Mists of Pandaria Classic Guardian Druid Rotation and Cooldowns
On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Guardian Druid Tank, in order to survive damage and build up threat while doing PvE content in Mists of Pandaria Classic. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc. in order to maximize your survivability and threat.
Guardian Druid Rotations
If you have not already, we recommend going through the Spell Summary guide first. Knowing how each spell and ability works in detail will greatly increase your understanding of the rotation suggestions below.
Guardian Druid Rotations
Single-Target Rotation
Make sure to keep yourself buffed with 
Mark of the Wild and debuff enemies
with 
Faerie Fire when pulling.
- Cast
Enrage whenever available to generate Rage; - Use
Mangle to generate even more Rage; - Activate
Berserk, preferably while there are multiple targets nearby you can cleave; - Remember to use Rage on
Savage Defense or 
Frenzied Regeneration if taking more damage than the healer can handle; - Use your extra Rage on
Maul whenever you get a 
Tooth and Claw proc; - Cast
Lacerate up to 3 stacks; - Cast
Thrash.
AoE Rotation
Your rotation remains mostly the same, but you will want to drop single-target attacks to focus more of your limited Rage on area attacks.
- Cast Thrash;
- Use Mangle to generate even more Rage;
- Activate Berserk;
- Remember to use Rage on Savage Defense or Frenzied Regeneration if taking more damage than the healer can handle;
- Use your extra Rage on Maul whenever you get a Tooth and Claw proc;
- Cast
Swipe.
Cooldowns
Use your defensive cooldowns 
Barkskin, 
Might of Ursoc, and 
Survival Instincts
whenever you drop low or are facing heavy damage. Most of the time it will be enough
to use Barkskin in combination with another cooldown, making use of its very low
cooldown.
Use your offensive cooldown, 
Berserk, to establish solid threat on
pull, deal damage to multiple targets efficiently and / or while heavily buffed
by 
Vengeance.
Remember to use your utility abilities as well:
Rebirth to combat ress anyone who dies;
Innervate to help allies recover Mana during DPS downtime;
Stampeding Roar to increase movement speed during heavy movement mechanics;
Skull Bash to help interrupt critical casts if no one else can do it.
