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Videos on Youtube Feral Dps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nuc5MhpekM&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5jMXJnv9k&feature=player_embedded Healing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oa5Xm5kdw Balance Dps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OUW51TpaNY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR4xMN4kZJI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLJe043ar4
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Druids are versatile hybrids. They perform different roles using appropriate shape-shifting forms. They can have high armor and rage like a warrior in Bear Form, stealth and fight in melee like a rogue in Cat Form, or heal and nuke with spells in humanoid form. Through talents, they can enhance one or more of these roles and even gain a new form for healing (Tree Form) or nuking (Moonkin Form). Their talent trees are Balance, for nuking, Feral, for melee damage and tanking capabilities, and lastly, Restoration, for healing. With roughly equivalent gear, talents appropriate to the role, and in the hands of a skilled player, they can be just as effective as one of the classes dedicated to each role. They also bring certain additional utility, such as battle resurrection with Rebirth, and emergency or additional healing or tanking, should one of the people filling the primary role die, go offline, or otherwise be unable to fully manage with their role. Certain key differences do still exist, giving them both advantages and disadvantages in any given role. | |||||||||||||
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Druids Form | |||||||||||||
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Humanoid Form | Level 1 | Hybrid. Can heal, nuke, and do CC. Has one of the best buffs in the game. Also known as "caster form." | ||||||||||
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Bear Form | Level 10 | Can tank or off tank the way a Warrior does. Increase in Armor designed to make leather emulate Mail armor. | ||||||||||
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Aquatic Form | Level 16 | Increases swim speed by 50% and allows underwater breathing. Has the appearance of a sea lion or seal. May only be used while swimming. | ||||||||||
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Travel Form | Level 16 | Gives a 40% run speed increase. Looks like a cheetah. May only be used outdoors. | ||||||||||
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Cat Form | Level 20 | Can do Melee DPS and has a stealth mode similar to Rogue class. The Night Elf version has the appearance of a lynx, and the Tauren version has the appearance of a lion. | ||||||||||
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Level 40 | An improved version of Bear Form that looks the same as the standard Bear Form, but has greatly increased bonuses to armor and hit points, emulating Plate armor. | |||||||||||
Dire Bear Form | |||||||||||||
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Moonkin Form | 31 points in balance talents | A spellcasting form that gives nearby party members an additional 5% critical chance to spells cast. While in Moonkin form, a druid is restricted to only casting balance spells with the exception of Remove Curse and Abolish Poison. | ||||||||||
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Tree of Life Form | 41 points in restoration talents | This form transforms the druid into a Tree of Life. Healing to party and raid members within 45 yards of the druid receives a bonus of 6%, and only Swiftmend, Innervate, Nature's Swiftness, Rebirth, Revive, Abolish Poison, Remove Curse and healing spells can be cast. The mana cost of these spells is reduced by 20% (with or without being transformed). | ||||||||||
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Flight Form | Level 60 | This form transforms the druid into a flight form increasing movement speed by 150% (equal to regular flying mounts). The regular riding enhancements do not affect speed, but the Charm of Swift Flight (obtained part way through the swift flight chain) previously did, although it is now essentially useless. Cannot be used in combat. Can only be used in Outland or Northrend (with Cold Weather Flying at level 77). Gives the appearance of a Storm crow. | ||||||||||
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Swift Flight Form | Level 70 | Swift flight form, increasing movement speed by 280% (equal to epic flying mounts). Riding enhancements do not affect speed, but during the quest line, a Charm of Swift Flight is acquired, which was equivalent to a Riding Crop, but is now essentially useless. Cannot be used in combat. Can only be used in Outland or Northrend (with Cold Weather Flying at level 77). Obtained through a quest chain at level 70, or trainable at level 71. Requires a riding skill of 300. | ||||||||||