This guide stands out as an exceptional resource for retro druid healing. While many others hastily skim through talents, presenting them without much context, you've taken the time to meticulously break down each aspect, allowing readers to truly comprehend not just what they're doing, but also the reasoning behind it.
This is the only video needed for beginners, prior to this video I was struggling in +5s. One day later after practicing this, I'm doin +13s with 0 deaths and 3 chesting! Absolutely subscribed and cant wait for this next video in the series! Thanks!
THAT IS SO HYPE!!! You should be super proud of yourself for the work you've already put in. I can't wait to hear/see what you accomplish if you keep at it and keep practicing! As I'm writing this comment, I am getting some work done on the next video...but I had to stop to reply when I saw this.
This is a really great format for an explanation video! I hope you continue to do these because seeing the thorough talk in-game is so much more helpful. I think folks often equate "shorter" with being more beginner friendly, but this does a much better job at explaining WHY our rotation is the way it is and that will make it much easier to understand and remember for a lot of people! Easy sub.
My plan is to definitely keep the same or very similar format. The plan for my channel is to continue on with this type of explanation video as I personally learn better when I’m allowed to sit awhile, listen, and hear some of the reasons WHY I am supposed to be doing that thing in a particular order. Other channels might be better at saying “hi, this is what you should do” but without the understanding of the whole picture, people will often not actually perform these things correctly. Episode 2 is almost finished and I’ll be going into talking about CDs, just on the hunt for a good couple clips from me in actual keys to go with the audio explanation! I really appreciate your comment as it means a lot to me that you would take the time to make it!
As a returning player your “Regrowth” section was mind blowing. The downside of copy/pasta talents from the internets and not doing my own diligence on understanding. Huge thanks for the guide
Amazing guide for beginners Resto Druid like me! Many guides out there don't show what each ability does but you showed each and everyone of them and explained them nicely. I'm a big fan now and have subscribed. Looking forward to more interesting and educational on druids from you.
This is a great suggestion! I'll most likely have to add these things more for after part two since the current initial version is already over an hour! I'm glad you suggested this as it will give me some time to think about some of the ways I might introduce some of these concepts! I really appreciate your feedback!!
What an incredible guide, I'm a new player from Brazil and I still play normal dungeons (lv55), however, it's incredible how much your guides helped me, the life bars simply don't go down with a prepared setup. You blew my mind with this knowledge, it's unlike any other healer and a thousand times more satisfying to prepare for the damage Sorry for the English and congratulations again, I would like you to do lives
One note, I was a tank in low brackets and after your druid guide, I simply find this spec to be the most satisfying in the game, I really want to dedicate myself to becoming a good player like you
Thank you for the very kind comment and praise! I do stream live on RUclips normally a couple of times a week, so you can catch me on there if you’re interested in seeing some gameplay live! Some streams are really dedicated to pushing io and some are hanging out with friends doing stuff for fun!
I just picked up restoration druid a week or so ago and I've been farming 11's for gear (I'm only ilvl 444 average), but with how loose druid gameplay was I wasn't entirely sure I was doing this healing thing right. Thanks so much for this video, Estes. There's a lot of guides out there, for sure, but yours was one of the few that really slowed down the pace to break down what each ability does, how and why it should be used, and when to use it. That is so immensely helpful for me ♥
Thank you so much for this video. I'm new to Dragonflight (and relatively new to WoW) and was thinking about dipping my toes into M+ healing. Having such good and clear explanations instead of "you have to use Marvelous Heal to proc your 34th passive and your 55th tier set effect, but only when your party is doing a live concert while illegally trainsurfing" is invaluable.
Welcome to the game and welcome to healing!! There will definitely be some ups and downs that you’ll experience, some great groups and some groups that will make you question existence, but healing in WoW is super fun and rewarding and a great way to meet new friends and network with good players. Thank you for taking the time to make this comment and I hope to hear about some successes that you have in the future!
I was looking all over for this as a multiple time returning player I feel very lost with the sheer amount of cool downs. Excited to watch this one and the new one you just posted. Thanks!
Thank You for taking the time to actually show the effects of the spells you're taking about, not just meander around a room in-game while talking non-stop for 40 minutes xD@@estesthebestes
I started playing a resto druid about a week ago. I have never healed before, I've always played prot pally or bdk. This guide was super helpful. I was the spam healer using regrowth and going oom. Now I am full mana, doing damage, and healing 12s until i get more gear. Thanks for the guide!
It is a HUGE honor for me to have helped you in some way! I have more stuff on the way very soon! I love seeing comments like this and I hope you achieve whatever goals that you have set for yourself!!
I'm a returning player (from the start of Dragonflight then life got busy.) Thanks for making this updated guide. I can't wait to do Timewalking Dungeons and slowly get caught up with the current content. Keep the guides and dungeon runs coming!
