Resto vs Moonkin vs RestokinFollow

Well I'm not sure about a full balance moonkin in PvP, as I am currently a Restokin/Dreamstate druid, but if your're worried about "soloing" BG's, any form of healing build will do fine, since there WILL be healing to do in BG's. You can also just HoT up and continue to wrath spam for 1v1 encounters

The one thing I really enjoy is just being a distraction in PvP. Such as when all your buddies left LM alone in AB and 2-3 of the opposite faction come over to cap the flag. There's no one around to help you!! WHAT DO YOU DO!?? Why you HoT up, jump in the middle of them, and continue to /rofl spam them as there are 3 of them pounding on you getting nowhere. In the meantime, 4 of your faction come over and destroy them! WOOT GJ you just saved your LM by yourself!

Pathetic example I know...but you can still have a TON of fun with a healing build in BG's just by NOT DYING!

Edit: Grammar/spelling

Edited, Apr 25th 2008 6:56am by Degortuna

Perfect timing here. Restokin sounds like a great PvP build but I am curious about a pure moonkin build. I'm a 69 feral and dueled a 70 moonkin this morning who had, I think, 42/11/7 (? only glanced at his talents). He narrowly won with trees the 1st time and I destroyed him the second -- and I absolutely suck at dueling (and many aspects of PvP -- keyboard turner).

This made me think. I keep reading that moonkin pwns in PvP but my feral has killed every one he's come across with ease. They don't seem to have much control other than two roots, and any class but shaman can trinket out of one and sprint/blink/whatever out of the other. Having tried to kill resto druids before I can see why they're so amazing in PvP but what it is the advantage of a moonkin w/out lots of resto talents? Do they basically need that resto goodness to be useful?

Edit: Of course, they have cyclone, too. You can see I'm a 69 noob. :)

Edited, Apr 25th 2008 12:15pm by tuskerdu

My main consern (spelling?) is that Im afraid that in arena if Im a restokin I wont be able to do enough healing? Im afraid that i wont have the mana and so to shift back and forth between moonkin and healing?

Could you please link your restokin and moonkin build? :)

The problem is that Feral druids are very much the scissors to the Moonkin's paper. They can shift out of any non-cyclone CC (and should be able to avoid hibernate by shifting/bashing) and just eat Moonkins. Also depends on how the fight starts (from a distance, who gets the jump) and wether you're fighting a kitty or bear.

Anywya, other than Ferals, as a Moonkin I feel I do well against most other classes (with the annoyance of rogues being the only real pain in my ***)

That pretty much sums up the situation.

I guess that your decision depends on what you would prefer.

Put simply:
Advantages of restokin:
* Dreamstate and lunar guidance help so much when it comes to healing. Say you have 500int, thats an extra +125damage and healing and 50mp5.
* Much improved damage.
* BOOMKIN!

Advantages of normal resto:
* Switfmend is awesome and it will save you on many occasions.
* Feral charge is great for arena, chasing runners and annoying the flag carrier in WSG.
* Overall better healing (with talents such as Gift of Nature and Empowered Rejuvination).

Try a 35/0/26 build and see how it feels. If you're not enjoying it, try the 8/11/42 normal resto build.


Edited, Apr 27th 2008 12:39pm by augurrr

Thanks for the reply earlier on feral. Who is boomkin scissors to? (Or rock depending on the situation I guess.) Warriors I imagine. Anyone else? I have a mage who's fun to PvP with, can the boomkin do anything the mage can't in Pvp? (Not trying to diss the spec, just curious, because the mage has also done well against boomkins.)