Restoration Shaman Healing Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Restoration Shaman for The War Within Season 2. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Restoration Shaman, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For detailed information on gear stats and what you want to chase, check out our Stats page below.

Also, if you have a new piece of gear that you need gems and enchants advice for, you can find everything you need on our dedicated page below.

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BiS Gear for Restoration Shaman

Overall BiS List for Season 2 Liberation of Undermine Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List

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Overall Season 2 BiS List for Restoration Shamans

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

The crafted items you should use depends on what loot you have out of the list below, but assuming a clean slate, you will want a crafted Vagabond's Torch Off-Hand, 1h, or 2h weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and a cloak/wrist crafted item with Writhing Armor Banding on it to double its effects at minimal stat cost when compared to fully upgraded Myth track gear.

After embellishments, getting Whirring Wristwraps and / or Oscillating Wilderness Opticals can be quite useful for Critical Strike stacking and, while the battle ress provided by Convincingly Realistic Jumper Cables does not require a tinker slot; you can use Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector instead for a large, free, and unlimited healing potion effect with a small damage over time component after being used.

Once / if you have a maxed-out Mythic weapon, consider swapping to double Dawnthread Lining instead, or Duskthread Lining for high Mythic+ survivability purposes.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Big Earner's Bludgeon	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch ( Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension)	Crafting
Helm	Oscillating Wilderness Opticals (Crit)	Crafting
Neck	Flickering Glowtorc	Darkflame Cleft / Great Vault
Shoulder	Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Consecrated Cloak ( Writhing Armor Banding)	Crafting
Chest	Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Whirring Wristwraps (Crit)	Crafting
Gloves	Gale Sovereign's Grasps	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Sash of the Fierce Diva	Rik Reverb
Legs	Gale Sovereign's Pantaloons	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Gale Sovereign's Stormboots	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	Faded Championship Ring	Cauldron of Carnage
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mister Pick-Me-Up	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine

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Liberation of Undermine Raid Gear BiS List for Restoration Shaman

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Haste is bad for Chain Heal builds, which are often favored when raiding, while Mastery can often be decent when underhealing or while progression raiding, and that bias is reflected in the gear picked below.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Big Earner's Bludgeon	Chrome King Gallywix
Off-Hand	Titan of Industry	Mug'Zee
Helm	Sanitized Scraphood	Stix Bunkjunker
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet	Rik Reverb
Shoulder	Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Undercircuit Racing Flag	Vexie Fullthrottle in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Galvanic Graffiti Cuffs	Cauldron of Carnage
Gloves	Gale Sovereign's Grasps	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Sash of the Fierce Diva	Rik Reverb
Legs	Gale Sovereign's Pantaloons	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Shrapnel-Ridden Sabatons	Vexie Fullthrottle in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	Faded Championship Ring	Cauldron of Carnage
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mister Pick-Me-Up	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine

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Mythic+ Season 2 BiS List for Restoration Shamans

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Haste is also very good for Mythic+, while Mastery is often wasted to not affect our DPS, and that bias is reflected in the gear picked below.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Electrifying Cognitive Amplifier	Operation: Mechagon / Great Vault
Off-Hand	Galebreaker Bulwark	The Rookery / Great Vault
Helm	Psychogenic Prognosticator's Lenses	Operation: Mechagon / Great Vault
Neck	Flickering Glowtorc	Darkflame Cleft / Great Vault
Shoulder	Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Candlebearer's Shroud	Priory of the Sacred Flame / Great Vault
Chest	Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	I'pa's Pale Aleguards	Cinderbrew Meadery / Great Vault
Gloves	Gale Sovereign's Grasps	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Portable Power Generator	Operation: Floodgate / Great Vault
Legs	Gale Sovereign's Pantaloons	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Boots of Shuddering Matter	Theater of Pain / Great Vault
Ring #1	85-Year Tenure Ring	Cinderbrew Meadery / Great Vault
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Burin of the Candle King	Darkflame Cleft / Great Vault
Trinket #2	Carved Blazikon Wax	Darkflame Cleft / Great Vault

Take note that a trinket's worth might vary wildly between types of content. For example, there are trinkets not listed below that are specifically created and tailored for PvP, while PvE players mostly chase stat sticks, as those improve healing (and damage) reliably, without the burst and bust characteristic of proc or on-use trinkets.

The ranking system is as follows:

1. S Tier: the strongest and most generally useful trinkets; these are always good choices;
2. A Tier: these trinkets are slightly weaker than the S Tier traits, but are still solid choices;
3. B Tier: a below-average trinket that should be picked only in the absence of an S or A Tier trinket.

• Mister Pick-Me-Up (Liberation of Undermine);
• Eye of Kezan (Liberation of Undermine);
• Mug's Moxie Jug (Liberation of Undermine);
• Carved Blazikon Wax (Darkflame Cleft);
• Burin of the Candle King (Darkflame Cleft);
• Soulletting Ruby (Theater of Pain);
• Darkfuse Medichopper (Operation: Floodgate).

• Algari Alchemist Stone (Alchemy);
• Signet of the Priory (Priory of the Sacred Flame);
• House of Cards (Liberation of Undermine);
• Entropic Skardyn Core (The Rookery);
• Reverb Radio (Liberation of Undermine);
• Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife (Delves);
• Unstable Power Suit Core (Delves).

• Concoction: Kiss of Death (Delves);
• Ingenious Mana Battery (Operation: Mechagon);
• Vial of Spectral Essence (Theater of Pain);
• Quickwick Candlestick (Delves);
• Goldenglow Censer (Delves);
• Remnant of Darkness (Darkflame Cleft);
• Gallagio Bottle Service (Liberation of Undermine).

Embellishments are special effects that are either found on crafted pieces by default or can be added to crafted pieces during the crafting process. A character can have two embellishments equipped at any time. The following are our recommended embellishments:

• Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension can only be placed on a weapon, but is very strong if you can afford it. Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis is also good, especially on long fights and Delves, but since you can only use one of these, Ascension is the current general recommendation;
• Writhing Armor Banding works with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis and doubles their positive and negative effects, making it a great way to get double the effect of embellishments you can only use one of;
• Dawnthread Lining provides a large amount of Critical Strike as long as you are above 80% Health, making it a very strong option, especially for raiding;
• