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What is this about?

I (Enalung) will be using this page as a place to take notes while I built my own UI. This will include macros I'm working on, keybinds, things that I have found work and don't work. This will include macros which I have not yet posted on Useful_macros_for_druids as well as custumised versions of theses macros.

This will serve as a draft for a page detailing the basics of a good druid UI. I have 2 druids and cover all 3 specs. The final goal is to find a highly responsive setup which works for both pve and pvp. Part of my goal is also to avoid confusion between my own keybind by finding a design which is intuitive no matter the form / spec I'm in.

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Bartender

I am using bartender for bars. Bartender is currently setup with 3 bars. In balance or resto, those bars do not page. On my dual feral druid, the bars only page for bear form. In cat form, or caster, they remain the same. I make use of several shapeshifting macros which first take me to cat form, stealth if not in combat and then use an ability.

Resto

Resto has very few actual keybinds. Most everything is done using a combinason of Grid and Clique. I make use of a few mouseover macros.

Feral

Cat

Those are abilities which are macroed to shift to cat and then cast a spell in a quick 2 press sequence of the button.

From Caster

• Mangle / Ravage
• Pounce / Shred

From Caster or Bear

• Maim

Notes to self:

• Add Night Elf Pounce to interface
• There are too few ways to move from bear to cat. It almost seems like I'm locked into cat. Perhaps better positioning maim would remedy this?

Bear

Those are abilities which are macroed to shift to bear and then cast a spell in a quick 2 press sequence of the button.

• Bash
• Growl
• Chalenging Roar

Note to self:

• Add Bear charge. Currently, shifting to bear and then charging is not responsive enough.

Keybinds

Modifiers

This setup makes heavy use of modifiers in order to keep all abilities as close as can be to the movement keys. Some of the key combinasons proposed here will almost certainly seem awkward to reach. Both CTRL and ALT are rebound to the mouse in order to make those key combos easy to reach. For some users, this will not be possible. This setup is not meant to be an ultimate and final solution, it is meant to give ideas.

• Nomod: Used for primary *spam* type damage abilities.
• Shift: Used to quickly setup a new focus.
• CTRL: Used for secondary *on cooldown* or *every 5-20 seconds* type abilities.
• Alt: Used for interupts

Movement Keys

There are 2 main setups for movement keys. WASD and ESDF. This setup makes use of ESDF for the 2 additional keyvinds on the left.

WASD

• Tab and Modifier keys (CTRL and Shift) are easily reached.

ESDF

• Provides 2 more keysbinds for spells on the left (W and A)
• Tab and Modifier keys (CTRL and Shift) may feel a bit hard to reach depending on your keyboad.

Balance

Notes to self

• Add pvp and pve colums to the table
• Create a table listing similar abilities
• Find more info on keybinding setups.

Spell	Balance	Feral	Resto	Type	Notes
[Barkskin]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Defencive Cooldown	Protects from pushbacks while casting spells. Can be used while Crowd Controled to limit incomming damage.
[Cyclone]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Crowd Controll	The target is fully imune while in cyclone.
[Entangling Roots]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Crowd Controll, Root	Damage may make the root break early.
[Faerie Fire]	Limited	Limited	Limited	Armor debuff	Mostly usefull to prevent stealth. Most Feral druids will use this spell in [Cat Form] or [Bear Form] for the armor debuff.
[Force of Nature]	Yes	N/A	N/A	Damage Cooldown	Should be used on cooldown, or just before [Heroism]
[Hibernate]	Limited	Limited	Limited	Crowd Controll	Used mostly in pvp against other druids, breaks on damage.
[Hurricane]	Limited	No	No	Area of Effect	There are far more efficient way to do AE damage. [Hurricane] is very mana hungry and also limits your mobility while you are casting it.
[Innervate]	Yes	Limited	Yes	Mana Cooldown	On long fights, it's better to use innervate early before you are low on mana. This will allow you to extend your mana far more as it is very likely to back up before the end of the fight.
[Insect Swarm]	Yes	No	Limited	Damage Over Time	Balance druids should always have this dot ticking on at least one target and should try to spread it to as many targets as they can.
[Moonfire]	Yes	No	Limited	Damage Over Time	Balance druids should always have this dot ticking on at least one target and should try to spread it to as many targets as they can.
[Moonkin Form]	Yes	N/A	N/A	Shapeshift	Balance druids should always be in Moonkin Form while they are casting Balance Spells.
[Nature's Grasp]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Crowd Controll, Root	Instantly roots anyone who hits you.
[Solar Beam]	Yes	No	No	Interupt & Silence	It's easy to walk out of the beam.
[Soothe]
[Starfall]	Yes	N/A	N/A	Area of Effect Damage Cooldown	Should be used on cooldown during a Lunar Eclipse if possible for maximum effect.
[Starfire]	Yes	No	Limited	Damage	Main damage spell for Balance Druids, along with [Wrath].
[Starsurge]	Yes	N/A	N/A	Damage	Should be used on cooldown and every time it procs.
[Thorns]
[Typhoon]	Yes	N/A	N/A	Area of Effect Knownback	A good way to put a bit of distance between you and your oponents.
[Wild Mushroom]	Yes	No	Limited	Area of Effect	Only 3 mushrooms can be placed at once.
[Wild Mushroom: Detonate]	Yes	No	Limited	Area of Effect	Must be used to detonate the mushrooms after they have been placed.
[Wrath]	Yes	No	Limited	Damage	Main damage spell for Balance Druids along with [Starfire].

