Restoration Druid Guide for Mythic+ [Dragonflight 10.0.2]

[@Reverzi]

5:55 The lines of defense xplanation is so spot on & it helped me understand Druid instantly so much better

[@James-kv3ll]

I like your “lines of defense” explanation. Very helpful and easy to understand.

[@martinw2235]

resto is my long term main and i'm so pumped about how it is looking for DF. the spec tree is a thing of beauty.

[@freddiet8639]

Sucks for dps tho

[@martinw2235]

@@freddiet8639 Protector of the Pack, Nature's Vigil, and Circle of Life and Death mean it will be fine.

[@lucassrosso]

I played Rdruid on Pandaria, got my Gold challenge mode and never touched it since now, so those updates on priorities spells, which you called lines of defense really made the class more clear to me. In that time, i had only to spam rejuv/swiftmend and WG when needed. Thank you very much for the guide, Growl, you really helped me. That content is superp, I know it took a lot ot effort, so ty again and keep the good work. Gonna sub you next month on twitch. Cheers from Brazil

[@dangobrother8070]

Resto Druid just feels so good in m+ in particular. It’s like there’s always something more you can squeeze in whether it’s damage, healing or utility

[@Shadowfex]

The "lines of defense" analogy made this class so much more clear. I decided to try a little resto druid a few weeks ago to prepare for DF and I couldn't get the hang of it until you put it into that perspective. I wasn't even using the 1st line of defense spells at all and didn't realize how good they are lol. I'm so excited to try this again when the servers stop shitting the bed.

[@77timpin]

Same. After being night fae for all of shadowlands, I had no idea how to use swarm. Turns out it’s one of the most important 😅

[@DubElementMusic]

its just a priority for a special situation, all healers have to learn it by doing, there is no such thing like "line of defence" bullshit.

[@Pieface12345]

@@DubElementMusic ANALOGIES ARE FAKE NEWS!

[@senpaisark]

hey growl, just wanted to say As a tank main, I love watching your healing videos so I can better understand my healers and help them help me :) -- keep up the good work. been watching since BFA!

[@crason8]

Is there an update to his tree for this video, I know he has newer video but it says come here and the talent tree he shows for Druid is no longer the same as it is now. Curious what it would look like now.

[@Trixta024]

As a returning WoW player I greatly appreciate this guide

[@jace4817]

Honestly, your guides are just the best on any platform man.

[@Zikkori]

This made everything for this spec so much more clearer. Especially the lines of defenses. Love your guides and how you explain everything. Looking forward to the in-depth high keying guide!

[@SpiritofOnelove]

Amazingly Clear in depth guide! Helped me so much and gave me such a different insight from how I healed as a druid before!! Will be following you for future stuff for sure! Thanks a ton to making my own experience even better now!

[@raphiraph02]

Thanks for the awesome video Growl !! :) Small note : when you talk about the pug climbing buid it doesn't show the right talent build on the screen (no bash or maim) !

[@Montenegro651]

I just picked up the class, and I truly thank you for this guide and the perspective! Can’t wait to try it out!

[@effortlessGFX]

Convoking in Moonkin form is such a good point. Thanks for the guide.

[@donna589]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate how you discuss how things work together and ramping up before flourish and how to use swarm This was so helpful to me the whole video!

[@tremor1001]

Great video! Just a heads up.. when your going over your talents i think you used the wrong images for some of them. Your recommend pug climbing Build (build 3) you mention taking skull bash and utility but it looks the same as one of the previous trees and skull bash isnt taken in the graphic.

[@yumytv]

Thanks! Yeah the graphics on screen are wrong but the talent imports builds in the description are correct if you wanted to see what I mean. Still deciding if its worth re uploading

[@5133937]

@@yumytv Not worth re-uploading. I was already importing all three talent builds into the wowhead calculator in a second window when those graphics popped up. Knew it was mistake, but had the correct builds already open and showing what you meant. Maybe just make a note of it at the top of the description or pinned comment and tell folks to check the builds instead.

[@whateverwhateveretc]

the videos you have been pumping out are amazing! super helpful to new or returning players, or main swappers. hubby swapper off druid tank as his main so I finally get to play resto! thanks for all the work you put into the vids!

[@infrasound]

had your stream up via raider for the first week, you're killing it! Love to see druids doing well!

