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Necrolord Covenant & Best Soulbinds for Restoration Druid Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.2
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Allegiance to the
Necrolord
Covenant for Restoration Druid provides you with many benefits, two new active abilities, access to three soulbinds; these soulbinds, and much more. In this guide, we will explore what are the perks for aligning yourself with the Necrolord, explaining their Covenant Abilities and Soulbinds and how they modify and enhance your toolkit both inside and out of combat. We will also recommend the best soulbinds for Necrolord Restoration Druid and explore how they impact your rotation, gearing, and talent builds, updated for .
If you are looking for information on how strong the Necrolord Covenant is for Restoration Druid, as well as details on which covenant is best, please visit our
Best Covenant for Restoration Druid
guide.
Overview
NEW
NEW Best Covenant
Gear
Talent Builds
NEW Legendaries
NEW Twisting Corridors
NEW Conduits
NEW Kyrian
NEW Necrolord
NEW Night Fae
NEW Venthyr
Pre-Patch
Starter Guide
Rotation, Priority, and Abilities
Advanced Concepts
Stats
Consumables
Macros & Addons
WeakAuras
Common Terms
NEW Castle Nathria Tips
NEW Mythic+
Common Questions
NEW Simulations
About the Author
This article is written by
Jaydaa
a veteran healer and contributing writer to both World of Warcraft content and other Blizzard games content here on Wowhead. I've been raiding in WoW for almost 15 years at various levels of progression. I've contributed to the theorycrafting of multiple healing classes, notably Mistweaver Monks and Restoration Druids. Find me on
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Changes to Necrolord Restoration Druids in 9.0.5
damage and healing increased by 25% and the effectiveness of periodic effects increased to 25% (was 20%). The effectiveness of periodic effects increased to 35% for Balance Druids.
has been redesigned – Channeling has been reduced to 3s and the shield is always 40% of your maximum health. While channeling, your damage taken is reduced by 20%. Passive effect added – Moving near an enemy’s corpse consumes their essence to reduce Fleshcraft’s cooldown by 1 second.
Necrolord Druid Covenant Abilities
Necrolord Druid Class Ability:
The Necrolord Class Ability for Druids of all specializations is
, a 25 second cooldown HoT/DoT that also increases any HoT healing you do to allies or DoT damage you do to enemies by 25%. The healing of the HoT alone is roughly equivalent to a little more than a
and the damage of the DoT alone is roughly equivalent to a
.
There are a lot of subtleties regarding the implementation of
and caveats to note:
When it expires on an ally it will attempt to jump to an enemy within range that does not already have
. If no enemy exists that matches this criteria, the spell will fizzle, completely expiring.
Similarly, when it expires on an enemy it will attempt to jump to an ally within range that does not already have
. If no ally exists that matches this criteria, the spell will fizzle, completely expiring.
will not jump to an enemy not currently in combat.
The HoT/DoT increase of
does apply to itself.
does apply a stack of
causing higher mastery healing on that ally.
While an extra
on a single target with only ~50% uptime doesn't seem like a lot of extra throughput, the hidden power of this ability comes from the 25% increased HoT healing, the extra
stack, and being able to apply this pseudo-
without picking up the
. That being said this extra throughput (both damage and healing) is almost entirely single target and does vary a lot depending how much additional HoT healing you're applying to allies with your
as well as your current levels of mastery stat.
In scenarios where you actually value the single-target healing throughput and it's not completely overhealing,
will provide tremendous throughput; however those scenarios are rare typically relegated to Arena or Mythic+. For raid, the single target healing responsibility even on tanks is split across all healers and passive effects like
tend to negate a lot of
's value. Even in Mythic+ where you value the single target healing, you also value damage and
is only single target damage as well. It's definitely our strongest single-target healing covenant ability, but that's really it.
Necrolord Conduit for
The
conduit for
provides an increase to the flat % HoT increase. How good this conduit is will largely depend on how much additional HoT healing you're providing to the target of your
, but is generally considered a strong conduit when you can make use of that single target healing.
