Larxanne's Druid Guide!

[Saridormi]

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Ok heres how I got the info to stop the "OMG LEECH!!111"
Most of it is by playing the game.
A large amount is from Bradygames's WoW guide which is now, unfortunately, outdated. Cry
And a bit of it is from my friends, mainly Naravia

Anyway...

Druid

The Lowdown on Druid's
Druids are the keepers of nature and, using their force of will and spirit, these protectors wander the Emerald Dream focusing on the power of the land. As a druid you have to power to:
Become a defensive bear.
An aggresive cat.
An Aquatic creature.
A travelling feline.
Use restoration spells to rejuvenate yourself and your allies.
Use balance spells to root and harm enemies.
Ultimately druids are jacks of all trades and masters of none;they can fill any role well and can complete a party.

You are a druid. Your adventure has begun.


Introduction to Playing a Druid

If you like being able to play lots of classes at once then a druid is the perfect thing for you! Through shapeshifting this class can become a warrior or rogue, or even stay as a caster and use spells to damage and heal! Just remember that your talent tree makes a huge difference.

Groups won't usually grab a druid as first choice due to uncertainty of their spec, but there are certainly ways to make a druid appealing in solo,group or PvP play! Druids can act as backup and (sometimes) Primary healers, be a DPS attacker or even become an offtank or sometimes primary tank aswell!

People also look to druids for buffs. Other classes may be able to raise Stamina or Intellect, but the druids buffs add a damage shield(Thorns) and a bonus to Armor, All stats and All resistances!(Mark of The Wild) which, in the end-game content, noone is going to turn away extra resistance buffs!

Items and Equipment

Druids can wear Cloth and Leather, but nothing else. They can also use Staves, All maces and they can also use Daggers and Fist Weapons. Staves are desired for bonuses to caster attributes, while weapons with other bonusesn are designed for Other forms.

WARNING ABOUT PROCS!

Proc weapon effects do not trigger when in animal form. (IE: Crusader, Fiery, Icy etc.)

Do not seek these weapons as it is simply a waste of money. Instead, get +attribute bonuses.

Druids are far more bothered about armor than a lot of other casters because bear and dire bear form multiply your current armor bonus to calculate your bear armor bonus. Even if you can't afford powerful enchants a simple armor patch can work wonders.

Profession

Skinning & Leatherworking: This is a good combination for those who are new to the game and cannot afford good equipment, as you can make your own here. You can also make armor patches aswell.

Herbalism & Alchemy: These are better choices if you aren't bothered about creating equipment as these carry far more potential for money by selling herbs and potions, or simply use the potions yourself to add even MORE to your attributes.

Talents

Your talents are what decide how you best play as a druid, so it's important to know what you want, but don't be afraid to try more than one tree. It's worth the money

Balance

This is designed to make the druid into a more capable caster. It becomes easier to root, damage and DOT the enemy using spells by speccing here.

Feral Combat

Feral Combat makes your druid more effective as an animal! You can deal more damage and stealth better as a cat and get an aura to increase your crit rate by 3%! This is probably best for leveling.

Restoration

Though low on damage, this turns your druid into an adept healer. Greater efficency and faster heal times, reduced threat and less interrupts make this line good for healing. This is great for groups but soloers dont have much to gain from it.

Strategy

Caster-1 Creature recommended: Stand at maximum range and starfire. Then moonfire once and use entangling roots. Then, continue to starfire and use wrath if you need a final spell dor some quick damage. If this lasts over 12 seconds use moonfire again after the first ones DOT completes.

Cat-1-2 Creatures recommended: If you aren't taking on too many then you can use cat form and do DPS then, when you are about 1/4 health switch to healer and heal yourself!

Bear-2-3 Creatures recommended: If you want to take on several at once or if a pull goes wrong then you can use bear to take them down. Focus your damage on one creature at a time, and switch to caster and heal at half health. This should get you through the situation safely.

Warsong Gulch

In warsong gulch druids rule the 30-39 bracket. Simply stealth in cat form to sneak up on the enemy, take the flag and switch to travel form! This way, not much short of an epic mount can catch you in time before you reach your base. Score!

I hope you enjoyed reading this guide about druids and if you like it please tell me, I may try one for another class. Goodbye now

~Larxanne~

[Snitch]

Awesometastico!

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[MetalFan666]

Great guide i have finally rerolled a druid yesterday and this help ALOT although imo as soon as you hit outlands switch to resto as you will need to do alot of instances and most ple dont like feral druids for some reason, but thats my server (scilla) i dont know about yours but +rep 4 sure

[Pimpin_N0ob]

Good guide, I have had my druid for awhile now and I am loving him... I can do pretty much everything (heal, tank, DPS) +rep for you....

-Pimpin_N0ob

[Saridormi]

Yays!

[Luminc]

To bad armor patches don't multiply in bear, ah well.
Great guide druids ftw

[Shadowlash]

hummm common knowledge?

[yayayaya]

helpful for all those new druids

[Hwang Mi Hee]

This is very helpful to me b/c I just rolled a new druid (lvl 26 now), thx

[Enfeebleness]

Pretty nice guide

Only druid i have is 26, and doesn't get leveled >.<


Good job though.

[Meep]

"Feral Combat

Feral Combat makes your druid more effective as an animal! You can deal more damage and stealth better as a cat and get an aura to increase your crit rate by 3%! This is probably best for leveling."

They bumped it up to 5%, you may also get an attachment to the talent which heals you for 4% (2/2 maxed out) when you crit. ( Can only happen every 6 seconds), sorry if im coming off rude, just wanted the "Little ones" to know.

[Saridormi]

Thanks for the comments guys! And thanks for that added part Meep, ill edit.

[Perman]

Great guide, and it's all correct. :P
+rep, and it's great for the newer druids

[webbster5296]

lol copy+paste from the guide u get in the store

[EatUrBrains]

Nice guide helped :}