[@5133937]

Definitely looking forward to the advanced higher key guide!

[@lexkappa]

Hands down, the best of videos for Resto Druids.

[@DragonflyenAmber]

I'm so glad they made druids strong healers again, my Evoker and Druid are my top two now.

[@p.rhapsodyobrien1850]

I'm just starting to learn healing and this guide was really helpful. Thank you.

[@SamanthaJoyceooo]

Growl you are my absolute favorite wow person. I like how you explain everything in a way that new and experienced players can both be engaged and learn from your videos. I'm a resto druid main in the good times and the bad lol, looking forward to M+ in DF

[@horsthorstson6364]

not sure if im missing something but i think the talents for pug climbing minute 4 are wrong

[@Assywalker]

+

[@DrunkenBobDole]

Ya, looks like it’s using the same image as the low key build

[@horsthorstson6364]

great video regardless love your content :)

[@Hilsher34]

Isn't it just cause you're trying to use it at level 60 and this is a level 70 build so you're missing points ? Unless you're on beta ofc

[@horsthorstson6364]

@@Hilsher34 he is talking about using skull bash and maim but hasnt talented into either of them

[@dekar88]

I wouldn’t classify resto drood as “reactionary.” Putting your HoTs up in ‘anticipation’ of damage is mainly the point of resto, there’s a few spells that you can use to help deal with damage spikes throughout an encounter, and those spells come with medium-to-long cooldowns. Knowing the fights beforehand and saving your CDs for those big damage spikes dictates the typeof healing resto is, i would therefore suggest that resto be classified as ‘anticipatory.’ My two cents.

[@eps-nx8zg]

I think he just misspoke

[@dekar88]

@@eps-nx8zg probably, but just in case he didn’t, if a new player reads this piece, they could at least get an idea resto druid heals is like

[@CodeCmdr]

I'm looking forward to your in-depth dungeon healing guides. Your guides are really awesome. Thanks for the great work, Grom! :)

[@DubElementMusic]

just play the dungeons and learn the abilitys of trash and bosses, as resto you need to know when the damge comes in

[@BryanSeitz]

Thx for the guide! This is how I currently play other than cat weaving b/c I pretty much max out at +20s.

[@felipematamoroscamcacho2063]

AMAZING !! thanks for the guide Growl, tons of love for you

[@ElHelvi]

10/10 Content, i was understimating Adaptive swarm power, thanks

[@tschobal9839]

Dear Growl, i think you used "Build 2" for the screenshot of "Build 3 - Pug Climbing" at 4:10

[@zaygaming4]

I love resto druid in pre-patch and excited to main it for DF!

[@shred403]

Rdruid is back FeelsGoodMan

[@Mjolnir19]

Hey Growl, your Class Tree #2 and #3 are the same in the video. Don't know if that's been brought up but didn't see a pinned comment so thought I'd let you know! Edit: I see the import text in the description, thank you!

[@Ta0r92]

Everything is just super, a great and fast guide, available to everyone, but there will be one personal request from me personally, whose person does not speak English well and is just getting to know the class, please attach pictures of abilities and especially accessories, thank you very much 💪🏻

[@gonzaj89]

Hi Growl, nice vid as always! Just FYI the 3# pug climber class tree is not showing correctly (it was showing the same as the 2# version) but we still got the drill :)

[@RetroGenetic]

The pug climb tree looks oddly similar to the previous one (100% same, and lacks the said skull bash. You used same graphic by accident?)

[@arturjanus5651]

Great Guide Dude ! You helped me a lot :D BiG PLUS !

[@nataliemarie404]

This guid is super helpful. Thank you!

[@Madhatter1932]

Terrific guide! Hoping to see them for the other healers too. Congrats on the near-100k. Sharing your stuff with my returning friends playing healers :)

[@k4rczewski]

Hi Growl! What do you think about going moonkin instead of feral (if u dont take interrupt that is). You say in a guide thats its better to spread moonfire instead of swiping and your cat form is basically there to finish stuff off. I havent played druid in beta TBH so i'm not sure how it looks like on higher haste bracket (mines 14% atm) but I feel like i'm doing more dmg as a moonkin than feral (unless big mob counts). My convoke seems to be dealing more dmg and on top of that I can cast lifebloom, swarm and regrowth in moonkin form. Does cat scale better with better gear or whats the deal with cats? Best regards, Shaman lover

[@Gorlon]

Thanks for the video I've been feeling a bit panicked and under performing in M+ turns out my 1st line is your 2nd line.

