Healer Rotation & Cooldowns

A general priority guide for Restoration Druid abilities and cooldowns. Helpful for understanding the spec's fundamentals and getting comfortable with core synergies. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: Midnight (12.0.1).

Single Target

Ensure Efflorescence and Lifebloom are active before the encounter begins.

• RejuvenationView detailsBegin ramp ~15 seconds before damage hits.
• SwiftmendView detailsFollow with Rejuvenation to proc Soul Of The Forest.
• Wild GrowthView detailsUse during heavy damage phases.
• RegrowthView detailsCast until Abundance stacks wear off.
• WrathView detailsUse to regenerate mana during downtime.

Maintain Efflorescence and Lifebloom uptime. Ramp with Rejuvenation before damage, then use Swiftmend and Wild Growth for burst healing. Cast Regrowth with high Abundance stacks and Wrath for mana regeneration.

AoE

Ensure Efflorescence and Lifebloom are active.

• EfflorescenceView detailsKeep active at all times.
• LifebloomView detailsMaintain on a target consistently.
• Wild GrowthView detailsUse during moderate group damage.
• SwiftmendView detailsCast on cooldown to extend HoTs.
• RegrowthView detailsReact to low health targets.

For AoE healing, maintain Efflorescence and Lifebloom. Use Wild Growth for group healing, Swiftmend to extend HoTs, and Regrowth for emergency healing.

Cooldowns

Pre-plan cooldown usage for high-damage phases.

• TranquilityView detailsUse during the most dangerous moments to extend HoTs.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsCast in caster form for burst healing.
• Incarnation Tree Of LifeView detailsActivate before major damage for extended healing benefits.

Use Tranquility for critical healing phases, Convoke The Spirits for burst healing, and Incarnation Tree Of Life to enhance healing during prolonged damage phases.

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.