DRUID in Cataclysm Classic: Was It Any Good Though?

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Another expansion means another class series - starting with the Druid!
There are a ton of changes to come in Cataclysm Classic and Druid is no exception, and with 4 specs to cover there is always a lot to say about this class.
This is DRUID in Cataclysm Classic: Was It Any Good Though?
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Timestamps:
0:00 - The Druid
01:05 - What's New Baseline?
05:53 - Balance Talent Changes | PvE
09:32 - Feral Cat Talent Changes | PvE
10:56 - Feral Tank Talent Changes | PvE
12:56 - Restoration Talent Changes | PvE
15:23 - How Do We Expect The Druid To Perform In PvE?
19:34 - Druid in WotLK Arena | PvP
22:58 - Druid Tier Sets
28:25 - Conclusion
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[@WillEmmo]

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[@kattatonik2356]

This series is back. We are happy about this

[@TheRealCeeJai]

We are happy about this.

[@General12th]

We are happy about this.

[@Gavinbelson]

clickbait series is back lol

[@TheAsteh]

@@Gavinbelson How is it clickbait? The video does exactly what the title suggests, smh

[@cactuss33ds]

​@@Gavinbelsongive it a rest

[@Icicleyo]

Cata was the expansion with hands down THE best class design and perfect pacing. Love that they decided to go further with the classics so we can relive this gem of expansion!

[@brandonlewis3379]

Can't wait to roll my troll druid with those exotic cat and bear forms can't wait lol.

[@naejimba]

The skill ceiling for Balance increases by a great deal... not only do you have interesting decisions of exactly when to refresh dots (if you are about to go into an eclipse state it could be worth waiting to refresh), and the usual proc tracking for dot specs, but in addition your AoE is effected by eclipse and is a big thing to think about. Ideally you will want to time it so your eclipse state (preferably solar with three mushrooms waiting), so this might even effect which way you move your bar at the start of a fight. Pretty simple to play, but difficult to truly master. It's really a spec you can sink your teeth into and always feel like you are learning something new.

[@johnquinn2652]

Another thing to consider is what eclipse to be in during a high movement phase of a boss fight

[@naejimba]

@@johnquinn2652 , good point!

[@ScarieWOW]

Willie! You make the best content. Thank you for your time and work, I appreciate it! Thanks for also loving streaming during the day/week. I enjoy coffee with you if you are on!

[@MediocreGamer1]

honestly more excited for cata than i have been for TBC or Wotlk, had some of my favourite class design in wow's history -feral, arms, survival, were imo in the best state theyve ever been

[@roshidon]

Thanks for the video Willie! I started playing Druid in Cataclysm and that has been my main ever since!

[@TheRealCeeJai]

15:24 Chapter annotation title: "How do we expect the Warrior to perform in PvE?" Guys, I think I might know what class is coming up next! XD

[@SuperSumalu]

There are two more videos hidden in the playlist, the man has been cooking!

[@WillEmmo]

Updated! ... also i'm not sure how warrior got there, but hunter is next up!

[@TheRealCeeJai]

@@WillEmmo hehehe....well I had hope for my brown boi for a day at least 😆

[@freddy6990]

I literally search for these a day ago. Glad we are back for Cata!

[@Shagrath06]

The series is backkkk, let’s goooooo!!!!

[@lollingtoon]

Been waiting a while for these guides. Always gives great insight into the class. Cata will be a great expansion!!

[@carlew7441]

Was already waiting for this series, nice Video!

[@tommyeden7896]

nice breakdown, can't wait for my class!

[@sebastiannouhan2498]

Always happy to see these start coming out

[@SlippySlippy]

Cool to see these videos again, feels like only yesterday i was watching the wotlk ones waiting for wrath to come out.... Time goes too fast :d

[@elxjasonx]

Always wait for this series, to see wich gonna be more fun to play

[@larks_9461]

I am so excited for cata its my favorite expansion for raiding! I will be doing holy pally,prot warrior and survival/bm hunter

[@elbeto4047]

Hey men, nice video❤, i loved this video, been playing all the classes on wotlk and its really interesting how they changed on cata. would like to know how much rogues changed on cata next if possible

[@eurosonly]

Can't wait for the warlock breakdown next. Although, I will miss out on the class quest again. But at least I can do it in sod still.

