Restoration Druid Gearing Guide

Keeper of the Grove Season 3 Tier Set (Manaforge Omega):

• (2) Set Bonus: Casting Incarnation: Tree of Life or Convoke the Spirits calls upon the assistance of a dryad for 5 sec that casts Tranquility at 50% effectiveness and instantly Regrowths your lowest health ally at 200% effectiveness.
• (4) Set Bonus: When your Dryad fades, your next 2 Swiftmends heal for an additional amount equal to 5% of your healing done while it was active and splash 25% of their healing onto nearby allies, reduced beyond 5 targets.

Now this new 2-set and 4-set will be a very interesting interaction with our Reforestation. Going into Tree of Life form or casting Convoke the spirit will summon a Dryad to cast mini Tranquilities and Regrowthing. Reforestation will be a go-to-pick always with Keeper of the Grove and keeping Swiftmend on cooldown will be more crucial than ever before. A very strong 2-set and 4-set that will see your throughput rise immensely.

Wildstalker Season 3 Tier Set (Manaforge Omega):

• (2) Set Bonus: Casting Incarnation: The rate at which Symbiotic Blooms grow is increased by 45%. Casting Regrowth with Clearcasting causes Symbiotic Blooms to grow on up to 2 valid nearby allies.
• (4) Set Bonus: Symbiotic Blooms have a 35% chance to trigger Bursting Growth every 2 sec at 100% effectiveness. Each stack of Symbiotic Blooms on an ally increases Bursting Growth healing taken by 30%.

Just like Keeper of the Grove, this will be a very powerful tier set bonus for m+ instead of raid. There are however scenarios where Wildstalker could see potential use, even in raid. The bonuses themselves are pretty straightforward %-based additions to what the Hero Talents already do. Easier to maintain if you compare to Keeper of the Grove, but less in throughput as it is now.

Here are two lists of the optimal gear set-up you want to reach, either for M+ or for raids.

Do note that these lists include every item that will fit the stats priority (covered in this guide) depending on the content you’re aiming for, including specific items (mainly trinkets, or some Use weapons if applicable).

For every raid trinket, I’ll list an alternative which you can obtain in M+, as raids are not something you can farm over and over during a said day.

There sometimes can be alternatives, especially depending on which stats you already have on your character, or for some very specific purposes, so keep in mind that you don’t necessarily always want to match this exact list. Most of the time, ilevel will be the biggest factor, and some stats, such as Mastery in M+, can have a relatively different value depending on what you’ll need (since this one won’t provide any DPS gain, but ONLY healing).

• Raiding
• Mythic+

Below are a few interesting trinkets from the upcoming raid Manaforge Omega. These are in my opinion, some that have some very nice potential. More about dungeon trinkets will be coming up aswell later.

Nexus-King's Command - A pairing trinket that gives you frequent stat bursts and has your overhealing turn into shields on all your target. This trinket has some very high potential and we could see it used throughout the season.

Diamantine Voidcore - A high frequency rate stat stick trigger that gives you baseline mastery. Paired with Voidglass Spire you will always want this equipped.

Araz’s Ritual Forge - A very solid stack stick trinket that has a decent cooldown timer (2min). Has a very high main stat when used and decays over time. Could be very powerful in conjunction with Flourish and ramping after that.

Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension: Currently the strongest embellishment overall, granting you one stack of a random secondary stat (rotating) every 8 seconds.

Duskthread Lining: An embellishment granting you Versatility while above 80% health. A classic effect, even though not very exciting, but still quite valuable (especially as a healer, since you’ll keep your health up as much as possible in any case). Worth crafting after your Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.

The other pieces of crafted gear you can make, after these two embellishments, are very classic, and the choice of which one to craft will only consist of you filling the gap for a slot you were quite unlucky with; whether it’s bad secondary stats that you want to swap, especially on jewelry, or a bigger piece of gear with a hefty pool of Intellect (weapon, chest, helm, legs, shoulders, etc.) where your craft will improve the overall item level.

Regarding the stats you want to have on your crafted gear:

• For any raid craft, you’ll want to choose Haste & Mastery as secondary stats.
• For any M+ craft, you’ll mostly want to choose Haste & Versatility.

Reshii Wraps

Reshii Wraps is a new Cloak released in Patch 11.2 and will be the only cloak you use (and the only one that can drop from any content in Season 3). You gain access to it via a quest chain and completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline.

The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.

To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers requires a work-order to a Tailor.

When picking a Fiber, I strongly recommend simming your character for the best stat for your current gear and intended content. If you just want a quick recommendation for which Reshii Fiber to use, then use Pure Chronomatic Fiber (Haste).

To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.

Best D.I.S.C Belt & Miniature Titan Disc Effects

With patch 11.1.7 a new item called Durable Information Securing Container is introduced. It is a powerful belt item that is acquired from Overcharged Delves.

You will want to use the following powers for your Durable Information Securing Container;

Raid: Spark Burst or Cauterizing Bolts. For hard content, like Cutting Edge raiding, use Spark Burst. If you’re less worried about raw throughput, you can use Cauterizing Bolts.

Mythic +: Spark Burst is the far superior choice in this content.

For more information about unlocking the DISC belt and the different Miniature Titan Disc effects available, check out Method's D.I.S.C Belt Guide.