WoW Restoration Tree Druid guide to gems and gemming

Bellwether at the 4 Haelz WoW Druid blog goes over all the ins and outs of gemming for Restoration Druids. She covers the different kinds of gems available, the best combinations and gemming different levels of gear for spellpower, Intellect and haste.

Overview of Resto Druid talents, stats, rotation and more

The Earth Shields and HoTs blog has compiled an extensive overview of the Resto Druid class for anyone looking to get an overview of what’s involved. They cover talent selection, important stats, healing rotations, gems & enchants, glyph choices and macros & addons. Good stuff for beginners and those switching from another spec.

Strategies for dealing with the Patch 3.1 mana regen nerf

Averna at Nerf This Druid presents a few strategies to compensate for the mana regen nerf that comes with Patch 3.1. She covers food, flasks, enchants, glyphs, gems and trinkets.

Balance Moonkin and Resto Tree Druid gems by stat

Delos at the Laser Chicken Moonkin blog has listed all the spellcaster gems available to Moonkin and Resto Druids by stat. So if you’re trying to find the right Mp5, +hit or +spell gem check out his post.

Balance Moonkin and Resto Tree Druid gems by color

The Laser Chicken blog is trying to get the right gem colors socketed for the Head slot metagem requirement. So they have made a list of all spellcaster gems categorized by color current to patch 3.0.9.

Resto Tree Druid 101

Kalfurion of Trees Are For Heals posts a basic overview of useful information for Resto Tree Druids including enchants, gems, spec, glyphs and what to look for in gear upgrades.

Gem guide for Resto Tree Druids

Druid Main has compiled a list of all the gems available to Resto Tree Druids in Wrath who are grouping or raiding. This is part 2 of her three part series. Part 1 covered Enchants.

Resto Druid raiding requirements

Averna at Nerf This Druid posts the raiding requirements her guild has for Resto Druids who want to tackle Wrath 25-man content. She covers minimum stats, glyphs, talent builds, gems, enchants and consumables.

Restoration Tree Druid Resource Page is up

I’ve posted my first pass of my Restoration Tree Druid Resource page. It collects all of the Resto guides I’ve found around the net. If you know of one I don’t have listed, leave a comment and I’ll check it out. Here’s a list of everything on the page now:

General Information

• Popular Restoration Tree Druid Talent Builds:
  • 11/0/60 – Most Popular Healing Spec
  • 28/0/43 – Dreamstate Spec for more mana regen, but no Wild Growth
    
    • Dreamstate Spec explored
  • Non-standard healing specs explored
  • 5-Man Resto Healing Spec
• A Feral’s guide to Healing
• WoW-Pro’s Tree Healing guide
• Druid Heal!’s Druid Resto Mega Guide

AddOns

• Pawn – item comparison tool
  • Pawn set-up tutorial
• Grid
  • Grid set-up tutorial
  • Using Grid to track HoTs
• Healing meters demystified

Consumables

• Potions and Food for Resto Druids in Wrath

Gear Guides

• Best in Slot for Resto Druids
  • World of Matticus’ guide
• Pre-Naxx gear guides
  • Resto4Life’s Pre-Naxx gear guide
    • Part 1 – Head, Shoulder, Chest, Hands, Legs and Feet
    • Part 2 – Back, Waist, Wrist, Neck and Fingers
  • WoW Insider’s Gearing Your Resto Druid at 80 guide
• Druid Heal!’s pre-raid and raid cloak plus trinket recommendations
• Naxx-25 Resto Gear recommendations
• Glyph Recommendations
  • Resto4Life’s Restoration Glyph guide
  • CasualWoW’s Swiftmend Glyph analysis
    
  • 4Healz Major Glyph guide
  • TreeBarkJacket’s Major Glyph guide

Professions

• Leatherworking vs. Tailoring in Wrath

Healing Mechanics explained

• The math behind Int, Spirit and Mana Regen
• Nourish vs Regrowth
• Direct Healing in Wrath

Raiding

• Raider101 Resto Tree page – Includes recommended build, ability rotation, glyphs, gems, enchants and consumables.
• Minimum stats needed to start Naxx-10
• Healing Assignments for Resto Druids
• Raid Healing Strats
  • Archavon-10
  • Malygos-10
  • Naxx-10: Sapphiron
  • Naxx-10: Maexxna
  • Naxx-10: Gothik the Harvester

Restoration Tree Druid Sites

• Druid Wiki
• Resto4Life
• World of Matticus
• Tree Bark Jacket
• 4 Haelz
• Druid Heal!
• Swiftmend
• Rolling Hots
• Nerf This Druid
• WoW Insider’s Shifting Perspectives (Druid class column)
• WoW Insider’s Raid Rx (Raid Healing column)

 

New guide to playing Restoration Tree Druids

WoW-Pro.com, home to the beloved Jame’s free leveling guides, have posted a very extensive guide to understanding the Druid Tree role. Highlights include explanations of spells, talents, glyphs, builds, gear, consumables, gems, enchants, macros, addons, leveling and more.