[@Grillhandle]

I love this series! Thx Willie

[@natecw4164]

Breaking feral into two trees was my least favorite class change since they have both factions all classes. So glad my memory was wrong, it may sound petty but I really truly prefer having dps and tanking within the same tree -- really unique for druids!

[@lolroflstomp]

The best part about being a druid at Cata launch was being able to speed herb in epic flight form while herb spawns were OP BUSTED AS FUUUUUUCK.

[@troydenbrum2979]

whiptail by the river in uldum all day every day, cranking out cards

[@Dualities]

Most professions wont be usefull since it will be massivelly botted and u are just gonna waste your time. But who knows

[@ryder8646]

@@Dualities always were

[@ahetzel9054]

Ayyyeeeee my favorite series returns!

[@garydurn7983]

Running about battlegrounds with the cat speed up talent + set bonus (+45%) was absolutely awesome.

[@Zutang777]

Boomkins we’re nutty in Dragonsoul.

[@jonathanforster8537]

Were*

[@naejimba]

@@jonathanforster8537 , it works written that way as well, if you assume he is talking to Boomkins. As in "hey bookmins, we are crazy in DS."

[@Valandril]

bookins are always kinda good but not better than anything else

[@Zutang777]

@@Valandril just wait until dragonsoul raid.

[@simonhartvigdaugaard238]

Ufff. Was hoping for this series!! Yay!

[@enjoiadrian]

More! We need more! ❤

[@wtfpwndomg]

Been playing bear since vanilla and will continue to do so 💪🏻

[@oliverandersson1991]

the cata druid is soooo similar to the current retail druid, its crazy how little have changed! its also my favourite class to play in raids and m+ on retail apart from my main since vanilla (paladin) that i've been collecting on since early -05 that i use for all kinds of content.

[@eurosonly]

You should also do a breakdown of the new races with their racials, starting zones, lore. Stuff like that.

[@R3ar3ntry]

Finally the GOAT Series, cant wait for the mage one if it isn't out yet? need pally and rogue too! unsure what to play

[@danreder8985]

Gosh druid was so fun in the exp. Shape shift for the stuns while balance was so so many buttons to push and bear rolling for days in pvp

[@jasonshi7245]

Back in cata, I was pala Dk tank main. Been using these 2 tank for a long while, would consider myself a good tank was doing everything right but still die a lot in fireland. One day I got on my mount camping Druid tank. It was like WTF is this? That amount of Hp. Damn so easy, you don’t even need your brain. This shit don’t even die.

[@Kahuno-WoW]

The healing spec in cata feels so good to play, very strong and mobile its style is unique and fun! and you should be prio on Tarecgosa legendary staff!

[@popojaga7312]

The best feral iteration ever, being able to go out of bear and blast good dmg was amazing, pvp was jack of all trades and master of some

[@Extase3r1c]

We're fucking back!

[@kokainkalle]

I played Balance and resto druid back then and they where awesome specially when you got Legendary staff just watch Thyraz Montage from that time my god was it good times. Gladiator Thyraz - Dragonwrath (Legendary Staff Boomkin PvP)

[@tlevesbranch3744]

Can't wait for warrior/mage!

[@avshipman]

3 Cata vids in 2 weeks is hype!

[@alib2374]

It is a blessed day

[@Coldkill2001]

I remember the balance druid rebuild being really good in Cata, or at least I enjoyed it and dealt some good damage

[@Nazrahnas]

I remember playing cata as resto druid and absolutely SMASHING it! Nobody could outheal me, no matter what they tried. On top of that, i never ran out of mana and could basically solo-heal 10-man content. OP? Hell yeah. Resto druid > all other healers. For example: With the 2-set bonus from firelands to increase mana regen when lifebloom ticks, combined with tree of life where you can have lifebloom on unlimited targets. This means that if you are totally OUT OF MANA and pop tree of life, you can get FULL MANA very fast just by spamming lifebloom on all targets possible.

