How to use Symbiosis in Mists

Symbiosis is a new spell we get at level 87. When you cast it on another player, you gain one of their spells, and they gain one of yours. This duplicates the spell, so that both players keep their existing tools. The person you cast it on will need to drag the new symbiosis spell button to their spell bar.

Symbiosis addon management tools:

I haven’t tested any of the symbiosis addons, but here are some options of things that may be helpful to you.

• Get an addon such as “symbioteller” to help you remember who gets what. The symbioteller addon adds text to the symbiosis tooltip to tell you mouse-over someone that says what you will get & what you give to them. Helpful if you run a lot of small groups or PUGs for remembering what class gets what spell.
• The addon “symbiosis” has a lot more features for helping you remember when to cast it, automatically telling people you cast symbiosis on them, etc.

Here are copies of the tables of symbiosis spells. They can also be found at Sunfyre’s Nest with mouse-over text.

What you gain from other classes when you cast Symbiosis:

Class	Balance	guardian	feral	restoration
Death Knight	Anti-magic shell	Bone Shield	Death Coil	Icebound Fortitude
Hunter	Misdirection	Ice Trap	Play Dead	Deterrence
Mage	Mirror Image	Mage Ward	Frost Nova	Ice Block
Monk	Grapple Weapon	Elusive Brew	Clash	Fortifying Brew
Paladin	Hammer of Justice	Consecration	Divine shield	Cleanse
Priest	Mass Dispel	Fear Ward	Dispersion	Leap of Faith
Rogue	Cloak of Shadows	Feint	Redirect	Evasion
Shaman	Purge	Lightning Shield	Feral Spirit	Spiritwalker Grace
Warlock	Unending Resolve	Life Tap	Soul Swap	Demonic Circle: Teleport
Warrior	Intervene	Spell Reflection	Shattering Blow	Intimidating Roar

 

What you give to other classes:

Class	Spec A	Spec B
Death Knight	Tank: Might of Ursoc	DPS: Mushrooms
Hunter	All specs: Dash
Mage	All specs: Healing Touch
Monk	Tank: Survival Instincts	Healer: Entangling roots DPS: Bear Hug
Paladin	Tank: Barkskin	Healer: Rebirth DPS: Wrath
Priest	Healer: Cyclone	DPS: Tranquility
Rogue	All specs: Growl (taunt w/survivability bonus)
Shaman	Healer: prowl	DPS: Solar Beam
Warlock	All specs: Rejuvenation
Warrior	Tanks: Savage Defense	DPS: Stampeding shout

Who should you cast it on?

They nerfed what tanks get, so at this point, it doesn’t much matter who you cast it on. When running PUGs with players you don’t know, assume that the other player won’t use it and just cast it on whoever gives you the best benefit. (I’ll usually go for iceblock if a mage is available). With the changes, this is mostly a PvP ability with limited PvE use overall.

See more for resto druids in the updated healing guide.