Feral

Spell	Balance	Feral (Bear)	Feral (Cat)	Resto	Type	Notes
[Aquatic Form]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shapeshift	Underwater Travel Form
[Bear Form]	Limited	Yes	Limited	Limited	Shapeshift	Only tanks will remain in bear form for any lenght of time and use the full scope of this form's abilities. All other specs will only pass through Bear Form to survive or get a quick stun off.
[Berserk]	N/A	Yes	Yes	N/A	Damage Increase Cooldown	In Bear form, spamming mangle while berserk is up is a good way to get a huge amount of AoE agro. In Cat form, Berserk is a good way to throw a quick burst.
[Cat Form]	Limited	Limited	Yes	Limited	Shapeshift	Only Feral DPS will remain in bear form for any lenght of time and use the full scope of this form's abilities. All other specs will only pass through Cat Form to hide or make a quick exit.
[Challenging Roar]	No	Yes	No	No	Area of Effect Taunt	This does not actualy taunt the mobs. Rather, it forces them to attack you for 6 seconds.
Claw	No	No	No	No	Damage	Feral druids should use mangle instead and both Resto and Balance should use Balance spells given their spellpower gear.
[Cower]	No	No	Very Limited	No	Threat Dump	If your Balance of Resto, you will really want to stay at range because your agro coheficient is greater at range then in melee. If your already above the melee threat threshold, going in melee range to cast this spell is asking for the mob to turn around and kill you. If your a feral druid and having threat issues your probably not the only one... This is a problem which should be fixed at the tank level and making a comment to your raid leader would be advisable. You should avoid using this spell­ as it's a lost of energy and global cooldown.
Dash	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Movement Increase
[Demoralizing Roar]	No	Yes	No	No	Attack Power Reduction, use whenever possible to decrease incomming damage.
Enrage	Limited	Yes	Limited	Limited	Rage Regeneration	If you are a Tank, you will be using Enrage before almost every pull. If you aren't a tank, you will still want to have it somewhere on your UI in order to be able to use abilities such as Bash. It is advisable to have a macro with a /cancelaura line to avoid taking extra damage when using Enrage in combat.
[Faerie Fire (Feral)]	No	Yes	Yes	No	Armor Reduction	Reducing the armor will increase your damage as Feral.
Feral Charge (Bear Form)	N/A	Yes	No	N/A	Gap Closer
Feral Charge (Cat Form)	N/A	No	Yes	N/A	Gap Closer	Best used with Stampede for the free Ravage. As the cooldown of Feral Charge (Bear Form) is shorter, Feral Cat druids can alternate between the 2 to get close to their target.
[Ferocious Bite]	No	No	Limited	No	Finishing Move	With shred doing a lot of damage, there is very little point in using Ferocious bite.
[Frenzied Regeneration]	No	Yes	Limited	No	Health Regeneration
[Growl]	No	Yes	Limited	No	Taunt
[Lacerate]	No	Yes	Limited	No	Damage Over Time	Mangle should have priority over this ability as it does more damage and generates more snap threat. It's a good idea to lacerate multiple targets on AE pulls.
[Maim]	Limited	Limited	Yes	Limited	Crowd Controll, Finishing Move	Short Duration Stun, requires combo points.
[Maul]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Crowd Controll	Short Duration Stun, with the furor talent, you will have enough rage from shapeshifting alone to get this stun off.
[Pounce]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Crowd Controll Operner	No matter the spec, stealthing before any encounter and trying to get a short duration stun at the start of the fight is a good idea.
[Prowl]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Stealth	Druids of all spec will use Prowl to make themselves inconspicuous and hide.
[Pulverize]	N/A	Yes	Limited	N/A	Damage & Crit Increase	Feral Tanks should always attempt to keep the pulverise buff up with a full stack of lacerates.
[Rake]	No	Limited	Yes	No	Damage Over Time	Feral druids should aim to always keep this dot on their target, and if possible, bleed a second target.
[Ravage]	No	Limited	Yes	No	Opener	Requires stealth unless you are using it with stampede.
[Rip]	No	Limited	Yes	No	Damage Over Time	Feral druids should aim to always keep this dot on their target, and if possible, bleed a second target.
[Savage Roar]	No	Limited	Yes	No	White Damage Buff	Feral druids should attempt to keep this buff up if possible, but it is not a priority unlike bleeds. Bleeding a second target might be a better option when it can be done.
[Shred]	No	Limited	Yes	No	Damage	Due to the positional requirement, you may find yourself tempted to use mangle instead. You should always attempt to get behind your target to shred and only resort to mangle when you would lose energy if you didn't use it.
Skull Bash (Bear Form)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Interupt & Silence	You should try to interupt Crowd Control and heals in priority.
Skull Bash (Cat Form)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Interupt & Silence	You should try to interupt Crowd Control and heals in priority.
Stampeding Roar (Bear Form)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Movement Increase
[Stampeding Roar]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Movement Increase
[Swift Flight Form]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shapeshift	Flight Travel Form
[Survival Instincts]	N/A	Yes	Yes	N/A	Damage Reduction Cooldown
[Swipe]	No	Yes	No	No	Area of Effect
[Swipe]	No	No	Yes	No	Area of Effect	Due to it's high energy cost, it really should only be used when there are 5 or more targets present.
Thrash	No	Yes	No	No
[Tiger's Fury]	No	Limited	Yes	No	Damage Increase	With the King of the Jungle talent, this spell is a great way to get energy back for a bit more burst.
[Travel Form]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shapeshift	Ground Travel Form