Recently picked up Resto Druid to prep a new healer to try for Season 4. This is the perfect kind of guide that just goes beyond just reading the Wowhead page verbatim. It took what looked like a daunting class and broke it down into an easy to understand core of principles. SO worth watching in full.
Thank for for watching and taking the time to make a comment! You're in luck, I'm giving part 2 a final watch/listen and I'll be releasing it as long as there are no major issues :D
I think this was a new feature in dragonflight - I was so thankful cause it really helped ease into a new healing spec and made it seem a lot less daunting!
Wow I thought I understood Resto Druid but I definitely wasn’t playing it right at the base level. Thanks! I wish there were more spec videos just like this. Some specs really suffer in the content department from lack of popularity.
Great guide man I really learned a lot from it especially since I’m coming back to healing since missed of Panderia. A couple tips for making guide videos in the future. Take it as constructive criticism because this one was actually really good. You can download some video editing software like da Vinci, and then do the voice after the video. This way, you can write down key points. He wants to touch on and explain as you’re watching the video and playing it back and in case you mess up, you can go back and re-record over the section that you did mess up on, but like I said great video I learned a lot keep up the good work. Hopefully you’ll come up with some more soon.
I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some thoughts and feedback about my video! I can totally agree with you and for part 2 I’m doing a bit of editing, but that type of thing will get better as I learn more and get practice in the future! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment on my video and I really am thankful for your well-intentioned feedback!
This was a great guide. When will more come out? I'm curious to see your take on tier sets. I have 4 tier set and I'm 468. Up to 16+ keys but no higher. This was helpful
I'm aiming to get the next part released this weekend. I'll also be working on it tonight, but the release is most likely going to be Saturday or Sunday. I absolutely love our 2 and 4pc tier set bonuses, they're super, super powerful and when used correctly really help us meet the healing requirements that we need to in 20s and beyond.
Well, that is a lot harder of a question for me to answer! There’s a number of factors to answer that properly. 1. Your skill and comfort on Druid 2. Your UI giving you the correct information during trash and boss fights 3. The skill of other party members These are in no particular order, however at the beginning of the season (week 1), I was timing 18+ runs with pugs. My first 20s were done with no tier set and an item level of around 450ish, give or take. My Druid in all of the videos on the channel so far I was below 475, which I just hit last night before logging off. So, without seeing your gameplay, UI, and the general skill of people you’re currently playing with, it’s hard to say exactly how high you can/should be doing. The thing I want to make sure that you understand though, is that even in my own gameplay, I’m actively working on many, many things in order to improve and get better myself. So none of these things are meant as a brag or a flex of any kind, but as a point that without more information I cannot give you more specific advice. If you do want to get a better opinion from me, there should be a discord link in the description that you can join and post your own gameplay if you want tailored feedback from me.
Yeah… this was all done in one take and some of the mob sound effects were too loud for my own liking, but working on getting those things improved for upcoming projects!
Very nice and clear basic video helps alot! Ps. Next time maybe put the music and sound of enemy mops a little bit lower. Its kinda lound Keep up the good work!
This is a bit of a complicated answer - but I'll do my best to explain. To benefit from the Verdancy talent, LB has to Bloom. The guaranteed time this happens is when Lifebloom expires. Say you have a LB on your tank and one on you, but a dps player is taking massive amounts of single target damage because of a dot or some type of effect on them. I will shift and move a LB to that target in order to stabilize their HP, basically with zero regard to verdancy. However, say that they are standing in Efflo and you have a clearcasting proc and can send a rejuv their way, and I know in about two seconds one of my LBs will expire, I will wait for it to bloom THEN move it onto the target that is needing the most intense ST (single target) healing. While I am waiting for that to happen, I will go ahead and spot heal them with a rejuv + regrowth if it is needed. Finally, there is a concept of a "pandemic window", which means if you refresh an ability shortly before the duration expires, you keep the benefit from that effect expiring, while also resetting the duration of the ability to the time left + normal duration. In LBs case, if you want to reapply it to the same target, doing it under 3 seconds you will still proc the guaranteed verdancy. However, I personally would wait until after it expires (which I time near my cursor, I will include that in a future video, plus a visual demonstration of the pandemic window) to move LB to a new target if they are not going to die from damage within the next 5 or so seconds. Doing my best to summarize, refreshing LB in the last 3 seconds is actually a good habit to maintain uptime, BUT moving it to another target early might be a better choice depending on the situation.
