Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Glyphs for Restoration Druids in Cataclysm
All sections for Restoration Druid PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Restoration Druid in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will give you the best PvP glyphs available for Restoration Druid in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Restoration Druid PvP Glyphs
The glyph system has changed quite a bit in Cataclysm as opposed to Wrath of the Lich King. All glyph scrolls that have been learned are now permanent glyphs that can be placed inside major and minor glyph slots, and there are 3 additional prime glyph slots included with the major and minor glyphs. Vanishing powder will be needed to swap out those glyphs. Those will be handy, since some glyphs may be swapped depending on a certain arena matchup.
Prime Glyphs
These three prime glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your prime glyph slots. These glyphs do not change.
Glyph of Rejuvenation will provide an additional 10% healing coming directly from Rejuvenation.
Glyph of Swiftmend allows you to not consume any Rejuvenation or Regrowth buffs from your friendly target, saving you GCDs and mana throughout a game.
Glyph of Lifebloom will increase the crit chance of your Lifebloom by 10%, which will be beneifical for your consistent HPS.
Major Glyphs
These three major glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your major glyph slots. These glyphs almost never change. There is the alternative of playing the Glyph of Pounce in 2v2 to increase your Pounce range, but is not recommended in other forms of PvP content.
Glyph of Barkskin is most likely your strongest major glyph, especially with the common possibility of being attacked as a Restoration Druid. This is similar to a miniature Roar of Sacrifice tied to your major defensive.
Glyph of Faerie Fire is essential when facing stealth classes, Rogues and Druids. Faerie Fire will have a 45 yard range including the 10 additional yards from the glyph, which is a longer range than Shadowstep. If used properly, you can prevent a Rogue from connecting to you with Shadowstep and can prevent restealthing for the majority of a game.
Glyph of Entangling Roots has changed from Wrath of the Lich King to Cataclysm. Instead of increasing the breaking threshold of Entangling Roots, it reduces the cast time of Entangling Roots by 0.2 seconds. This isn’t that big of a change but it can help you land some control off of CC chains or on arena pets. Having a spell casted quicker can help avoid any incoming CC or damage.
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Minor Glyphs
Even though minor glyphs do not greatly enhance the performance for Restoration Druid, there are 3 minor glyphs provided below that can be used in your minor glyph slots to minmax. These glyphs don’t change.
Glyph of Dash allows you to have a shorter cooldown on your Dash ability, which can help with additional mobility throughout a game.
Glyph of Mark of the Wild reduces mana cost of your Mark of the Wild, which can help conserve as much mana as possible when rebuffing this spell on your teammates or yourself.
Glyph of Challenging Roar reduces the cooldown of Challenging Roar, and is useful for AoE pet taunting inside the arena. This can reduce damage on your teammates or to break enemy CC on yourself.