Alene's AA Planing thread got me to thinking ...

Is there a list anywhere that rates Druid AA's overall?

What would be great would be a 1-6 rating something like:

1 - Worthless
2 - Fair
3 - Good
4 - Excellent
5 - Invaluable
6 - Can't Live Without

I'm lvl 68, have 6 aa's (lvl 2 forage) and have been concentrating on leveling and epics. Have my 1.0 and am 2/3rd's the way through 1.5.

Very soon I'll concentrate exclusively on AA's. I downloaded the excellent spreadsheet that lists all the Druid AA's, but would love to have a guide that would rate them to help me decide which order to purchase the AA's. I realize opinions will vary but any help will be greatly appreciated.

Faellin (Legion of Doomfire) of Druzzil Ro

spell casting mastery is gud
gift of mana is gud
packrat is not gud

Druid aa have to be examined in light of what role you fill. If you are mainly soloing then you are going to want to maximize your solo killing ability: dot crits if you root rot, nuke crits if you quad etc. If you are usually a healer for your groups or raids...then healing aa jump way up the list.

For raiding druids MGB and silent casting are important, for nonraiders they are weak buys. Would swing from top ratings to bottom ratings for these kind of aa.


To really rate druid aa would require a split rating system. The aa that any druid should have, such as SCM etc. The aa that no one should buy until they are running out of aa to buy, such as packrat etc. And then all the hard ones in the middle that would have to be evaluated for the different roles we druids fill.

It could certainly be done, but it would be a fairly complicated process for druids since we do so many different things.


Sliggoth. druid/ tradeskiller of 7th Hammer

just do what I did and get them all :crazy:

General Abilities (Must be level 51 or more), Rating, Reasoning for rating
Innate Strength 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Stamina 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Agility 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Dexterity 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Intelligence 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Wisdom 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Charisma 1 Get better gear for this
Innate Fire Protection 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Innate Cold Protection 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Innate Magic Protection 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Innate Poison Protection 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Innate Disease Protection 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Innate Run Speed 6 You need 6 general AA's making this a must have
Innate Metabolism 3 Rather nice for those of us who like sitting on our ponys
Innate Lung Capacity 3 These AA's are not so desired but required to get EB
First Aid 1 Beyond worthless, even more so now with heal potions
New Tanaan Crafting Mastery 3 If you trade skill these are very nice
Innate Regeneration 4 You need 6 general AA's these are nice for if soloing

Archetype Abilities (Must be level 55 or more and have spent 6 AA points General Abilities)
Channelling Focus 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Combat Agility 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Combat Stability 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Healing Adept 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Healing Gift 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Mental Clarity 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Natural Durability 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Spell Casting Fury 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on
Spell Casting Mastery 6 You need 12 Archtype AA's and these are the ones you get first
Spell Casting Reinforcement 5 These AA's are required for better AA's later on

Druid Class Specific Abilities (Must be level 59 or more and have spent 12 points in Archetype Abilities)
Dire Charm 2 Becomes more worthless with every exspansion
Enhanced Root 3 Maybe a 4 for the Root Rotting Soloers
Exodus 6 Just hate those rare fails
Innate Camouflage 6 Rocks
Mass Group Buff 4 A must have for the raiders and worthless for those that don’t
Quick Damage 3 Maybe a 4 for the Soloers
Quick Evacuation 2 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this
Spell Casting Reinforcement Mastery 3 Longer lasting buffs is a good thing

Planar Advancement
Advanced Innate Agility 1 Get better gear for this
Advanced Innate Charisma 1 Get better gear for this
Advanced Innate Dexterity 1 Get better gear for this
Advanced Innate Intelligence 1 Get better gear for this
Advanced Innate Stamina 1 Get better gear for this
Advanced Innate Strength 1 Get better gear for this
Advanced Innate Wisdom 1 Get better gear for this
Bertoxxulous Gift 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Blessing of Eci 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Innate Enlightenment 5 Much higher if your stats would go up if you got it
Marrs Protection 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Planar Power 5 Much higher if your stats would go up if you got it
Shroud of the Faceless 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's
Warding of Solusek 3 These AA's are really nice for the raiders with more than ~ 600 AA's

Planes of Power Ability
Advanced Healing Adept 4 Higher for the raiders
Advanced Healing Gift 3 Higher for the raiders
Fury of Magic 3 Higher for the soloers
Hastened Exodus 2 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this
Innate Defense 3 Higher for the soloers
Lightning Reflexes 4 Higher for the soloers
Radiant Cure 3 Higher for the raiders
Spirit of the Wood 6 Free healing
Viscid Roots 3 Maybe a 4 for the Root Rotting Soloers
Wrath of the Wild 2 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this

