Druid Restoration Rotation & Opener
Built from the current top-100 Mythic parses on WarcraftLogs — the real opener sequences, casts-per-minute and buff uptimes of the best Restoration players, not theorycraft.
Raid 5 top logs sampled Median kill 6:59
Real Opener Sequences — Mythic boss M2
Sample kills 2026-08-28 – 2026-09-04First ~12 casts of actual top-ranked kills. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.
Casts Per Minute — Raid Benchmark
Sample kills 2026-08-28 – 2026-09-04| Ability | Top-player CPM |
|---|---|
| 17.2 | |
| 13.8 | |
| 5.5 | |
| 4.5 | |
| 3.7 | |
| 1.0 | |
| 1.0 | |
| 1.0 | |
| 0.7 | |
| 0.6 | |
| 0.4 | |
| 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
CPM = median casts per minute across the sampled top kills. If you're far below on a core ability, that's usually the first thing to fix.
Buff Uptimes to Watch
| Buff | Top-player uptime |
|---|---|
| 97.3% | |
| 88.1% | |
| 83.2% | |
| 79.1% | |
| 78.0% | |
| 73.7% | |
| 71.8% | |
| 56.7% | |
| 47.9% | |
| 47.2% |
Mythic+ Differences 8 top key runs sampled Median run 29:24
Real AoE Opener — First Trash Pack
Sample kills 2026-08-29 – 2026-09-05First ~12 casts after the pull starts, taken from actual top key runs: the AoE opener is the first pack of the run, the single-target opener is the first boss. Trinkets and racials vary by setup; the skill order is what to copy.
#showtooltip Rejuvenation /use 13 /use 14 /cast Nature's Swiftness /cast Rejuvenation
A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.
Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 1 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.
Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.
Real Single-Target Opener — First Boss
Sample kills 2026-08-29 – 2026-09-05#showtooltip Rejuvenation /use 13 /use 14 /cast Rejuvenation
A macro can fire only one global-cooldown ability per press — that is the game's limit, not ours. So a burst key is exactly: on-use trinkets + the off-GCD cooldowns top players press in their opener + one opener spell. Nothing else fits.
Off-GCD cooldowns pressed within the first 8 casts by at least 1 of the 3 sampled players, defensives and movement removed. Ends with the first on-GCD opener so everything fires in one press.
Slot 13 / 14: the data cannot tell which slot the on-use trinket sits in, so both are listed; the passive one just prints cannot use.
Casts Per Minute — Mythic+ Benchmark
Sample kills 2026-08-29 – 2026-09-05| Ability | Top-player CPM |
|---|---|
| 10.7 | |
| 7.9 | |
| 4.7 | |
| 4.2 | |
| 3.1 | |
| 2.9 | |
| 2.1 | |
| 1.3 | |
| 1.0 | |
| 0.9 | |
| 0.6 | |
| 0.6 | |
| 0.5 | |
| 0.5 |
Mythic+ Buff Uptimes
| Buff | Top-player uptime |
|---|---|
| 89.5% | |
| 82.0% | |
| 78.6% | |
| 73.9% | |
| 72.9% | |
| 70.2% | |
| 58.0% | |
| 51.8% | |
| 45.5% | |
| 37.1% |
Spec macros · 12.1 7 macros Unlocked · paid
Collected from public Patch 12.1 guides and checked for this patch. Spell names follow the language you selected on this site and must match your game client. If a macro does not work on your client, report it with the button on the card.
#showtooltip Rebirth /cast [@mouseover,help]Rebirth;Rebirth
#showtooltip Bear Form /cast [noform:1] Bear Form
#showtooltip Cat Form /cast [noform:2] Cat Form
#showtooltip Travel Form /cast [noform:3] Travel Form
#showtooltip Incarnation: Tree of Life /cast !Incarnation: Tree of Life
/cancelform
#showtooltip /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Rejuvenation
Keybind suggestion by casts per minute
Keybinds are personal — this is not a layout to copy wholesale. What it does say is which abilities you press most, measured from the same top parses above: the more often an ability is cast, the less effort its key should take. Interrupts, defensives and movement are deliberately left out; they barely register in cast data yet must always be within reach, so choose those yourself.
Rows marked Passive are not pressed at all — they fire on their own (auto-attacks, procs) and get no key, even though they top the casts-per-minute table.
| Key | Ability | Top-player CPM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.2 | |
| 2 | 13.8 | |
| 3 | 5.5 | |
| 4 | 4.5 | |
| 5 | 4.2 | |
| Z | 2.9 | |
| X | 2.1 | |
| C | 1.3 | |
| V | 1.0 | |
| R | 1.0 | |
| F | 1.0 | |
| T | 1.0 | |
| G | 0.9 | |
| Shift+1 | 0.6 | |
| Shift+2 | 0.6 | |
| Shift+3 | 0.4 | |
| Shift+4 | 0.3 | |
| Shift+5 | 0.3 |
Compare yourself in-game, live
The GearInsight addon overlays your own CPM and buff uptimes next to these benchmarks during combat.