The War Within Druid Guide

Druids are an amazing class with majestic powers of shapeshifting. For many years they were and still are the favorite class of thousands of players. In this The War Within Druid Guide we will observe the latest changes for Druids, speak about their abilities and rotation, and figure out which consumables are essential.

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The War Within Druid Overview

So, as we have already said, Druid is one of the most famous WoW classes with an absolutely unique feature of shape-shifting. Depending on specializations, Druid transforms into various core forms: Bear, Cat, Moonkin, or even living Tree. Beyond the specialization forms, Druid also has a Travel Form that includes Aquatic Form and Flight Form depending on environment and zone specifics. With The War Within changes, Druid can now use Skyriding mechanics and dynamic flight features.

Another feature that distinguishes Druid from other WoW classes is the fact, that Druid has four specializations offering balance between healing, damage, and tanking roles. By choosing Balance you can become a great ranged DPS, Feral Druid provides you with Cat form as melee DPS, Guardian spec will make you a tank in Bear Form, and, finally, Restoration gives you an opportunity to try Healer gameplay. Various specializations and forms provide Druid with various resources, so playing characters of one class you can try totally different gameplay.

Druid Strengths and Weaknesses

Just like any other class, Druids have their own pros and cons. Considering that there are 4 specs, the list is even bigger. Let’s see what you should be prepared for when playing Druid.

The War Within Druid Changes

The changes that came with The War Within left a footprint on all classes, but also altered the Druid Talent trees. The changes affect the pre-existing class trees, and spec talent trees, bringing a boost to their healing powers and passive damage output, and even more. To name a few examples, Resto Druids can’t pick Photosynthesis and Flourish together anymore, as they form a choice node now, and Fluid Form has been added.

You’ve probably heard about new exciting talent trees — Hero Talent  Trees. In order not to overload this guide with details, we offer you a closer look at Druid Hero Specs in our comprehensive Hero Talents Guide.

And we can not but mention another wonderful feature added in The War Within — the Warbands. This new addition allows you to transfer resources between your alts, share currency, and monitor available warband-bound gear. You can unlock Warband Bank now and start your TWW adventures fully prepared.

The War Within Druid Abilities

Balance spec deals more Arcane damage to the enemies under Moonfire and more Nature damage to the targets under Sunfire. Also, another favorite tool of all Moonkins Starfall now doesn’t have a CD and can be stacked.

Restoration Druids often pick Lifebloom, Nature’s Swiftness, Omen of Clarity, and Ysera’s Gift, as these talents are literally the best healing abilities.

In The War Within the key tanking abilities for Guardian Druid are Overrun, Demoralizing Roar, and also Malorne’s Swiftness. These all are relevant talents.

Feral Druids prefer Bloodtalons, Saber Jaws, and Ferocious Bite as their most powerful tools.

The War Within Druid Rotation

This class relies on rotation to maximize spell damage, and each Druid specialization has its own rotational priorities. For instance, for Balance Druids it’s essential to get the Eclipse effect, so they use related spells like Wrath, followed by Moonfire and Sunfire. Feral Druids start with Prowl and Rake. Guardian spec uses Bear Form to reach sustained damage and maximize it. Resto Druids as healers have other priorities, like maintaining Lifebloom on the tank and tracking Efflorescence.

The War Within Druid Leveling

Leveling a Druid in The War Within is a piece of cake. Four specializations give players all possible options for convenient leveling the way they like. Choosing dungeon leveling, you always can find a party super fast as a Tank or Heal, so you won’t need to take a pause or complete other leveling actions while you are in a queue.

While leveling in the Open World, you can pull a high number of enemies to blast them with your AoE spells as Balance Druid. Cat also has some AoE spells, a nice rotation, uses bleedings, and can skip the hardest moments by using Stealth.

Also, don’t forget about Travel Form, several movement speed-boosting effects, and a lot of control abilities that help you avoid unwanted fights. Zandalar Druids also have a kind of Goblin Glider Kit ability Pterrordax Swoop, which can be useful if you playing this race.

The War Within Druid BiS Items

Regardless of the spec, Druids utilize the Reshii Wraps in WoW The War Within. The cloak is great for having good stat flexibility for tanks, healers, and DPS players. From Feral claws to Restoration spells, it will make performance better without destroying your stat balance. For our complete Reshii Wraps guide, click here.

