Restoration Druid PvE Guide - Cataclysm Classic

Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid Rotation

Restoration Druids excel at raid healing thanks to
Rejuvenation
,
Wild Growth
and their new talent
Efflorescence
. It will be crucial to maintain
Mastery: Harmony
to buff all of your HoTs, so you will need to cast a direct heal every 10 seconds which adds a bit of flavor to spell usage.

Priority

1. Maintain
   Mastery: Harmony
   .
2. Maintain 3 stacks of
   Lifebloom
   on the Tank(s). Keeping up
   Lifebloom
   the entire fight is very important because of the talents
   Revitalize
   and
   Malfurion's Gift
   .
3. Healing Touch
   ,
   Regrowth
   , and
   Nourish
   can be used to refresh
   Lifebloom
   thanks to
   Empowered Touch
   .
4. Maintain
   Rejuvenation
   on the Tank(s).
5. Cast
   Swiftmend
   for a burst heal, or on players that are close to each other because of
   Efflorescence
   for AoE healing.
6. Cast
   Wild Growth
   for AoE healing.
7. Maintain
   Rejuvenation
   on the raid for AoE healing.
8. Cast
   Nourish
   or
   Healing Touch
   as a filler depending on how much damage the player is taking. Casting
   Healing Touch
   will reduce
   Nature's Swiftness
   cooldown thanks to
   Glyph of Healing Touch
   .
9. Cast
   Healing Touch
   combined with
   Nature's Swiftness
   for a huge emergency heal.
10. Cast
    Regrowth
    for emergency heals.
    Regrowth
    has a high critical strike chance thanks to
    Nature's Bounty
    . Try to use these with your
    Omen of Clarity
    procs.
11. Regrowth
    is your only heal that procs
    Nature's Grace
    , so you will want to cast this at least once every minute, or you can cast
    Moonfire
    for better mana efficiency instead.

Cooldowns

1. Tranquility
2. Tree of Life

Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid Talents

Standard Build

Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid Glyphs

Prime:
Lifebloom
,
Rejuvenation
,
Swiftmend
Major:
Wild Growth
,
Rebirth
,
Healing Touch
Minor:
Unburdened Rebirth
,
Mark of the Wild
,
Dash

Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid Best Consumables

Flasks and Elixirs

Best:
• Flask of the Draconic Mind

Food

Best:
• Seafood Magnifique Feast
  ,
• Severed Sagefish Head
  ,
• Fortune Cookie

Alternatives:
• Broiled Dragon Feast
  ,
• Pickled Guppy

Potions

Best:
• Mythical Mana Potion

Alternatives:
• Potion of Concentration

Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid Best Races

Alliance

1. Worgen:
   Viciousness

Horde

1. Troll:
   Berserking

Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid Best Professions

1. Engineering:
   Synapse Springs
   .
2. The rest of the Crafting Professions provide nearly identical benefits.