This is something that I have planned to make in the future! There is a very, very limited text only version of this in my discord that you can find stuff about my UI, but I’ve gotten a massive response to this series that I, admittedly, was not exactly expecting! The link to the discord should be in the description of the video! I’ve tried to answer as many questions about my UI, while also working setting up my discord and working on new projects, so i don’t have a complete source of info in any one place YET, but I do plan on making this as soon as I get the time! I’ve also been super busy at work and making time for family around the Holidays. Sorry for the super long comment back, but I’ve been trying to do my best to thoroughly answer as many questions as I can! If you do join the discord and can’t find what you are looking for, send me a message or just a message in the discord discussion channel for me to get you what you’re looking for as soon as I can! Thanks for commenting and watching the video!!
Totally valid point of view! I did not use a @cursor macro for efflorescence until Dragonflight! I wish I had some clips of a couple of super troll placements of efflo from last season in Freehold.
thanks so much for the video! i’m a veteran resto druid, it’s always helpful to review basics :) out of curiosity, what is the cursor adding you use? my cursor always gets lost on my screen!
It’s always great to hear from a veteran resto Druid! The cursor is called Ultimate Mouse Cursor and it is a weakaura from Wago! I made a video a couple of days ago that contains almost all of the Weakauras that I use and recommend! There is a link to that WA in the description of that video and also many others if there is anything else that you’re interested in. Thanks for taking the time to make a comment on my video!
I hear that Mastery is the best stat for us but I have a lot of versatility and less than 10% on mastery. Is that not great? Could i be healing a lot better in high keys? I tend to struggle on 10s and higher but my ilvl is 450 something. Great video btw, easy to understand and very helpful
So my Druid is currently 472 ilvl and I’m running around only 11-12% mastery myself. I believe that I have about 36-38% haste, 20ish percent crit and 15-18% Versatility! Mastery definitely helps your pure HPS, but rdruids don’t tend to actually really stack it higher than 8-12%. At your ilvl, your focus should be to just to continuing upgrading gear to push your ilvl up without worrying TOO much about stat weights yet.
@@estesthebestes okay sounds great. Do you know of a good sim like raidbots for healing? I been using it for my healer but just found out it was only for dps
I will be covering stat weights with some general recommendations about this in a later video. Hopefully my above comment gives you a rough idea of what you might want to aim for. But remember, prioritize ilvl above everything else until you get to 470+
Sorry for missing this part of the question, for some reason I have been having trouble having it display correctly on my end. The best place to sim the healing of your character is a website called questionablyepic or QE Live. You will be able to sim your gear for healing and sim potential upgrades that will help you with stat weights! questionablyepic.com/live/
1. MMO Mouse 2. Play druid and have almost everything on a keybind for bear, cat and boomie...which is something to build up over time to remember everything! I have a discipline priest alt that is level 70 and the crazy part to me was trying to figure out where all my skills are! Like, my bars are almost empty in comparison!
If you’re talking about the one that pops up that is the clearcasting icon that shows the number of stacks, I made that weakaura myself! I will try to remember to perhaps upload that to wagio this evening after work or add it to the video description since you asked about it!
1. Escape 2. Edit mode 3. Click on your party frames 4. click the box that says "use raid style party frames" 5. save the changes/make a profile if you havent 6. Close out of that and open up your options 7. Go to interface --> scroll down to "raid frames" 8. Check display incoming heals, power bars, aggro highlight, class colors, show debuffs and display health text percentage to get your party frames to look exactly like mine. Hopefully this is what you were looking for :D
This is a bit of a complicated answer - but I'll do my best to explain. To benefit from the Verdancy talent, LB has to Bloom. The guaranteed time this happens is when Lifebloom expires. Say you have a LB on your tank and one on you, but a dps player is taking massive amounts of single target damage because of a dot or some type of effect on them. I will shift and move a LB to that target in order to stabilize their HP, basically with zero regard to verdancy. However, say that they are standing in Efflo and you have a clearcasting proc and can send a rejuv their way, and I know in about two seconds one of my LBs will expire, I will wait for it to bloom THEN move it onto the target that is needing the most intense ST (single target) healing. While I am waiting for that to happen, I will go ahead and spot heal them with a rejuv + regrowth if it is needed. Finally, there is a concept of a "pandemic window", which means if you refresh an ability shortly before the duration expires, you keep the benefit from that effect expiring, while also resetting the duration of the ability to the time left + normal duration. In LBs case, if you want to reapply it to the same target, doing it under 3 seconds you will still proc the guaranteed verdancy. However, I personally would wait until after it expires (which I time near my cursor, I will include that in a future video, plus a visual demonstration of the pandemic window) to move LB to a new target if they are not going to die from damage within the next 5 or so seconds. Doing my best to summarize, refreshing LB in the last 3 seconds is actually a good habit to maintain uptime, BUT moving it to another target early might be a better choice depending on the situation.
