Guardian Druid State on the Shadowlands Beta - Covenant Abilities, Legendaries, Conduits

Bêta Publié 23/08/2020 à 04:21 par Pumps

Introduction PumpsHonestlyDreamgrove discordMythic Dungeon InternationalTwitchWhat's New for Guardian Druids?

Cyclone - The return of cyclone for Guardian will have a great impact on PvP, but we are very unlikely to see any use of this in M+ and Raids, unless it is changed to be able to be cast in Bear Form.

Berserk - A powerful new returning spell, but it now has the added bonus of reducing the cooldown on Régénération frénétique by 75% and the rage cost of Ferpoil by 50%, which will make us extremely tanky while this is up. This is a great addition to our toolkit.

Renouveau - This will likely see some use on fights where mobility is less of a priority. It provides some bonus healing, but it would be much nicer if this was not on the same talent row as Charge sauvage, which is our go to talent still.

Cœur de fauve - This iteration of Heart of the Wild buffs your chosen Affinity by 30% while it's up, and could see great use in raid as some bonus utility, but would be quite hard to use in a M+ setting.

Changes to Existing Guardian Druid Spells

Incarnation : Gardien d’Ursoc - This talent received quite a large buff, reducing the cooldown on Régénération frénétique by 75%, the rage cost of Ferpoil by 50% and gaining 30% increased maximum health while its active. This is now our best defensive ability by quite a lot. This lets us put out a ton of healing and mitigate almost all physical damage at the same time. What would make this ability absolutely fantastic is the removal of the GCD cost for Régénération frénétique, as spending several GCDs on that feels very bad. Hopefully this change comes in the future.

Ecorce - The cooldown on Barkskin has been reduced down to 60 Seconds (40 seconds with Survie du plus fort). The uptime overall on Barkskin is going to be much higher now compared to BFA and has added synergy with one of our legendary Runecarves - Volonté de l’ordre naturel. This will be a strong combination when fixed - it is currently bugged - Ironfur and Frenzied Regeneration are not proccing at the end of the Barkskin.

Régénération frénétique - Frenzied Regeneration now increases our healing taken by 20% while it is active, but only heals for 24% of our HP, down from 32%. This spell needs a buff in my opinion. The main buff definitely needs a buff in the form of GCD removal, allowing our rotation to flow more fluidly as it did in Legion, and possibly a buff for a lower cooldown or more charges, or higher healing output.

Rugissement incapacitant - Now shifts you into Bear Form when you use it, so no more bird form disorienting to loot and fly away.

Prompte guérison - Swiftmends cooldown has reduced to 15 seconds, but now requires a HoT to be consumed on the target. This is a large nerf to our ability to shift out and quickly save ourselves or a party or raid members life with a large instant heal. The extra GCD required to cast Récupération and then Swiftmend will likely result in a lot more deaths. Definitely a significant nerf from the BFA version.

Pulvérisation - This has been changed to a 30 second cooldown which grants 20% damage reduction for 10 seconds. We are very likely to see at least some use of this in raids now, as it is a much better version than the BFA iteration. 14% more damage reduction over Instinct sanguinaire for predictable, hard hitting raid mechanics is not negligible, but it is still consuming 2 Thrash stacks and doing about the same damage as two mangles. This will make it a significant DPS loss, and unlikely to be our go-to talent in this row still.

Instincts de survie - Survival Instincts cooldown has been reduced to 3 minutes from 4 minutes. It still 2 charges, and is a welcomed buff to our shield wall.

Charge sauvageRoncesGardien galactiqueGuardian Druid Talents Overview and ChangesRenouveauCœur de fauve

Balance = Typhon

Feral = Estropier

Resto = Vortex d’Ursol

RenouveauCœur de fauveRoncesCovenant Abilities for Guardian DruidsNight Fae Convoquer les espritsRécupérationRétablissementFerpoilForme d’âmeNecrolord Essaim adaptatifChair recomposéeChair recomposéeVenthyr Frénésie voraceHéritage du dormeur45%Incarnation : Gardien d’UrsocPorte des ombresKyrian Âmes sœursInvocation de régisseurhereGuardian Druid Soulbind Conduits Covenant Traits

Confluence des éléments - 12% Increased Damage and Healing while channeling the Night Fae ability Convoquer les esprits.

Essaim évolué - 6% Increased period effects on targets affected by Essaim adaptatif.

Soif éternelle - 2% Increased Crit chance per stack of Frénésie vorace, on average we get to around 15-16 stacks of this.

