Upcoming Restoration Changes – Patch 3.3
Posted by thideras | Filed under General Information
There is much excitement to be had with the upcoming patch and Restoration Druids are no exception. First, let’s start off with changes made exclusively to us:
Rebirth cooldown has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes.
To be honest, I don’t see the reason as to why this ability had its cooldown halved. With the 20 minute cooldown, you had to choose carefully who you used it on as it wouldn’t be available for a few fights or attempts. This change trivializes that decision and I’m sad to see it go.
Rejuvenation: The base duration on all ranks of this spell is now 15 seconds.
Previous versions of Rejuvenation are now are 15 seconds instead of 12 seconds. If you are level 80, this won’t affect you.
Gift of the Earthmother now increases your total spell haste by 2/4/6/8/10%
Our current spell offers a 20% faster global cooldown when using certain abilities (which equals 20% haste). This now means we need more haste to have our GCD capped at one second. I don’t have exact numbers as of right now, but I’ll update this post when I do.
Glyph of Rapid Rejuvenation: This glyph allows for the druid’s haste to reduce the time between the periodic healing effects of Rejuvenation.
The changes to GoTM amplify this glyph. Assuming that we have enough haste to reach the GCD cap, the spell would last 10 seconds instead of the normal 15; a hefty throughput increase. I would suggest having a stack of this glyph along with the glyph that you replaced. I’m sure that some fights will favor our “slower” Rejuvenation heals and some will favor more throughput. If you run with two Restoration Druids, this will help lower the overlap and increase healing done; although, I’m not sure how much other classes will appreciate this change.
New healing Relic: The periodic healing from your Rejuvenation spell grants 32 spell power for 15 sec. Stacks up to 8 times.
Compared to the old relic, [Idol of Flaring Growth], it is a slight upgrade that gives an extra 22 spell power. Some may still favor the old idol as it only takes one to two ticks of Rejuvenation for the full effect.
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