WoW Druid Guide

Druids are the least played of character classes in WoW. But in this WoW Druid guide I'll explain how they are the best class you can choose to play if you want diversity and versatility in your character.

The powerful Druid class is limited only to the Tauren and Night Elf races - those races closest to nature. Druids are masters of nature and servants of the world. They have powerful healing magic and other spells related to nature, which can hugely bolster our combat power and defence or deal terrrific damage to opponents. But as you'll learn in this WoW Druid guide, Druids are most famous for their excellent shape-shifting abilities.

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This is what makes them the most versatile of classes, as a Druid can be a spell-caster in one moment, and a roaring bear the next - deadly in close up melee combat.

Druids have been one of the less popular character classes to play but not because they are weak. Druids are great fun and very powerful characters. But the diversity of roles a Druid can be is off-putting to many people, who perhaps prefer more focus as they develop, and also the limitation of only two races. They are a tough class to master, but great fun if you can, and you get to play a slightly rarer character class.

Druids Specialisations

Feral Druids are the most famous form of Druid - they can turn into several different animal forms. All of these forms you purchase from an animal trainer, except the Bear form, which you get from a Druid Quest (see the link to WoW Druid Guide Leveling below).

The forms are extensive, including Bear form, Cat form, Dire Bear, Aquatic, Travel forms and Flight forms.

If you play a Druid that develops the Feral specialisation, you will most commonly turn into a Cat or a Bear. Tha cat form is a Lynx or a Lion - and the Druid gains similar abilities to the Rogue class - able to use stealth and leap in to do devastating damage to opponents. The Bear form turns the Druid into a terrible melee fighting machine, able to deal out and withstand great damage, acting like a Warrior. Druids cannot cast spells while shapeshifted.

Balance Druids focus more on developing damage spells and some very cool special abilities like the Moonkin form - which allows them to turn into a shadowy creature with enhanced spell damage and plate mail defence.

And Restoration Druids focus on the Tree of Life - an area of Druid magic whic deals with healing. They can cast the only in-combat resurrection spell, and have the best spells for healing people over time in the game. Think carefully which direction you would most enjoy playing as you begin your Druid. Druids maybe rare but are very popular in PvP because of their versatility. They can be the strongest tank (melee damage taker) one moment, the strongest healer the next moment, and a real damage-dealer the next. As this WoW Druid guide is mainly for payers relatively new to WoW, I'd highly recommend starting with a Druid character.

Easy Travel

One of my favourite things about playing a Druid is that they do not need to buy mounts, they become mounts. And they can travel as fast as any mount in the game. The ability to travel fast is one of the most important things in WoW, and most character classes have to spend a great deal of money on good mounts.

WoW Druid Guide to Speed

• A level 16 quest gives Druids their Aquatic form - allowing them to travel and breathe under water.
• At level 21 Druids can put 2 Talent points into Feral Swiftness for +30% running speed.
• At level 30 they gain travel form (40% faster)
• At level 68 Flight Form is possible  - allowing them to fly the same speed as a normal flying mount.
• And Swift Flight Form gives them Epic Mount speed. They can get this at level 71 from a trainer, or by buying Artisan Rider and finishing a few quests.

To read part two of this WoW Druid guide, which explains Druid-specific quests in WoW, continue to: Druid Leveling Guide

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