The Naked Fear

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Balance -

Elitist Jerks Moonkin PvE DPS: http://elitistjerks.com/f47/t66856-moonkin_pve_dps_updated_3_3_3_ptr/#Enchants

Feral DPS -

Cat Discussion: http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t63774-feral_dps_discussion/


Feral Tank -

Bear Tanking in 3.3 and beyond: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=20140806102


Restoration -

Tree guide: http://www.malfsapornaddict.com

Resto : ... Please forgive my previous fake link... that I thought was fake.
Feral : Link

aww you guys are gonna make me want to build a shammy list

#2346718 Sinagosa wrote:

Restoration -

Tree guide: http://www.skoolofhardknocks.com

So I'm supposed to heal like I'm screwing someone??

Seriously, though, for resto I used tankspot's guide. I used this as a guide, though, and took into consideration the type of raiding we do, and the healing spells most used in our raids.

For instance, this guide does NOT recommend putting points in the talents that help Nourish, however in ICC especially, nourish is almost the new rejuvenation--I spam it quite often, since I have the haste to do it, and the tanks are taking greater hits than in earlier raids, even on trash mobs it seems. So, I took the basic spec here, modified it for a better nourish, and came up with my spec that way.

Blame Malf for that, I just added it in and im a little too lazy to change it so for now, Restoration is essentially hardcore pornography.

>_< Rofl, like I said... it wasn't intentional. But, It's still HIGH-larious!!!!

P.S I would remove the link, or anything mentioning its actual URL address... We have younger players, like Wortroll and Tezrian, roaming the forums.

Resto druid guide I made a while back :

As a resto druid your most useful spells are hots. Every other class uses direct heals, and because of this there are certain requirements that must be fulfilled by the reso druids of the raid.

First and foremost pre-hot'ing the tank. Before every pull make it a point to get all of your hots on the tank. (regrowth, rejuvenation, and 3 stacks of lifebloom) this allows the other healers in the raid to get situated while your hots keep the tank up. I like to blow swiftmend right off the bat. - after the tank takes his first massive hit-. This buys the paladins and disc. priests a few more seconds to get in place.

MAIN TANK HEALING :

The main tank should always have regrowth and rejuv on him. If you ever find down time while raid healing, nourish the tank if it looks like it is needed. Try to prioritize who has the highest chances of dying if you don't heal them. - "The raid's at 50% hp, but the next time they will take damage is 15 seconds from now.... and the tanks getting roflstomped atm!" /nourish tank /Wildgrowth raid.

OFF TANK HEALING:

Each off tank should have regrowth and rejuvenation on him before they start taking damage. -IE adds are spawning in 3 seconds so I pre-hot the off tanks.

BASICS OF RAID HEALING : rejuvenation vs. lifebloom :

For raid healing rejuvenation is your best friend, not lifeebloom. What takes lifebloom 2 global cooldowns takes rejuvenation 1 global cooldown.

WILDGROWTH MECHANICS :

Wildgrowth is a smart heal. Meaning it will be cast on the 5 (6 - if glyphed towards it) lowest people, hp wise, in a certain distance from your target.
- This ability hits athris often. - It will not necessarily hit the target you "click" on. Wildgrowth should not be cast until raid damage occurs. Due to its healing amount decreasing over time.

When to use rejuvenation and when to use nourish :

One thing you must realize is that rejuvenation takes 3 seconds to tick after it is cast (2 seconds if you're glyphed with Rapid Rejuvenation). So if a raid member takes 30% or more of their hp in damage heal them with nourish, not rejuvenation nor lifebloom. If 3 or more people take 30% or more hp in damage it calls for wild growth and nourish. When players are taking consecutive damage, rejuvenate them.

Purpose of a druid :

As a druid your main priority should be on the tanks, while support raid healing. - IE abilities like wildgrowth. 1 global cooldown to heal 5 (6) people at a time.- But during bosses like twin valks you become an all out raid healer. Keeping only rejuvenation on the tanks. You then keep rejuvenation on every raid member possible. Wild growth should always be on cooldown during these types of fights. - Hodir during frozen blows, mimiron's phase 2, valks, phase 3 of anub' arak. - and rejuvenation should be out on 10-16 people.

Rejuvenation + swiftmend :

This combo allows you to heal an individual for 20-30k (If Geared) in 1 second. Since swiftmend has a fairly long cooldown make sure to save it for an important situation. - I keep mine saved for athris 50% of the time, 30% of the time for morgi, and 20% of the time for the rest of the raid. Swiftmend is a powerful insta-cast tank/raid healing spell. USE IT! Though swiftmend has a semi-long cooldown, you should view it as an "OH crap!" moment preventer, not as an "OH crap!" moment button.

Nature's swiftness :

As prazer has pointed out setting up a macro for nature's swiftness + Healing touch is a very nice tool. I tend to normally use nature's swiftness on dps and healers. - Considering all healers should already be focusing on the tank I shouldn't need to use it on him.

Rebirth : "Brez" should be saved until the raid leader calls for it. If you notice someone vital isdead, mention it, and if the raid leader says nothing back save your brez.


ADDONS :

Vuhdo - This is an amazing "healbot" like addon that helps TREMENDOUSLY. Allowing you to simply click a player in order to cast a spell on them. - It is very customizable and the best "healbot" type addon I have found.

Sexymap - ZOMG WHERE IS ATHRIS I NEED TO BREZ HIM. This addon will allow you to move your map in an easy to see point on your screen. Allowing you to easily spot people you need to brez or get closer to them in order to heal them.

Vuhdo - getitliveitlikeit

Vuhdo - one more time =D

GLYPHS : Glyphs I use are marked with a *

*Glyph of swiftmend - Not having this is similar to a warlock not having glyph of conflag... it just doesn't work
Glyph of nourish - Allows much better tank healing -
*Glyph of wildgrowth - Very important for raid healing
Glyph of rejuvenation - Not so great. It only procs if the person is under 50%. - How often are people under 50% hp? Rejuvenation also takes 3 seconds to tick after it is applied. - How often are people not healed to full after 3 seconds, much less above 50% after 3 seconds?
Glyph of innervate - If you are constantly hurting for mana... I would say grab a mana pot or melee the boss mid-fight while a paladin judges wisdom before buying this glyph.
*Glyph of rapid rejuvenation - Reduces the time in between ticks, but lowers the duration of rejuvenation accordingly.

READ THIS SHIT

Very helpful info in all of these guides

I must say this was a very good read.Talking to Tyler some about diffrent things and reading this has really helped out my dps as i`ve been getting better gear.I always raided on my mage and never cared alot for a raiding boomkin. Seemed they lacked dps.I am really starting to enjoy mine alot more nowadays but i still cant wait to get my mage back.When im not being lazy noone can catch me in dps running all the heroics i`ve been running the last few days.I`ve gotten my GS up to 4400 but im not sure what i need to do next.Im running out of things i can get with those badges.

P.S Frost = Tatersallad for those that dont know.I havent been around for about a year,but ive been in TNF just about since it was started.

Any idiot could have gone through their spells and talent trees and explained what they did on Tankspot. Seriously, that was a piece of shit and I want my time back.

I want to know more about healing rotations and what heal orders people use for differing scenarios; little nuances to most that would make a big difference in raid for a resto druid.

Seriously failzors to Tankspot unless there's an advanced guide I'm missing

Varden I'd suggest looking at the log we posted for last nights icc run. Compare your spell selection to say stnus. These logs are an absolute jackpot of real live data.

Talk to me in vent one day, than xD. I have nothing but time on my hands.