Druid
Description
Druids are a jack-of-all trades wisdom caster with strong healing and damage capabilities, and some very useful utility spells.
Stengths/Weaknesses
Pros
- Good heals (Mini-CH, strong quick heal)
- Good buffs (PotG, Damage Shield, Regen, SoW, strength, various utility)
- Good damage (Fire/Ice nukes, Magic DoTs, Pet)
- Self/Group Teleports
- Harmony (Outdoor-only, Unresistable, AOE pacification)
- Snare to stop those pesky dungeon runners.
Cons
- While druids can do many things well, they do not truly excel at any one role. At the highest level, clerics will have better heals, shaman will have better buffs, wizards will have better nukes, etc.
- No haste buff and only 15% slow makes them less effective at taking on challenging targets in a melee duo than Shaman.
- Most squishy of the priest classes
Grouping
A druid pairs well with nearly any class, and can fill various roles in a group. Added healing spells on RetroQuest makes them very viable group healers, or they can contribute good damage with their nukes, DoTs, pet, and damage shields.
Raiding
Depending on the raid composition, druids may fulfill different roles in a raid. Sometimes they might be tasked with healing their group or an off-tank, other times they might be focused on dealing damage. Their ports and evac line is always welcome, as getting everyone to the raid on time and moving the raid to a new location can often be a challenge. Their elemental protection (Circle of Seasons) is the best Fire/Cold resist spell available.
RetroQuest Spells & Abilities
The following is a partial list of spells available on RetroQuest that are not available on strictly classic servers, some of these may not be available until later expansions.
- Aura of the Grove (Group Regen and Disease Removal Aura)
- Improved Pets (Fully controllable, weaker than shaman pet but good added dmg)
- Incarnate Anew (90% Rez)
- Nature's Touch (1500 HP heal, 3.8s)
- Tunare's Renewal (3000 HP heal, 10s)
- Nature's Recovery (30 hp/tick for 3 min)
- Regrowth of the Grove (Group Regen)
- Legacy of Bracken (Group DS)
- Flight of Eagles (Group SoW/Levitation)
- Circle of Seasons (Group Elemental Resist)
Alternate Advancement
In addition, all classes get access to some general abilities such as Origin, Run Speed, Bandolier Slots, Improved Stats and Stat Caps, Increased Max Buffs, Improved Regen, and more.
Kunark Archtype AA
- Healing Adept 1
- Healing Gift 1
- Mental Clarity 1
- Pet Affinity (innate)
- Spell Casting Fury 1
- Spell Casting Mastery 1
- Spell Casting Reinforcement 1
Kunark Class AA
- Spirit of the Wood 1
Druid Auras
Auras can be purchased from Researcher Brinn in the hub with a version every 10 levels starting at level 25. Auras do not stack with the same aura, higher level auras will overwrite lower level auras. Auras that are different will stack up to 6 (a full group).
Druid - Aura of Clepsydra - Increases you and your companions health regeneration and movement speed.
