring enchants with no downsides.

None of the other professions have any special PvP benefits.

Consumables are not as important in TBC as they used to be in WoW Classic, as Battlegrounds and World PvP are considerably less relevant with the introduction of the Arena.

In the Arena, you cannot use any sort of consumables, can only use the rocket boots and shield belt — both of which can fail — from Engineering, and the only water you can drink is Mage water or Star's Tears, which you should always carry.

The potions listed below have a 2-minute shared cooldown and do not work inside the Arena. Bandages work in the Arena, but apply a debuff that prevents the use of another bandage for 1 minute.

• Heavy Netherweave Bandage
• Super Healing Potion
• Free Action Potion
• Living Action Potion
• Swiftness Potion
• Invisibility Potion

Noggenfogger Elixir is also a popular consumable used for PvP. When you drink it, it will do one of three things: make you smaller, turn you into a skeleton, or cast a Slow Fall spell on you. The shrink effect can be useful to make it harder for players to see and target you, and the Slow Fall can allow you to jump off high places and not die, while attackers will not be able to follow.

If you are interested in learning more about a variety of Arena compositions featuring a Druid and its relative strength in PvP, please consult our guides on them below: