Resto druid endgame gearFollow

After compiling lists for basic tanking and dps gear, I thought I'd make a basic gear progression list for my resto set as well. It's worth noting I'm feral and might have a bias on some aspects (spirit is not worth as much to me as for ToL druids, for example). It's also not a true progression list, in the sense that I started with what I have right now, and that includes a few epics from kara. But I think it still gives a few ideas.

I also know the links are not pointing to the "right" site, and I can remove them if necessary - however I understand it's now the same owner anyway so shouldn't we be all friends? :D

The first part is my current healing gear. All these items are relatively easy to get, mostly drops from normal instances, rep rewards and quest rewards. I have a few pieces of kara eq, though, since only healing leather gear seems to be dropping :D

In order to determine what would be the upgrades, I have applied the following rules, taking into account this is for a feral druid. I indicate a few caveats for a resto-specced druids since the needs are a bit different:

* +healing is the absolute best stat we can get, regardless of spec
* mp5 is the 2nd best stat since it helps tremendously in order not to be short of mana, followed by spirit. However this aspect is mitigated by several points: -- mp5 isn't taken into account for innnervate (only spirit), -- spirit is useful in combination with intensity (15% of normal mana regen while casting) and tree of life (better healing aura), -- mp5 is not useful if you rarely run out of mana, which might well happen due to the low cost of our HoTs, -- mp5 is less useful if you have the alchemist's stone since mana pots will give back a lot of mana
* then sta, int and (for ferals) spirit are taken into account

In the case of trinkets, the priority should be given to on use effects that boost the +healing for a short period. The reason for this is simple. The best (most efficient, etc.) way for a druid to heal is to put a stack of 3 lifeblooms on a target, and roll over the stack. However the crucial point is that as long as the stack is rolled over, it still benefits from the +healing the druid had when the stack was create. Therefore popping a +213 healing use effect at the beginning of the fight and successfully rolling over the stack of lifeblooms means that it will benefit from the +213 healing for the whole fight (or at least for as long as the stack is rolled over). I guess no further explanation is necessary :D

* Head: Watcher's Cowl
* Neck: Sethekk Oracle's Focus
* Shoulder: Forest Wind Shoulderpads
* Back: Cloak of Scintillating Auras
* Chest: Hallowed Garments (with +14 heal, +6 int and +15 sta)
* Bracers: Goldenvine Wraps
* Hands: Cryo-mitts
* Waist: Nethershard Girdle
* Legs: Kilt of the Night Strider (with +20 heal, +9 sta, +3 int and +4 spi)
* Feet: Boots of the Glade-Keeper
* Ring1: Keeper's Ring of Piety
* Ring2: Cosmic Lifeband
* Trinket1: Oshu'gun Relic
* Trinket2: Alchemist's Stone
* Trinket3: Lower City Prayerbook
* Weapon: Seer's Cane
* Idol: Harold's Rejuvenating Broach

* 1h: Runed Dagger of Solace
* Off-hand: Netherwing Spiritualist's Charm

Moonglade:
* Hands: Moonglade Handwraps
* Pants: Moonglade Pants

Situational:
* Shoulder: Vestia's Pauldrons of Inner Grace
* Shoulder: Pauldrons of the Solace-Giver (curator, kara)

NEED:
* Head: Moonglade Cowl (warp splinter, bota)
* Head: Whitemend Hood (tailoring craft)
* Head: Headdress of the High Potentate (chess, kara)
* Head: Cowl of Naaru Blessings (50 badges of justice)
* Neck: Necklace of Resplendent Hope (epoch, heroic old hills)
* Neck: Shining Chain of the Afterworld (netherspite, kara)
* Neck: Gezzarak's Fang (gezzarak, terokkar, AH)
* Neck: Necklace of Eternal Hope (25 badges of justice)
* Neck: Emberspur Talisman (nightbane, kara)
* Shoulder: no upgrade available
* Back: Light-Touched Stole of Altruism (maladaar, heroic auchenai)
* Back: Avian Cloak of Feathers (ikiss, sethekk)
* Back: Bishop's Cloak (25 badges of justice)
* Back: White Remedy Cape (craft)
* Back: Lifegiving Cloak (world drop)
* Back: Red Riding Hood's Cloak (opera, kara)
* Back: Stainless Cloak of the Pure Hearted (prince, kara)
* Chest: Moonglade Robe (pathaleon, mechanar)
* Chest: Robe of Effervescent Light (keli'dan, heroic BF)
* Chest: Raiments of Nature's Breath (nazan, ramparts)
* Chest: Masquerade Gown (julianne, kara)
* Chest: Stonebough Jerkin (nightbane, kara)
* Bracers: Bands of Nefarious Deeds (maiden, kara)
* Bracers: Lucid Dream Bracers (shaffar, heroic mana-tombs)
* Bracers: Bands of the Benevolent (ikiss, heroic sethekk)
* Bracers: Bands of Indwelling (maiden, kara)
* Bracers: Bindings of the Timewalker (exalted KoT)
* Hands: Natural Mender's Wraps (avatar, heroic auchenai)
* Hands: Prismatic Mittens of Mending (saranis, bota)
* Hands: Gloves of Saintly Blessings (attumen, kara)
* Hands: Gloves of the Living Touch (LW craft)
* Hands: Mitts of the Treemender (maiden, kara)
* Waist: Malefic Girdle (illhoof, kara)
* Waist: Cord of Belief (mennu, heroic SP)
* Waist: The Sleeper's Cord (soccothrates, arca)
* Waist: Cincture of Will (illhoof, kara)
* Waist: Cord of Sanctification (epoch, heroic old hills)
* Waist: Cord of Nature's Sustenance (illhoof, kara)
* Legs: Lifeblood Leggings (tailoring craft)
* Legs: Pants of Living Growth (trash, kara)
* Legs: Hallowed Trousers (ikiss, sethekk)
* Legs: Pontiff's Pantaloons of Prophecy (skarloc, heroic old hills)
* Legs: Whitemend Pants (tailoring craft)
* Legs: Kamaei's Cerulean Skirt (world drop)
* Legs: Pontifex Kilt (kalithresh, heroic sv)
* Legs: Pantaloons of Repentence (netherspite, kara)
* Legs: Earthsoul Leggings (opera, kara)
* Feet: Boots of the Pious (pathaleon, heroic mechanar)
* Feet: Jeweled Boots of Sanctification (o'mrogg, sh)
* Feet: Boots of the Incorrupt (shade, kara)
* Feet: Forestlord Striders (chess, kara)
* Ring: Mender's Heart-Ring (illhoof, kara)
* Ring: Ancestral Band (thrallmar revered)
* Ring: Band of the Crystalline Void (yor, heroic mana-tombs)
* Ring: Band of Halos (25 badges of justice)
* Ring: Jade Ring of the Everliving (prince, kara)
* Trinket: Scarab of the Infinite Cycle (aeonus, bm)
* Trinket: Ribbon of Sacrifice (opera, kara)
* Trinket: Shiffar's Nexus-Horn (skyriss, arca)
* Trinket: Scryer's Bloodgem (scryers revered)
* Trinket: Pendant of the Violet Eye (aran, kara)
* Trinket: Heavenly Inspiration (quest in netherstorm)
* Trinket: Xi'ri's Gift (sha'tar revered)
* Trinket: Warp-Scarab Brooch (shaffar, heroic mana-tombs)
* Trinket: Essence of the Martyr (41 badges of justice)
* 2h: Epoch-Mender (temporus, bm)
* 2h: Nightstaff of the Everliving (nightbane, kara)
* 2h: Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (quest)
* 1h: Dathrohan's Ceremonial Hammer (skarloc, heroic old hills)
* 1h: Hammer of the Penitent (capacitus, mechanar)
* 1h: The Essence Focuser (world drop, AH)
* 1h: Lightsworn Hammer (kargath, sh)
* 1h: The Ancient Scepter of Sue-Min (world drop, AH)
* 1h: Gavel of Pure Light (sha'tar exalted)
* 1h: Hand of Eternity (bs craft)
* 1h: Shockwave Truncheon (murmur, heroic sl)
* 1h: Shard of the Virtuous (maiden, kara)
* 1h: Light's Justice (prince, kara)
* Off-hand: Swamplight Lantern (quagmirran, heroic sp)
* Off-hand: Lamp of Peaceful Repose (dalliah, arca)
* Off-hand: Faol's Signet of Cleansing (omor, heroic ramparts)
* Off-hand: Aran's Soothing Sapphire (aran, kara)
* Off-hand: Windcaller's Orb (exalted cenarion)
* Off-hand: Tears of Heaven (25 badges of justice)

Idols:
* Idol of the Raven Goddess (epic flying mount quest) (only if you have ToL)
* Idol of the Emerald Queen (hellmaw, sl) (about +20 heal on a 3-stack - bleh)
* Harold's Rejuvenating Broach (quest in nagrand) (rejuv is not very mana efficient in general, but can be good if you have swiftmend)
* Idol of the Avian Heart (moroes, kara) (good for dreamstate builds)
* Idol of Tenacity (arena) (lifebloom should never "bloom" in pve)
* Idol of Perseverence (arena) (see above, pvp only)

Enchants:
* Head: Glyph of Renewal (thrallmar revered)
* Shoulder: Inscription of the Oracle (5 mp5) (scryers honored)
* Shoulder: Greater Inscription of the Oracle (6 mp5, +22 heal) (scryers exalted)
* Back: Enchant Cloak - Subtlety (-2% threat) (4 SPS, 2 GPE, 8 Primal Shadow)
* Chest: Restore Mana Prime (+6 mp5) (2 LPE, 2 Arcane Dust)
* Bracers: Healing Power (+24 heal) (2 LBS, 20 Illusion Dust, 4 GEE, 6 Living Essence)
* Bracers: Restore Mana Prime (+6 mp5) (8 GPE)
* Hands: Major Healing (+35 heal) (6 GPE, 6 LPS, 6 Primal Life)
* Legs: Silver Spellthread (+46 heal, +15 sta) (1 Rune Thread, 5 Primal Life)
* Legs: Golden Spellthread (+66 heal, +20 sta) (1 Rune Thread, 10 Primal Life, 1 Primal Nether)
* Feet: Boar's Speed (+9 sta, minor run speed increase) (8 LPS, 8 Primal Earth)
* Feet: Vitality (+4 hp5 and mp5) (6 Arcane Dust, 4 Major Healing Potion, 4 Major Mana Potion)
* Weapon: Major Healing (+81 heal) (8 LPS, 8 Primal Water, 8 Primal Life)

Really nice!

I can also recommend Kaliban's Class Gear Planner

Edit:
There is a better enchant on bracers (with +30 healing)http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=24000&locale=enUS;source=live
4x Greater Planar Essence
4x Primal Life

Edited, Aug 14th 2007 7:02am by nightmareke

The Moonkin list is not coming in the foreseeable future, because I have no plans of planning one. But maybe wants to put one together, for which I'd of course be grateful, in the unlikely case I'd like to try the balance tree ;)

I will try to complement the list above if I find new interesting things...

I love this thread and am using it to gear up (spec'd resto)

SHOULD STICKY THIS!