Druid healing spells come in several flavors:
We have three.
|Spell Name |Amount |Cast Time|Cooldown|Mana | |--------------|----------|---------|--------|-----| |Healing Touch |166k |2.14 sec |none |19.8k| |Renewal (self)|30% of max|Instant |1.5 mins|none | |Swiftmend |350k |Instant |30 secs |30.8k|
The two instant ones both have cooldowns, so they're pretty much for emergencies. Healing Touch is your go-to for an instant heal, but it has a cast time.
A druid's main healing is through the HoTs. There are three spells:
|Spell Name |Up Front|Back End|Cast Time| |------------|--------|--------|---------| |Lifebloom | | Yes |Instant | |Regrowth | Yes | |1.29 secs| |Rejuvenation| | |Instant |
The spells stack, so on the main tank, I typically cast all of them. The only strategy is when.
It is a waste to overcast lifebloom, because you loose a big back end heal.
Similarly, if the tank is full health, then casting Regrowth loses the up front heal. So an effective strategy is to lead with Lifebloom then Rejuvenation. Wait for damage before casting Regrowth.
Note that Regrowth has a cast time except in Tree of Life form.
|Spell Name |Comments| |-------------|--------| |Efflorescence|AoE Heal Similar to shaman totem. 30 seconds.| |Wild Growth |Targeted AoE HoT.| |Tranquility | Non-targeted AoE HoT.|
These are all some form of HoT. Efflorescence is relatively long and heals about 27k every 1.7 seconds for a total of about 475k total healed. Useful to just toss one down for the melees. Only heals 3 injured allies per tick. I don't know yet if it changes who gets healed if someone makes it to full health. I need to test.
Wild Growth is cast at your target and heals up to 6 allies for 94k over 7 seconds.
Tranquility is based on your location and heals up to 6 allies for 367k over 7 seconds. It says it doubles when not in a raid. I don't know if that means it doubles for a 5-man. Note: it is channeled.
Both of these do something similar. They give you a raid unitframe grid, and you can customize what you want to see. PLUS they let you heal anyone in the raid without targetting them. You mouse over their square in the grid and click.
Some of the configuration is strictly personal preference. I scale up the frames to be bigger. I use a large screen, so I have the space, and I like to see it better.
The two big things so far are:
I'm playing with this. In VuhDo, do the following:
I configured my HoT display to use icons, NOT progress bars. I tried those but they didn't work for me. I made these choices:
Both AddOns let you mouse into a person's box and click to cast a spell. You can bind different spells based on shift,
There are a few thoughts that seem to float around.
What I'm working out is a scheme that makes sense. For me, that means organized. For instance, clicks with no other keys held (just left or right click), could be the instant heals. Holding Shift could be HoTs.
I've tried a few things. The last thing I tried was no modifier for 2 of my 3 HoTs and control-left for the 3rd. This didn't work well for me.
This would work far better if I use 3 or more buttons. I have a mouse with 5 buttons, but i'm not very good using more than 2. I used to use 3-button mice all the time, but modern multi-button mice put a scroll wheel in the area for the 3rd button, and button 3 is really tiny. Not what I want when I'm in a hurry. Buttons 4 and 5 are under my thumb, but they're awkward. My mouse at home is different than at the cabin, so I may do something about making sure they're identical mice.
Still working it out.
|Group | Spell | Freq. | Button | Shift | Control | Alt | |------------|---------------|-------|--------|-------|---------|-----| | Instant | Healing Touch | Flail | Left | | Instant | Swiftmend | Flail | Left | x | | | | | | Cure | Nature's Cure | Rare | Left | | | x | | | | | HoT | Regrowth | Often | Right | | HoT | Rejuvenation | Often | Right | x | | HoT | Lifebloom | Often | Right | | x | | | | | Group HoT | Wild Growth | | Right | | | x |
I put the cure on left + either alt control or alt.
