WoW Classic Healing Druid PvP Guide - Best Talent Builds, Races, Gear, Consumables

By SixPacKyx Updated: 2023/12/02

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Healing Druid PvE

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Best Healing Druid Races for WoW Classic PvP

Race

AllianceBlessing of MightBlessing of KingsDevotion AuraFire Resistance AuraConcentration AuraNight ElfShadowmeldWisp SpiritQuicknessNature Resistance

HordeWindfury TotemWindfury TotemTremor TotemStoneskin TotemMana Tide TotemMana Spring TotemTaurenWar StompCultivationNature ResistanceEndurance

WoW Classic Druid PvP Talent BuildsSwiftmend / Feral Charge (7/13/31) Talent BuildFeral ChargeBrutal ImpactNature's GraspHeart of the WildHeart of the Wild / NS (1/29/21) Talent BuildHeart of the WildNature's SwiftnessHeart of the WildNature's GraspMoonfury / NS (30/0/21) Talent BuildMoonkin FormNature's SwiftnessInsect SwarmAbolish PoisonImproved EnrageClassic Healing Druid PvP StatsStamina

1 Stamina = 10 Health

EnduranceArmor

The Armor cap against level 63 (or Boss) mobs is 17265.

The Armor cap against level 60 mobs (or players) is 16500.

Intellect

1 Intellect = 15 Mana

60 Intellect = 1% Spell Critical Strike Chance

PvP Stat Priority

Stamina / Armor / Intellect

Healing Power / Spell Power

MP5 / Spirit

Agility / Strength

WoW Classic Healing Druid PvP Gear

Shadowcraft Armor: The +200 Armor bonus from the 2 piece here is worth seeking out.

Wildheart Raiment: Again, the +200 Armor is quite good, but the 4 piece set is also a solid choice.

Nifty Stopwatch

Ramstein's Lightning Bolts

Barov Peasant Caller

Druid Healing PvP Gear

Classic Healing Druid PvP AbilitiesHealing Druid Shapeshift Forms

Bear Form is the first shapeshift form you'll learn at level 10 through a questline. It is your primary form for tanking as it increases your melee Attack Power, Armor, and Health.

Dire Bear Form is an improved version of Bear Form.

Cat Form mimics a rogue, using Combo Points and Energy to deal damage. This form increases melee Attack Power and Agility.

Travel Form increases your movement speed by 40% and is only usable outdoors. You can pick herbs while in this form.

Aquatic Form is similar to Travel Form, increasing your swim speed by 50%. It's only usable while in the water, and you can't cast any spells in this form.

Moonkin Form is the 31-point Balance talent. It increases your and your party member's Spell Crit by 3%, as well as gives you increased Armor. You can only use Balance spells in this form.

Healing Druid Healing Abilities

Healing Touch is your primary heal. You'll want to use multiple ranks as they have different cast times and mana costs.

Rejuvenation is a 12-second heal over time. Normally you'll want to cast this on tanks or players taking sustained damage.

Regrowth is a mana intensive spell. It heals initially on cast and then applies a heal over time effect.

Tranquility is a powerful healing cooldown that heals all nearby group members. It is mana intensive, extremely situational, and generates a lot of threat. Use this spell when your group is taking large amounts of AoE damage. You must channel this ability.

Swiftmend is gained through the Restoration talent tree. It's a powerful heal on a short 15-second cooldown that consumes an active Rejuvenation or Regrowth to heal them for a substantial amount instantly. This ability can be used on the fly to counter spike damage, or more mana efficiently by waiting until the HoT being consumed is about to expire.

Healing Druid Offensive Abilities

Wrath is the first cast you'll learn when starting a Druid. It is a spammable ability but costs Mana.

Moonfire is an instant cast spell that deals initial damage and applies a DoT.

Starfire is a longer cast spell that does higher burst damage.

Hurricane is a channeled ability that does AoE damage to enemies in the targeted area. You must channel this spell.

Insect Swarm is a talent picked up in the Restoration tree, causing damage over time and applying a 2% hit reduction.

Healing Druid Defensive Abilities

Barkskin reduces Physical damage by 20% and protects against casting pushbacks for 15 seconds. During this time, non-instant casts take 1-second longer, and melee combat is slowed by 25%. This ability cannot be cast in shapeshift forms.

Nature's Grasp puts a buff on you that gets consumed on damage to apply Entangling Roots. This ability can only be used outdoors.

Healing Druid Utility Abilities

Mark of the Wild is your single target buff that increases armor, stats, and resistances for 30 minutes.

Gift of the Wild is the improved party-wide buff of Mark of the Wild.

Thorns is a short-duration buff that will reflect damage to enemies. This ability is mostly placed on a tank for threat generation.

Remove Curse is a curse dispel. Druids are one of the only classes with this ability.

Cure Poison is a poison dispel.

Abolish Poison applies a buff that cleanses poisons over time.

Rebirth will resurrect a dead ally but has a long 30-minute cooldown. This can be used in combat and is the only combat res in Classic, excluding Warlocks who have to cast a Soulstone preemptively.

Faerie Fire is one of the best debuffs in Classic, applying an armor reduction to your target.

