Druid — Restoration

Stat Priority, Races & Consumables

Stat rankings, race notes, enchants, gems, and consumables in one place - the same character-prep flow players expect from modern class guides.

1. 1.Intellect›
2. 2.Haste›
3. 3.Mastery›
4. 4.Critical Strike›
5. 5.Versatility

Mastery: Harmony rewards stacking HoTs; Haste adds ticks and faster casts.

Consumables

Flasks, food, potions, weapon oils, and runes for this build.

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FlaskFlask of the Blood Knights or Flask of the Shattered Sun - sim your current gearFlask of the Blood Knights or Flask of the Shattered Sun - sim your current gearFlaskCurrent flask recommendation.Guide recommendationFoodFeast, Silvermoon Parade, or Royal RoastFeast, Silvermoon Parade, or Royal RoastFoodCurrent food recommendation.Guide recommendationCombat potionPotion of Recklessness when mana is stablePotion of Recklessness when mana is stableCombat potionCurrent combat potion recommendation.Guide recommendationMana potionLightfused Mana Potion for instant mana or Potion of Devoured Dreams when you can channelLightfused Mana Potion for instant mana or Potion of Devoured Dreams when you can channelMana potionCurrent mana potion recommendation.Guide recommendationHealth potionSilvermoon Health PotionSilvermoon Health PotionItem Level 295Non-equippable PotionsRequires Level 81Use: Restores 241,303 health. (5 Min Cooldown)“Created by experienced alchemists. Can be bought and sold on the Auction House.”Blizzard game dataWeaponThalassian Phoenix OilThalassian Phoenix OilItem Level 295Non-equippable OtherRequires Level 78Use: Coat your weapon with Thalassian Phoenix Oil, increasing your Critical Strike and Haste by 16 for 120 min. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 120.“The bottle contains what appears to be liquid fire and radiates warmth.”Blizzard game dataAugment runeVoid-Touched Augment RuneVoid-Touched Augment RuneItem Level 90Non-equippable OtherRequires Level 90Use: Increases Intellect by 5 for 1 hour. Augment Rune.“Can be bought and sold on the auction house.”Blizzard game data

Secondary-stat enchants are not universal. They should move with your current gear, stat breakpoints, and the enemies you are facing in a raid boss, dungeon, 2v2, 3v3, or Blitz match. We will split these into boss-by-boss, dungeon-by-dungeon, and PvP bracket recommendations as the live gear model fills in.

Playstyle & Rotation

This is the practical priority list: how the spec plays moment to moment, when to spend, and where cooldowns belong.

Talents

Pick your hero tree by the fight’s damage profile - single-target on pure bosses, multi-target on cleave and add fights.

Equipment

Tier set notes, target gear, trinkets, embellishments, and boss-specific gear links.

Treat secondary-stat enchants as matchup-aware recommendations, not permanent rules. Your current gear, raid boss damage profile, dungeon pulls, and arena or Blitz enemies can change whether Haste, Mastery, Critical Strike, Versatility, avoidance, leech, or movement is the right enchant for that slot.

Enchants

Choose enhancements after your equipment is settled. Secondary-stat enchant choices move with your current stat mix and the content you are preparing for.

Recommended enchants

Empowered Hex of Leeching or Blessing of Speed by encounterHelmEmpowered Hex of Leeching or Blessing of Speed by encounterHelmRecommended recommended enchants choice.Silvermoon's Mending or Thalassian RecoveryShouldersSilvermoon's Mending or Thalassian RecoveryShouldersRecommended recommended enchants choice.Mark of the Magister or Mark of the WorldsoulChestMark of the Magister or Mark of the WorldsoulChestRecommended recommended enchants choice.Arcanoweave, Sunfire Silk, or Bright Linen SpellthreadLegsArcanoweave, Sunfire Silk, or Bright Linen SpellthreadLegsRecommended recommended enchants choice.Lynx's Dexterity, Shaladrassil's Roots, or Farstrider's HuntBootsLynx's Dexterity, Shaladrassil's Roots, or Farstrider's HuntBootsRecommended recommended enchants choice.Silvermoon's Alacrity or Thalassian Haste on both ringsRingsSilvermoon's Alacrity or Thalassian Haste on both ringsRingsRecommended recommended enchants choice.Berserker's RageWeaponBerserker's RageWeaponRecommended recommended enchants choice.

Gems

Socket into the current stat priority, then re-check after major equipment swaps rather than treating a gem choice as permanent.

Recommended gems

Recommended gem planFill most sockets with Haste gems, add one or two Mastery gems to hit breakpoints, and put a primary-stat gem in the special/prismatic socket.Recommended gem planRecommended gemsFill most sockets with Haste gems, add one or two Mastery gems to hit breakpoints, and put a primary-stat gem in the special/prismatic socket.

Embellishments

Crafted effects are capped at two equipped embellishments. Lock these in only after deciding which crafted slots survive your next raid or Mythic+ upgrades.

Recommended embellishments

Use two throughput embellishments once your crafted slots are settled.Use two throughput embellishments once your crafted slots are settled.Recommended embellishmentsRecommended recommended embellishments choice.

Best in Slot by Boss

Gear and talents change per fight. For each boss we surface the current #1 parse as the best-in-slot reference - open any boss to copy that player’s full gear from Warcraft Logs. The recommended hero tree follows the fight’s damage profile.

Utility & Defensives

The Druid toolkit, shared across every spec - a few entries are talent choices. Landing these on cue is what separates a good Restoration from a great one.

Rebirth is a combat battle rez and Stampeding Roar is a group movement speed burst.

Interface & Macros

Start with Midnight’s built-in boss warnings, cooldown manager, damage meter, and raid frames. Then add only the interface pieces that make your decisions clearer.

#showtooltip Rejuvenation
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Rejuvenation

#showtooltip Flourish
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Flourish

#showtooltip Frenzied Regeneration
/cast Bear Form
/cast Frenzied Regeneration

#showtooltip Travel Form
/cancelform
/cast Travel Form

#showtooltip Rake
/cast Prowl
/cast Rake

Tips & Tricks

• →Shift forms aggressively to break roots and slows; power shifting wins games when you do it before the enemy reconnects.
• →Pre-shift Bear Form before Kidney Shot, Stormbolt, or a melee swap so Barkskin, Frenzied Regeneration, and Bear armor are already working.
• →Use Wild Charge creatively: Bear Charge to an enemy pet, totem, or low-risk target to create distance instead of only charging kill targets.
• →Stealth between goes when combat drops; open with Prowl into Rake or Mighty Bash to create crowd control before the enemy healer is ready.
• →Run away on purpose. Restoration Druid is strongest when you kite around pillars, refresh HoTs while moving, and make melee overextend.
• →Pair Swiftmend, Soul of the Forest, Wild Growth, then Flourish for planned raid damage instead of pressing Flourish on weak HoTs.
• →Keep Lifebloom and Efflorescence active, but do not stand still to be perfect; a living Druid with slightly imperfect HoTs is still winning.

Common Mistakes

• ✕Reacting instead of pre-ramping
• ✕Overwriting HoTs and losing duration
• ✕Hard-casting Regrowth without Clearcasting
• ✕Saving Tranquility or Flourish too long