Introduction
Welcome to the Resto Druid guide for Midnight. I’m Birra or ‘BirraGzeez’, a Restoration Druid who sometimes dabbles in some Priest and Shaman gameplay and a healer in the raiding guild Honolulu.
Restoration Druid is one of the most flexible and versatile specs in the game and a solid pick healer for M+ or raids. It's a great choice for people looking to get into healing, thanks to the wide variety of tools the class provides, from its diverse utility in different dungeons and scenarios to its strong mobility and good sustained healing.
What has changed
Patch 12.1 Changes for Restoration Druid
Patch 12.1 introduces two new talents to the Restoration tree:
- Overgrowth : Nature’s Swiftness causes your next Regrowth to simultaneously apply Lifebloom, Rejuvenation, and Wild Growth's heal over time effect to whoever you target.
- Flash Of Clarity : Omen of Clarity increases Regrowth’s healing by 40%. Now available where Cultivation previously was in the talent tree
Talent tree shakeup:
- Cultivation got bumped one row down.
- Germination and Verdancy swapped positions, and Nature's Splendor is gone entirely.
- Passing Seasons reduces Nature’s Swiftness cooldown by 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).
The big redesigns:
- Innervate no longer makes spells free now it regenerates 25% of the target’s maximum mana over 8 seconds.
- Abundance has been redesigned to while you have at least 5 Rejuvenations active, Regrowth’s critical strike chance is increased by 60% and its mana cost is reduced by 60%.
- Tranquility also has been updated; it now grows protective roots at your feet, absorbing damage equal to 60% of your health and preventing knockbacks.
- Incarnation: Tree Of Life has been updated; it now casts Regrowth on up to 3 nearby injured allies when you initially shapeshift.
- Swiftmend has been updated,its healing is increased by 40% of the consumed heal over time effect.
- Everbloom (Rank 3) has been updated. Its heal effect now triggers when you press Swiftmend (was Soul of the Forest).
- Verdant Infusion has been updated,it no longer extends heal over time effects.
- Germination has been updated,it no longer increases Rejuvenation’s duration by 2 seconds.
Quality of life changes:
- Ysera's Gift overheal now spills to a nearby ally instead of being wasted and Symbiotic Relationship now highlights itself on the action bar while it is not active.
Straight number changes (net buffs almost across the board):
- Mastery: Harmony healing bonus increased by 15%
- All spell and ability healing increased by 6%.
- Wild Growth healing increased by 20% and mana cost increased by 15%.
- Verdancy healing increased by 40%.
Mana cost reductions on Rejuvenation (-10%), Regrowth (-10%), and Lifebloom (-20%)