Guardian Druid State on the Shadowlands Beta - Covenant Abilities, Legendaries, Conduits

Shadowlands Pubblicato 23/08/2020 alle 04:21 da Pumps

Introduction PumpsHonestlyDreamgrove discordMythic Dungeon InternationalTwitchWhat's New for Guardian Druids?

Ciclone - The return of cyclone for Guardian will have a great impact on PvP, but we are very unlikely to see any use of this in M+ and Raids, unless it is changed to be able to be cast in Bear Form.

Berserk - A powerful new returning spell, but it now has the added bonus of reducing the cooldown on Rigenerazione Furiosa by 75% and the rage cost of Vello di Ferro by 50%, which will make us extremely tanky while this is up. This is a great addition to our toolkit.

Rinnovo Istantaneo - This will likely see some use on fights where mobility is less of a priority. It provides some bonus healing, but it would be much nicer if this was not on the same talent row as Carica Selvaggia, which is our go to talent still.

Cuore Selvaggio - This iteration of Heart of the Wild buffs your chosen Affinity by 30% while it's up, and could see great use in raid as some bonus utility, but would be quite hard to use in a M+ setting.

Changes to Existing Guardian Druid Spells

Incarnazione: Guardiano di Ursoc - This talent received quite a large buff, reducing the cooldown on Rigenerazione Furiosa by 75%, the rage cost of Vello di Ferro by 50% and gaining 30% increased maximum health while its active. This is now our best defensive ability by quite a lot. This lets us put out a ton of healing and mitigate almost all physical damage at the same time. What would make this ability absolutely fantastic is the removal of the GCD cost for Rigenerazione Furiosa, as spending several GCDs on that feels very bad. Hopefully this change comes in the future.

Pelledura - The cooldown on Barkskin has been reduced down to 60 Seconds (40 seconds with Legge del Più Forte). The uptime overall on Barkskin is going to be much higher now compared to BFA and has added synergy with one of our legendary Runecarves - Volontà dell'Ordine Naturale. This will be a strong combination when fixed - it is currently bugged - Ironfur and Frenzied Regeneration are not proccing at the end of the Barkskin.

Rigenerazione Furiosa - Frenzied Regeneration now increases our healing taken by 20% while it is active, but only heals for 24% of our HP, down from 32%. This spell needs a buff in my opinion. The main buff definitely needs a buff in the form of GCD removal, allowing our rotation to flow more fluidly as it did in Legion, and possibly a buff for a lower cooldown or more charges, or higher healing output.

Ruggito Inabilitante - Now shifts you into Bear Form when you use it, so no more bird form disorienting to loot and fly away.

Guarigione Immediata - Swiftmends cooldown has reduced to 15 seconds, but now requires a HoT to be consumed on the target. This is a large nerf to our ability to shift out and quickly save ourselves or a party or raid members life with a large instant heal. The extra GCD required to cast Rinvigorimento and then Swiftmend will likely result in a lot more deaths. Definitely a significant nerf from the BFA version.

Polverizzazione - This has been changed to a 30 second cooldown which grants 20% damage reduction for 10 seconds. We are very likely to see at least some use of this in raids now, as it is a much better version than the BFA iteration. 14% more damage reduction over Impatto Lacerante for predictable, hard hitting raid mechanics is not negligible, but it is still consuming 2 Thrash stacks and doing about the same damage as two mangles. This will make it a significant DPS loss, and unlikely to be our go-to talent in this row still.

Istinto di Sopravvivenza - Survival Instincts cooldown has been reduced to 3 minutes from 4 minutes. It still 2 charges, and is a welcomed buff to our shield wall.

Carica SelvaggiaRamiGuardiano GalatticoGuardian Druid Talents Overview and ChangesRinnovo IstantaneoCuore Selvaggio

Balance = Tifone

Feral = Menomazione

Resto = Vortice di Ursol

Rinnovo IstantaneoCuore SelvaggioRamiCovenant Abilities for Guardian DruidsNight Fae Convocazione degli SpiritiRinvigorimentoRicrescitaVello di FerroAnimorfosiNecrolord Sciame AdattivoForgiatura della CarneForgiatura della CarneVenthyr Frenesia VoraceRetaggio del Dormiente45%Incarnazione: Guardiano di UrsocPorta delle OmbreKyrian Spiriti AffiniEvocazione: FactotumhereGuardian Druid Soulbind Conduits Covenant Traits

Confluenza degli Elementi - 12% Increased Damage and Healing while channeling the Night Fae ability Convocazione degli Spiriti.

Sciame Evoluto - 6% Increased period effects on targets affected by Sciame Adattivo.

