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Alliance

Best race:

Night Elf is the strongest option as it allows you to drop combat on demand with Shadowmeld and go for a drink while in stealth via Prowl

Horde

Best race:

• Tauren is the clear winner with War Stomp usable to peel for yourself with Cyclone or to assist your teams kill attempts – the extra stamina from Endurance is another added bonus to help you survive

ALTERNATIVE TALENTS

Feral Affinity can be used to assist your teams damage and crowd control as long as you can get away without the added durability from Guardian Affinity or if you’re playing a comp that can easily peel swaps on you, for example when playing MLD, RMD or when playing 2s

Balance Affinity can be used against mages to avoid Polymorph or in matchups where you plan to stay far away from the opposing team while still going for Cyclones

Mass Entanglement is a niche pick that can be used to better kite demon hunters, mostly in 2s

Incarnation: Tree of Life is a viable pick when facing double dps in 2s

Spring Blossoms can significantly increase your healing throughput when playing with low mobility classes, such as destruction warlocks and shadow priests, that will make good use of your Efflorescence

Trinket

• Gladiator’s Medallion should be used in matchups where you need to break out of important crowd control, such as Blind against rogues
• Relentless can be considered if the opposing team has lots of short duration crowd control, for example against destruction warlocks

Standard

• Focused Growth should always be used
• Cyclone should always be used in 2s and 3s when playing a comp that relies on crowd control to score kills but can be much less valuable when playing with a warlock, priest or in melee cleaves as you’re less likely to push in and go for crowd control
• Overgrowth is an excellent spell for quickly recovering and should always be used when playing against mages to counter Kleptomania but can be dropped in favor of more overall healing in matchups where your hots are unlikely to fall off

Optional

• Master Shapeshifter pairs well with Feral Affinity and is your best aggressive talent for 2s
• Thorns can be used for some extra damage or as a pseudo defensive cooldown when facing a melee in 2s and can be considered against melee cleaves in 3s
• Nourish is a niche pick for situations where you need additional healing and are able to freely cast, primarily when you’re playing with casters and can sit back while playing for dampening
• Revitalize although a rare pick, can be used together with Focused Growth and Overgrowth to increase your healing throughput against melee
• Mark of the Wild is a good pick when facing destruction warlocks to reduce a lot of their passive damage

Major

• Vitality Conduit – best all around defensive option that’s great for recovering and increasing your overall healing
• The Crucible of Flame – more offensive option that’s primarily used in 2s but can be considered for some rare cases in 3s where the added damage could be useful
• Memory of Lucid Dreams – great for longer games where winning on mana tends to be your win condition
• Conflict and Strife – can be considered when you’re at high risk of dying in stuns due to the extra versatility making you much more durable – it can also be used if you want access to an additional PvP talent while retaining access to Overgrowth

Minor

• Spirit of Preservation – always
• Life-Binder’s Invocation – always
• Vitality Conduit – always when not used as your major
• Memory of Lucid Dreams – if you need more mana
• Conflict and Strife – if you need more damage reduction

BiS

• 3x Grove Trending
• 1x Waking Dream
• 1x Lively Spirit
• 1x Rampant Growth

1. Versatile or Masterful – one of your best choices for the passive increase to one of your favored stats
2. Surging Vitality or Honed Mind – alternate pick to proc one of your best stats

• Forbidden Obsidian Claw – absolute must have for the mana gained and high damage dealt
• Revitalizing Voodoo Totem – another must have that provides a very strong single target heal
• Fangs of Intertwined Essence – can be considered when your win condition comes down to mana
• Corrupted Gladiator’s Emblem or Corrupted Gladiator’s Safeguard – can be used for an additional personal defensive if you need help surviving being trained or swapped to

Haste = Mastery > Versatility > Crit

/target [@party1]

/target [@party2]

#showtooltip
/cast [target=party1] Nature’s Cure

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/cast [target=party2] Nature’s Cure

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/cast [target=YOUR CHARACTER NAME] Innervate

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/cancelaura Cat Form
/cancelaura Bear Form
/cancelaura Travel Form
/cast Wild Charge

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus] Bash

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/cast [target=focus] Entangling Roots

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/cast [target=focus] Hibernate

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/cast [target=focus] Cyclone

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/cast [target=arena1] Cyclone

#showtooltip
/cast [target=arena2] Cyclone

#showtooltip
/cast [target=arena3] Cyclone