There are two different ways I would go about doing this! 1. Put only healing spells and select damage spells on mouseovers 2. Enable the mouseover buttons to all in the blizz settings like I have though I’m not sure if you would like that as much
@@estesthebestes I have 12 buttons on my mouse that are all key bound to abilities, but even with the setting that you have when I cast an ability it just cast it on me
Totally get your POV! I appreciate you watching and listening and giving some feedback. I personally prefer tutorials that are more exploratory in nature and less frantic in pacing in order to let certain concepts sink in, but your feedback is appreciated and totally understood!
I think there’s a couple parts in this video that the in game sound is too loud as well! I’m working on getting the sound settings a bit better before the next video. Thanks for your feedback!
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Had a lot of fun helping out making this - really looking forward to the next one :D Cheers to everyone!
You’re amazing!!!!
This guide stands out as an exceptional resource for retro druid healing. While many others hastily skim through talents, presenting them without much context, you've taken the time to meticulously break down each aspect, allowing readers to truly comprehend not just what they're doing, but also the reasoning behind it.
Thank you so much for this comment. It really means a lot to me.
This is the only video needed for beginners, prior to this video I was struggling in +5s. One day later after practicing this, I'm doin +13s with 0 deaths and 3 chesting! Absolutely subscribed and cant wait for this next video in the series! Thanks!
THAT IS SO HYPE!!! You should be super proud of yourself for the work you've already put in. I can't wait to hear/see what you accomplish if you keep at it and keep practicing!
As I'm writing this comment, I am getting some work done on the next video...but I had to stop to reply when I saw this.
I'm looking forward to it!@@estesthebestes
This is a really great format for an explanation video! I hope you continue to do these because seeing the thorough talk in-game is so much more helpful. I think folks often equate "shorter" with being more beginner friendly, but this does a much better job at explaining WHY our rotation is the way it is and that will make it much easier to understand and remember for a lot of people! Easy sub.
My plan is to definitely keep the same or very similar format. The plan for my channel is to continue on with this type of explanation video as I personally learn better when I’m allowed to sit awhile, listen, and hear some of the reasons WHY I am supposed to be doing that thing in a particular order.
Other channels might be better at saying “hi, this is what you should do” but without the understanding of the whole picture, people will often not actually perform these things correctly.
Episode 2 is almost finished and I’ll be going into talking about CDs, just on the hunt for a good couple clips from me in actual keys to go with the audio explanation!
I really appreciate your comment as it means a lot to me that you would take the time to make it!
As a returning player your “Regrowth” section was mind blowing. The downside of copy/pasta talents from the internets and not doing my own diligence on understanding.
Huge thanks for the guide
No problem. It really is an honor to receive comments like this. I really appreciate it!
Amazing guide for beginners Resto Druid like me! Many guides out there don't show what each ability does but you showed each and everyone of them and explained them nicely. I'm a big fan now and have subscribed. Looking forward to more interesting and educational on druids from you.
Thank you for this compliment! It means a lot and I really really appreciate it ❤️
Absolutely champion guide.
Cleanses/dispels/soothes utilities as a Part 2 would be glorious for us fumblers.
Thank you a million times.
This is a great suggestion! I'll most likely have to add these things more for after part two since the current initial version is already over an hour! I'm glad you suggested this as it will give me some time to think about some of the ways I might introduce some of these concepts! I really appreciate your feedback!!
@@estesthebestes i appreciate your intent!
What an incredible guide, I'm a new player from Brazil and I still play normal dungeons (lv55), however, it's incredible how much your guides helped me, the life bars simply don't go down with a prepared setup. You blew my mind with this knowledge, it's unlike any other healer and a thousand times more satisfying to prepare for the damage
Sorry for the English and congratulations again, I would like you to do lives
One note, I was a tank in low brackets and after your druid guide, I simply find this spec to be the most satisfying in the game, I really want to dedicate myself to becoming a good player like you
Thank you for the very kind comment and praise! I do stream live on RUclips normally a couple of times a week, so you can catch me on there if you’re interested in seeing some gameplay live!
Some streams are really dedicated to pushing io and some are hanging out with friends doing stuff for fun!
@@estesthebestes I'll watch it for sure
I just returned and used my boost on a druid. This is invaluable. A fresh 70 with a full spellbook is daunting to sort out.
I feel that way and I feel like I’m an “expert” on resto Druid. I’m happy I could help you get started and can’t wait to hear about your successes! :D
I just picked up restoration druid a week or so ago and I've been farming 11's for gear (I'm only ilvl 444 average), but with how loose druid gameplay was I wasn't entirely sure I was doing this healing thing right.
