Restoration Druid Healing Guide — The War Within (11.2.7)

Patch 11.2.7 brings no class changes for Restoration Druid and basically none across the board. Instead it's a content-focused patch that adds lots of new events. Check them out below:

• Housing Early Access Begins!
  Housing, Midnights big feature, begins its rollout! This will give you time to acquire furniture and decor before the expansion launches. Icy Veins has a Housing Guide if you're interested in getting started.
• New Retuning Character Experience!
  If you're a retuning player it's easy to feel lost as to what you were doing before taking a break. The new 'returning player' experience sends you to Arathi Highlands to get reacquainted. Exiles Reach, the new player zone, has also been revamped. You might like to read through the Restoration Leveling page to familiarize yourself with the modern version of the spec.
• Brawler's Guild Returns!
  The Brawlers Guild is a series of solo PVE challenges that you can complete for achievements, housing decor, and more. You can find the Brawler's Guild in Stormwind and Orgrimmer. If you're up to the challenge, check out our Brawler's Guild Guide.

In addition to these new features, Legion Remix (introduced in Patch 11.2.5) remains available throughout Patch 11.2.7, and you can use our Restoration Druid Legion Remix page if you'd like to give it a try. We also still have our Puzzling Cartel Chip recommendations up to date on our Gear page to help you finish your Season 3 best-in-slot set.

As Midnight draws close, you might want to check out the Midnight Restoration Druid Preview to see what is in store for the spec.

11.2.5 has no Restoration Druid specific changes, but added Turbo Boost, which adds an extra two levels to Hero and Myth track items. This will allow us to upgrade each of those items by 6 items levels. It also lets you buy up to three special effect items from the raid or dungeon pool with Puzzling Cartel Chips.

Alongside Turbo Boost, this patch also brings Legion Remix. Check out our dedicated pages to learn more:

• Lycara's Meditation replaced with Lycara's Inspiration. This new talent is pretty useless for Restoration Druids.
• Wildstalker's Symbiotic Bloom and Bursting Growth healing increased by ~50%.
• Symbiotic Bloom base chance to proc increased by 30%. Rate at which this increases with larger target counts slightly reduced.
• Twin Sprouts chance to generate an additional Bloodseeker Vine or Symbiotic Bloom increased to 30% (was 20%).
• Implant also triggers from casts of Wild Growth.
• Tranquility initial healing increased by 100%, but its healing now reduces more rapidly beyond 5 targets. Healing over time increased by 200%, but its healing now reduces beyond 5 targets.

These changes represent massive Wildstalker buffs. Paired with the new tier bonuses Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 2pc and Druid Wildstalker 11.2 Class Set 4pc, Keeper of the Grove becomes worthless in Mythic+ since its healing is significantly worse.