Restoration Druid PvP Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

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

• Hard to play for newer players
• Hard to heal against teams with strong spread damage
• Struggle against teams with a Purge ability

• New Talent: Reactive Resin – When your Restoration heal over time effects are removed by enemies, they are replaced with Reactive Resin, healing an ally over 6 seconds. Multiple stacks may overlap.
• New Talent: Twinleaf – Nature's Swiftness now has 2 charges.
• New Talent: Wildwood Roots – Abundance now also reduces the cast time of Regrowth by 5% per stack. Cenarion Ward's cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds and its duration is increased by 2 seconds.
• New Talent: Renewing Surge – The cooldown of Swiftmend is reduced by up to 40%, based on the current health of the target. Cooldown is reduced more when cast on a lower health target.
• New Talent: Forest's Flow – Consuming Clearcasting now causes your Regrowth to also cast Nourish onto a nearby injured ally at 60% effectiveness, preferring those with your heal over time effects.
• Dream of Cenarius has been redesigned – Wrath and Shred transfer 50% of their damage and Starfire and Swipe transfer 33% of their damage into healing onto a nearby ally. This effect is increased by 200% while Heart of the Wild is active.
• Nature's Swiftness healing bonus is now 40% less effective in PvP combat.
• Cenarion Ward healing is decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Renewing Surge is 75% effective in PvP combat.
• Forest's Flow is 50% effective in PvP combat.

• New & Changed Druid Class Talents:
  • New Talent: Oakskin
  • New Talent: Fluid Form
  • New Talent: Ursoc's Spirit
  • New Talent: Instincts of the Claw
  • New Talent: Lore of the Grove
  • New Talent: Starlight Conduit
  • Feline Swiftness now increases movement speed by 15%. Now a 1-point talent.
  • Thick Hide now reduces damage taken by 4%. Now a 1-point talent.
  • Natural Recovery now increases healing received by 4% and no longer increases healing done. Now a 1-point talent.
  • Tireless Pursuit has been removed.
• New Restoration Druid Talents:
  • New Talent: Dream of Cenarius
  • New Talent: Call of the Elder Druid
  • New Talent: Thriving Vegetation
  • New Talent: Prosperity
  • Courageous Impulse
  • Shadowboxing Treads
  • And many more.
• New PvP Talent: Tireless Pursuit
• High Winds has been redesigned – Increases the range of Cyclone, Typhoon, and Entangling Roots by 5 yards.
• Swiftmend has been removed from the talent tree and is now baseline for Restoration Druids.
• Tranquility initial healing increased by 400%.
• Rejuvenation healing increased by 30%.
• Grove Guardians healing reduced by 15%.
• Verdant Infusion now extends the duration of heal over time effects by 8 seconds (was 12 seconds).
• Soul of the Forest and Heart of the Wild added to Personal Resource Display.
• Adaptive Swarm, Unbridled Swarm, and Luxuriant Soil have been removed.