Thanks so much for this video, Estes. There's a lot of guides out there, for sure, but yours was one of the few that really slowed down the pace to break down what each ability does, how and why it should be used, and when to use it. That is so immensely helpful for me ♥
Thank you for your kind words and the time that you took to write your comment!
Thank you so much for this video. I'm new to Dragonflight (and relatively new to WoW) and was thinking about dipping my toes into M+ healing. Having such good and clear explanations instead of "you have to use Marvelous Heal to proc your 34th passive and your 55th tier set effect, but only when your party is doing a live concert while illegally trainsurfing" is invaluable.
Welcome to the game and welcome to healing!! There will definitely be some ups and downs that you’ll experience, some great groups and some groups that will make you question existence, but healing in WoW is super fun and rewarding and a great way to meet new friends and network with good players.
Thank you for taking the time to make this comment and I hope to hear about some successes that you have in the future!
I was looking all over for this as a multiple time returning player I feel very lost with the sheer amount of cool downs. Excited to watch this one and the new one you just posted. Thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to watch and make your comment! Also, sick channel name and picture, that is dope!
I also just checked out your channel, looks awesome and I hope you keep having lots of success!!
Extremely qualitative and concise guide, while still in-depth. Great job, man! Keep it up.
Thank you for the feedback and taking the time to comment! It is really appreciated. ❤️
Thank You for taking the time to actually show the effects of the spells you're taking about, not just meander around a room in-game while talking non-stop for 40 minutes xD@@estesthebestes
I totally get that. Finding a balance between the two things is super difficult to do!
I started playing a resto druid about a week ago. I have never healed before, I've always played prot pally or bdk. This guide was super helpful. I was the spam healer using regrowth and going oom. Now I am full mana, doing damage, and healing 12s until i get more gear. Thanks for the guide!
It is a HUGE honor for me to have helped you in some way! I have more stuff on the way very soon! I love seeing comments like this and I hope you achieve whatever goals that you have set for yourself!!
I'm a returning player (from the start of Dragonflight then life got busy.) Thanks for making this updated guide.
I can't wait to do Timewalking Dungeons and slowly get caught up with the current content. Keep the guides and dungeon runs coming!
Thank you thank you!!! Hopefully you enjoy getting back into it and I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment!!
Great video. Been playing a resto druid alt casually for a long time and I now realise I'd totally misunderstood how the mastery works.
Happy to hear that you found some value from it!! I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment!
Super helpful for a returning healer! Thank you.
No problem at all! I’m glad you found it helpful and I really appreciate the time you took to leave a comment!
Recently picked up Resto Druid to prep a new healer to try for Season 4. This is the perfect kind of guide that just goes beyond just reading the Wowhead page verbatim.
It took what looked like a daunting class and broke it down into an easy to understand core of principles.
SO worth watching in full.
Thank you for the very high praise! It means a lot :D
Learning rdruid - this is such a great vid. Thanks man! Looking forward to more
Thank for for watching and taking the time to make a comment! You're in luck, I'm giving part 2 a final watch/listen and I'll be releasing it as long as there are no major issues :D
amazing! i got back after 5 years and this guide was supper effective
ty for your patience and excelent explanation
That is amazing! Glad you're back! More stuff for resto druid is coming soon!
Also thank you for your kind words, it means the world to me!
Cool video on resto Druid, I'm not a healer but I tank as Druid and this was super fun to watch! Thank you as well to your helper Tank🌱🍁🌱
Thank you for watching, fellow druid!!!! It is always good to hear from some tanking chads!
You had me at the mouse over setting in options. I was lamenting having to make mouse over macros for each spell. Awesome job. Thanks
I think this was a new feature in dragonflight - I was so thankful cause it really helped ease into a new healing spec and made it seem a lot less daunting!
@@estesthebestes also i like the circle addition to your mouse- is that a WA?
II found it- looked at your Ult Mythic Add-on video- that was great as well- earned my sub today
Thank you to both of you. Im trying to learn resto now and these videos help out a lot!
Fantastic guide. I can't wait for the next parts especially raid healing guide.
Thank you so much for your compliment and you taking the time to comment!!
Wow I thought I understood Resto Druid but I definitely wasn’t playing it right at the base level. Thanks! I wish there were more spec videos just like this. Some specs really suffer in the content department from lack of popularity.
I’ve done my best to try to make some videos that I would’ve found helpful when I was getting my journey started!
Best guide i've seen so far. Thank you for this video :)
You're very welcome! :D
Great guide! This is the only one I’ve seen actually explaining the thought process behind the spell usage
Keep it up! Subbed!
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for the positive feedback! I plan to have a lot more on the way!
great video brought me back to playing resto druid ... difficult but fun
Let’s go!!!!
“You’re hopefully an intelligent individual”
Video making some wild assumptions
Even with the odds stacked against me and little hope, I STILL DARE TO HOPE!
