One druid. Every role. All in the same fight.

The True Hybrid

Most druids pick one job and stay in one form. Regent Ironfur does the opposite: heal, nuke, tank, and claw within the same pull, and shift whenever another form gains more than it costs. The open world is the testing ground, and the goal is to show how far a druid can go by using everything at once. Pure specs still win at min/maxing in raids, groups, and PvP, but for leveling and the open world, the hybrid is a great build you can play the whole way.

Macros

Early drafts. WoW Forever isn't out yet, so these are first versions written before launch. Expect them to change and grow once they're tested in the live game.

The macros put a whole fight on a few buttons. Each key starts your attack and does damage when you're targeting an enemy, and heals when you target a friend, mouse over one, or hold a modifier key. Spells sit on the same key when they work alike: instant damage pairs with an instant heal, and cast-time damage pairs with a cast-time heal.

#showtooltip
/cast  [@mouseover, help, nodead,mod][mod]Thorns ; [@mouseover, help, nodead][]Mark of the Wild 

#showtooltip [mod] Enrage;Feral Charge
/cast [noform:1] Bear Form
/cast [mod] Enrage
/cast Feral Charge
/cast Bash

#showtooltip
/startattack [harm]
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead,mod][mod][noharm]Regrowth; [harm] Entangling Roots

#showtooltip [mod] Demoralizing Roar;Growl
/cast [noform:1] Bear Form
/cast [mod] Demoralizing Roar; Growl

#showtooltip
/cast [nomod] Read Leyline; Nature's Grasp

#showtooltip Maul
/cast [noform:1] Bear Form
/cast [form:1] Maul

#showtooltip
/startattack [harm]
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead,mod][mod][noharm] Rejuvenation; [harm] Moonfire

#showtooltip
/startattack [harm]
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead,mod][mod][noharm]  Healing Touch; [harm] wrath

More macros, including cat form, are on the way.

Guides

Full guides are being written now. Here's what's planned.

UI Setup: No Addons

Set up a brand-new character for maximum screen space and control, using only the game's built-in Edit Mode and settings. The goal is a clear center of the screen, every key within reach, and macros doing the heavy lifting. Watch the video walkthrough.

1. Clean up the screen in Edit Mode

   • Open Edit Mode and start from the Modern layout.
   • Turn off the action bar art.
   • Move the experience bar to the top of the screen, then tuck the bags and menu into a corner.
   • Move chat to where it won't sit under your action bars.

2. Bring your character to the center

   • Pull your player frame and target frame in close so you can see your own health and your enemy's at a glance.
   • Put the cast bar in the center or just under the frames, whichever you prefer.
   • Keep the middle of the screen clear: buffs and debuffs can go top right, where you don't need to watch them constantly.

3. Free up keys

   • In Options › Keybindings, clear the Shift bindings you'll never use (like the pet and party extras) so Shift combos are free for your own buttons.
   • Move strafing to A and D. That frees Q and E, two of the best keys you have.
   • While you're in Options, turn on Auto Loot.

4. Set up party targeting

   • Bind party targets to the F keys, plus Shift versions if you want them.
   • Skip F4: hold Alt by accident and Alt+F4 closes the game.
   • Start using these early, so they're habit long before dungeons and raids.

5. Turn on and reshape your action bars

   • Enable action bars 2 through 5. Keep bar 1 if you shift forms a lot, which a hybrid druid does.
   • The pet bar and stance bar can share the same spot; few characters ever need both.
   • Shape each bar to match the keys it uses. Bar 1 runs across 1 through =; food and water fit on - and =, since they're never an emergency.
   • Bar 2 sits on the letter keys around W A S D: Q E R T F on top and Z X C V G below.
   • Whatever those letter keys used to do moves to Alt + the same key, so nothing is lost.
   • Hide the bar paging arrows. All your bars are on screen, so you never need to flip pages.

6. Use your mouse buttons

   • If your mouse has extra buttons, shape a bar to match them (a 12-button mouse is 4 rows of 3).
   • Map those mouse buttons to the numpad (0–9 plus / * - + .), since you probably don't use it, then bind the bar with Quick Keybind mode.
   • Keep Num Lock on, or every numpad binding stops working.
   • Tip: if a bar in the center gets in the way while you bind keys, move it aside, bind, then move it back.

7. Party and raid frames

   • Show party frames so you can see everyone's health and your healer's mana.
   • Set raid frames to combine groups, horizontal so they don't cover your view. Sort by group or by role, whichever suits you.
   • Show buffs and debuffs on the frames. A druid cleansing curses and poisons will want to see debuffs.
   • Shrink the frames down: legible, but not taking over the screen. Then save your layout.

8. Add a Shift + Space button

   • Leave Space as jump, but bind Shift+Space to a button of its own.
   • It's a natural spot for something you use while jumping or running, like a slow fall or a speed boost, and it makes a great emergency button.

9. Build your first one-button macro

   • At level 1 you only have Wrath and Healing Touch, and one macro can cover both: damage when you target an enemy, heal when you hold a modifier or target a friend.
   • Start every macro with #showtooltip, then pick the question-mark icon. The game fills in the right icon and tooltip for you.
   • Pair spells that feel the same: cast-time with cast-time, instant with instant. See all the macros.

Regent's layout: the keys that matter

`1234567890-=Back

TabQWERTYUIOP[]\

CapsASDFGHJKL;'Enter

ShiftZXCVBNM,./Shift

CtrlWinAltSpaceAltWinMenuCtrl

Num/*-11 778899+12 445566 112233Enter 010.

33669912+ 22558811- 114477100

Naga V3 side

• Bar 1 · 1 through =, with food and drink on - and =
• Bar 2 · Q E R T F and Z X C V G, around W A S D (Wrath macro on Q)
• Mouse bar · 12 Naga side buttons send numpad keys (green numbers on both). Num / * . are spares. Keep Num Lock on.
• Movement · W A S D, with strafe on A and D
• Alt + key · whatever Q, E, R and the rest used to do
• Shift + Space · an extra button for slow fall or a speed boost

Videos

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