Soothe Animal reduces the aggro range of a Beast, allowing you to skip some mobs.

Innervate increases Mana regeneration and allows Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 20 seconds. For improved efficiency, you can swap in a weapon with high Spirit during this time. This ability will most likely be cast on a fellow Priest.

Nature's Swiftness is a long cooldown that allows your next Nature spell to become an instant cast spell. This is usually paired with a max rank Healing Touch for a large emergency heal.

Healing Druid Crowd Control Abilities

Entangling Roots roots the target in place while causing damage over 12 seconds. This ability is only usable outdoors. It's great for PvP or CCing mobs in dungeons.

Hibernate forces a Beast or Dragonkin to sleep for up to 40 seconds. This is great for CCing mobs in dungeons.

Cat Form Abilities

Prowl allows the Druid to stealth around but reduces movement speed by 35%.

Pounce is used from Prowl and stuns the target for 2 seconds while dealing damage over time.

Ravage is also used from Prowl. It does a burst of damage from stealth.

Claw is one of your combo point generators as a cat.

Shred is another combo point generator that requires you to be behind your target as a cat.

Rake generates a combo point while applying a bleed.

Rip is a finishing move that applies a bleed based on combo points spent.

Ferocious Bite is another finishing move that deals damage based on combo points spent.

Tiger's Fury increases damage done for 6 seconds.

Dash increases movement speed by 60% for 15 seconds. It can be used while Prowling.

Cower reduces threat by a large amount.

Track Humanoids shows humanoids on the minimap while in Cat Form.

Faerie Fire (Feral) is the Feral version of Faerie Fire, applying a debuff that reduces armor.

Bear Form Abilities

Growl taunts your target, forcing it to attack you.

Challenging Roar acts as an AoE taunt, forcing all nearby enemies to attack you for 6 seconds.

Demoralizing Roar decreases nearby enemies' melee attack power for 30 seconds.

Enrage generates rage but reduces armor.

Frenzied Regeneration is a heal that converts rage into health over 10 seconds.

Swipe is an attack that hits 3 nearby enemies.

Maul increases the damage of your next attack.

Bash stuns the target for 4 seconds. This duration can be increased through talents.

Feral Charge is a talent in the Feral tree that immobilizes and interrupts any spell being cast for 4 seconds. This ability is powerful in PvP.

Faerie Fire (Feral) is the Feral version of Faerie Fire, applying a debuff that reduces armor.

Best Professions for Healing Druid PvPEngineering

Thorium Grenade and Iron Grenade are both powerful grenades that damage and stun.

Goblin Sapper Charge deals a boat load of damage.

Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector snares your target. Only a select few classes and races can escape this, such as Gnomes or Paladins.

Goblin Rocket Helmet incapacitates your target for a whopping 30 seconds, but has a 20 minute CD.

Gnomish Mind Control Cap attempts to mind control your target. If successful, this could be the difference that wins a battle or caps a flag.

Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector reflects Fire spells.

Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector reflects Frost spells.

Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector reflects Shadow spells.

Alchemy

Free Action Potion allows you to become immune to stuns and other movement impairing effects for a whole 30 seconds.

Living Action Potion allows you to become immune to stuns and other movement impairing effects for only 5 seconds but also removes existing ones on yourself.

Limited Invulnerability Potion grants you immunity from physical attacks for 6 seconds, making it quite powerful when fighting Warriors and Rogues.

Restorative Potion removes 1 magic, curse, poison, or disease every 5 seconds for 30 seconds.

HerbalismTravel FormMiningFirst AidHeavy Runecloth BandagePvP ConsumablesBest Engineering Gadgets for Healing Druids

Thorium Grenade

Iron Grenade

If you chose to go the Engineering route (which is fantastic for PvP), these grenades are to die for (pun intended). They stun, they do damage, and best of all you can use them from a distance.

Goblin Sapper Charge

Goblin Sapper Charge is a hefty AoE. Just be sure not to kill yourself in the process.

Best Potions for Classic Healing Druids

Free Action Potion

Crafted through Alchemy, this potion is insane for PvP. For a whopping 30 seconds, you become immune to stuns, roots, slows, snares, you name it.

Living Action Potion

Similar to the Free Action Potion listed above, the Living Action Potion makes you immune to stuns and movement impairing effects, but only for 5 seconds. The true strength to this potion is that it frees you from existing ones when used.

Limited Invulnerability Potion

Limited Invulnerability Potion is powerful when fighting against melee DPS, such as Warriors or Rogues. This potion, crafted by Alchemy, makes you immune to physical attacks for 6 seconds.

Restorative Potion

While Druids can dispel curses and poisons, this Restorative Potion can also remove magic and disease effects, which can come in handy quite often.

Best General Consumables for Healing Druids

Heavy Runecloth Bandage

Level up your First Aid because Heavy Runecloth Bandage is absolutely a must have for PvP.

Alterac Manna Biscuit

Alterac Manna Biscuit is sold from the Alterac Valley Quartermaster and is the best food in the game. This food can be used anywhere, even outside battlegrounds.

WoW Classic Healing Druid PvP Guide - Best Talent Builds, Races, Gear, Consumables

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