Resto Druid Pre Raid BIS

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Unless separated by quality (epic>blue), these are not ordered from best to worst, they’re equal options.

You’ll have to look the items up yourself if you don’t know the <1.4 stats, it's kind of a hassle to link so much shit via the web archive. I'm assuming people know the stats on most of this stuff.

Preface: you don't just want to fill every slot with whatever item has the most +healing. If you do that, you'll have like 2400 hp and 3600 mana. Don't be that guy. For entry-level raiding, you ideally want near 300 +healing, 10-15ish mp5 and 220+ spirit, and 2700+ hp and 4000+ mana unbuffed.

If you don't have the budget for BoE epics, it can be hard to quite reach 300 +healing, but you can get close enough. You might also find that you have to give up one or two healing items for raw stat pieces in order to get enough stamina, intellect and spirit. You shouldn't be greedy and skimp on your stats, you really don't want to get one-shotted and cause a wipe. You do not need +healing in every slot. It's okay to wear, say, a ring with 15sta 10int instead of one with 7int and 9 +healing.

HEAD
- Tribal War Feathers (of x resistance) -- UBRS off Rend
- Crown of the Penitent (Strath Holy Water quest)
- Cassandra's Grace (World BOE Lvl 42)
I prefer the feathers, especially if you can get them of fire resistance, but the crown is statistically on par. Mp5 is an important stat. However, this is a slot where you can get a lot of your stamina if you go with the feathers. If you have no other armor with mp5, still consider using the crown.

NECK
- Lady Maye's Pendant/Jeweled Amulet of Cainwyn (nearly identical) BOE Epic World Drop
- Gemshard Heart (Mara), Star of Mystaria
- Tooth of Gnarr (UBRS Drak)
A lot of options with relatively similar stats. This is one of the few slots where you can get some stamina without sacrificing +healing, so I wouldn't go with Tooth of Gnarr unless you absolutely know that you don't need more stamina. The Tooth is actually pretty bad IMO, but it's listed as BiS in other lists so I wanted to mention it.

SHOULDERS
- Living Shoulders (LW Crafted)
Not really any alternatives.

BACK
- Archivist's Cape of Intellect/Eagle/Owl (of Healing does not exist in this patch) (Strath Live)

CHEST
- Robes of the Exalted (Starth UD Baron)
No contest.

WRISTS
- Magister's/Devout/Dreadmist (BOE's)
As long as Cenarion Bracers aren't really being sold, one of these are fine. Pick the one that suits your stat deficiencies. In a few months, T1 bracers will probably start popping up on the AH.

HANDS
- Ghostweave Gloves (Tailoring Crafted)
- Hands of Power (LBRS)
I value 6 mp5 above 18 healing, but it depends what other items you wear. My preference is to use three pieces of mp5 gear, one of them being a trinket. This is the slot where you give up the least +healing for mp5. Note that Atal'ai Gloves of Healing do not exist in this patch.

BELT
- Sash of Mercy (World BOE)
- Ghostweave Belt (Tailoring Crafted)
Sash is obviously immense, but not exactly available to everyone at this point in time. If you can't get it, Ghostweave Belt is great as well.

LEGS
- Living Leggings (LW Crafted)
- Skyshroud Leggings (LBRS)
- Ghostweave Pants (Tailoring Crafted)
Living and Skyshroud are roughly equal. 24 vs. 28 healing, and 8int 8sta vs. 25spi. Use whichever one suits your stat deficiencies. While spirit isn't terribly crucial in entry-level raiding, you do want some and I find that the pre-raid BiS gear gives very little spirit overall, so this is a good place to get a very large amount of it. Thus, I prefer Living Leggings. The Ghostweaves are also quite good with a whopping 8 mp5, I've considered using those instead.

BOOTS
- Verdant Footpads (Strath UD Rare Spawn)
- Wildheart/Magister's/Devout/Dreadmist (BOEs)
It basically depends how many low-stat +healing items you're using elsewhere. Verdant Footpads are nice and all, but if you wear that kind of gear in every slot, you'll have critically low hp/mana. The mob that drops them is also ridiculously rare, so this was the slot where I chose to ditch +healing in favour of raw stats. If you don't need to do that, the footpads are hard to ignore.

