Druid - Offensive Healer

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Archived and replaced with http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Druid_-_S/A_LB_Power This is a druid build designed for raids. The build excels in boosting the damage of others while healing allies at the same time.

Skill Bar

Sword/AxeHealingUtilityElite

Staff

Pets

30
Lightning Assault
Charge forward, head butting foes and electrifying the destination.
Damage: 1,129
Range: 480
— while DPS is low, the CC on the pet skill is very useful. You should only swap to the pet when you need the CC.
1½
10
Furious Pounce
Pounce on your target and grant fury to nearby allies.
Damage: 1,689
Fury (10s): 20% Critical Chance
Number of Allied Targets: 5
Radius: 240
Range: 400
— second highest DPS pet with quickness. Use pet skill on cooldown.

Possible Changes

Utility Skills

for a short cooldown AoE knockback. Useful at Vale Guardian to push away Red Seekers Orbs. Should replace
.
for a party wide stunbreak in
.
If you are partied with one or more condition focused players
for strong condition cleanse + long lasting water field

Traits

Specialization Line Variants

You can use
in Skirmishing instead if you think you might not be able to upkeep
You can alternatively take the following trait choices over Marksmanship if your party is in need of even more heals. This variant is especially good in damage heavy encounters where little movement is needed, mainly Matthias or Sabetha.

Equipment

Stats

All weapons and trinkets are Berserker's.
Helm, Chest and Legs are Assassin's, while Shoulders, Gloves and Boots are Berserker's.

Upgrades

Superior Sigil of Force

+5% Damage

5

Superior Sigil of Water

30% Chance on Hit: Heal nearby allies around your target (360 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

Superior Sigil of Force

+5% Damage

5

Superior Sigil of Water

30% Chance on Hit: Heal nearby allies around your target (360 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.

Infusions

Mighty Infusion

Mighty Infusion

+5 Power +5 Agony Resistance

for offensive infusion slot.
Precise Infusion

Precise Infusion

+5 Precision +5 Agony Resistance

for your Sword and Backpiece.
Versatile Mighty Infusion

Versatile Mighty Infusion

+5 Power +5 Agony Resistance

for defensive infusion slot.

Equipment Variants

Use a set of ascended Zealots (Power/Precision/Healing Power) with

Superior Rune of the Druid

Superior Rune of the Druid

(1): +25 Healing (2): +35 Vitality (3): +50 Healing (4): +65 Vitality (5): +100 Healing (6): Gain +500 Healing for 3 seconds after casting a glyph.

if your team is in need of more healing. Note that the 6th bonus of the rune is the main reason of using it. Use one of your glyphs followed by a heal skill to make use of this 500 additional healing power.
In Salvation Pass, the damage pressure being more important, you might want to use

Superior Rune of the Monk

Superior Rune of the Monk

(1): +25 Healing Power (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Healing Power (4): +10% Boon Duration (5): +100 Healing Power (6): +10% outgoing heal effectiveness to allies, +1% outgoing heal effectiveness for 3 seconds whenever granting a boon to an ally (max 10)

on your Zealot's set instead. This complements the Spirit Build particularly well.

Consumables

Food:

Delicious Rice Ball

Delicious Rice Ball

Nourishment (30m):

100 Healing Power+10% Healing Effectiveness (Outgoing)+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year

Consumable

for the additional healing power and healing modifier. Stacking healing modifiers is the reason a Berserker Druid still heals more than enough.
Bowl of Seaweed Salad

Bowl of Seaweed Salad

Nourishment (30m):

60% chance to gain swiftness when you kill a foe+10% damage while moving+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

is the highest personal DPS option if extra healing isn't needed.

Utility:

In general

Toxic Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (30 m):

Gain Power equal to 6% of your Condition DamageGain Power equal to 8% of your Expertise+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

(cheap variant being

Superior Sharpening Stone

Nourishment (30 m):

Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

Consumable

) or use

Furious Tuning Crystal

Nourishment (30m):

Gain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your PrecisionGain Expertise equal to 3% of your Precision+10% Experience from Kills

Consumable

combined with the Zealot's gear for a more defensive set up.

Usage

Damage

Auto attacks while using

Path of Scars

½

15

Path of Scars

Throw your axe so that it returns to you, striking foes each way.

Damage: 295

Pull distance: 450

Pierces

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

on cooldown. Use your glyphs on cooldown while being surrounded by your party members to give them stacks of
because of the trait
. This increases the damage of the party members as well as slightly healing them resulting in longer maintained Scholar Buffs (

Superior Sigil of Water

5

Superior Sigil of Water

30% Chance on Hit: Heal nearby allies around your target (360 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

also contributes to this Scholar Buff upkeep).
Prioritize using

Serpent's Strike

1

15

Serpent's Strike

Do an evasive roll around your target, striking them and poison them.

