Thinking about playing a Druid in world of warcraft?

If a WOW Druid is new to you then read on to get some information to get you off to a good start. We'll be talking about the world of warcraft Druid and some proven strategies of play that will get you off on the right foot.

The Druid in the original world of warcraft could choose one of two races. If you choose to go with the Alliance, your Druid will have to be a night elf. The Horde only enables the Druid to be of the tauren race. When world of warcraft introduced it's first expansion upgrade the worgen race for the Alliance and the troll race for the Horde were made available. Examine the differences between the available races for the Druid before deciding on joining the Alliance or Horde.

Lets look at some traits of the available Druid races:

The night elf is very stealthy having a dodge bonus that greatly helps the night elf avoid complicated hand to hand situations. The night elf is very sneaky with good dexterity and makes a great scout. If tanking is more your style then check out the tauren which get a 5% bonus to total health making them much better as a Druid tank.

War Stomp is a neat skill of the tauren race which lets you stun your enemies, letting you do extra damage for a period of time.

In the beginning, keep things simple for your character to make the first few levels a little easier to get through. Learn the basics of your character and get a good understanding of your characters skill's and abilities. Do your best to only stay in combat for short periods of time.

Stay clear of hand to hand combat when just starting out, try to fight from afar. But don't misinterpret this as just fooling around. Focus your efforts on questing and be sure not to miss any quests. Double check each zone you are in to be sure that you have completed all the quests available.

Study,study,study.

While in any given zone of world of warcraft get all the lessons of any trainers available. Start looking into your professions and get an idea of which ones you might want to specialize in. Take some time out to learn about the different world of warcraft professions available. Different character class and race combinations will need different professions and secondary skills, so check into which will help you the most. Most players don't think about getting a mount until much latter, but I suggest planning ahead and saving some gold so you can get a mount as soon as you hit level 20.

Thanks and Happy Gaming.