Druid - Offensive Healer

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Focused on: Direct damage, Support, Utility.

Designed for:

Raid

Information

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

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

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

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 .