[@n0punint3nd3d]

You haven't had to worry about defense since (vanilla) Wrath. The crit immunity has been a separate talent and now only got condensed into Thick Hide.

[@ez6791]

I'm gonna watch this series even if I barely touch cata hust because I'm very interested in the development progression of the game from classic to current retail. It's changed so much so trying to better understand why certain changes were made, their philosophy changes, the result and a possible better alternative that captures the classic vanilla feel in a modern mmorpg for wow 2 or classic+ would be insightful. Im starting to think even making every spec viable is just too many classes. Each spec is basically a class to manage and balance. I'm kind of interested in seeing a type of wow class system with hero classes where the original classes can transcend into a hero class at lvl 40 or potentially stay as the same class. The only exceptions being shaman, paladin and druid since they're basically hero classes with very little to transform their class. Probably should prune all class specs/roles. I think a paladin should merge holy and ret to be a dps healer similar to arcane mage in sod and change the whole idea of a healer intentionally being a healbot spamming heals. Whereas the more basic classes can have more faction and race identity by having certain hero classes exclusive to that specific race/starting class combo

[@bigbigu8671]

So it begins

[@Ash_Tallant]

For these videos do you get the footage from a private server, if so which one? I’m finding it hard to find a private server for Cata that gives instant 85 so that I can test each class. Great video by the way, can’t wait to see the rest of the classes!

[@astralfields]

I'd recommend Whitemane. You can get instant 85s there but those characters can only do PVP. Regular characters are still extremely quick to level. They have massive XP bonuses, both questing and dungeons are super fast. You basically only have to quest until 15 and then you can spam dungeons, and from 20 you can also do archaeology which gives absolutely ridiculous amounts of XP. Once you hit 60, you get a free boost to 80 and full 232 ilvl green sets for each role. You can quest 80-85 in one zone, or spam dungeons, whichever you prefer (though I'd recommend questing, as the 232 gear is not actually great so you'll be weak and squishy, and quests will give you guaranteed huge upgrades). Lastly, every max level toon you have gives you a stacking 15% XP bonus for your next toon. So while it's not quite an instant 85, it's at least a very fast 85, and every subsequent one will be even faster. The leveling is so quick that it's actually a bad idea to get heirlooms, because farming the justice points (and guild rep/gold) to buy all heirlooms will take far longer than the actual leveling process.

[@fivehorsejohnson]

I wasn't planning on playing druid but explosive mushrooms look so fun...

[@HotShotPoE]

As a long time feral cat enjoyer, I think cat performance will heavily depend on if they keep the glyph of omen of clarity in the game. We will see what happens I guess. It will either be a B tier or S tier spec depending on the glyph (Imagine it during the 25% execute phase) BUT bear is 100% the winner in every aspect

[@justinn9691]

YYYYYEEEEESSS!!! LET'S GO!

[@amyhuntingwolf387]

you forgot worgens get druid too

[@haywoodjablome7822]

They bring stampeding roar, so worth bringing a couple.

[@Qstorm88]

🔥🔥

[@scooberz2015]

Savage Defense baby. All the tanks are decent but Blood and Bear pull ahead because absorbs > block. Oh and lots of CDs.

[@denome3725]

WillE pumping insane Cata videos like me pumping dps except that my dps is bad :)))

[@ZS-bg7jo]

I mained feral all through Cata... Bear was UNTOUCHABLE (literally, sometimes) in raids with huge health and dodge approaching god tiers. By Firelands, the swap mechanics on bosses would MISS (I personally dodged 6 of Baleroc's strikes IN A ROW). And PVP tree was a beast with kitty sprints and cheetah escapes.

[@MrMasev]

Good video 👍

[@petercarioscia9189]

I started playing around the last patch of wrath, and my buddy power levelled me. I had no attachment to "the old world" When cara dropped, I finally experienced leveling and questing around the world for the first time. I absolutely loved cataclysm.

[@ericzettl1563]

I loved that trolls were able to be druids!

