Healer Rotation & Cooldowns

This rotation offers a general priority list for Restoration Druid abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.1.7).

Single Target

Ensure Efflorescence is placed under a group of players and Lifebloom is active on a tank or high-damage target.

• RejuvenationView detailsMaintain on active tanks and debuffed players.
• SwiftmendView detailsAlways follow with Wild Growth.
• Wild GrowthView detailsUse after Swiftmend to maximize healing.
• FlourishView detailsUse during high-damage phases to extend HoTs.
• WrathView detailsUse during free GCDs for Mana regeneration.

Maintain Efflorescence and Lifebloom while keeping Rejuvenation on key targets. Pair Swiftmend with Wild Growth and use Flourish during burst healing phases. Fill downtime with Wrath for Mana recovery.

AoE

Prepare for AoE healing by pre-casting Rejuvenation on multiple targets.

• Wild GrowthView detailsEnsure it hits 6 players.
• FlourishView detailsExtend all active HoTs during heavy damage.
• EfflorescenceView detailsKeep under clustered players.
• Grove GuardiansView detailsUse charges strategically during high damage.
• RegrowthView detailsUse for spot healing during AoE phases.

For AoE healing, prioritize Wild Growth and extend HoTs with Flourish. Maintain Efflorescence and use Grove Guardians during heavy damage. Fill gaps with Regrowth for spot healing.

Cooldowns

• TranquilityView detailsUse during heavy raid-wide damage.
• InnervateView detailsUse to refresh HoTs and cast high-cost spells.
• IronbarkView detailsUse on tanks or players under heavy damage.
• FlourishView detailsExtend HoTs during high-damage phases.
• Incarnation Tree Of LifeView detailsUse to pre-HoT or during major damage events.

Use Tranquility for raid-wide damage, Innervate to maximize Mana efficiency, and Ironbark for tank or critical player protection. Flourish and Incarnation Tree Of Life should be used during high-damage phases for maximum healing output.

New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation

Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:

• Single-Button Assistant
• Assisted Highlight
• Cooldown Manager

If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.

While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.

To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.