Welcome to Skill Capped's Restoration Druid PvP Guide for TBC Classic
All sections for Restoration Druid PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal talents, race, gear, macros, professions, and arena compositions. This will help you have a good understanding of Restoration Druids in TBC Classic PvP, the strengths and weaknesses of this specialization, and help you conquer the arena.
Restoration Druid
Restoration Druid is widely considered one of the best healers in TBC PvP. While their toolkit is incredibly powerful with unmatched crowd control, instant HoT based healing, and high mobility, mastering Resto Druid requires lots of game sense and multitasking, making it a high skill floor, high skill ceiling spec.
Strengths
- ✓HoT-based healing lets you keep moving and avoid interrupts
- ✓Cyclone is one of the strongest CC abilities in the game - 6 second lockout, can't be healed, damaged, or deal damage
- ✓Multiple forms of crowd control (Cyclone, Bash, Entangling Roots, Hibernate, Maim, Pounce)
- ✓Shapeshifting removes roots and snares, provides mobility and survivability
- ✓One of the only healers with an interrupt
Weaknesses
- ✗Cannot dispel magic effects - only poison and curses
- ✗High skill ceiling with many tools to manage simultaneously
- ✗Lower direct damage compared to other healers
Key Abilities
Best Arena Compositions
Best 2v2 Comps
Best 3v3 Comps
The best race for Restoration Druid PvP. War Stomp is an incredible tool for CC chains and emergency peels.
A decent option but significantly weaker than Tauren for arena. Shadowmeld cannot be used in combat.
In TBC, stats are generally very balanced - having too much of any one stat is worse than a good mixture of all stats. Hit rating is essential for landing Cyclone and other crowd control. Resilience is your primary defensive stat, reducing critical strike damage and chance. Healing Power is simply how you gain throughput on your healing spells. MP5 (Mana per 5 seconds) and Spirit are both good for mana regeneration in specific contexts. Spirit is generally preferred as it scales with some talents.