Some of the lesser known talents and spells are the biggest killers for opponents of a resto Druid.

• Barkskin
  
• Nature’s Grasp
  
• Faerie Fire
  
• Dash

Druid’s have abilities that can cause problems for people who aren’t aware of them heading into a match.






Barkskin – This 12 second duration ability was added to a Druid’s arsenal in patch 2.1. It has two main benefits; it reduces all incoming damage by 20% and it stops all damaging attacks from causing spell casting delays or interrupts.

It’s also important to note that it can be casted while stunned, trapped, feared, incapacitated or asleep. This makes it very hard to kill or disable a Druid who uses Barkskin effectively. The spell does cost the druid 12% of their base mana so forcing him to use it over and over can cause them to run out of mana.


Nature’s Grasp – While one could say this is acrowd control ability, technically it’s just a specialized talent spell that takes advantage of roots. Nature’s Grasp puts a buff on a Druid which will cause any target that attacks the resto Druid to have a 35% chance to be affected by Entangling Roots. The buff lasts 45 seconds while the cooldown is 1 minute.

Since it costs no mana it can be kept up on the Druid for nearly 75% of the entire fight. In order to gain this spell a Druid must first use one talent point in the Balance tree and then has the option to put four additional points that raises the rate of success for roots up to 65%.


Faerie Fire – Most classes won’t really be affected by this spell but Rogue’s can find it rather annoying. Faerie Fire puts a debuff on an enemy that causes them to lose 610 armor and also wont allow them to go stealth or turn invisible.

The debuff lasts 40 seconds and costs 145 mana. The spell can not be used in Cat Form or Bear Form without specializing in the 21-point Feral Tree talent.


Dash – This 15 second ability is accessible to all Druids but can only be used in Cat Form. When used the spell gives the Druid in Cat Form 70% increase to movement speed and can be used in Stealth. A Druid who switches forms out of Cat will lose the buff and can not regain it by switching back to Cat Form..