Druid Hero Talents — The War Within (11.2.5)

This page is specifically about Hero Talents in The War Within. If you want to learn more about the best regular talents for Restoration Druid, check out our Talents page:

Unfortunately Keeper of the Grove falls behind as soon as you acquire Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 2pc. It has good defensive nodes and good passive damage, but it does not do enough healing.

Wildstalker is the strongest Hero Talent for all scenarios in raids. It provides the most steady healing and the highest burst. The main reason for this tree to be used is our tier set Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 2pc.

Keeper of the Grove is currently not recommended for optimal dungeon healing. It provides a lot less active damage but gives a better defensive through Protective Growth. It is also much less reliant on doing damage in Cat Form. In general, the healing provided by this tree is so significantly behind Wildstalker that there is really no situation where you would run it over Wildstalker.

Wildstalker is a much better damage choice and a better healing choice for Mythic+. It can provide good, steady healing often. Keep in mind that this Tree incentivises doing damage in Cat Form, but if you are looking only for healing, you can just ignore the damage part.

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Best Hero Talent Builds for Restoration Druid

Wildstalker Raid Wildstalker Mythic+

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Best Wildstalker Raiding Talents Build for Restoration Druid

Harmonious Constitution and Bond with Nature are roughly equal for raiding. Pick whichever one you prefer.

Between Twin Sprouts and Implant, we will always pick Twin Sprouts due to higher average HoT generation.

Root Network is a better choice compared to Resilient Flourishing as soon as you acquire Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 2pc.

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Best Wildstalker Mythic+ Talents Build for Restoration Druid

Harmonious Constitution is preferred over Bond with Nature. You will be able to keep Lifebloom on others and for self healing cast Regrowth on yourself. This makes for more efficient healing distribution.

Twin Sprouts is a much better choice for both damage and healing, because the HoT and DoT generation is simply too high passively. You will lose a guaranteed way of applying Symbiotic Bloom to the target, but it will provide a ton of passive healing, assuming you have good Efflorescence and Wild Growth usage.

Between Resilient Flourishing and Root Network, you will pick Resilient Flourishing until you get Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 2pc. After that, your average Symbiotic Bloom count will skyrocket, so Root Network will start providing substantial benefits.