Restoration Druid Review of Keeper of the Grove Hero Talents - Content Viability Concerns
This past week, Blizzard revealed another round of Hero Talent Trees in a Sneak Peek at the upcoming War Within system. Our Restoration Druid guide writer, Voulk, offers an early review of the Keeper of the Grove Druid Hero Talent that
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Restoration Druid First Impressions: Keeper of the Grove Hero Talents
Grove Guardians were introduced in 10.1.7 and were initially met with cautious approval. A healing button (or in effect a HoT) that was off the global cooldown is unique in WoW and they complemented the ramp-heavy playstyle fairly well. Their rapid promotion from mid-tier talent to the focus of a tier set and now a full Hero tree has not been quite as warmly received. As Grove Guardians become more and more central to our rotation, awkward issues they have around targeting become a bigger problem. When they're 7-8% of our healing it doesn't matter all that much that we have little control over their targeting because the other 92% of our spells can cover any deficit. As they creep into the 30%+ region we start to feel more like a pet class, which has never been part of the Resto Druid identity. Pushing Grove Guardians towards a Hero tree does at least compartmentalize them a little bit
