Build:Druid - Group Support

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Support

Designed for: Open World and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on January 23, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Staff Druid is a strong Zerg Support build that offers support through very high healing, stunbreaks, downstate control, Might, and Swiftness. It is very easy to play and easy to gear.

Important: You must ensure you have the "Allow Skill Retargetting" option enabled in the Options Menu for this build to function as intended.

Skill Bar

Staff

Axe/Warhorn

Utility

Skill Variants

It is often a good idea to change skills you dislike or feel don't fit your current situation. Review the section below to find some other skill options.

Heal Skills

• "We Heal As One!" - simply the best heal to use with the build due to its low cooldown triggering Resounding Timbre.
• Healing Spring - decent option to help cleanse conditions from allies

Utilities

Replace Glyph of Alignment with:

• Signet of Stone - long-duration i-frames; panic button
• Frost Spirit - powerful DPS increase for several people around you
• Stone Spirit - defensive option for allies
• Signet of Renewal - decent condition cleanse for the zerg
• Glyph of Alignment - decent AOE heal
• "Search and Rescue!" - very powerful downstate control
• "Protect Me!" - great stunbreak for yourself and allies

Elites

• "Strength of the Pack!" - provides a decent DPS boost for yourself
• Spirit of Nature - AOE healing and res

Specializations

• Celestial Shadow - superspeed for your group if running extremely fast clear times

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

This variant uses the standard equipment and is meant for zerging large events.

Head
Harrier

Shoulders
Harrier

Chest
Harrier

Hands
Harrier

Legs
Harrier

Feet
Harrier

Backpiece
Harrier

Accessory
Harrier

Accessory
Harrier

Amulet
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Staff
Harrier

Sigil

Sigil

Axe
Harrier

Warhorn
Harrier

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of Dwayna, Rune of Superior Rune of the Druid, Rune of Superior Rune of the Flock, Rune of Superior Rune of the Water - healing alternatives
• Rune of Superior Rune of Sanctuary, Rune of Superior Rune of the Rebirth, Rune of Superior Rune of Vampirism, Rune of Superior Rune of Durability, Rune of Superior Rune of the Herald - Strong defensive options

Consumables

Food

• Ascended food is superior to any other food. In the event you do not have or cannot find any, see below:
• Use for general farming.
• for maxing out magic find.
• if you need more healing.

Utility:

• or equivalent

Usage

Standard

This build focuses primarily on healing allies while still tagging enemies.

• Spam Solar Beam on mobs. Try to aim for mobs that are far away and angle the beam to hit mobs between yourself and the target.
• Use Celestial Avatar ⇒ Rejuvenating Tides ⇒ Lunar Impact ⇒ Cosmic Ray for a large burst of healing and Might.
• Use Entangle, "Protect Me!", "We Heal As One!", and Astral Wisp off cooldown.

Tagging

• Spam skills off cooldown. Save "Search and Rescue!" for when allies go down.
• Use the Tab key to constantly re-target different groups of mobs. This ensures Solar Beam and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire will hit as many mobs as possible.
• Use Ancestral Grace for mobility or as a Blast into Sublime Conversion for heals
• Use Celestial Avatar ⇒ Rejuvenating Tides ⇒ Lunar Impact ⇒ Cosmic Ray for a large burst of healing and Might. This is useful for boosting the squad's DPS and should be done at bosses such as the Lich or Candy Corn Viscount.

Crowd Control

• Natural Convergence
• Vine Surge
• Entangle