Restoration Druid PvP Talents and Builds (Shadowlands / 9.0.2)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as a Restoration Druid and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Restoration Druid PvP Guide.
Talent Choices for Restoration Druids
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15 |
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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While the above table provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.
Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
Cenarion Ward is the best choice in this tier. This is an extra HoT
and will increase your overall healing output. This also scales with your Mastery
and cannot be purged by the enemy team. This is a good spell to use
right before being put in crowd control.
Tier 2 (Level 25) Talents
Wild Charge is the best choice in this tier. This gives you many
options to increase your mobility. You will primarily be using it while in
Travel Form to kite incoming damage or in
Cat Form to get crowd
control on the enemy healer.
Tier 3 (Level 30) Talents
If you think the enemy team will focus you at any point in the arena,
Guardian Affinity is the best choice in this tier.
Reducing overall damage dealt to you and having access to abilities like
Frenzied Regeneration greatly increases your survivability. Not only do you
get Frenzied Regeneration, but you also get
Incapacitating Roar. This gives
you even more crowd control to use on the enemy team. Quick note here: if you press
Incapacitating Roar, it will automatically put you in Bear Form, so you do not need
to press Bear Form for it.
If you do not think the enemy team will focus you at all,
Balance Affinity is the best choice in this tier. The
increases in range of your spells is handy for healing at maximum distance from
the enemy team. You can also use
Moonkin Form to prevent Mages from using
Polymorph on you.
Tier 4 (Level 35) Talents
Mighty Bash is the best choice in this tier. This is a versatile
talent that can be used for getting an enemy off your teammates or setting up
crowd control on a healer.
Tier 5 (Level 40) Talents
Soul of the Forest is the best choice in this tier. This
is crucial for single target healing. However, if you are playing against a team
with strong single-target damage or a Mage on it,
Incarnation: Tree of Life
is the best choice in this tier.
Tier 6 (Level 45) Talents
Overgrowth is the best choice in this tier. It will instantly place
all of your HoTs on one of your teammates. This should be used when the enemy
team is hitting a teammate that does not have any HoTs on them. Be careful when
playing against Mages, as they can use
Kleptomania that can steal all of
your HoTs off of your teammate.
Tier 7 (Level 50) Talents
Germination is the best choice in this tier. This gives you an
additional HoT on your target that will increase your overall healing output.
It is also useful against teams that might have a Purge.
PvP Talents for Restoration Druids
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful, but can be replaced with other PvP talents, depending on your team's goal.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Focused Growth makes it so that every time you use
Lifebloom on a teammate, they will gain a stack of
Focused Growth, up to 3 stacks. These stacks increase the healing of
your
Lifebloom. It is important to maintain your
Lifebloom
and
Focused Growth stacks on the teammate that is the primary target
for the enemy team.
Reactive Resin makes it so that when you use
Rejuvenation on a
teammate, they will get 2 charges of
Reactive Resin. These charges will
instantly heal your teammate when they are struck by a melee attack and
increase the duration of
Rejuvenation. This greatly increases your
team's survivability with 1 or more melee on it.
Situational PvP Talents
Mark of the Wild makes it so you and your teammates take less damage
from Nature, Fire, Frost, and Arcane damage. This is a great talent to use versus
teams with two casters on it.
Thorns, when you place this on you or a teammate, any melee strikes
against them will deal Nature damage to the attackers. This is not normally
used in 3v3 arena, as the other talents are stronger, but you should use this
in 2v2 versus a team with a melee on it.
Master Shapeshifter is a great PvP talent with many different uses.
This works well in combination with the Affinity regular talents. In general,
it is recommended to use this when running
Guardian Affinity
to further increase your survivability. You can replace
Thorns with
this PvP talent.
If you find yourself using Cyclone defensively,
High Winds is another
useful PvP talent. When used on an enemy, it will reduce their damage once they leave
Cyclone. If you are playing against a team with minimal interrupts and they do not
focus you, this can be used to help your teammates survive.
Changelog
- 27 Dec. 2020: Updated PvP Talents.
- 10 Dec. 2020: Updated PvP Talents.
- 23 Oct. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
This guide has been written by Mysticall, a seasoned PvP player who has repeatedly achieved Arena Master and 2500 rating. You can watch his stream on Twitch, and you can also check out his YouTube channel.
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