WOW! THEYRE AMAZING
no u
clear and understandable. Subbed.
Huge! ❤️
This guide is so good!!! Plz keep up the content!!
Thank you thank you!!! I really appreciate the positive and kind feedback and I have a lot more stuff on the way!
learned alot here, going to main Restro druid in expansion
Liked and subscribed. As a new Resto Druid player you’ve taught me a lot about the spec already! Do you plan on doing a raid guide?
Yeah! I am definitely open to making a raid guide and that is something I would do once I get a bit further into this video series!
@@estesthebestes Awesome! Can't wait for part 2!
ty this is so good. im a new player and this helped a lot, shoutout to kutali
She is a great friend and has been encouraging me to make this video!
@@estesthebestes @zzej thanks to you both!
Simple but such great info! Very much appreciated =)
Thank you very much! I can’t wait to see what keys you can smash!!
Please post the next video soon!!!
working on it!!!
Great guide man I really learned a lot from it especially since I’m coming back to healing since missed of Panderia. A couple tips for making guide videos in the future. Take it as constructive criticism because this one was actually really good. You can download some video editing software like da Vinci, and then do the voice after the video. This way, you can write down key points. He wants to touch on and explain as you’re watching the video and playing it back and in case you mess up, you can go back and re-record over the section that you did mess up on, but like I said great video I learned a lot keep up the good work. Hopefully you’ll come up with some more soon.
I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some thoughts and feedback about my video!
I can totally agree with you and for part 2 I’m doing a bit of editing, but that type of thing will get better as I learn more and get practice in the future! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment on my video and I really am thankful for your well-intentioned feedback!
You are a great teacher. Thank you!
Thank you for being a great learner!!!!!
Hey guys its ya boy, DottyThotty comming at you live with another youtube video.
Best raid lead NA ❤️
Part 2 pleaseeeee. Garden grove, tier, and swiftmend!!
Part 2 has already been released! :D
you are great :)
Thank you thank you :D
This was a great guide. When will more come out? I'm curious to see your take on tier sets. I have 4 tier set and I'm 468. Up to 16+ keys but no higher. This was helpful
I'm aiming to get the next part released this weekend. I'll also be working on it tonight, but the release is most likely going to be Saturday or Sunday.
I absolutely love our 2 and 4pc tier set bonuses, they're super, super powerful and when used correctly really help us meet the healing requirements that we need to in 20s and beyond.
What do you think?
Is the highest number key I should be pushing at 468 item level?
Well, that is a lot harder of a question for me to answer! There’s a number of factors to answer that properly.
1. Your skill and comfort on Druid
2. Your UI giving you the correct information during trash and boss fights
3. The skill of other party members
These are in no particular order, however at the beginning of the season (week 1), I was timing 18+ runs with pugs. My first 20s were done with no tier set and an item level of around 450ish, give or take. My Druid in all of the videos on the channel so far I was below 475, which I just hit last night before logging off.
So, without seeing your gameplay, UI, and the general skill of people you’re currently playing with, it’s hard to say exactly how high you can/should be doing.
The thing I want to make sure that you understand though, is that even in my own gameplay, I’m actively working on many, many things in order to improve and get better myself. So none of these things are meant as a brag or a flex of any kind, but as a point that without more information I cannot give you more specific advice. If you do want to get a better opinion from me, there should be a discord link in the description that you can join and post your own gameplay if you want tailored feedback from me.
That was excellent thanks mate
wow, they're amazing!
me listening to the video:
the juggernaut at the beginning of RLP : WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM
Yeah… this was all done in one take and some of the mob sound effects were too loud for my own liking, but working on getting those things improved for upcoming projects!
Very nice and clear basic video helps alot!
Ps. Next time maybe put the music and sound of enemy mops a little bit lower. Its kinda lound
Keep up the good work!
Totally agreed! Thank you for the comment and your feedback!!!
Super handy, thanks much from a healer switching from holy priest.
Thanks for watching and commenting, I hope you enjoy playing rdruid as much as I do!
Are you planning to do a video for the raid version as well?
Great video!
Yes, I am planning to do a raid version of this guide as well!
@estesthebestes1370 look forward to seeing it. Helps a lot really for beginners like myself
That was very helpful, thanks.
No problem! Thanks for taking the time to comment ❤️
So should I let my life blooms bloom Everytime ? I have the habbit of refreshing them with sub 3 seconds should I avoid that
This is a bit of a complicated answer - but I'll do my best to explain. To benefit from the Verdancy talent, LB has to Bloom. The guaranteed time this happens is when Lifebloom expires. Say you have a LB on your tank and one on you, but a dps player is taking massive amounts of single target damage because of a dot or some type of effect on them. I will shift and move a LB to that target in order to stabilize their HP, basically with zero regard to verdancy.
