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 (11.2).

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 tanks and debuffed players.
• SwiftmendView detailsAlways follow with Wild Growth.
• Wild GrowthView detailsUse after Swiftmend to heal multiple players.
• FlourishView detailsExtend active HoTs during burst healing.
• WrathView detailsUse during free GCDs for Mana regeneration.

Maintain Efflorescence and Lifebloom, keep Rejuvenation on key targets, and pair Swiftmend with Wild Growth. Use Flourish to extend HoTs and Wrath during downtime for Mana.

AoE

Prepare for AoE healing by ensuring Efflorescence is active and HoTs are spread.

• Wild GrowthView detailsUse to heal multiple players.
• FlourishView detailsExtend all active HoTs during heavy damage.
• RejuvenationView detailsApply to multiple players before damage spikes.
• Grove GuardiansView detailsUse charges during heavy damage phases.
• TranquilityView detailsChannel during intense raid-wide damage.

For AoE healing, prioritize Wild Growth and Flourish to maximize HoT coverage. Use Rejuvenation preemptively and Tranquility for heavy raid damage.

Cooldowns

• TranquilityView detailsUse during heavy raid-wide damage.
• InnervateView detailsUse to reduce Mana costs during high healing phases.
• IronbarkView detailsApply to tanks or players under heavy damage.
• FlourishView detailsExtend all active HoTs during burst healing.
• Incarnation Tree Of LifeView detailsActivate before major damage events for increased healing.
• Convoke The SpiritsView detailsUse during damage events, ideally paired with other cooldowns.

Use Tranquility and Flourish for raid-wide healing, Innervate to conserve Mana, and Ironbark for single-target damage reduction. Activate Incarnation Tree Of Life or Convoke The Spirits during major damage events.

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.