Restoration Druid: Analysis of the 9.2 Tier Set Bonuses - New HoT, More Tree Form

In a previous PTR build 41726, Restoration Druid received a complete overhaul of their 9.2 Tier Set bonus! We've invited Restoration Druid theorycrafter Voulk to provide an updated hands-on look at all the recent changes to the Restoration Druid Tier Set bonus which includes a completely new HoT and greater access to Incarnation: Tree of Life.

Restoration Druid Tier Set Bonus Changes 2-Set: — Swiftmend heals an additional (Spell power * 21 / 100) for each periodic healing effect on the target.Healing from Rejuvenation has a 25% chance to grant Renewing Bloom, healing (20.8% of Spell power) over 8 sec. Swiftmend can consume Renewing Bloom. 4-Set: — Swiftmend heals 4 nearby allies for 25% of its healing done.Every 3 casts of Swiftmend grants you Incarnation: Tree of Life for 9 sec.

We've invited Restoration Druid theorycrafter Voulk to give more extensive thoughts on the Restoration Druid Set bonus change!

About the Author

Voulk is the author of Questionably Epic, a healer-focused theorycrafting site. He is also the creator of healer gearing & theorycrafting app QE Live and the Dungeon Tips addon.

Blizzard recently revamped the Resto Druid tier bonuses and we got a chance to try them out last week. For those unfamiliar with the new bonuses, they're as follows:2pc: Healing from Rejuvenation has a 25% chance to grant Renewing Bloom, healing the target over 8 seconds. 4pc: Every 3 casts of Swiftmend grants you Incarnation: Tree of Life for 9 seconds. These are a huge improvement over the previous design, particularly in raid, and it should be a fun tier to play Resto Druid. Playstyle Changes — RaidSwiftmend has a rough history of being a trigger to some poor bonuses, but it works extremely well here. Our key objective Read more on wowhead.com