Sete Interminabile - 2% Increased Crit chance per stack of Frenesia Vorace, on average we get to around 15-16 stacks of this.

Lealtà Profonda - 10% Reduced cooldown on the Kyrian ability Spiriti Affini.

Potency, Endurance and Finesse Traits

Aggressività Libera - 10% Haste During Berserk, and hopefully Incarnation, is pretty good and definitely our highest DPS Conduit so far.

Combattente Selvaggio - This one is not very good. Let's just get Maul off the GCD... can that be a conduit?

Istinti Affinati - One Frenzied Regeneration below 25% every 90 seconds seems a bit sad and this is unlikely to get any use.

Manto a Strati - 8% chance to gain 2 stacks of Ironfur instead of 1. This is a good one, as you can never have too much fur!

Duro come Corteccia - 10% cooldown off Barkskin - so 6s - or 4s with Survival of the Fittest. This is also a very good one, especially if you are planning on crafting the Barkskin legendary, Volontà dell'Ordine Naturale. Fantastic synergy.

Vigore dell'Orso - This one could help out in M+ as our weakest point is the start of the pull. With no rage and a large health and armor increase, this would be a solid buffer.

Risolutezza Innata - 12% more Frenzied Regeneration is always welcomed although this is very little and could use a significant buff as 12% equates to roughly 3% more total HP each frenzy. Not significant enough to warrant a conduit slot.

Fronte del Branco - Buff to our raid utility is always a good plus.

Nati dalle Selve - The main factor on this one is the reductions of the Heart of the Wild cooldown by 10%. This could be quite large if Heart of the Wild becomes a large DPS or Healing cooldown we use often.

Guardian Druid LegendariesLEGENDARIESGeneral Druid Legendary Powers

Barlume Sfuggente di Lycara - This is actually one of my favorite ones for bear right now, due to the massive power of Pioggia di Stelle, we can take Affinità dell'Equilibrio and shift into Boomkin Form every 45s to proc a huge Starfall, then shift back into bear and let it go to town. This can do up to 40% of our damage overall, which is very strong, and a bit of a playstyle difference that we haven't seen before. Outside of Starfall shenanigans, the legendary itself is quite nice for even more Barkskin uptime.

Giuramento del Druido Anziano - Similar to the Legion legendary chest Ekoporter, Creatore di Mondi, with the added bonus of getting Heart of the Wild for 10 seconds every 1 minute, this is bound to be a solid all round legendary. Buffing our Pelle Spessa by 75% passively and defensively our Dono di Ysera this will be a good tanking choice, simple and strong.

Circolo della Vita e della Morte - Decent buff to our DoTs and has good synergy with the Necrolord Covenant ability Sciame Adattivo.

Fiasca del Focus Profondo - Possibly a very powerful Catweaving legendary in combination with Cuore Selvaggio. As it does not include Thrash it's unlikely we will use this outside of Catweaving.

Guardian Druid Specific Legendary Powers

Abbraccio Infuso di Luffa - A combination of two of the best Legion legendaries Incastonamento Eterno di Elize and Fasce di Luffa. Without a powerful Thrash conduit this will likely be out shined by other legendaries due to the now mediocre damage of Thrash, compared it's Legion iteration.

Volontà dell'Ordine Naturale - An extremely powerful defensive legendary, although currently bugged on the Beta and not gaining the Ironfur or Frenzied Regeneration when Barskin ends, when this gets fixed this will be very strong in combination with Legge del Più Forte and Duro come Corteccia.

Rinomata Furia di Ursoc - Inspired by the amazing Legion Artifact trait with the best name, Falciata Propositiva.
This falls into a similar category as the other Thrash legendary, as potentially being out shined by others due to the average state of Thrash now, although this does have some mild synergy with Night Fae's Covenant ability, Convocazione degli Spiriti and Custode della Terra.

Retaggio del Dormiente - Another powerful Legion Artifact trait makes a return with Abbraccio dell'Incubo. This one is also currently bugged not working with Incarnazione: Guardiano di Ursoc which replaces Berserk. When this bug gets fixed this will almost definitely be one of if not the best M+ legendary choice especially if you choose the Venthyr covenant. You will become an absolute unstoppable bear machine for 30 seconds every 3 minutes.

Barlume Sfuggente di LycaraRetaggio del DormienteVolontà dell'Ordine NaturaleGeneral ConcernsRamiCarica SelvaggiaGuardiano GalatticoInnervazione Hopes for the Future of Guardian DruidTranquillitàRigenerazione FuriosaInsensibilitàGestione della RabbiaBugsIncarnazione: Guardiano di UrsocBerserkVolontà dell'Ordine NaturaleConclusion

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