What's Your (Resto) GCD?

Patch 3.3

In the "race" to get more haste gear, a common question seems to be "well, what's my GCD right now, with the haste that I have?" After all, with the soft cap being increased relatively high, many are having to juggle their haste with their other stats in an effort to maintain a balanced and flexible playstyle, particularly druids who do more than just raid heal or don't have access to 25-man raid gear.

Remember, you don't want to gimp yourself trying to reach the 1-second cap: it's not THAT important compared to your spellpower and staying-power!

5/5 GotEM, no CF
Buffs	Rating required for 1 second GCD/Nourish
none	1192.36
Bloodlust	160.51
Nature's Grace proc	447.13
Wrath of Air Totem	960.32
Improved Ret/Turkey Aura	1062.13
WoA + Aura	855.41
WoA + Aura + NG proc	166.34

Below is a full graph of the haste rating to GCD time comparison, assuming the druid has full 5/5 GotEM. Round your haste to the nearest 50, and follow the lines with the appropriate raid buffs to find your GCD. Remember, 1 second is the minimum possible.

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5/5 GotEM with an extra 3% haste from 3/3 Celestial Focus, your haste will look like this:

5/5 GotEM, 3/3 CF
Buffs	Rating required for 1 second GCD/Nourish
none	1062.13
Bloodlust	60.33
Nature's Grace proc	338.61
Wrath of Air Totem	855.41
Improved Ret/Turkey Aura	935.69
WoA + Aura	734.99
WoA + Aura + NG proc	65.99

Remember that you will be giving up versatility with other talents if you choose to go the CF route, or stack on the haste rating. Hundredths of a second are just that: hundredths of a second, and indecision or even lag can eat those away from you. Don't gimp yourself and hurt your raid trying to reach the soft haste-cap if you don't need to or don't have the spellpower and mana regen to back it up.

Play smart.