Nasirah Kicks Butt … and Helps Cover Yours, Too!
Published on February 15, 2008 by Phaelia
Community, Items and Equipment
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Nasirah of A Tale of Two Druids has recently completed a four five six-part series on pre-Karazhan and Karazhan-level Healing gear, both cloth and leather and including tradeskilled items. This is an incredible resource for any Resto-specced Druid approaching level 70 or for a Feral Druid making the switch to a healing role. I know I’ll be directing questions of this nature to these guides!
- Idols, Weapons, and Off Hands
- Cloaks
- Head and Shoulders
- Chest, Wrist, Hands
- Necklaces, Rings, and Trinkets
- Waist, Legs, and Feet
Thanks, Nasirah!



First of all, great question, especially in light of the
Continue reading ‘Mailbag: Idol of the Raven Goddess’…
I hate them. Which is why I haven’t written about them before now. Maybe it’s their non-traditional effects or the fact that many of them are triggered (which means you have to remember to trigger them). Either way, there’s never been a clear best-of-breed pair of trinkets to me. So I collect them and then I put them in the bank, waiting for the day that another Druid blogger will write this article so I can gleefully dust off the pair she’s enthusiastically endorsed. Right now I’d like to take the opportunity to say that the rest of you Restos are slackers for making me do this. I hate trinkets!


Flynx of Bronzebeard (US) recently completed an update of Hydrar’s Resto Gear Calculator to include those items made available in Patch 2.3 and has generously offered to make this update available through Resto4Life.com. From the
One of the design quirks for Restoration Druids is a heavy emphasis on Spirit. This dependence dates back to the days when the once-defining Restoration ability, Innervate, was a 31-point talent. Multiplying its recipient’s out of combat, Spirit-based Mana regeneration by 500%, it has always been best given to a high Spirit spellcaster. With the release of the Burning Crusade, the Tree of Life was introduced, converting 25% of the Druid’s Spirit directly into a +Healing received aura for her groupmates. Living Spirit, a 3/3 talent on the same tier as our Tree of Life form, gives an additional 15% bonus to total Spirit. Like Priests, Druids have a 3-point talent that allows a portion of our Spirit-based Mana regeneration to continue while in combat. Prior to 2.2, this regeneration percentage was only 15%, but has since been increased to 30%, making Spirit an even more attractive stat relative to MP5 for a Restoration Druid. And perhaps one of the most telling changes to our class came when our caster forms’ Spirit-based Mana regeneration formula was adjusted from its previous value of SPI/5 + 15 to SPI/4.5 + 15. And while Priests continue to have the stronger base regeneration formula (SPI/4 + 15), a Druid who specs for the 15% bonus from Living Spirit can close this gap considerably.