Last reviewed 23 February. Shadowlands has a lot of new systems that we’ll be interacting with from day one. Conduits are similar to BFA’s Essences, but much easier to obtain. You can get them at multiple levels and they drop from a variety of content types. Whichever Soulbind Tree you choose (we’ll get to that in a different article) will have a number of different Conduit […]
Dragon meets Crane. Shadowlands Awaits. Mistweaver Monk ascends in 9.0, a new cooldown accompanying some smaller talent & spell changes. This goes a long way toward giving Mistweaver coverage in areas in which they were weak in BFA. The playstyle mostly remains the same though you’ll be better able to focus your healing into key moments in the fight. The spec also remains best or […]
Corruption is dead. Bring on the Shadowlands. Resto Druid is set to receive some moderate changes in 9.0 but the spec mostly plays the same and you shouldn’t feel in unfamiliar territory when the patch drops. In raid we are still cooldown focused, with incredible versatility. Our strengths around 1-2 target healing are also exemplified by upcoming legendary effects. It’s too soon to see where we’ll […]
Last Reviewed: 23 March. Last Changed: 9 March for patch 9.0.5. One of Shadowlands major features is the addition of craftable legendaries using mats pulled from the depths of Torghast. This time around you only get to wear one at a time. We don’t have precise details on how long they’ll take to craft just yet but given the large power increases they offer you […]
This is a living document and is prone to change. Consider it a public draft to share information as early as possible. The best picks from the current vendor are likely to be Expedient and Ineffable Truth rank 1 (depending on your spec) but do read below. QE Live has a large update coming to make these decisions much easier. Which piece do I […]
Last Updated: 13 August This page will exist as a compendium of all Resto Druid changes in the upcoming Shadowlands expansion. We don’t know anywhere near enough to comment on viability or strength yet but I’ll add commentary where relevant. This page will be updated as we learn more. Overall the Resto Druid changes are big positives so far and our new talent tree in […]
Rising Mist is a new dynamic, rewarding Mistweaver playstyle buffed significantly in 8.3. The following guide has been written by Sweggles on Thrall and edited for the nerf by Voulk. You can catch high level Rising Mist gameplay on his Twitch channel here. This is an evolving document and will be updated as the new build continues to be iterated on. 8.3: The Rise […]
Those looking for corruption vendor recommendations might find the following more up to date as this was written as a PTR preview. Titanforging is dead. In its place, Corruption. Every season 4 piece of gear you get in 8.3 will have a chance to roll one of eighteen different “corruption affixes”. They range from stat increases to fun cooldown-reduction to huge damage procs. We won’t […]
Patch 8.3 will not go down in history as a hall of fame Druid patch. Our raid azerite is poor, a justified Mythic+ nerf takes ~2% off our raid throughput and the Disc / Glimmer front-runners were barely touched. More positively, our utility will see some use in Ny’alotha and the damage patterns suit Druid well. They also do a round of tuning after Heroic […]
Patch 8.3 adds The Formless Void, Unwavering Ward and Spirit of Preservation to our Essences collection along with a minor Essence slot. The rank threes appear to be time-gated in various ways so these might not feature heavily in the opening weeks of the raid but you’ll want to get started on them early. Recommended sets for each of the healing specs covered will be […]