The other day, I was approached by a couple on my server looking for druid advice. One of them was an up-and-coming resto druid still making the transition from Wrath to Cataclysm and felt she wasn’t quite where she needed to be with mana control. I offered to help get her up to speed, which … [Read more of this article]
Evaluating New Resto Druids in Cataclysm
Resto Druid Mana: Tips and Tricks
This is a guest post by Arajal. No, not related in anyway to Archmage Arugal. My guild began our 25 man raiding about a month ago, throwing our entire healing team out of the frying pan of heroics and into the fire of raids. It was a system shock for everyone, myself included. We were … [Read more of this article]
Holy Word: Sanctuary vs Efflorescence
I love using Holy Word: Sanctuary on players in melee only to find that the Efflorescence from druids already beat me to it. Both effects can easily be stacked on top of each other for extra AoE healing. Great times for this would be on Blood Queen or on Festergut, for example. On the other … [Read more of this article]
Raid Warning Shift Happens Druid Roundtable
Shift Happens: A Warcraft Druid Roundtable Event On Oct 12th the Raid Warning crew will be joined by some of the biggest names in the Druid Community. They will be answering your questions, comments, phonecalls, and e-mails while kicking back and having a few laughs. Want to get involved? Submit your questions for Shift Happens via … [Read more of this article]
That new Druid mastery is hot
I don’t think its quite in the game yet, but it looks good. According to others, it looks real good. New Resto druid mastery: Increases the potency of your heals on targets upon which you have a hot. It benefits both hots and direct heals equally while still supporting Resto being a healer that cares … [Read more of this article]
In Defense of the New Tree of Life
When Blizzard first announced the changes they were making to Tree of Life in the upcoming expansion, the Druid community experienced its own mini-Cataclysm. The main gripe seems to be more about the loss of another “true” Druid form, than it is about the mechanics of the talent. The reasoning behind the Dev’s decision is … [Read more of this article]
Leveling a Resto Druid in Cataclysm – ...
Epiphanize is the co-host of the Raid Warning Podcast and is currently leveling a Druid in the Cataclysm beta as well as playing one as his main. With two new races to choose from as well as a new, improved leveling experience, there are going to be a lot of new Druids come Cataclysm. From … [Read more of this article]
Death of the Niche Healer
Recently a topic has sprung up among many healers. There are lots of blog posts popping up about it so I figured since I’ve been going on about it for a while now, I’ll add my two copper to the public domain here, but first a story. In the days of vanilla World of Warcraft, … [Read more of this article]
Healing Icecrown from a Druid’s Perspe...
This is a guest post by Epiphanize, a Resto Druid, and co-host of Raid Warning. Now that we got all that out of the way, it is time to get down to business. You didn’t really show up just to listen to me go on about glyphs, did you? No, you came to heal your … [Read more of this article]
Healing Icecrown From a Druid’s Perspe...
This is a guest post by Epiphanize, a Resto Druid, and co-host of Raid Warning. So you’ve just shaken the frost off of your branches and are staring down the entrance to Icecrown Citadel, the final raid of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. You and nine of your closest guildies (or 9 … [Read more of this article]