Best Druid Cartel Chip Items

If you want to get some new BiS items for the current season, participate in the Turbo Boost event to earn the currency. Then, choose what you need from the list of the best Druid Cartel Chip purchases:

Spec	Best Cartel Chip Purchases
Balance Druid	Voidglass Kris  Astral Antenna  Araz’s Ritual Forge  Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals  Azhiccaran Parapodia
Feral Druid	Araz’s Ritual Forge  Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals  Harvester’s Interdiction  Unyielding Netherprism  Astral Antenna
Guardian Druid	Brand of Ceaseless Ire  Tome of Light’s Devotion  Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals  Ringing Ritual Mud  Harvester’s Interdiction
Restoration Druid	Voidglass Kris  Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals  Diamantine Voidcore  Loom’ithar’s Living Silk  So’leah’s Secret Technique

The War Within Druid Stats

It won’t be superfluous to remind you about Druid Stat Priority, which is essential during gearing. The primary stats should always be your priority, but if the secondary stats prevail on a particular item, you can still equip it.

The War Within Druid Consumables

The best opportunity to boost your stats is to buy all the essential consumables. You should always have a flask or two in order to keep yourself buffed in any situation, both in PvE Environments and PvP Arenas.

Druid Flasks in The War Within

• Flask of Alchemical Chaos;
• Flask of Tempered Swiftness;
• Flask of Tempered Mastery.

Druid Combat Potions in The War Within

• Tempered Potion;
• Algari Mana Potion;
• Potion of Unwavering Focus.

Druid Health Potions in The War Within

• Algari Healing Potion.

Druid Weapon Buff in The War Within

• Algari Mana Oil.

Best Druid Food in The War Within

• Feast of the Midnight Masquerade;
• Everything Stew.

Best Druid Gems in The War Within

• Culminating Blasphemite;
• Versatile Emerald;
• Elusive Blasphemite;
• Insightful Blasphemite;
• Masterful Emerald;
• Quick Onyx;
• Masterful Ruby.

Druid Best Enchants in The War Within

Slot	Best Enchant	Options
Weapon	Enchant Weapon – Authority of the Depths	Enchant Weapon – Authority of Radiant Power
Cloak	Enchant Cloak – Chant of Leeching Fangs	Enchant Cloak – Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
Chest	Enchant Chest – Crystalline Radiance	—
Bracers	Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Leech	Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Speed
Legs	Defender’s Armor Kit	Stormbound Armor Kit
Boots	Enchant Boots – Defender’s March	Enchant Boots – Scout’s March
Ring – Regular	Enchant Ring – Radiant Haste	Enchant Ring – Glimmering Haste
Ring – Cursed	Enchant Ring – Cursed Haste	—
Rings	Enchant Ring – Devotion of Critical Strike	—

The War Within Druid Best Race

The first thing you need to know is that the impact of the race is not that big if you know how to play. Neither allied nor basic races in most cases will make your performances better, so first of all focus on mastering your skill. But, if you insist on the need to choose a particular race depending on the racial abilities it grants, we can help.

We have prepared a convenient table that shows the best races for each spec, so feel free to use it to make up your mind and choose the best race for you.

The War Within Druid PvP

Druids are 100% good in PvP, as they can choose various roles and slay due to their shapeshifting abilities. Their flexibility allows them to switch between damage, healing, and tanking, so handling Arenas and BGs is not a problem. With strong crowd control options like Cyclone and Entangling Roots, they can control and take down the enemies. Also, their mobility and survivability, especially in forms like Travel Form and Bear Form, make them difficult to be caught.

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The War Within Druid Best Professions

As a leather-wearing class, Druid always can choose Leatherworking to get access to suitable gear. In The War Within, it can be even more useful because of new quality levels of crated items that provide you with the gear of even Mythic Raid item level. Skinning can be a paired profession for you in this case.

Also, you always can level the pair of Gathering Professions for gold making, or use for this goal Jewelcrafting or Alchemy. So, just choose the profession to your liking first of all.

The War Within Druid Macros

The role of Druids in WoW can not be overestimated, as their performance is usually on top. But to maximize it, you can use macros. Even in the days when one addon like WeakAura can replace the wide pool of other addons, macros stay indispensable. So, let us remind you of at least some general macros useful for all Druid specializations.

• Rebirth. Helps you to cast a spell on your mouseover target.
  #showtooltip Rebirth
  /cast [@mouseover,help]Rebirth;Rebirth
• Remove Corruption. Use the Remove Corruption spell on your mouseover target.
  #showtooltip Remove Corruption
  /cast [target=mouseover,help,nodead][target=target] Remove Corruption

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We hope, our The War Within Druid guide will help you become one of the best Druids in the new expansion. Stay tuned, don’t miss our The War Within updates, and don’t forget to check other guides and offers on our Overgear platform.