PVP / DRUID TALENTSBalance · Feral · RestorationWoW Forever Druid talents: the hybrid question.
What the latest changes get right, what players disagree about, and four PvP improvements worth testing.
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Tauren Druid / Horde PvP
Restokins
World of Warcraft: Forever · Balance / Restoration
PvP field notes from a Tauren Restokin.
Build choices, battlegrounds, and the work between queues.
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Restokins Ironbark
Tauren · Horde
Tauren · Horde
01The blog
From the blog.
Druid PvP, battleground decisions, and work from the addon workshop.
PVP / DRUID TALENTSBalance · Feral · Restoration
HOTFIX CACHE / 30 OCT 2026
What the datamined Druid changes mean for a hybrid.
Swiftmend eats your HoT again, Bloom replaces Gift of the Earthmother and Naturalist doubled. My read for a Balance/Restoration build, days before launch.
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PVP / BUILD CRAFTCat weaving
Cat weaving, and what it’s worth to a Balance druid.
It’s sold as free damage. For a Balance druid it’s really a mana-and-movement tool, and on some builds barely that.
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WORKSHOP / 02Rosterbook
Rosterbook: characters and rested XP.
Keeping the roster in view, with a clear line between recorded observations, estimates, and unknowns.
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12:00 to 2:30pm AEST
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02The build
Balance.
Restoration.
A Tauren Druid at the intersection of both trees. The Restokin hybrid brings lunar pressure and restoration into the same fight.
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Restokins Ironbark / Tauren DruidBUILD 01
31Balance
00Feral
20Restoration
Lunar pressure.
The offensive side of the hybrid: creating space, choosing a target, and making an opening count.
Balance / Moonkin FormLiving restoration.
The restorative side: keeping options open, supporting a teammate, and finding the moment to turn back to pressure.
Restoration / Healing & support
03The workshop
Between queues,
I build things.
Small, focused addons for the things I want to see in game. Built alongside the stream, with the same steel-and-brass language.
From the workshop
Development notes, not public releases.
Interface studyExample data
Battlebook
BattlegroundsPlayersSession
Warsong GulchArathi BasinAlterac Valley
Session overview
Warsong Gulch
12Matches
7-5Win / loss
58%Win rate
A place for match history, familiar opponents, and the patterns you miss while playing.
Inside Battlebook
Interface studyExample data
Rosterbook
CharactersLevel · Professions · Rested XP
CharacterLevelRested bonus XPMail
Druid42-
Mage361
Priest28-
Last recorded observations 3 example characters
A compact view of characters, professions, rested bonus XP, and the observations worth keeping.
Inside Rosterbook
Twitch / YouTube
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