[@Willow8880]

You uploaded the same Talent tree for Pug climbing and Fun for lower Keys.

[@L7CK7]

Growl is the title drop at 1:08 inspired by the game Control? The area name drops in that game had the same big title font case filling the screen along with the low bass rumble.

[@visaky]

Hey Growl, In the video talent build 3 is the same as talent build 2. They are correct in the video description though.

[@ghozter1]

You said “reactionary healer” but isn’t it more of a proactive healer since your main healing is coming from hots which you have to apply before damage happens. Reactionary healer would be more like an hpriest where you heal as people take damage and not prior.

[@sylvainlegendre9143]

@yumytv - Do you have a video explaining you UI for healing? I know you use healbot but I'd like to see what else you are using. Thanks :)

[@Vopian]

Having the ability imagine also would have helped soo much for retaining alot of this especially for a newer healer

[@TheDiaak]

Hey Growl, i have watched your stream here and there and always enjoyed your content. Because of you i now want to try to heal for the first time. Thank you :) Do you have links to your builds somewhere by any chance that I could copy?

[@mal_rpg7899]

Great Guid! Love your content

[@PressAToCraft]

I love these videos, hoping for a resto sham one!

[@Mode-Selektor]

I've been using the high dps monkey build. While it does sacrifice some survivability, I don't think it sacrifices as much as the raw numbers would suggest since 15% movement speed can often be the difference between dodging a mechanic or not being punished for it.

[@tobiasbollig6394]

Do you simply not need the Cooldowns of your party on your healframes because you communicate a lot? or is it distracting for you to have more icons? Best regards :)

[@Lugiapkm]

Thanks growl please do a raid guide too

[@bashoe4567]

Good guide man. Can you link your Addon and UI set up?

[@ralfrudi6312]

Perfect Level zo get startet an imrpove. Thanks!

[@MorganHelmen]

You use Flourish immediately after Wild Growth? I thought it was supposed to be used right after Wild Growth ends so you extend it? Or does it also boost it significantly?

[@tinik.334]

Very great guide! Will you make also a Holy Paladin guide Soon? Can't wait for it😊

[@RinaaaYa]

Hi Yumy! I was learning Resto Druid and Preservation evoker using your guides. They are exceptionally good for people like me who are begginners since they explain not only the basics but covers almost everything you need to know as a new player to the spec. The UIs are also clean and exttremely useful for dungeons. I'm currently maining a holy priest and thanks to your guuides I'm doing +10 Mythic after just 1 week, is there a UI for H priest you might share with me? I have one but still not as clean as your preservation/resto druid UIs, and I'm still relatively new to weakauras.

[@rexonks]

Hey, this is really cool, do you mind to share which addons you were using for your resto druid?

[@RinKutanga]

hey any protips about quick targeting spells on allies, some useful options, ui addons etc?

[@trixzify]

hello growl, this is friends

[@Venixa]

Do you have a link to your armory? Great guide!

[@felipevaldivia1149]

Awesome guide, especially the gameplay and style explanation for the spec. Explanation of specific abilities and when to use them is great. I do feel like macros, weak auras and vuhdo setup is missing. I’m aware you touched on these in a general scope in your UI vid, but I believe there are too many spec specific nuisances that are left out there and could have been included here.

[@Caramelo25]

Nice video, what aura do u use with the cursor?

[@valasaur]

congrats on 100k :)

[@oplemmy7389]

Cat form combined with Convoke the spirits saved me some fights as a heal drood some times! feel like you forgot to mention ho much dmg you can pull out whith it :? otherwise awesome guide! good work!

[@dank7289]

I thought that you got a buff to spell damage while in moonkin form...maybe 10 percent spell damage if I remember right? Is that not worth it to be in moonkin form for star surge and your dots if your able to, like in lower keys or if you learn the dungeon super well and know that you can just spam for a bit in moonkin form?