[@pagesagely]

Unfortunately going to have to reroll, because Druid is the only class I could see myself enjoying in Cata. I'm not excited about Cata and fully expecting to hate it, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

[@BREAKocean]

Curious as to why you hate it. I don't know much about it

[@pagesagely]

Was not a fan of Cata the first time around. For better or worse, they've tuned the balance tight as a wire, making it hard to stray outside the bounds. I like doing weird builds, which is a bit harder since the trees are locked. Druid I'm hopeful I can at least do something interesting, since they're such a flexible class. @@BREAKocean

[@firesideuprising9315]

Well druids are always fun to play outside of og classic you won't regret being a druid :)

[@pagesagely]

I'm pretty picky, but here's hoping! I do want to make it work and Druid looks like the right pick :D@@firesideuprising9315

[@borisxbg]

Basically if you wanna play Druid in cata, you gotta go for 25 man content or pvp content. PvE 10 man you can forget getting a spot as other classes do way more in any area and bring unique utilities.

[@georgejung4115]

Bruh… this day just got amazing!!! Totally wasn’t expecting to see this 😅

[@joemcginnis1718]

I play druid in wrath but thinking about switching to hunter and shaman hopefully it's a wise choice

[@seifyk]

Wild choice to use T13 heroic instead of any other Cata tier.

[@Doddweon]

Cata was the first expansion I played in its entirety and I'll never get over the loss of Tree of Life Form :( I'll still play a druid for the nostalgia, but it probably won't be my main

[@naejimba]

It had really good implications for PvP... certain CC doesn't work when transformed (so they can actually be poly'd), and the ability to burst heal is welcome as a trade off, since that was always where they struggled. Instant roots on as many targets as you want is just dirty, plus you can spam wrath and do really good damage.

[@Doddweon]

@@naejimba my main disdain is the loss of a proper form for healers. Druid is such a creative concept and being locked on a form always seemed like a fair tradeoff to its unique playstyle. The current retail iteration of resto might be the most interesting, shifting between all available forms including caster and Incarnation, but the dislike for Tree of Life as an obligatory short-duration cooldown (a.k.a. The Broccoli Years) was one of my first opinions in game design and it stands even after revision hahahah

[@Lazy_Smurf]

Any Idea if the Wotlk 'Glyph of Omen' will remain for cata? I looked like it will still be a thing.

[@firesideuprising9315]

No news on that but 100% there's no way it will remain it was absurd op in wotlk

[@zenith_journey]

Did u mention barkskin becomes undispellabe?

[@mrfathed3129]

Druid was what made Dragon Soul tolerable for me in the day. Specifically working for tank damage parses. Doing things like quickly shifting into cat and trying to get off a full 5 cp rip on Ultraxion after the twilight realm, before I had to shift back into bear and taunt was actually fun. I won't play Cata. But if I did I would be bearcatting again. The only thing that I would look forward to. And I'm a rogue main that got his daggers.

[@DrPluton]

Cataclysm was when I hit level cap with everybody else on my druid instead of my mage and paladin. I loved tanking that expansion, but Balance and Restoration stole my interest.

[@SRMi]

I'll be skipping the cata videos but good luck on the KZbin/Cata grind in any case. I've loved your videos all through Classic so nothing but the best!

[@naejimba]

A reasonable person in the comments? =)

[@brianshaw3903]

Idc what anyone says it wasnt BC or WOTLK but cata kicked ass the tier sets were sick and the raids were the funnest to date imo and very rewarding difficulty with al akir and elemental council walls... such insane fights and dont even get me started on firelands heroic😅

[@wowprobeast7543]

Willie you said 1 new race it’s 2 new races with troll and worgan druids

[@Hipp1062]

I noticed some of the abilities say it does x% weapon damage. Does weapon damage actually matter in cata, or is it supposed to say normal damage?

[@nyroku8580]

Swipe (cat) already does weapon damage in wotlk. :)

[@kaytoh5179]

I could have sworn powershift was a thing for feral in Cata. Weird how memory works.

