Welcome to Skill Capped’s Overview of the Best Talents for Restoration Druid in PvP in Dragonflight 10.2.6
To make it easier to navigate, we’ve divided the guide into the corresponding sections, covering everything from race and talents to gear and macros. These will give you a good idea about what to expect from Restoration Druid in PvP in Dragonflight, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to get your character ready to conquer the arena. In this section, we will cover the most important change that came with Dragonflight – talents. We will go over the class and spec trees, as well as the best PvP talents for Restoration Druid in Dragonflight.
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Restoration Druid Talents Overview
Since the talent system received a huge revamp going into Dragonflight, we will cover both the class and the spec tree. They both have some mandatory and some optional talents.
Druid Class Talents
At the top of the tree, we will be getting Frenzied Regeneration for its efficient defensive coverage.
Towards the middle of the tree, we want Wild Charge for its dynamic mobility options, as well as Cyclone, which, as you already know, is core to the entire class as a whole. There are very few situations where you would ever want to play without it.
Mighty Bash is then often the default pick since stuns are always useful where Incapacitating Roar can be redundant if there are numerous Incap DRs on your team which is often the case when playing with Mages.
On the other side of the tree, we have the choice between Ursol’s Vortex and Mass Entanglement. You will usually take Mass Entanglement when facing melee cleaves or classes with lots of pets such as Unholy DKs, Demonology Warlocks, and BM Hunters. The rest of the time you should pick up Vortex as it’s a more versatile spell.
Lycara’s Teachings is another hardlocked talent. This simply gives you more baseline Haste and allows you to itemize more Mastery, which will be discussed a little later. One point can be removed from this talent if you need to pick up other talents in the tree depending on the matchup.
Improved Barkskin and Verdant Heart will make you much more durable, and are safe general picks for every arena game.
The talents directly to the left leading to Bash in Ironfur, Thick Hide and Matted Fur are also very safe picks. They simply add to your tankiness, which is always good no matter what.
Additionally, you won’t need a curse dispel every game, so you can safely drop Improved Nature’s Cure unless there is a Shaman or Warlock on the enemy team.
Rake or Starsurge can be removed from Renewal depending on the matchup.
Restoration Spec Talents
In the middle of the tree you can chose between two different Tranquility modifiers. Inner Peace is the preferred talent against Monks as it prevents Ring of Peace from disrupting the Tranquility channel. Dreamstate can be taken instead of Inner Peace in most games since it provides cooldown reduction for Incarnation and Grove Guardians.
Towards the bottom of the tree we’ve also selected Liveliness, which is amazing for your HPS. For this reason, you could drop it in favor of Invigorate for more burst healing but should not be taken into hunters as the dispel can make it difficult to get value from this talent.
Finally, since Lifebloom is a very important part of our kit, we want to pick up Harmounious Blooming, and Photosynthesis.
This build still uses Verdant Infusion, which could be dropped for Verdancy, Dreamstate, and Reforestation. This is good against Evokers for dealing with Fire Breath HoT dispelling, shifting more of your healing to Tree Form.
Restoration Druid PvP Talents
Keeper of the Grove is a 100% mandatory PvP talent. It essentially turns Tranquility into Paladin’s Divine Shield, making it a great defensive cooldown to avoid lethal damage.
Focused Growth is another PvP talent that we highly recommend playing in every matchup. On paper, it is one of the best ways to increase your healing output, since it boosts Lifebloom healing with every new application. And with Undergrowth, you can increase Lifebloom healing across two targets.
Disentanglement is a default pick when playing with Efflorescence and Verdancy. This reduces the mana cost of Efflorescence and adds a freedom effect. This is good into Feral druids that are playing Wicked Claws.
Reactive Resin has been redesigned in 10.1. This provides purge protection. When three of your HoTs are removed the enemy is silenced and rooted. This talent is negated, however, against shamans who are playing Greater Purge. If you are in an arena and the only source of purge is the shaman you should not take this talent.
High Winds is a great option. This is recommended when you will be casting Cyclone throughout the match such as when playing with casters or in 2v2. This synergizes well with Precognition allowing the Druid to fake kicks and guarantee CC on enemies.
Call of the Elder Druid is a solid pick for 2v2 when using Master Shapeshifter. This helps improve your damage. This can also be a good option in 3v3 as well if you are going to be the kill target as it provides an improved bear form.
Alternatively, you can play Thorns against melee as it can even as a pseudo-defensive CD. We cover that in more depth in our defensive course.
Deep Roots can also be picked instead when playing with Warlocks and Shadow Priests to help keep enemy melee pinned down, even through damage.
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