However, say that they are standing in Efflo and you have a clearcasting proc and can send a rejuv their way, and I know in about two seconds one of my LBs will expire, I will wait for it to bloom THEN move it onto the target that is needing the most intense ST (single target) healing. While I am waiting for that to happen, I will go ahead and spot heal them with a rejuv + regrowth if it is needed.
Finally, there is a concept of a "pandemic window", which means if you refresh an ability shortly before the duration expires, you keep the benefit from that effect expiring, while also resetting the duration of the ability to the time left + normal duration. In LBs case, if you want to reapply it to the same target, doing it under 3 seconds you will still proc the guaranteed verdancy. However, I personally would wait until after it expires (which I time near my cursor, I will include that in a future video, plus a visual demonstration of the pandemic window) to move LB to a new target if they are not going to die from damage within the next 5 or so seconds.
Doing my best to summarize, refreshing LB in the last 3 seconds is actually a good habit to maintain uptime, BUT moving it to another target early might be a better choice depending on the situation.
yo great video. A side question here. What is that buff that is poping on the guardian druid that changes his form for a couple of seconds ??! : )
Educating thanks! I buy are awesome!
Great video!
lots of comments already, so might have missed it, do you have a link to a video explaining your ui?
This is something that I have planned to make in the future! There is a very, very limited text only version of this in my discord that you can find stuff about my UI, but I’ve gotten a massive response to this series that I, admittedly, was not exactly expecting! The link to the discord should be in the description of the video!
I’ve tried to answer as many questions about my UI, while also working setting up my discord and working on new projects, so i don’t have a complete source of info in any one place YET, but I do plan on making this as soon as I get the time! I’ve also been super busy at work and making time for family around the Holidays.
Sorry for the super long comment back, but I’ve been trying to do my best to thoroughly answer as many questions as I can! If you do join the discord and can’t find what you are looking for, send me a message or just a message in the discord discussion channel for me to get you what you’re looking for as soon as I can!
Thanks for commenting and watching the video!!
I don't like @cursor macros due to dropping the spell on things hanging from ceilings and walls. But that's just me.
Totally valid point of view! I did not use a @cursor macro for efflorescence until Dragonflight! I wish I had some clips of a couple of super troll placements of efflo from last season in Freehold.
Thanks a lot for makeing this. What addon makes that circle around your cursor?
That is a weakaura called Ultimate Mouse Cursor from wago, the link should be here: wago.io/ZbjlsgMkp
thanks so much for the video! i’m a veteran resto druid, it’s always helpful to review basics :) out of curiosity, what is the cursor adding you use? my cursor always gets lost on my screen!
It’s always great to hear from a veteran resto Druid! The cursor is called Ultimate Mouse Cursor and it is a weakaura from Wago!
I made a video a couple of days ago that contains almost all of the Weakauras that I use and recommend! There is a link to that WA in the description of that video and also many others if there is anything else that you’re interested in. Thanks for taking the time to make a comment on my video!
@@estesthebestes fantastic, thank you so much! i’ll def give your WA video a view once i’m back home from vacation and can update my ui :)
Ty great content❤. What do u use to see ur hots on the tank because default u can't see efflorescence
The WA should be here: wago.io/ZbjlsgMkp
Great guide! I’m super new to rdruid What about centurion ward, adaptive swarm
Those are discussed in the next video, which I’m aiming to finish this weekend!
@@estesthebestes v sick
Wow they're Amazin completed.! 😂😂😂
I hear that Mastery is the best stat for us but I have a lot of versatility and less than 10% on mastery. Is that not great? Could i be healing a lot better in high keys? I tend to struggle on 10s and higher but my ilvl is 450 something.
Great video btw, easy to understand and very helpful
So my Druid is currently 472 ilvl and I’m running around only 11-12% mastery myself. I believe that I have about 36-38% haste, 20ish percent crit and 15-18% Versatility!
Mastery definitely helps your pure HPS, but rdruids don’t tend to actually really stack it higher than 8-12%. At your ilvl, your focus should be to just to continuing upgrading gear to push your ilvl up without worrying TOO much about stat weights yet.
@@estesthebestes okay sounds great. Do you know of a good sim like raidbots for healing? I been using it for my healer but just found out it was only for dps
I will be covering stat weights with some general recommendations about this in a later video. Hopefully my above comment gives you a rough idea of what you might want to aim for. But remember, prioritize ilvl above everything else until you get to 470+
@@estesthebestes perfect, ill keep an eye out for that video! Keep up the great work!