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |---------------|----------|-----------| |Move and Steer | | | |Move Forward | UpA | | |Move Backward | S |Down Arrow | |Turn Left |Left Arrow| | |Turn Right | D |Right Arrow| |Strafe Left | | | |Strafe Right | E | | |Jump | Space | | |Sit/Move Down | X | | |Sheath Weapon | Z | | |Toggle Autorun | Clear | | |Start Autorun | | | |Stop Autorun | | | |Pitch Up | Help | | |Pitch Down | Del | | |Toggle Run/Walk| NP / | | |Follow Target | | |
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |---------------|--------|------| |Open Chat |Return | | |Open Chat Slash|/ | | |Chat Page Up |PgUp | | |Chat Page Down |PgDn | | |Chat Bottom |Sh-PgDn | | |Chat Reply |R | | |Re-Whisper |SH-R | | |Combat Log Up |Ctrl-PgU| | |Combat Log Dn |Ctrl-PgD| | |Combat Log Btm |C-Sh-PgD| |
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |---------------|--------|------| | Btn 1 | 1 | | | Btn 2 | 2 | | | Btn 3 | 3 | | | Btn 4 | 4 | | | Btn 5 | 5 | | | Btn 6 | 6 | | | Btn 7 | 7 | | | Btn 8 | 8 | | | Btn 9 | 9 | | | Btn 10 | 0 | | | Btn 11 | - | | | Extra Act 1 | | | | Spec Act 1 |Ctrl-F1 | | | Spec Act 2 |Ctrl-F2 | | | Spec Act 2 |Ctrl-F3 | | | Spec Act 4 |Ctrl-F4 | | | Spec Act 5 |Ctrl-F5 | | | Spec Act 6 |Ctrl-F6 | | | Spec Act 7 |Ctrl-F7 | | | Spec Act 8 |Ctrl-F8 | | | Spec Act 9 |Ctrl-F9 | | | Spec Act 10 |Ctrl-F10| | | Pet Act 1 |Ctrl-1 | | | Pet Act 2 |Ctrl-2 | | | Pet Act 3 |Ctrl-3 | | | Pet Act 4 |Ctrl-4 | | | Pet Act 5 |Ctrl-5 | | | Pet Act 6 |Ctrl-6 | | | Pet Act 7 |Ctrl-7 | | | Pet Act 8 |Ctrl-8 | | | Pet Act 9 |Ctrl-9 | | | Pet Act 10 |Ctrl-10 | | | Action Page 1 |Shift-1 | | | Action Page 2 |Shift-2 | | | Action Page 3 |Shift-3 | | | Action Page 4 |Shift-4 | | | Action Page 5 |Shift-5 | | | Action Page 6 |Shift-6 | | | Prev Act Bar |Shift-Up|Sh-WhU| | Next Act Bar |Shift-Dn|Sh-WhD| | Act Bar Lock | | | | Tog. Auto Self| | |
The other bars: bottom left, bottom right, etc, are available to program as well. I've only done a few based on specific placement.
Q: Did for druid for Travel Form W: Did for druid for Tree Form \: This is topmost right2, not sure what it's for NP Dot: This is where I put special quest items
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |-----------------|--------|------| |Nearest Enemy | Tab | | |Previous Enemy | Sh-Tab | | |Scan Enemy (hold)| | | |Nearest Friend | Ct-Tab | | |Previous Friend | Sh-Ct-T| | |Nearest PvP | | | |Previous PvP | | | |Nearest Friendly | | | |Previous Friendly| | | |Self | F1 | | |Party 1 | F2 | | |Party 2 | F3 | | |Party 3 | F4 | | |Party 4 | F5 | | |Self Pet | SH-F1 | | |Party 1 Pet | SH-F2 | | |Party 2 Pet | SH-F3 | | |Party 3 Pet | SH-F4 | | |Party 4 Pet | SH-F5 | | |Last Hostile | G | | |Last Target | | |
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |-----------------|--------|------| |Game Menu |Escape | | |Backpack |SH-B | F12 | |Bag 1 |F8 | | |Bag 2 |f9 | | |Bag 3 |F10 | | |Bag 4 |F11 | | |All Bags |B | | | | | | |Character Pane |C | | |Reputation Pane |U | | |Currency Frame | | | | | | | |Spellbook | P | | |Profession Book | K | | |Pet Spellbook | Shift-I| | |Talent Pane | N | | | | | | |Achievements | Y | | |Statistics | Sh-Y | | | | | | |Quest Log | L | | |World Map | M | | |World Map Size | | | |Minimap | | | |Minimap Rotation | | | |Zone Map | Sh-M | | |Score Screen |Sh-Space| | | | | | |Guild | I | | |Social | O | | |Friends | | | |Quick Join | | | |Who Pane | | | |Chat Pane | | | |Raid Pane | | | |Channel Pullout | Sh-O | | | | | | |Group Finder | I | | |Dungeons & Raids | Ct-I | | |PVP | H | | | | | | |Collections | Sh-P | | |Mounts | | | |Pets | | | |Toys | | | |Heirlooms | | | |Appearances | | | | | | | |Adventure Guide | Sh-J | | |Garrison Report | | |
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |-----------------|--------|------| |Stop Casting | | | |Stop Attacking | | | |Dismount | | | |Minimap Zoom In | NP + | | |Minimap Zoom Out | NP - | | |Toggle Music | Ct-M | | |Toggle Sound | Ct-S | | |Master Vol. Up | CT-= | | |Master Vol. Down | CT-- | | |Toggle Self Mute | | | |Tog User Interf. | Alt-Z | | |Tog Framerates | Ct-R | | |Screen Shot | F13 | | |Item Comp Cycling| Sh-C | | |Tog. Graphics SUp| | | |Tog. Self Highlt.| | | |Tog Windowed Mode| | |
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |-----------------|--------|------| |Next View |End | | |Previous View |Home | | |Zoom In |MWhl-Up | | |Zoom Out |MWhl-Dn | |
There are a bunch of ways of selecting particular views and saving them, all are unbound.
All unbound, but can set keys to assign target markers of skull, cross, etc, plus one to clear it.
|Command |Key 1 |Key 2 | |-----------------|--------|------| |Exit Vehicle |NP-5 | | |Previous Seat |NP-1 | | |Next Seat |NP-3 | | |Aim Up | | | |Aim Down | | | |Aim Increment |CtWhl-Up| | |Aim Decrement |CtWhl-Dn| | |Camera Zoom In | | | |Camera Zoom Out | | |
None bound.
None bound.
VuhDo appears here. Nothing bound.
Shift-J i never use this page, but if I do, I can find it at the bottom.
Ctrl-M for music I never use. Just turn it off.