Gates of Discord AA Abilities
Advanced Tracking 2 More usefull for the farmers out there
Covalescence 3 More usefull for the farmers out there
Critical Affliction 4 Higher for the soloers
Fury of Magic Mastery 4 Higher for the soloers
Lasting Breath 2 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this
Nature's Boon 2 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this
Packrat 1 I may never get this one
Persistent Casting 4 Heal goes off despite being stunned priceless but only does so 15 - 20% of the time
Quickened Curing 3 Higher for the raiders
Secondary Forte 6 We spend a lot of time doing both dpsing and healing so a must have
Spell Casting Subtlety 6 Less argo from debuffing and healing do I need to say more
Switft Journey 3 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this

Omens of War AA Abilities
Baking Mastery 2 Much higher if you trade skill a lot
Blacksmithing Mastery 2 Much higher if you trade skill a lot
Boon of the Forest 2 There are a lot of other AA's to get before this
Brewing Mastery 2 Much higher if you trade skill a lot
Call of the Wild 6 If a wipe druids can get back a lot faster than the clerics
Chaotic Potential 4 Much higher if your stats would go up if you got it
Defensive Instincts 3 getting hit for less is a good thing
Delay Death 1 Druids shouldn't be tanking
Destructive Fury 4 Higher for the soloers
Discordant Defiance 3 Much higher if your stats would go up if you got it
Eternal Breath 3 Takes a lot of AA's to get this but nice to have
Expansive Mind 4 Mana Regen good
Fletching Mastery 2 Much higher if you trade skill a lot
Healing Adept Mastery 4 Higher if not a big soloer
Healing Gift Mastery 3 Higher if not a big soloer
Healthy Aura 3 Not sure how much 5 pts of regen help when you have 10k hps
Improved Critical Affliction 3 Much higher if you are a root rotter soloer
Mnemonic Retention 6 A 9th spell is priceless
Mystical Attuning 6 Buffs are good more buffs are even better
Nature's Bounty 2 Higher if you are working on your epic and need to forage stuff or trade skill
Origin 1 Do it when you log on if you need to do it
Pottery Mastery 2 Much higher if you trade skill a lot
Reflexive Mastery 4 getting hit for less is a good thing not getting hit at all even better
Resplendent Cure 3 Much higher if you are a big raider
Salvage 3 Much higher if you are big into trade skilling
Secondary Recall 5 make it in the guild lobby for the win and rebind where you please
Spirit of the Grove 6 instant free healing is good
Tailoring Mastery 2 Much higher if you trade skill a lot
Trials of Mata Muram 3 Doesn’t cost you AA's and they are kinda fun to do

Depths of Darkhollow AA Abilities
Abundant Healing 3 As to go off and they need room for it to be up on top of that
Affliction Mastery 4 Much higher for the soloer
Bandage Wounds 1 why?
Convergance of Spirits 4 clicky healing good
Gift of Mana 6 MBG of ???? Costing 1 mana point priceless
Innate See Invis 1 gear or mask covers this
Nature's Guardian 3 Nice to have but there are a lot of other AA's to get before it
Precognition 4 getting hit for less is a good thing not getting hit at all even better
Prolonged Mortality 1 Druids shouldn't be tanking
Shared Camouflage 6 love this AA
Silent Casting 3 nice but you can not use it enough
Thick Skin 3 getting hit for less is a good thing

wohooo, thanks Oakdad, exactly what I was looking for

I would give the following higher scores than Oakdad did:

Quick damage: it is mostly useful in group situation when you are not the main healer.
Spell casting reinforcement mastery: Steeloak skin costs a lot of mana. Making it last longer is a good thing.
Swift Journey: this gives run5 speed, handy at indoor no-fly zones (the Hole, SG, etc.)

Updated my local copy the druidaa.xls spreadsheet (found elsewhere in this sub forum) with 2 new columns titled 'Rating' & "Rating Comment".

Believe me this is a big big help to someone trying to sort all this out. Thanks for the input so far.

My level 70 shaman has GoM 3. As far as I am concerned the words "GET THIS!!!!" should be in a 72 point typeface with a flashing red font-- in Bold and double underlined. Of course if you have 12K manna you would probaly have so much mana you would be by far the best druid on the server. Therefore you probably already have maxed out all y our present AA's so you would not need help any help with your AA's to be reading this thread.

Nice list, I'd say

Quick Damage 5 or 6

myself though, because any form of casting haste stabilizes both grouping and solo scenarios. The increase might seem minute but I'm sure many druids can vouch for me when saying the boost is really noticable.
The same goes for Quick Evac which is quite handy when exodus is down and you still need to succor your group out asap but I agree on getting other AAs first. Don't underestimate the power of haste! :)