WotLK Druid Leveling Guide

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Originally Posted by DarkRide

Hello everyone. i did see a lot of guides about END game staff but didnt find anything about Leveling staff here, maybe i didnt find. So i'm new in this class Druid and did see a lot of ppl say for Feral or Feral/tank combo is good for leveling.
1: So i was thinking does any one have talents recommendation maybe? for feral or tank combo if you think it is better
i do play PVE wise so i will probably stuck to dps or tank spec
2: If i go feral or tank what will be good professions for me?
dont rly care about gold BUT it will be good if it can help me leveling and later on ,on end game
3: is there any kind of youtube videos or discord Communities for guides ?

As i say i'm new in this class but did play game a lot so if i didnt find something or see in forum i'm sorry for that. you can write here or for sure you can write to me ingame EU Icecrown name is dotfree Thanks.

Hey, I can tell you what I know about leveling as a feral (cat/bear), but FYI I'm not an expert on those of things. Whenever I create a feral druid, I just level at my own pace and don't really think about how to do it the most efficient way. I'll try to give you some good tips while leveling:

You probably know this, but the most efficient way to level a character is either with the help of a lvl 80 or with other people, with whom you can quest and do dungeons together. If you don't have anyone particular to help you out, I'd recommend picking bear talents as you can tank in dungeons and get a nice chunk of XP. You can find the bear talents here:

http://forum.warmane.com/showthread.php?t=267678

Lv 1-10 -> you quest in the vanilla zones;
Lv 10-70 -> you prioritise doing dungeons + you quest while waiting for the pop-up;
Lv 70-80 -> you quest in Northrend, and you can also do some dungeons so you complete the quests there.

I usually play as a cat, but if you want to level quickly, I don't recommend following this approach, as we don't have all of the good abilities at start. http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=33917 is obtained as early as level 50 and http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=50334 - 60 (granted, you only put talent points into the feral tree). While this affects both cats and bears, as a cat you'll starve for energy while having only weak abilities at your disposal (we can't use http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=48572 when we face mobs in the open world, and to add more salt into the wound we have this garbage http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=52472 before Mangle). Moreover, http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=62078 is learnt at lvl 71, whereas http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=52610 - 75. As you can see, feral cat's most damaging abilities are learnt almost near lvl 80, so my personal tip is to go bear for the most part.

As for professions, if you have money to spend, you can just get JC and Engineering, as they're BiS for cat, and Raenel values them highly for bears as well. If you want to get some mats beforehand and spare some gold, you should definitely get mining instead of JC while leveling and drop it at level 80.

Regarding a discord, you could check warmane's unofficial one: https://discord.gg/WE5WpByNQW
Miscellaneous:

Whenever I level as a feral and need to kill elites on my own, I go bear, attack the elite for a bit, and then I use http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=53312. Once the mob gets rooted, I heal myself and spam http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=60089. It doesn't remove the roots, and it also damages the mob. When the roots expire, I let the mob to hit me once again, so that I refresh them and continue doing this. If the mob is a caster, I also try to use the environment to my advantage and LoS them.
Speaking of LoS, you can solo the Raven Lord w/o much gear as an 80 [you need to have 280% flying speed to start the quest chain]. I don't know what the lowest ilvl requirements are, but you should do this: Kill the first two waves of trash to the right side of the room, then the one near the sarcophagus, and the mob in the centre. Summon the boss and heal yourself. Before the pull, make a focus target of the boss, put HoTs on yourself, and drag him to the right side of the sarcophagus. Attack the boss, until he starts casting his stun, and then you LoS him. You have a small time window to heal yourself and to put HoTs on yourself. When you get attacked by the small ravens, gather a CP for Savage Roar and swipe them down. Be mindful that the Raven Lord can stun you as well - this is why I told you to create a focus target of him. When he starts casting the stun, go in bear form and pop Barkskin. If you want, you can use your demo roar too. When the stun ends, go in cat form and finish the adds. You have a small time frame to heal yourself. You get stunned, and you repeat everything you've done so far. During the last phase, you only stay in bear and kill the boss. Ez 1% chance for a mount, and once you get it, you can offer your services for your guild mates or charge people in global.
During leveling, if you attack a mob as a cat and get Predatory Swiftness (from http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=16975), you can cast Regrowth or Healing Touch on yourself. If by any chance you have the http://wotlk.cavernoftime.com/spell=16864 talent, you have like 58%-60% chance for a CC proc.
Since you're playing on Icecrown, at level 80, you will most likely spam toc, fos, and pos before doing rdf hc for the two daily EoFs and the EoTs. However, FYI the minimum ilvl requirements for RDF HC are 180+ (check this thread). I'm mentioning this so that you get the idol in Grizzly Hills for 30 vendor coins.
If you reach level 60 in Outland, save your HS in Thrallmar or in the Alliance equivalent, teleport to Moonglade, obtain the cheap flight form and go back in Outland.
If you don't have money for Northrend flying, get the free mount from "Honest" Max in K3 (The Storm Peaks). I've always loved taking this approach, as it allowed me to save my gold for professions first.
You probably know this, but you shouldn't buy the 280% for 5k in Dala. Instead, use your Thrallmar or Warsong Offence reputation and acquire it with a discount in the respective areas.
Druids can remain in flight form while gathering herbs, but you need to be on the ground. In case there are mobs nearby, use Nature's Grasp beforehand so that you root them far away from the herbs.