Restoration Druid PvP Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)

Restoration Druids are the jack-of-all-trade healers. They are the best healer to date and continue to dominate other healers in the Arena. With high mobility, strong single target, spread healing, and powerful defensives, they are unmatched. With all of these tools, they are also the hardest healer to master. It is not a healing spec that can be learned in a day.

Strengths

• Great control and crowd control
• Good mobility
• Very hard to kill

Weaknesses

• Runs out of Mana quickly
• Hard to heal against teams with strong spread damage
• Struggle against teams with a Purge ability

• Many talents have changed position in the talent tree.
  • New Talent: Grievous Wounds – Rake, Rip, and Thrash damage increased by 10%.
  • New Talent: Gale Winds – Increases Typhoon’s radius by 20% and its range by 5 yards.
  • New Talent: Incessant Tempest – Reduces the cooldown of Typhoon by 5 seconds.
  • New Talent: Circle of the Wild – Physical damage dealt by your abilities increased by 5% (25% for Restoration Druids).
  • New Talent: Circle of the Heavens – Magical damage dealt by your spells increased by 5% (25% for Restoration Druids).
  • New Talent: Lycara's Meditation – You retain Lycara's Teachings bonus from your most recent form for 5 seconds after shifting out of it.
  • New Talent: Symbiotic Relationship – Form a bond with an ally. Your self-healing also heals your bonded ally for 10% of the amount healed. Your healing to your bonded ally also heals you for 8% of the amount healed.
  • New Talent: Aessina's Renewal – When a hit deals more than 12% of your maximum health, instantly heal for 10% of your health. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 seconds.
  • New Talent: Perfectly-Honed Instincts – Well-Honed Instincts can trigger up to once every 90 seconds.
  • Ursoc's Spirit has been updated – Stamina increased by 4%. Stamina in Bear Form is increased by an additional 5%.
  • Improved Rejuvenation has been changed to Lingering Healing – Rejuvenation's duration is increased by 3 seconds. Regrowth’s duration is increased by 3 seconds when cast on yourself.
  • Instincts of the Claw is now a 1-point talent (was 2) and has been updated – Ferocious Bite and Maul damage increased by 8%.
  • Lore of the Grove is now a 1-point talent (was 2) and has been updated – Moonfire and Sunfire damage increased by 10%.
  • Fluid Form has been updated – Skull Bash can now be used in any form and shifts you into Cat Form if necessary.
• Rejuvenation healing increased by 5%.
• Wild Growth healing increased by 5%.
• Rip damage reduced by 9%.
• Shred damage increased by 10%.
• Swipe damage increased by 10%.
• Ferocious Bite damage reduced by 8%.
• Cyclone duration is now 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
• Disorienting Roar now breaks based on a small damage threshold instead of any damage.
• Mastery: Harmony – Effectiveness increased by 30%. Now reduces its bonus with each additional heal over time effect.
• Tranquility channel time reduced to base 5 seconds (was 8 seconds). Total healing unchanged.
• Nature's Swiftness now increases the healing of Regrowth by 200% (was 100%).
• Flourish now causes an initial heal effect on affected allies, split evenly among them.
• All damage reduced by 20%.