Necrolord Druid Signature Ability:
- The extra self survivability of the damage reduction and absorbe will be nice. In the case of the absorb, it will contribute minimally to overall throughput. You can utilize the Emeni's soulbind trait
to mitigate some of the downsides of the channel or even get a brief CC-immunity with Plague Deviser's
soulbind trait, but the 4s channel will be a persistent nuisance. As a Restoration Druid, we have exceptional access to defensive abilities with on-demand
, the low cooldown
which can be further reduced by the
conduit, or even
if absolutely necessary. So how much value we'll get out of another defensive in PvE is debatable. Expect some niche cases where this excels, but is far from a must-have.
All three Soulbinds modify this in some way; we will get into that later. On it's own you'll likely use prior to an encounter and only during healing downtime.
Legendary Interactions for Necrolord Restoration Druids
The Legendary
can extend
's HoT duration by 10s increasing the uptime and overall efficiency but does require you to commit your Legendary choice to this interaction. In the single-target healing scenarios, such Mythic+, Arena, or very specific Raid encounters, this is likely to be a favorite Legendary but there will likely be better Legendaries for Raid.
Necrolord Restoration Druid Soulbinds
Necrolords have access, across all classes and specs, to the same three Soulbinds:
Plague Deviser Marileth
,
Emeni
and
Bonesmith Heirmir
. They are the NPCs you complete the zone story with, and allow you to "attune" yourself to them to gain access to a tree of upgrades centered around your base toolkit (through Conduits) and covenant abilities (through special, game-wide traits).
This tree progressively unlocks based on completion steps (such as finishing the campaign) and your renown level with the Necrolord covenant.
We've summarized the optimal traits for each Soulbind below, along with potential conduits to slot in. Do bear in mind that finesse conduit choice is largely personal preference. For more information on Conduits see our
Restoration Druid Conduit Guide
.
Plague Deviser Marileth grants you three impactful traits:
empowers the passive effect of
to grant additional buffs based on the type of corpses you consume.
List of All Volatile Solvent Buffs
- 2% Primary Stat Increase
- 3% Magic Damage Done Increase
- 78 Armor Increase
- 5% Magic Damage Taken Reduction
- Killing an enemy heals you for 5% of maximum health
- 120 Mastery Rating Increase
- 3% Stamina Increase
- 3% Critical Strike Increase
- 3% Physical Damage Increase and 10% Size Increase
allows you to better survive any follow up damage that would occur after a burst that reduces you below 50% health with a 15% max health absorb shield. If burst damage is continually dipping you below 50% health this will be fantastic but do note the 30s ICD.
The capstone trait,
, causes you to regenerate 6% max HP and be crowd control immune over the duration of the
channel. If you manage to complete the full
channel, then the crowd control immunity persists for 3 additional seconds and you regenerate another 6% max HP over those 3 seconds.
These benefits strongly incentivize the use of
after defeating a pack of enemies or strategically prior to incoming crowd control. While crowd control immunity can be powerful, very few PvE encounters actively crowd control players so
will likely be niche at best.
I generally recommend the following soulbind tree and conduit placement for Plague Deviser Marileth:
When Plague Deviser Marileth's soulbind tree is fully unlocked, you'll likely use this soulbind when you can make use of frequent and varied
buffs or specific cases to avoid crowd control with
but it is generally lackluster for overall healing throughput. This is largely because of how strong Emeni's soulbind tree is comparatively and how difficult it is to accrue different
buffs, especially in raid where it's rarer to have a lot of enemy corpses.
Emeni provides a couple of interesting nodes:
, the initial trait in the tree, is what makes Emeni a strong option. A flat 5-13% intellect buff but because the buff duration scales with cooldown of our class ability it's not as great at first glance. With
at a 25s cooldown the duration is roughly 4s so somewhere short of 20% uptime overall. Not bad and not only are you getting this buff but you're also helping allies at the same time. Win-win situation. Strong ability that only requires a couple of allies to maximize the benefits.
grants you a flat 5% extra maximum HP when casting
. Not huge, but the early potency conduit that accompanies it makes this survivability increase worth it.
allows channeling of
to be done while moving. This negates one of the major downsides of
, but unfortunately is accompanied by a endurance conduit slot.
can be a nice haste buff but requires consistent enemy deaths to maintain any sort of meaningful uptime. Healing any ally that damages these enemies does count as you defeating an enemy, so no damage from you is required. Unfortunately the potency conduit attached to
tends to more favorable in most situations.
