Druid

The druid is the only class with four specializations: ranged damage, melee damage, tank and healer. That means four artifacts, four sets of gear and complete freedom to switch roles to whatever the group needs.

Specializations

The stat priorities are a guideline for 7.3.5. The exact order depends on your talents and legendaries, so check the final answer with a sim.

Balance

• A caster in Moonkin Form: you build Astral Power with your fillers and dump it into your spenders.
• Key buttons: Solar Wrath and Lunar Strike as fillers, Starsurge on a single target, Starfall on packs of three or more.
• Watch the Astral Power bar: overcapping the resource is a straight damage loss, and spenders are never held back "for later".
• Celestial Alignment (or Incarnation if you take the talent) is your main burst — bank resource for it in advance.

Feral

• Melee in Cat Form built on damage over time: you build combo points with your attacks and spend them on bleeds.
• Key buttons: Rip and Savage Roar must never fall off, Rake and Shred build combo points, Ferocious Bite finishes at five points.
• Watch your bleed timers: refresh them in the last third of their duration, otherwise you lose damage.
• Tiger's Fury is both energy and a damage buff: press it before you apply fresh bleeds.

Guardian

• A bear tank with a huge health pool and active mitigation through armor.
• Key buttons: Ironfur is kept stacked up against physical damage, Mangle and Thrash generate Rage and threat.
• Watch your Rage: it should never pile up unused — wasted Rage is an Ironfur you did not apply.
• Frenzied Regeneration is self-healing paid for with Rage, while Barkskin and Survival Instincts are your cooldowns for the heavy hits.

Restoration

• A healer built on healing over time: it works best when the HoTs are already rolling before the damage lands.
• Key buttons: Rejuvenation as your foundation, Wild Growth on the group, Swiftmend on top of your HoTs, Lifebloom on the tank.
• Watch your mana: blanketing everyone in sight with Rejuvenation is the number one reason your mana bar runs dry.
• Tranquility is your main raid cooldown, and Innervate hands an ally faster mana regeneration.

Legendary items

• The Emerald Dreamcatcher — helm for Balance: Starsurge reduces the cost of your next Starsurge by 5 Astral Power, up to 2 stacks.
• Oneth's Intuition — bracers for Balance: Starsurge and Starfall have a 20% chance to make each other free.
• Behemoth Headdress — helm for Feral: finishers extend Tiger's Fury by 0.5 seconds for every combo point spent.
• Luffa Wrappings — bracers for Guardian and Feral: Thrash deals 25% more damage and hits a larger area.
• Aman'Thul's Wisdom — shoulders for Restoration: Rejuvenation on a target at full health is extended by 3 seconds, up to a maximum of +9 seconds per cast.

Until your spec's legendaries drop, wear the all-purpose Prydaz, Xavaric's Magnum Opus and Sephuz's Secret — they work for all four specs.

Class Order Hall

The druid order hall is the Dreamgrove in Val'sharah; you get there through the class call at level 98. Inside you will find the artifact forge, the champion mission table, Artifact Power turn-ins and portals around the Broken Isles.

Tips for newcomers

• Four specs is no reason to level four artifacts at once: take one all the way, and the rest will catch up later thanks to the high Artifact Knowledge on 7.3.5.
• Your forms are your mobility: Travel Form speeds you up out in the world, while Dash and Wild Charge get you out of mechanics without spending a real cooldown.
• Shifting into a form breaks snares and roots — the most useful druid button there is, in Mythic+ and in PvP alike.