WotLK Resto Druid Questions

[gokumil3]

Hey, im playing resto druid and healing on for the first time ever so i have some questions:
since most of the time i only need to use HoTs to do the job and rarely do direct heals (unless there is alot of dmg going on) is there any point to get crit chance? I mean, some leather items that drop in heroics sacrifice Spirit for Crit chance when compared to Cloth items. With my current gear i have a nice amount of regen and can do heroics without going oom or use innervate, unless the tank is a bit low on gear or people take unnecessary dmg.
Im playing on Lordaeron
Please share your knowledge :)

[Funkymusic]

Hey, im playing resto druid and healing for the first time ever so i have some questions:
since most of the time i only need to use HoTs to do the job and rarely do direct heals (unless there is alot of dmg going on) is there any point to get crit chance? I mean, some leather items that drop in heroics sacrifice Spirit for Crit chance when compared to Cloth items. With my current gear i have a nice amount of regen and can do heroics without going oom or use innervate, unless the tank is a bit low on gear or people take unnecessary dmg.

Please share your knowledge :)

Check my guide when you get a chance but you only want to go with crit after haste cap is reached. You can also pick up a lot of "passive" crit through talents. Spirit is good for us no doubt but some people put way to much faith in its mana regen. Druids in toc or better gear won't go oom unless every healer dies or the other healers suck. Spirit is there more for the spell power boost than the mana regen.

You are right though. Let the hots do the job. Regrowth when needed and nourish if needed when there is already a regrowth out. Other than that we don't really excel at direct healing at all.

[gokumil3]

Ty for your reply, but i forgot to mention that im playing on Lordaeron and we only have naxx/OS open and im still gearing from heroics (3.4GS atm)so i was talking about pre naxx BiS :P Only heroic stuff/profession and rep items.

[jendah]

Ty for your reply, but i forgot to mention that im playing on Lordaeron and we only have naxx/OS open and im still gearing from heroics (3.4GS atm)so i was talking about pre naxx BiS :P Only heroic stuff/profession and rep items.

Then probably not.. haste will be better for your throughput. And you are probably not going to get anywhere near haste cap for a while. You can get some haste/crit items instead of haste/spirit items if you feel like your mana regen is high enough. Druid doesn't need much according to my experience.

[Raenel]

You're right, in 95% of cases your crit chance won't help you, especially on Lordaeron right now as it means you are nowhere close to your haste cap. In regards to crit talents - i don't recommend them right now, stick to the 18/0/53 talent build picking up Nature's Swiftness in balance -> You want to see those Rejuv GCD's rolling every 1 second!

Rejuv is love, Rejuv is life... with a moderate seasoning of Wild Growth in the mix.

Your other spells are situational but rolling those out at faster cast times will definitely benefit you anyway. Your haste rating will always be there to help you heal people faster but your extra 5% critical chance PROBABLY won't help you save that guy on the brink of death... unless you get super lucky.

Once you're haste capped then it's a different matter entirely, ofcourse.

[Funkymusic]

Ty for your reply, but i forgot to mention that im playing on Lordaeron and we only have naxx/OS open and im still gearing from heroics (3.4GS atm)so i was talking about pre naxx BiS :P Only heroic stuff/profession and rep items.

see this is what i hate about lord atm. naxx gear but 3.3.5 talents. makes it impossible to hit haste cap (even the 735 one) because different gear built around different times and what was different in the resto tree.

unless epic gems are available hitting haste cap is more than likely impossible due to the changes made to GOTEM in 3.3

i would still roll haste however to push for that GCD on rejuv as close as you can.

the real issue is no one has ever tried to theory craft naxx set ups with 3.3.5 talents and i doubt they will with ulduar coming soon. so as far as whats best i can only take crack shots at what i believe may be the best for you without sitting down and running the numbers. but i would still prioritize as we do now, haste till cap or as close as you can>spell power>spirit>crit

[gokumil3]

Okay, i appreciate your fast answers. I will adapt with the current gear available on lordaeron using that stat priority :)

[burdegano]

Hi, i have a question, i have 5/5 gift of the earth and 3/3 Celestial focus, and dont change my haste stat. These talents works? or, only dont modify stats but works?

Ty.

[jendah]

Hi, i have a question, i have 5/5 gift of the earth and 3/3 Celestial focus, and dont change my haste stat. These talents works? or, only dont modify stats but works?

Ty.

735 haste + 3/3 Celestial focus works. (haste after this looses a lot of its value)

856 haste allows you to drop Celestial focus and get 5 more talents in restoration tree. Its better to aim for this imho as it adds more throughput and utility.