[@machfaive5159]

@yumytv with respect to dealing dmg as resto have you considered going bear for in order to stack 3 times the thrash bleed? and pairing that with sunfire? with 405 ilvl I seem to be doing around 15k dps almost passively by just refreshing thrash on mobs and refreshing sunfire paired with some swipes in cat form I can pop around 20+k dps on healing downtime and I don't even have the Nokhund trinket

[@maghnib2806]

What u think about go to haste/vers stars for high Keys? Is it worth for more survibality of better go just to haste/mastery build?

[@arkantosedns7195]

Something is unclear to me, guildmate swear that nature vigil's proc around my healed allies so that they must be in melee for nature's vigil to deal damage, what about it? I think "nearby" is quite a generic term in the spell description. If you got the answers i'll be glad to ear it

[@twofourtyfour]

Great guide, thanks! I tried importing your vuhdo profile but it came without the bouquets. Any idea on how to fix this?

[@hanajoo9388]

There seems to be an error in this video. The pug climbing and lower keys, show the same talent.

[@smurfaccount9269]

The pug climbing build didn't have skull bash, it looks like the second build (giga deeps) was put there instead. Is there a source you could point me to of the pug build?

[@DeanMurphyCDM]

Growl + Resto Druid ❤

[@woodygaming2219]

@yumytv is it just me.. or is the talent Class Tree for Build #2 and Build #3 the same? you spoke about Skull bash but it isnt taken on Build 3 from the image. or I'm just blind

[@sorryman105]

Uh were the graphics between the builds supposed to stay the same for the one you were describing as taking skull bash?

[@Verdis_deMosays]

YAY TREE, LETS GOOOOO

[@Silentfeety]

When you use convoke, do I need to actually select player before casting or not?

[@seans8479]

Just a heads up, there's an error in your video. Your "PUG Climbing" talent build (#3) is the same image as "Fun for Lower Keys" talent build (#2).

[@Omararw]

What addon do you use that shows the spells and times on the party frame?

[@Silentfeety]

Do we still need to recast lifebloom on last 3s or its better fot it to expire then reapply it?

[@chickpoon9607]

Hey Yumy if possible could you update the import links for the talent trees? thank you

[@Prinz87]

You cant use the OoC talent points to try Nourish ;) You have to have OoC to get to Nourish

[@alby910]

What party frame addon were you using , like the way we could see the Gcd

[@tute8234]

I remeber one interaction between Nature's Swiftness and convoke. To macro NS with convoke to get juiced Regrowths during convoke. Is that still a thing ?

[@garneet]

finally resto

[@Pekins]

Growl which healer you feel like is best suited to heal stupid (aka pugs)

[@Dcully]

What addon is placing suggested heals on your cursor please?

[@Jefutin]

@yumytv might be a teeny tiny mistake with those talent builds x) Youre talking about disruption on build #3 but its the same as build #2.

[@PySnek]

Please show the icons of the spells in the rotation part for your next video.

[@stefan3388]

I like the class tree but the spec tree is a bit dull when there is only 1 option. Personally I never liked the life bloom Playstyle and didn't like the talent.. looks like I need to adjust to it.

[@TheRodonji]

the "PuG climb" build is missing. It showed the same build again.

[@iainbreen7835]

Resto druid is not a reactionary healer. As they heal with HoTs its the opposite of reactionary, so proactive.

[@luciel133]

What’s the Marco for flourish and natures vigil?

[@Wendygram]

I think the wrong screenshot is shown at 4:14. Otherwise awesome vid!

[@Anolaana]

4:08 am I blind or was that Third Build the same general/class talent screenshot as the First build? I'm confused :S

[@Tsubaki8989]

I´m having some issues with your vuhdo profile. It loads and shows hots, buffs and debuffs fine but i can´t see the health bar its black so dont know who needs to be healed I can only see where the health is when there is some shield or absortion of some kind, then I see the blue bar regarding the absortion so i can see how much health the target has. i was healing yesterday M0 that way, just guessing who needs healing and honestly was a nightmare Any idea what the problem might be?

[@hiddevanzalm272]

So for the PUG-climbing talent tree, you opt for both Balance & Feral options? Do we just go Feral for ST & Balance for packs?

[@HotsDru]

this guide is bad and the builds are bad too you dont take any balance abilities

[@hiddevanzalm272]

@@HotsDru Maybe so, I'd rather stick with growl over some randoms

[@rellify3]

Thanks growl!

[@derekwilliams771]

build #2 and #3 specs are the same. a friendly heads up