Restoration Druid Hero Talent Showdown in The War Within - Keeper of the Grove vs. Wildstalker

The War Within Опубликовано 14.08.2024 в 06:01 Voulk

Not sure what Hero Talents to play for your spec in The War Within? Check out all the released articles in the 'Hero Talent Showdown' series:
Hero Talent Showdowns in The War Within
Blood DK
Frost DK
Unholy DK
Havoc DH
Vengeance DH
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Feral Druid
Guardian Druid
Restoration Druid
Augmentation Evoker
Devastation Evoker
Preservation Evoker
Beast Mastery Hunter
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Demonology Warlock
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Arms Warrior
Fury Warrior
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For more information on Hero Talents coming in the War Within, check out our Hero Talents Overview.

The War Within Hero Talents Overview

Restoration Druid in the War WithinHero Talent Showdown: Keeper of the Grove vs. Wildstalker Изобильный ростОблик кошкиСтражи рощиKeeper of the Grove

Strengths

Weaknesses

ОмоложениеПериод цветенияЖизнецветОмоложениеВоплощение: древо жизниНаставления КенарияСтражи рощи Wildstalker

Strengths

Weaknesses

Изобильный ростБыстрое восстановлениеОбилиеПериод цветенияБуйный ростСозыв духовВоплощение: древо жизниОблик кошкиWhat's Changed?Keeper of the GroveГармония рощиСила природыВласть над СномРасцветСила КенарияБуйный ростВосстановлениеБыстрое восстановлениеWildstalkerБуйный ростГлубокая ранаСмертоносное сохранениеЦветы-симбионтыВысадкаБыстрое восстановлениеПриродная стремительностьВосстановлениеВысадкаУпорные корниЦветы-симбионтыAnd the Winner Is...

Class Fantasy & Visuals: Wildstalker (Winner)
Neither tree offers much in regards to visuals and class fantasy is fairly weak on both. Wildstalker takes a minor win since Цветы-симбионтыs do add a new visual and Цветочная тропа is on-theme.

Fun & Rewarding Gameplay: Keeper of the Grove
Keeper of the Grove wins the playstyle competition since there are a lot of little bits of min maxing you can do. It has a real impact on how you form your rotation - particularly your ramp - and it's something you'll be fine tuning every pull or every dungeon. It has decent gameplay implications for a passive tree. Those wary of putting more power into Стражи рощи are right to worry, but this is a decent iteration of a Grove Guardian focused tree. They mostly just play as buffs rather than themselves taking an active part in healing.

Wildstalker adds some interesting single-target healing gameplay, but is very passive otherwise. It also has very high pull-to-pull variance and you're generally not looking for that as a healer.

Difficulty: Keeper of the Grove & Wildstalker (Tie)
Both trees have a few hooks that add difficulty. Wildstalker is passive but requires you Catweave to maximize your tree value which is a higher difficulty playstyle. Keeper of the Grove makes Grove Guardian timing a core component of your ramp and making sure you don't waste Dream Petals is more important than it might seem. If you're already a skilled resto druid then Wildstalker is probably easier but if you haven't catweaved much in the past then it's about even.

Defensiveness & Utility: Keeper of the Grove (Winner)
Both have one node focused on defensiveness but the Keeper of the Grove 8% DR is more powerful than Wildstalkers 4% more healing received in all scenarios. It does require you have Восстановление on yourself but that's a paltry requirement for such a powerful buff and nodes like Обильное восстановление can even make that part automatic.

Leveling: Wildstalker (Winner)
It doesn't matter too much which you pick to level as but Wildstalker offers a little more damage. The key strengths of Keeper of the Grove like it's high burst healing isn't very useful when you're out questing and barely even registers during levelling dungeons. Wildstalker just buffs what you'll actually be doing a bit more.

Mythic+: Keeper of the Grove & Wildstalker (Tie)
The two trees are closer in power in Mythic+ than they are in raid and this could even end up a dungeon to dungeon choice depending on the format of healing you need. Keeper of the Grove will offer an accessible healing buff in any form that you can use to scale your healing up when you need it. Wildstalker offers better single target coverage, and a bit more damage. The value of both the mastery stack and +20% healing buff are also more powerful in smaller group content where you're able to have higher uptime on the group overall. The downside is that aside from Высадка you're relying on RNG for a lot of that power and uptimes can be tragic.

You're also likely to prefer Keeper of the Grove early on when being able to line Grove Guardians up with the most dangerous damage checks during the week 1 Mythic+ rush could be more valuable than adding damage.

Raid: Keeper of the Grove (Winner)

Keeper of the Groves mammoth burst healing puts it clearly in front in raid. Wildstalker would have to be very overturned for its style of healing to keep up with the dominance of +70% rejuvenation healing (among other buffs!) during the most critical moments of the fight.

Best Overall: Keeper of the Grove (Winner)

Keeper of the Grove offers more overall and more in the healing formats we care most about. Стражи рощи probably weren't many of our first choices for a hero tree, but they've delivered a fairly entertaining set of talents that only put a little more power into Grove Guardian healing itself. The tree instead buffs the rest of our healing while they're out and it's tuned very well to deliver on what the tree promises.

Wildstalker is a high-RNG, heavily passive tree that you don't get a ton of interesting gameplay from. The proc rate is also not high enough that you can really lean into what should be the trees strengths. Overall it feels like a Feral tree with Resto tacked onto it.

Hero Talent FeedbackKeeper of the GroveНеистощимостьДревни луныЛунный огоньWildstalkerСмертоносное сохранениеИзобильный ростВысадкаBase Restoration Druid Gameplay & Talents

Ловкий оборотень no longer requires Облик лунного совуха to restore mana on Гнев, and mana restored is 75% higher at level 80. Solves mana issues by letting you weave in wrath casts during downtime for significant regeneration.

Расцвет and Фотосинтез now share a node. Forces you to pick between our two strongest talents.

Облик лунного совуха removed. Greatly improves the smoothness of our caster form rotation but does cost us some fluff like Flap and the ability to ride a mount in Облик лунного совуха.

Should You Play Restoration Druid in the War Within?Состояние снаВласть над СномСочная зеленьФотосинтезВосстановлениеПериод цветенияБуйный ростСтражи рощиОблик кошкиРасцветФотосинтезjustСозыв духовВоплощение: древо жизниQuestionably EpicQE LiveDungeon Tips addonHero Talent Guides for the War Within Launch

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BM HunterMM HunterSurvival Hunter

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Affliction WarlockDemo WarlockDestro Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

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