Druid Leveling Guide

Druids are considered a jack-of-all-trades. They can heal, tank, and put out a good chunk of DPS depending on what form they take as well as their gears setups. Most druids carry 3 sets of gear with the appropriate stats for the function they will be taking. The most common path chosen to level on is the path of the feral druid. I will discuss how you could perhaps use the other builds to level.

Balance Druid

This tree focuses on casting, specifically, harmful spells only. You will get improvements to your nukes and all kinds of fun stuff. The most common druid you will find using this build is what they call the “moonfire spammer n00b”. Moonfire spamming n00bs are hated across all servers. This type of druid does nothing but chase after you spamming their instant cast moonfire spell until either he runs out of mana or you die. It doesn’t take too much skill. Here is a druid build you can start off with to begin leveling with this tree.
10-14: Starlight Wrath 5/5
15-16: Focused Starlight 2/2
17-18: Improved Moonfire 2/2
19: Control of Nature 1/3
20: Insect Swarm 1/1
21-22: Nature’s Reach 2/2
23: Control of Nature 2/3
24: Control of Nature 3/3
25-29: Vengeance 5/5
30: Work your way toward moonkin form putting in the talents as you see fit.

Restoration Druid

There isn’t much help you can do in leveling your druid here unless you plan on doing a lot of grouping. I will go over an instance build you can use to start off with that will make you most wanted in groups. Most druids who raid frequently at max level are required by high-end guilds to put their talents heavily into the restoration tree.
10-14: Improved Mark of the Wild 5/5
15-19: Naturalist 5/5
20-22: Intensity 3/3
23: The rest is pretty simple, just follow along on the path of things that help you heal better.

Feral Combat Druid

This is the most widely chosen path for druids who wish to level and do PVP. Druids are given a bear form and cat form. The bear form resembles that of a warrior. Some of the abilities and concept of it are the same. You will want strength and stamina gear to raise your attack power and hit points to get the most out of this form. The cat form is just like playing a rogue, most of the abilities you will be able to relate to if you have played a rogue at all. You will want to focus on agility / stamina gear for cat form.
10-14: Ferocity 5/5
15-17: Thick Hide 3/3
18-19: Brutal Impact 2/2
20-22: Sharpened Claws 3/3
23: Feral Charge 1/1
24: Feral Swiftness 1/2
25-27: Predatory Strikes 3/3
28-29: Primal Fury 2/2

You can opt to finish Feral Swiftness earlier if you like to travel faster. From here on just continue adding to talents that enhance the druid while in bear or cat form. Furor isn’t a bad ability to invest 5 points in to later down the road, it’s located in the Restoration Tree.

Druid Summary

Druids can be a fun class to play in PVP. Unlike other classes, you always have the option to change drastically how you play. A rogue is still a rogue no matter how you slice it, but a druid can be a rogue one day and then a warrior the next! If you want to really master your druid you should take a look at this awesome guide.