Heal Alacrity Druid

September 2023

Introduction

Heal Alacrity Druid is a strong, flexible defensive support that provides permanent Alacrity, Regeneration, Protection, Swiftness, Vigor, Fury, and 25 stacks of Might to a subgroup. This build also brings abundant condition cleanses and high amounts of Crowd Control.

Build Fundamentals

Alternate between Axe/Warhorn to provide offensive boons and Staff for healing and Regeneration.

Use Celestial Avatar as soon as it is available for healing, Might, and Alacrity application through Grace of the Land. Feel free to stay in Celestial Avatar for longer if you need to provide extra heals.

Build Specifics

It’s important to keep Protection on your group with a combination of Stone Spirit, your pet’s F2 abilities through Invigorating Bond, and Glyphs via Verdant Etching. Don’t hesitate to use these abilities if you won’t need them for mechanics.

If you don’t need to be on a specific pet because of some encounter mechanic, consider swapping pets to provide extra boons via Lesser Call of the Wild from Clarion Bond.

Using Celestial Avatar changes the effect of your Glyphs. For example, instead of cleansing conditions on allies, Glyph of the Stars provides Regeneration, Vigor, and revives downed allies.

Sublime Conversion provides Regeneration to allies that walk through it, and can also be used to convert enemy projectiles into healing bolts for your team.

Pet Usage

• White Tiger for damage and an Aegis application from Guardian's Roar.
• Rock Gazelle for CC.

Crowd Control

• Glyph of Equality
• Call of the Wild
• Celestial Avatar Lunar Impact
• Rock Gazelle Head Toss
• Vine Surge
• Winter's Bite
• Celestial Avatar Natural Convergence
• Blood Moon dazes nearby foes when you enter Celestial Avatar.

Alternatives

Pets

• Electric Wyvern if you need more CC.
• Smokescale for a smoke field if you have multiple Mirages in your squad.
• Jacaranda for extra Immobilize.
• Brown Bear for additional condition cleanse.
• Fanged Iboga for extra DPS in fights where Confusion is strong.

Heal Skill

Glyph of Rejuvenation for:

• Healing Spring for additional condition cleanses.

Utility Skills

Glyph of Equality for:

• Glyph of the Tides for CC or to push enemies away (Vale Guardian, Soulless Horror).
• "Search and Rescue!" for a long-range revive on an ally.
• "Protect Me!" for a party-wide stun break and self Protection and barrier.

Glyph of the Stars for:

• Entangle in fights where you need extra Immobilize.
• Spirit of Nature if you need extra pulsing healing or emergency revives.

Traits

Swap Windborne Notes for:

• Spirited Arrival – If you are running Healing Spring, as the Regeneration is not needed.

Swap Cultivated Synergy for:

• Druidic Clarity – for extra condition cleanses
• Blood Moon – for even more CC.

Gear

This build can also tank, but to be able to survive, run the following defensive gear setup:

• Giver’s Trinkets and Weapons
• Minstrel’s Armor