Top 10 Removed Druid Abilities

During the discussions of removed abilities in WoW it’s often the case an archetype of a class was gutted for being too unbalanced, unfun, or just doesn’t fit a class anymore. In this video we’re going to go over the top ten druid abilities that have been removed, rating them on the scale of how fun they were to use, their usefulness, and why they were removed in the first place.

Script and Setup by Lotthbrook
Video edited by Ateratsu

├ The List
Intro: (0:00)
10. Natural Insight (0:17)
9. Faerie Fire (2:04)
8. Wild Mushroom: Bloom/Detonate (3:20)
7. Hurricane (6:06)
6. Essence of G’Hanir (7:43)
5.Ashamane’s Frenzy (9:12)
4. Genesis (11:01)
3. Displacer Beast (12:14)
2. Claws of Shirvallah (14:02)
1. Symbiosis (16:34)

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[joshuasmith]

Kind of wish they made the werecat form from WoD an artifact skin in Legion.

[Kittenball]

I miss being able to dance as a tree while casting. That was peak WotLK for me. Resto druid tree dancing.

[iriswaldenburger]

If Symbiosis isn’t the first place I dunno what this list is. It was stupidly broken but awesome

[Truesilver]

Faerie fire (feral) was a critical tool for bear tanks. It was the single highest threat gen ability short of a taunt. that didn't share a CD with taunt.
it was a very useful tool back when threat was an actual mechanic

[MrCoolAttitude]

Rip claws if Shirvallah. While everyone was going blood claws I rocked by snow leopard worgen.

[Solo_Traveling]

I miss thorns. At some point it could be talented so that any enemy that would attack you when you had thorns on you they got rooted. It was great to escape from enemies, specially when leveling. Also the permanent tree of life form for healers, that was introduced in TBC.

[vincentcloud]

Resto Tree form. Felt like a badass healing as a tree. Was very sad when it got removed. Druid healing hasnt felt good since.

[itskhro]

Knew #1 before I clicked. Absolutely goated, and SHOULD make a return with more balanced abilities.

[chrislbaird]

I miss the spell teleporting directly to moonglade! I would use it all the time to hang out with druids in Moonglade. They even moved the teleport in spot with the new spell hub.

[truepickle]

Fact Saberon wasn't added to the barber shop is a question we may never get an answer to

[paigeelizabeth]

Symbiosis was the peak of being a druid, its been downhill since. I think about Symbiosis at least once a week if not more. We almost had it all.

[Cole]

Faerie fire: it was the ranged pull for cats at the time. Before we could cast moonfire in cat form in order to stay in we could range pull with faerie fire. Very useful for questing, running old raids, dungeons, etc.

[micahblejski]

I just realized you’re my favorite WoW YouTuber by far and I’ve seen like all your older videos and seamlessly just caught up to today and I gotta say.. you’ve been unbelievably consistent and listenable. Even if I stop playing wow I’ll definitely still be watching these videos. Very good work

[Frostgnaw]

Astral Storm was a really cool visual change to Hurricane. Really wish it was a glyph or something druids could pick up in retail.

[ArakkoaChronicles]

I kept hoping the removal of Claws of Shirvallah meant we were getting playable saberon, but alas.

[iaig]

I hope u do this kind of video with every class,
its fun to watch because I did not know half of these abilities

[Saimeren]

I think adaptive swarm needs to be on this list. It was the Necrolords Covenant ability for Druids, and in Dragonflight it got turned into a talent, and it became the "1 button to win" healing ability. Since they took it out with the TWW pre-patch, we've lost what feels like 80% of Resto Druid healers. They don't know how to heal with HoTs. It was just "Adaptive swam to carry" and that was it. With it now gone, nobody plays Resto Druid.

[pahhw]

as a druid i liked taking mirror image from the mage
as mage i hated getting healing touch from the druid, since it wasnt so usefull for me in our progress raid

[soggybiscuit]

Haven't watched the video, pasued it at 0:01, I'm making a prediction that Synthesis is #1

[Scuuurbs]

Blizzard’s ability to just completely f*ck over a class in a different way every expansion will never cease to amaze me.