Restoration Druid Healing Mythic+ Tips — 12.0.5

Wildstalker is recommended mainly for healing purposes. If you do not care about damage, you will still want to pick this hero talent tree.

Keeper of the Grove has a niche as a slightly higher damage tree. I wouldn't recommend it to most players, but it's an option if you are finding healing dungeons to be quite easy, or if you want to clear your weekly keys faster.

Most healing specs no longer have an interrupt or "kick" ability, but we do have a decent array of stuns and other ways of stopping mobs. Incapacitating Roar is our "AoE stop". You need to be somewhat close to the mobs to use it, so keep that in mind and position yourself accordingly.

You can use Typhoon for a similar effect, but keep in mind that it will displace the mobs and potentially move them out of damage zones. We recommend using it in combination with Ursol's Vortex whenever possible.

Hibernate puts an enemy Beast or Dragonkin to sleep for up to 40 seconds. Any damage will awaken the target. Hibernate works in the same way as Entangling Roots for stopping patrolling packs in dungeons without pulling them. It can also be used to interrupt casts of NPCs without removing DoTs from the target.

Cyclone can be used to make certain enemies immune to everything for 6 seconds. Make sure you use it with caution because you will also make them immune to taking damage, which might slow your group down instead of helping. We'll rarely take this.

Soothe is probably our most notable utility outside of AoE stops. It will remove all Enrage effects from the target.

Stampeding Roar will let your group either move faster between the packs or help some slower players move out of dangerous mechanics. Improved Stampeding Roar will give you access to it more often.

Entangling Roots can be used to root patrols. If you apply them to the leading mob in the group, the entire patrol will stop moving. It is useful in tight quarters or to skip certain packs altogether.

Ursol's Vortex conjures a ground zone for 10 seconds that will slow all enemies affected by 50%. It will also pull them to the center after the first time they attempt to leave the circle. It is an extremely powerful tool for kiting. You can pair Ursol's Vortex with Typhoon to group packs on top of each other for better AoE.

This affix will spawn 10 NPCs (small orbs) that start casting. The idea is to use AoE crowd control to interrupt the cast and gain the buffs. Incapacitating Roar or Typhoon are perfect for this.

This is not necessarily a healer affix, because it is just an NPC your group needs to kill as soon as possible. You can at the very least apply DoTs to it and possibly use Ferocious Bite but your DPS players should be taking care of it.

Each player spawns a rotating orb around them for 15 seconds. When other players come into contact with this orb, they get a stacking Mastery and Leech buff. If 15 seconds expire with no player picking an orb up, enemies gain a +10% damage and +20% damage reduction buff per orb. Pretty straightforward.

This affix will spawn a rift that you will have to dispel and heal off. Dispel whoever either cannot dispel themselves, or those who do not have your Lifebloom. This is a very good spot to use Soul of the Forest coupled with Nature's Swiftness and Regrowth.

If you dispel instantly on application, you will be able to dispel once more towards the end. Keep this in my mind and do not heal the second target you are planning to dispel needlessly. It can also be removed by changing form now, which means you can remove your own very easily.