Damage: 284

₂Poison (6s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Evade: ¾ seconds

Range: 130

over dodging to maintain your
.
Remember to stand next or behind the boss if possible to get use out of
.
Do NOT swap pets unless they are in danger of dying. You don't want them to lose all their boons (especially quickness if they received it).
Mainly use the Tiger and swap to Electric Wyvern if needed for CC. Note that swapping pets uses
which is a blast which can be useful.
Make sure your spirit is in range of the raid group. Put it between the boss and the places your most likely to kite towards.

Heals

Enter
followed by a full channel of
, immediately go out of Celestial Avatar and resume auto attacking. Spreading
and minor heals across the entire team to maintain Scholar Buffs.

Enter
use
followed by
,
and another
if it was used with the trait
. This should recover nearly everyone from a few major hits.

Enter
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
⇒
and again
. This chain should easily bring your entire raid team back up to 100% health.

General

You can always do all the above heals + swapping to staff before using

Sublime Conversion

25

Sublime Conversion

Summon an energy barrier that causes enemy projectiles to heal upon impact.

Healing: 162

Duration: 5s

Range: 900

(if possible)+

Ancestral Grace

1¼

15

Ancestral Grace

Become a wisp of natural energy traversing to the target location. When you reach the target, heal nearby allies.

Healing: 1,610

Number of Targets: 5

Evade: until reaching the destination

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

Range: 1,200

. This will give you a bit more healing, mobility and the ability to regain Astral Force easier.

If you are on staff, just go in Celestial Avatar and use Rejuvenating Tides to spread stacks of
and get out as soon as you can swap back to sword.

While attacking with staff, use both

Astral Wisp

¾

8

Astral Wisp

Send a wisp to attack your foe. While attached it will circle the foe, healing allies it passes through.

Damage: 323

Healing: 322

Duration: 5s

Radius: 130

Range: 1,200

&

Vine Surge

¾

20

Vine Surge

Send forth vines that immobilize enemies and cleanse conditions from allies.

Damage: 202

Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

Condition Removed

Condition Removed

Condition Removed

Number of Impacts: 7

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 1,200

for a DPS increase. Astral Wisp also fills up your Astral Force quite fast.

triggers when going into Celestial Avatar and picking up bundles.

Start an Encounter while being on your second pet and then Swap to your Tiger to trigger
to apply extra Fury to your Party.

Celestial Avatar

you can pretty much ignore this skill. If you are staying in
for whatever reason, use this skill to fill the space you have between cooldowns of other skills.
has an insanely short (after-)cast time and should be used as often as possible between other skills. The condition clear is nice to clear some conditions your party might suffer. Another use for this skill is to blind mobs that have annoying CC skills (eg. kicking ghosts at Gorseval).
your quick and fairly large heal. Also dazes so can be used to help break breakbars, CC adds and blasts combo-fields.
is the easiest skill to spread 5 stacks of
with. Is a water field while channeled.
can contribute to breaking breakbars. Is also good for snaring adds if needed like the Red Seeker Orbs at Vale Guardian or Ghosts at Gorseval.

To gain astral force quicker:

Affect allies with
.
Keep auto attacking to affect allies with

Superior Sigil of Water

5

Superior Sigil of Water

30% Chance on Hit: Heal nearby allies around your target (360 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)

.
Use
while being on staff.
Use your
even while being at full health to trigger
.

Glyphs

Glyph of Rejuvenation

1

24

Glyph of Rejuvenation

Glyph. Heal yourself and nearby allies.

Heal yourself for a small amount and heal allies for a large amount.

Heal yourself for a small amount and heal allies for a small amount.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 300

is a nice heal skill for yourself and amazing for others if used in Celestial Avatar and while being traited with
.
Glyph of Alignment

½

20

Glyph of Alignment

Glyph. Damage and apply conditions to nearby foes.

Damage: 136

Crippled (5s): -50% Movement Speed

Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

₃Poison (5s): 503 Damage, -33% Healing Effectiveness

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 300

is a spammable snare. In Celestial Avatar this glyph is quite a large heal. These are the reasons you should use this one instead of

Glyph of Equality

30

Glyph of Equality

Glyph. Daze nearby foes.

Damage: 413

Daze: 2s

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 300

.
Glyph of Empowerment

½

20

Glyph of Empowerment

Glyph. Empower the outgoing damage or healing of allies.

Increase outgoing healing of nearby allies.

Increase outgoing damage of nearby allies.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 300

is a really nice spammable DPS boost for your entire party. Shouldn't really be used as a healing boost.
Glyph of Unity

½

20

Glyph of Unity

Glyph. Use nature energy to connect to foes or allies.

Tether yourself to nearby allies. Whenever you are healed, heal the tethered allies as well.

Tether yourself to nearby foes. Whenever you take damage, deal damage to the foes tethered to you.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 300

can be used to heal more in clutch situations. It's general use is just for spreading
.
Glyphs spread delayed blinds while being traited with
, which is useful for certain CC's from adds and clear conditions .

Druid - Offensive Healer

Contents

Information

Skill Bar

Pets

Possible Changes

Traits

Specialization Line Variants

Equipment

Equipment Variants

Consumables

Usage

Damage

Heals

General

Celestial Avatar

Glyphs