[@leeroynilsbreuer]

I WANNA PLACE MUSHROOMS

[@Gavinbelson]

RIP OG cata solar beam

[@henrikh3089]

You missed to mention that the new race, Worgen, can be druids. In case people didn't know.

[@Verdis_deMosays]

Forgot to mention the most important part: druid gets 50% less hassle in Vash'jir!

[@landsraad9745]

Troll Druid, the end

[@tonglu2391]

I was the heal and balance, pretty bad compare to Pal and Shaman. Hard to find a place in 10Raid.

[@seagullphilosopher2173]

Can someone inform me how the population numbers on the EU Wrath servers are like at the moment? I realise that its kind of come to an end now so numbers will be naturally lower. What about the classic era realms? As we are finally at the end of the classic trilogy have people now accepted that TBC is really the true masterpiece of WoW expansions? I never bought the "retail starts at Cata" argument as there is far more content post Cata than between 2004-2010. I loved Wrath the first time around but lets be honest, TBC is the last iteration of anything remotely "classic". The raidng attunement questlines are a prime example of this, when the game was still an RPG. Once Wrath arrived and did away with this stuff the game became what it is. Although Ulduar is still the best.

[@General12th]

Hi Will!

[@padddy48]

they got the legendary wand what do you mean ? Ofc they where good.

[@Nfinitii]

Damn you didn’t mention fire cat staff from firelands. Failed video. Do dk next. ❤

[@alib2374]

I would definitely put resto 2nd, it is gonna be one of those specs where people start realizing that it's busted

[@naejimba]

Yeah... I know holy pally/disc is the meta, but it's still nothing to sneeze at in 10s. They have great output.

[@NICO-mr4ll]

CATA SO PRETY ,EVERYTHING LOOKS SO GOOD !!!

[@phantom0456]

T12’s Druid set should’ve been the fiery version of T11. The actual T12 set is a bucky. On yer head. A bucky.

[@NICO-mr4ll]

WARRIOR VID HAS GOT TO BE THE LAST ONE XDXD

[@Alias248]

Shaman pls next!! 😊

[@TN51234]

Hahaha they made Boomkin Teemo?

[@V3SPR]

As a feral cat, I'm not looking forward to cata: - will be expected to off-tank, no one will take a pure cat to 10m - if off-tanking, can't optimize for max dps but logs will probably still count for cat like on halion, so will get sht parse - losing guaranteed omen proc on FF, leading to vastly reduced dps output - will still be expected to use FF x3 for no personal gain, only to help out raid with armor debuff - losing ability to shift out of roots - new spells suck from a personal dps standpoint: tiny aoe ms buff that costs energy, interrupt with long cd that costs energy - will still be expected to use new spells that will be a dps loss - rotation gets more boring and simple with bite refreshing rip, amplified further by tier sets I'm thinking about swapping mains. Not excited by any of this.

[@johnathanbowers5433]

any classic wow video is better than what the retail guys put out

[@Carlstabil]

Tyy

[@Gavinbelson]

cata boomy is PEAK boomy pvp

[@babyburkin3308]

They were decent definently had a spot in every raid.

[@thomassleziak1222]

Every class and spec was good in cata, every spec had its use, the most balanced expansion ever in my opinion. Unpopular opinion: Cata had the best PVP. Hated pvp after cata.

[@Moogle]

as a new wow player, I actually like how cata tree form looks lol

[@Livinglarge2theend]

Druid also gets cat at lvl 8

[@Msnaturia]

I have to hard disagree here on the resto druid pvp part. People seem to forget how weak they were in cata. They were decent in RBG but bad in arena. There were memes about how rogue recoup was better than druid hots. Losing tree form also make them more easily mowed down by all the melee cleaves in cata. Also the change to lifebloom only being on one person at a time outside of tree form made u really weak to swaps. Tree instant regrowth spam was the only way to stay alive most of the time and that ran through your mana. It got a little better late into the expansion but Cata was resto shaman king pvp and holy pally too kinda.

[@charlesdobronxcharlesdobro4660]

Was cata any good tho?

[@oesophagus3000]

First 2 tiers was amazing