Restoration Shaman Guide — Class Guides · WoW Burning Crusade

Healing with Chain Heal, Healing Wave and healing totems.

A caster and fighter in leather, and later mail, who calls on the elements with shocks and totems. Shamans heal, deal damage with Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning, or fight in melee with weapon enchantments. More about the shaman

Class: Shaman
Roles: Healer
Used for: Raids and dungeons, Player versus player
Top talent: Earth Shield
Popular builds: 2
Version: WoW Burning Crusade

How to play

Restoration in The Burning Crusade is a group healer with the best tank tool in the game: Earth Shield sits on the tank and heals them whenever they are hit. Chain Heal is stronger with Improved Chain Heal, Nature's Blessing turns Intellect into +Healing, and Mana Tide Totem refills your party.

Keep Earth Shield on the main tank and Water Shield on yourself, Chain Heal the raid's damage, and use Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave on single targets. A healing shaman's Bloodlust or Heroism is as valuable as any other's.

Totems still matter: Mana Spring and Wrath of Air for casters, Windfury for melee, Tremor Totem against fear.

At a glance

Single-target healing
Group healing
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Burning Crusade.

Rotation and priorities

1Water Shield on yourself, Earth Shield on the tank.
2Chain Heal on the raid's damage.
3Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave on single targets.
4Mana Tide Totem when your party runs low.
5Nature's Swiftness into a big heal for emergencies.
6Bloodlust or Heroism when called.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Chain Heal and Earth Shield.
Bloodlust or Heroism, and party totems.
Mail makes you sturdier than cloth healers.

Weaknesses

Totems only help your party.
Chain Heal jumps poorly when players spread out.
Weak solo damage.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

1
+Healing
2
Mana per 5 sec
3
Intellect+Healing through Nature's Blessing
4
Spell haste
5
Critical strike
6
Stamina

What to look for

+Healing first, then mana per 5 seconds and Intellect.
Mail healing gear; leather and cloth healing pieces fill gaps.
A healing mace with a shield.

Items worth chasing

Eye of GruulCheaper heals from a healing trinket proc.
Essence of the Martyr+Healing on use.
Scarab of the Infinite CycleA spell haste proc for healers.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

Elemental
Enhancement
Restoration

Earth Shield Tidecaller
HealerPvE
56
0/5/56
Deep Restoration: Earth Shield on the tank, Improved Chain Heal and Mana Tide Totem for the raid, and Nature's Swiftness for emergencies.
- Mana Tide Totem 1/1
- Nature's Guardian 3/5
- Nature's Blessing 3/3
- Improved Chain Heal 2/2
- Earth Shield 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level
Mana Tide Arena Healer
HealerPvP
952
0/9/52
Restoration for arenas: Earth Shield and Nature's Swiftness for pressure moments, Mana Tide Totem for long games and Nature's Guardian as a safety net.
- Nature's Swiftness 1/1
- Mana Tide Totem 1/1
- Nature's Guardian 5/5
- Nature's Blessing 3/3
- Earth Shield 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level

Key talents

Earth Shield · top talent, up to 1
Protects the target with an earthen shield, giving a 30% chance of ignoring spell interruption when damaged and causing attacks to heal the shielded target for 150. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. 6 charges. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time and only one Elemental Shield can be active on a target at a time.
Restorative Totems · tier 4, up to 5
Increases the effect of your Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems by 25%.
Healing Way · tier 5, up to 3
Your Healing Wave spells have a 100% chance to increase the effect of subsequent Healing Wave spells on that target by 6% for 15 sec. This effect will stack up to 3 times.
Nature's Swiftness · tier 5, up to 1
When activated, your next Nature spell with a casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell.
Focused Mind · tier 5, up to 3
Reduces the duration of any Silence or Interrupt effects used against the Shaman by 30%. This effect does not stack with other similar effects.
Purification · tier 6, up to 5
Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 10%.
Mana Tide Totem · tier 7, up to 1
Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 6% of total mana every 3 seconds to group members within 20 yards.
Nature's Guardian · tier 7, up to 5
Whenever a damaging attack is taken that reduces you below 30% health, you have a 50% chance to heal 10% of your total health and reduce your threat level on that target. 5 second cooldown.
Nature's Blessing · tier 8, up to 3
Increases your spell damage and healing by an amount equal to 30% of your Intellect.
Improved Chain Heal · tier 8, up to 2
Increases the amount healed by your Chain Heal spell by 20%.

Restoration abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.