I generally recommend the following soulbind tree and conduit placement for Emeni:
When Emeni's soulbind tree is fully unlocked, you'll likely use this soulbind for all group content due to the overall strength of
. And as a healer, all content is group content.
Choosing Bonesmith Heirmir grants access to the following notable traits:
, a pseudo-
ability and flat 3% intellect buff (assuming you're enchanted), allows you to continue to heal for 10s following your death albeit at a 50% reduced capacity. Pretty solid just for being enchanted..
provides an additional second of cooldown reduction for
via its passive effect.
grants an enormous amount of critical strike chance for 10s, but can only occur once every 60s. While we're able to quickly proc this via HoT ticks once the ICD is up, it's questionable as to whether this increased throughput will line up with incoming damage. Unfortunately there's also no good way to throttle yourself to hold the proc for just the right moment.
I generally recommend the following soulbind tree and conduit placement for Bonesmith Heirmir:
When prioritizing personal throughput, Heirmir can be a very strong candidate, but when you factor in the additional main stat for allies with Emeni you'll typically prefer Emeni. Both are perfectly viable.
Best Necrolord Restoration Druid Early Soulbind
Restoration Druid's choice of soulbind for Necrolord doesn't really change even at early renown ranks. Emeni gives us a strong trait,
, but also an early potency conduit slot for
and a finesse conduit slot for whatever your preference may be.
Once you unlock Bonesmith Heirmir he becomes equally as viable for Necrolord Restoration Druids.
Best Necrolord Restoration Druid Soulbind at High Renown
Restoration Druid's choice of soulbind for Necrolord doesn't really change even at late renown and fully unlocked. Emeni's
is a bit weaker for personal throughput but the group benefits tend to push Emeni above Bonesmith Heirmir; however both Soulbinds are viable options.
See above for the Bonesmith Heirmir soulbind calculator if you're prioritizing personal throughput.
Necrolord Restoration Druid Covenant Rotation Changes
As usual, this page only highlights the specific use case of the class and signature abilities. To see how they fit within the context of the entire spec, we encourage you to check the other pages in the guide related to the context you are looking for:
Restoration Druid Rotation Guide
should ideally be used on cooldown on priority targets, specifically tanks or other allies that are going to be taking significant damage. The priority targets should also be fully HoTed up either prior to
's application or shortly after to ensure you're maximizing the value of the 25% HoT increase if that healing will be mostly effective.
If damage is your priority, be sure to apply as many DoTs to the enemy target for the duration of
including
and
.
should be channeled in the following circumstances:
Prior to engaging an encounter to utilize the pre-pull downtime.
Prior to major incoming damage of a particularly nasty mechanic for survivability.
During periods of healing downtime to ensure no one dies during the 3s channel and reduce the overall healing requirement.
To avoid crowd control when utilizing
.
Necrolord Restoration Druid Talent Builds
Because
is primarily a single target healing increase due to the 25% HoT healing increase, you'll typically want to take talents that maximize the number of HoTs you can apply to a single target. I definitely recommend picking up
for Necrolord Restoration Druids in almost all situations.
You can lean further into single target healing and maximizing HoTs with
,
, and even
but doing so may put other aspects of your healing at risk. I still recommend adhering to the Mythic+ and Raid builds set out in the Talent section of this guide even as a Necrolord Restoration Druid.
Restoration Druid Talent Guide
Necrolord Restoration Druid Gearing Differences
Prioritizing higher item level pieces will still be the proper way to gear as a Necrolord Restoration Druid. However, because
's benefits are mostly single target and rely on HoT stacking, you'll likely lean a bit heavier on mastery to maximize the benefits of
when comparing pieces of gear of similar item level. Just don't neglect other secondary stats at the expense of
, but a little extra will be beneficial.
What are Soulbinds in Shadowlands?
Soulbinds are important Covenant characters players encounter in the Shadowlands. Soulbinds bind themselves to players allowing them to use their powers to strengthen characters while in the Shadowlands.
Learn more about Soulbinds in our in-depth guide.
Soulbinds in Shadowlands
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talent duration depends on the cooldown of covenant ability. So for Druids intellect buff duration is just 4 seconds.
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