Dire Maul vs Wildheart

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See also Druid Sets.

Note: Some of the information on the items are a bit outdated.

A comparison of the Druid's do-it-yourself Dire Maul set against the Wildheart set. These two represent the kind of equipment a Druid should aim for before attemping raid instances like MC or Zul'Gurub.

The DM set is designed for a restoration druid and does not include Fire Resistance. You would need to consider some different items in order to get FR. Whether you need to or not depends on your guild's requirements, mainly.

For Tier 0, generally it can be argued that unless you have the complete Wildheart set you are better off wearing a collection of the +heal items below than the Wildheart. The Wildheart set is appealing to those personalities who like collecting 'sets' and it does become good statistically when you have all the pieces.

+HEAL

The DM set has +189 to heals. For a rank 10 Healing Touch, which heals for a minimum of 1890, the heal will hit for 2079 (equal to 110%).

With older patches, this allowed the use a Rank 6 Healing Touch while still getting the full +189, so mana efficiency for delivering a heal would be extremely high. However healing and spell damage bonus now have a heavy penalty when the spell rank is lower than the maximum rank the character can cast, so this benefit no longer applies.

See this page for more information.

Mana per 5 seconds

is extremely valuable. An 8 mana / 5 second item while casting is equivalent to 106 Spirit with the 15% mana regen talent. When not casting, Spirit is great, and that's they key question - whether you are active in a healer rotation in MC/BWL or not. Read Spirit for more detail. The figures in the total of the table below assume you have the 15% regen talent.

Slot	Dire Maul	Wildheart
Chest	Chestplate of Tranquility 174 armor 20 Intellect 6 Spirit 10 Stamina +23 damage and healing	Wildheart Vest 176 armor 17 Intellect 10 Spirit 9 Stamina
Hands	Gloves of Restoration 105 armor 9 Intellect 10 Stamina +37 healing spells	Wildheart Gloves 105 armor 9 Intellect 21 Stamina
Waist	Eyestalk Cord 98 armor 15 Intellect 9 Stamina +35 healing spells (only)	Wildheart belt 93 armor 17 Intellect 10 Spirit 9 Stamina
Head	Insightful Hood 139 armor 15 Intellect 9 Spirit 12 Stamina +1% chance to get a critical strike with spells +33 healing done by spells and effects	Wildheart Cowl 141 armor 20 Intellect 20 Spirit 10 Stamina 6 Strength
Wrist	Bracers of Prosperity 77 armor 10 Intellect 5 Spirit 8 Stamina +22 healing done by spells and effects Magistrate's Cuffs alternative 73 armor 15 Stamina Restores 4 mana per 5 sec.	Wildheart Bracers 71 Armor 17 Intellect 7 Strength
Legs	Ghostloom Leggings 152 armor 18 Intellect 13 Spirit 10 Stamina Restores 6 mana per 5 sec.	Wildheart Kilt 150 armor 14 Intellect 14 Spirit 14 Stamina 13 Strength 12 Agility
Back	Archivist Cape of * 43 armor 10 int 10 sta +33 healing spells Restores 4 mana per 5 sec. (*Many possible types) Hide of the Wild crafted item 48 Armor 8 Stamina 10 Intellect +42 healing done by spells and effects	No Wildheart piece
Shoulders	Cyclone Spaulders 129 Armor 11 Intellect 9 Spirit 11 Stamina + 14 damage and healing done by magical spells and effects alternative Death's Clutch 131 Armor 11 Strength 12 Stamina 12 Intellect 11 Spirit	Wildheart Spaulders 127 Armor 18 Intellect 8 Spirit 9 Stamina
Feet	Waterspout Boots 114 Armor 6 Intellect 6 Spirit +25 damage and healing done by magical spells and effects.	Wildheart Boots 115 Armor 9 Intellect 17 Spirit 10 Stamina
Totals	Dire Maul do-it-yourself Intellect: 114 Spirit: 48 Stamina:80 + Damage and healing with spells: 189/222 (depends on the cape) Mana per 5 sec: 10 (Equiv. to 133 Spirit while casting) + Chance to crit with spells: 1%	Wildheart Raiment Intellect: 132 Spirit: 89 Stamina: 96 Strength: 26 Agility: 12 Mana per 5 sec.: 4* (Equiv. to 53 Spirit while casting) Set bonuses: 3: +5 Nature Resistance 5: +14 nature spells 6: +21 arcane spells 7: +44 heal 8: +17 Stamina 8: +17 Strength (* Assuming this set includes the same Archivist Cape).

More items

Other superior gear from Dire Maul includes:

• Chestplate of Tranquility from the Prince, DM West
• Cyclone Spaulders from DM North
• Mindtap Talisman from Magister Kalendris, DM West. You can wear two of these
  • or Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas from the druid book quest in DM
• Eyestalk Cord from Immol'thar, DM West
• Gloves of Restoration from Alzzin the Wildshaper in DM East
• Insightful Hood from Cho'Rush the Observer
• Bracers of Prosperity with +heal from King Gordok in DM North
  • or Magistrate's Cuffs with mana regen from Magistrate Barthilas in Stratholme
• Sandstorm Boots from 40 main raid quest in Silithus with +heal and mana regen
  • or Verdant Footpads with +37 heal from Stratholme
  • or Waterspout Boots with +25 heal from Hydrospawn in DM East
• Ghostloom Leggings with mana regen from Jandice Barov in Scholomance
  • or Tanglemoss Leggings from Tendris Warpwood
• Ring of Demonic Guile: Alzzin the Wildshaper, DM East
  • and Band of Rumincation from Warchief Rend Blackhand, in UBRS
• Archivist Cape +4 m/5s: 25% drop from Archivist Galford in Stratholme.