RING1
- Fordring's Seal (http://db.vanillagaming.org/?quest=5944) Quest
With the otherwise fairly weak item budget on rings, 33 +healing is great.

RING2
-Emerald Flame Ring (DM West Prince)
– Band of the Hierophant (World BOE)
– Blood of the Martyr (http://db.vanillagaming.org/?quest=5125) Strath Quest

And there are no other really good healing rings in this patch, so this is a good slot to get some raw stats that you sacrificed for healing somewhere else.

TRINKET1
– Second Wind (BRD)
Just a nice trinket. The proc translates into 1 mp3 if used on cooldown.

TRINKET2
– Shard of Afrasa
-Briarthorn Reed (UBRS Jed)
5 mp5 is better than the 22 +healing you could get from Briarthorn Reed. You want about 12-15 mp5 from your gear and this is a good place to get a chunk of it.

WEAPON
– The Hammer of Grace (BRD 7 Chest)
A hefty 29 +healing. There really are no other noteworthy options for 1h healing weapons, and you do want to use a 1h because of…

OFFHAND
– Spirit of Aquementas (Un’goro Quest)
Completely broken item, which is why it gets redesigned entirely in the BWL patch. -25 mana cost on all spells is absurdly strong. On raids, you spend almost all your time spamming R4 HT, which costs approximately 150 mana depending on talents. Cutting the mana cost by this much translates into an insane amount of mana gained over the course of a battle. This item might as well have 25 mp5 or something like that. Note that it stacks a bit oddly with talents that reduce mana cost of your heals, so it’ll only actually give -22ish depending on your exact talents.

This is the ideal setup:
Tribal War Feathers of Fire Resistance
Lady Maye’s Pendant/Jeweled Amulet of Cainwyn
Living Shoulders
Archivist Cape of the Eagle
Robes of the Exalted
Dreadmist Bracers (Cenarion Bracers once they enter the economy)
Ghostweave Gloves
Sash of Mercy
Living Leggings
Verdant Footpads or Wildheart Boots
Fordring’s Seal
Emerald Flame Ring
Second Wind
Shard of Afrasa
The Hammer of Grace
Spirit of Aquementas

This gives you just shy of 300 +healing, 15 mp5 and 230ish spirit, and approximately 2800 hp and 4000 mana unbuffed and before enchants. It also favors leather items which I kind of prefer for PvP reasons, although this is a very minor concern. You also want to obtain a staff with high spirit (there are several, including a +29 spirit one from a Scholo quest) and equip it if you Innervate yourself.

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Helm:
Cassandra’s Grace – World Drop
Crimson Felt Hat – Strat UD (Magistrate)
Insightful Hood-DMN (Observer)

Neck:
Animated Chain Necklace – Strat UD (Ramstein)
Tooth of Gnarr – UBRS (Drak)

Shoulders:
Living Shoulders – Crafted

Back:
Hide of the Wild – Crafted
Archivist Cape – Strat Live (Archivist Galford)

Chest:
Robes of the Exalted – Strat UD (Baron)

Bracers:
Bracers of Prosperity – DM North (King)
Sublime Wristguards – DM North (Multiple Guards)

Gloves:
Gloves of Restoration – DM East (Wildshaper)

Belt:
Corehound Belt – Crafted
Whipvine Cord – DM East (Wildshaper)

Pantaloons:
Padre’s Trousers – DM West (Illyanna Ravenoak)

Feeties:
Boots of the Full Moon – DM North (Captain Kromcrush)
Waterspout Boots – DM East (Hydrospawn)

Rings:
Fordrings Seal – Quest
Songstone of Ironforge – Quest
Band of Hierophant – World Drop
Emerald Flame Ring – DM West (Prince)

Trinkets:
Emerald Dream – Royal Seal of Eldre’thalas – DM Drop Quest Book
Second Wind – BRD
Mind Tap Talisman – DM West (Magister Kalendris)
Burst of Knowledge – BRD

Weapons:
The Hammer of Grace – BRD Chest of the 7

Off Hand:
Lei of the Lifegiver – AV Exalted
Brightly Glowing Stone – DM North (King)

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