Playing as a Druid

In the world's blockbuster of an massively multiplayer online role playing game, World of Warcraft, there exists 2 categories of classes: dedicated classes and hybrid classes. Dedicated classes are those characters that are focused on satisfying a particular role. Hybrid classes, on the other hand, are those characters who can fulfill a variety of functions, depending on their preference as well as the needs of a given situation.

There are merely three classes which are capable of becoming hybrids: pallies, shammies, and druids.

Of these three classes, druids are the most efficient when it comes to playing diverse functions. Druids are, truth to say, so potent, it may seem that the term "hybrid" was made especially for them.

Druids, who are optimized as feral, make great tanks. In fact, when it comes to agro control, druids are only second to warriors, warriors being a focused tanking class. Even if druids cannot carry shields, they benefit from a 400% increase in armor rating once in dire bear form. Armor, stamina, defense and dodge rating are the main numbers that a tanking druid will have to work on.

Druids who are optimized as feral are also fantastic DPS characters. The physical damage they deal are merely secondary to rogues, rogues being a focused physical DPS class. Druids in cat form have common skills with rogues. Druids can stealth and ravage mobs from the back for maximum damage. The attack system is also comparable to a rogue's, with 100 energy points alloted for a variety combo strikes.

Druids who are optimized as balance are also fantastic DPS machines. In moonkin form, druids can unleash DPS like a mage, a focused spell DPS class. Though moonkins are not possessed of the mana efficiency of mages, they can utilize a skill called innervate to help them replenish their mana fast.

Druids who are optimized as restoration are very much popular these days, what with fantastic HOTs, or heals over time, they can cast. HOTs are essential in countless end game instances, and druids cast the best HOTs in the game. Because HOTs empower druids to heal a target and quickly go to the next, druids are comparable shamans when it comes to multi-target healing.

In WoW, you will inevitably have to make a choice whether you want to be a tank, a healer or a the firepower of the group in taking down mobs before they take down your party.

If you can't make a decision, well, you can always roll a druid and enjoy the sheer versatility the class does provide.

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