Sorry for missing this part of the question, for some reason I have been having trouble having it display correctly on my end. The best place to sim the healing of your character is a website called questionablyepic or QE Live. You will be able to sim your gear for healing and sim potential upgrades that will help you with stat weights! questionablyepic.com/live/
what about consumables and enchants please ?
I think that the best place to find that would be on WoWhead under the resto Druid guide!
jesus how do people hotkey tht many buttons wow
1. MMO Mouse
2. Play druid and have almost everything on a keybind for bear, cat and boomie...which is something to build up over time to remember everything!
I have a discipline priest alt that is level 70 and the crazy part to me was trying to figure out where all my skills are! Like, my bars are almost empty in comparison!
timecoddes? ((
The video should now contain timecodes, thank you for bringing that to my attention!
Hey, were did you get the clearcasting proc square thing? I looked on wago io today but I couldnt find one.
If you’re talking about the one that pops up that is the clearcasting icon that shows the number of stacks, I made that weakaura myself! I will try to remember to perhaps upload that to wagio this evening after work or add it to the video description since you asked about it!
@@estesthebestes That would be nice!
I added the clearcasting weakaura to the description! If something doesn't look correct, let me know since I have never added anything to wago before!
@@estesthebestes I can't see the link to this WA in the desc? Did it maybe not save?
wago.io/txdk2X_NO @@comedyzone
dumb question but how do u get the efflo to show on everyones healthbar
That is the weakaura Myrestobuffs. You can find a link to that on my latest video i just released about my Weakauras!
@@estesthebestes ty
Thx a lot
Thanks for watching!!
How did you get the boxes for your party
1. Escape
2. Edit mode
3. Click on your party frames
4. click the box that says "use raid style party frames"
5. save the changes/make a profile if you havent
6. Close out of that and open up your options
7. Go to interface --> scroll down to "raid frames"
8. Check display incoming heals, power bars, aggro highlight, class colors, show debuffs and display health text percentage to get your party frames to look exactly like mine.
Hopefully this is what you were looking for :D
THANK YOU @@estesthebestes
ty for the guide, i have a question, do you let lifebloom bloom or refrech it befor?
This is a bit of a complicated answer - but I'll do my best to explain. To benefit from the Verdancy talent, LB has to Bloom. The guaranteed time this happens is when Lifebloom expires. Say you have a LB on your tank and one on you, but a dps player is taking massive amounts of single target damage because of a dot or some type of effect on them. I will shift and move a LB to that target in order to stabilize their HP, basically with zero regard to verdancy.
However, say that they are standing in Efflo and you have a clearcasting proc and can send a rejuv their way, and I know in about two seconds one of my LBs will expire, I will wait for it to bloom THEN move it onto the target that is needing the most intense ST (single target) healing. While I am waiting for that to happen, I will go ahead and spot heal them with a rejuv + regrowth if it is needed.
Finally, there is a concept of a "pandemic window", which means if you refresh an ability shortly before the duration expires, you keep the benefit from that effect expiring, while also resetting the duration of the ability to the time left + normal duration. In LBs case, if you want to reapply it to the same target, doing it under 3 seconds you will still proc the guaranteed verdancy. However, I personally would wait until after it expires (which I time near my cursor, I will include that in a future video, plus a visual demonstration of the pandemic window) to move LB to a new target if they are not going to die from damage within the next 5 or so seconds.
Doing my best to summarize, refreshing LB in the last 3 seconds is actually a good habit to maintain uptime, BUT moving it to another target early might be a better choice depending on the situation.
@@estesthebestes ty for your effort to answer me, im 100% agree with your vision to use LB.
No problem!
Do you gotta macro every spell for the mouse over?
There are two different ways I would go about doing this!
1. Put only healing spells and select damage spells on mouseovers
2. Enable the mouseover buttons to all in the blizz settings like I have though I’m not sure if you would like that as much
@@estesthebestes so I have all my key binds set up on my mmo mouse(12 buttons) but when I’m hovering over other players it just cast the spells on me
Do I hover over the vuhdo plates or blizzards?
@@estesthebestes I have 12 buttons on my mouse that are all key bound to abilities, but even with the setting that you have when I cast an ability it just cast it on me
I don’t have macros set up yet either
How to cast lifebloom on 2 targets ?
Nice video but lets get to the point. It took 6 minutes to show the double life bloom. GG
Good information, but you take too long to get from point A to point B. Write a script before recording, run through it, then use it for a guide.
Totally get your POV! I appreciate you watching and listening and giving some feedback.
I personally prefer tutorials that are more exploratory in nature and less frantic in pacing in order to let certain concepts sink in, but your feedback is appreciated and totally understood!
Maybe turn off the in-game sound when making a video.
I think there’s a couple parts in this video that the in game sound is too loud as well! I’m working on getting the sound settings a bit better before the next video. Thanks for your feedback!