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Druids are the coolest class in WoW because of all the different niches you can fulfill. Druids can tank, heal, or do melee or spell damage. As a druid you can literally fill any class role you want. Even though that is true, when leveling, it is important to pick one path and stick to it if you want to gain experience quickly. Here are some basic pointers.

Talents

Since you have so many options as a druid, it can be tough to pick a talent spec for leveling. As you will mostly be doing quests by yourself to level, a damage oriented spec will be your best bet, so Feral and Balance are the obvious choices. Although Balance has very good DPS, Feral is able to sustain it for longer because it is not mana dependent. As such, I would suggest Feral for leveling. With a Feral build, you can also pick up a set of tank gear and tank instances in bear form. With that said, if you plan to group more than solo, you might want to go with a Balance spec, as mana dependency is not nearly as much of an issue in groups and you can also heal with a Balance spec.

Feral Gear

Feral druids will want to carry around 2 fairly different sets of gear, one for soloing in cat form and the other for tanking in groups with bear form. Cat form gear will focus more on agility, strength, attack power and critical strike rating, in that order. Agility, strength and attack power affect the amount of damage you do with each attack, and agility and critical strike rating increase your chance of getting a critical strike.

As a bear, you’ll want tank gear to best perform your role in groups. Your first choice should be stamina, but also try to pick up a decent amount of armor, defense, agility, and dodge rating to boost your absorption and avoidance and take less damage. If your gear has good armor, some stamina, and one or two of the other stats listed, you should be in good shape as a tank.

Balance Gear

Playing a Balance spec, you will be looking for the same kind of gear that mages look for. You will need stats like spell power, crit rating, intelligence, and a smattering of mana regeneration. The most important stat for you is spell power, and shortly after that, crit rating. Pick up enough intelligence to boost up your mana pool to a good level so you don’t run dry early on in boss fights. If you can get it, mana regeneration will help, but don’t fret if you don’t have any on your gear.

Using the info I’ve given you here, you shouldn’t have much difficulty leveling to 80 on your druid. If you’re looking to take things a bit faster, I would suggest taking a look at an in-game leveling guide. If you click the link at the end of this article, it will take you to my review of the leveling guide that I consider to be the best for druids. If you want to get to 80 even more quickly and easily, give it a look.

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