Resto

Spell	Balance	Feral	Resto	Type	Notes
[Healing Touch]	Limited	Limited	Yes	Healing Spell	Has a high mana cost and long cast time.
[Lifebloom]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Healing Spell	Good value for the mana cost.
[Mark of the Wild]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Buff	Should always be on.
Nature's_Swiftness_(druid_ability)	N/A	N/A	Yes	Cooldown	Can be used to cast just about any spell. Should be kept mostly for defencive CC in PvP.
[Nourish]	No	No	Limited	Healing Spell	Has a long cast time, dosen't heal for near enough in most situations.
[Rebirth]	Yes	Yes	Yes	In combat Resurection	Make sure you have reagents or the glyph.
[Regrowth]	No	No	Yes	Healing Spell	Has a high mana cost but low cast time. Should be reserved for emergencies.
[Rejuvenation]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Heal Over time	Instant cast, good way to get a bit of passive healing on someone.
[Remove Corruption]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dispell	Removes Curses and Poisons. Resto druids will also remove magic debuffs.
[Revive]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ressurection	Can only be used out of combat
[Swiftmend]	N/A	N/A	Yes	Healing Cooldown	Should be used when you want to heal a large chunck of health instantly.
[Tranquility]	No	No	Limited	Area of Effect Healing Cooldown	Limits your mobility while in use, should be kept for when several targets need large amounts of healing.
Tree of Life	N/A	N/A	Yes	Cooldown	Should be kept to answer large amounts of burst damage.
[Wild Growth]	N/A	N/A	Yes	Area of Effect Cooldown	Should be used only when you need to heal damage to 4 or more targets.