Allégeance indéfectible - 10% Reduced cooldown on the Kyrian ability Âmes sœurs.

Potency, Endurance and Finesse Traits

Agressivité non contenue - 10% Haste During Berserk, and hopefully Incarnation, is pretty good and definitely our highest DPS Conduit so far.

Combattant sauvage - This one is not very good. Let's just get Maul off the GCD... can that be a conduit?

Instinct infaillible - One Frenzied Regeneration below 25% every 90 seconds seems a bit sad and this is unlikely to get any use.

Crinière épaisse - 8% chance to gain 2 stacks of Ironfur instead of 1. This is a good one, as you can never have too much fur!

Dur comme l’écorce - 10% cooldown off Barkskin - so 6s - or 4s with Survival of the Fittest. This is also a very good one, especially if you are planning on crafting the Barkskin legendary, Volonté de l’ordre naturel. Fantastic synergy.

Vigueur ursine - This one could help out in M+ as our weakest point is the start of the pull. With no rage and a large health and armor increase, this would be a solid buffer.

Résolution innée - 12% more Frenzied Regeneration is always welcomed although this is very little and could use a significant buff as 12% equates to roughly 3% more total HP each frenzy. Not significant enough to warrant a conduit slot.

Tête de la meute - Buff to our raid utility is always a good plus.

Enfant sauvage - The main factor on this one is the reductions of the Heart of the Wild cooldown by 10%. This could be quite large if Heart of the Wild becomes a large DPS or Healing cooldown we use often.

Guardian Druid LegendariesLEGENDARIESGeneral Druid Legendary Powers

Aperçu éphémère de Lycara - This is actually one of my favorite ones for bear right now, due to the massive power of Météores, we can take Affinité avec l’équilibre and shift into Boomkin Form every 45s to proc a huge Starfall, then shift back into bear and let it go to town. This can do up to 40% of our damage overall, which is very strong, and a bit of a playstyle difference that we haven't seen before. Outside of Starfall shenanigans, the legendary itself is quite nice for even more Barkskin uptime.

Serment de l’ancien druide - Similar to the Legion legendary chest Ekospectre, créateur de mondes, with the added bonus of getting Heart of the Wild for 10 seconds every 1 minute, this is bound to be a solid all round legendary. Buffing our Peau épaisse by 75% passively and defensively our Don d’Ysera this will be a good tanking choice, simple and strong.

Cycle de la vie et la mort - Decent buff to our DoTs and has good synergy with the Necrolord Covenant ability Essaim adaptatif.

Breuvage de concentration intense - Possibly a very powerful Catweaving legendary in combination with Cœur de fauve. As it does not include Thrash it's unlikely we will use this outside of Catweaving.

Guardian Druid Specific Legendary Powers

Étreinte imprégnée de loofa - A combination of two of the best Legion legendaries Écrin éternel d'Elize and Bandelettes de loofa. Without a powerful Thrash conduit this will likely be out shined by other legendaries due to the now mediocre damage of Thrash, compared it's Legion iteration.

Volonté de l’ordre naturel - An extremely powerful defensive legendary, although currently bugged on the Beta and not gaining the Ironfur or Frenzied Regeneration when Barskin ends, when this gets fixed this will be very strong in combination with Survie du plus fort and Dur comme l’écorce.

Souvenir de la fureur d’Ursoc - Inspired by the amazing Legion Artifact trait with the best name, Ours bien léché.
This falls into a similar category as the other Thrash legendary, as potentially being out shined by others due to the average state of Thrash now, although this does have some mild synergy with Night Fae's Covenant ability, Convoquer les esprits and Gardien de la terre.

Héritage du dormeur - Another powerful Legion Artifact trait makes a return with Étreinte du Cauchemar. This one is also currently bugged not working with Incarnation : Gardien d’Ursoc which replaces Berserk. When this bug gets fixed this will almost definitely be one of if not the best M+ legendary choice especially if you choose the Venthyr covenant. You will become an absolute unstoppable bear machine for 30 seconds every 3 minutes.

Aperçu éphémère de LycaraHéritage du dormeurVolonté de l’ordre naturelGeneral ConcernsRoncesCharge sauvageGardien galactiqueInnervation Hopes for the Future of Guardian DruidTranquillitéRégénération frénétiqueDur au malMaîtrise de la rageBugsIncarnation : Gardien d’UrsocBerserkVolonté de l’ordre naturelConclusion

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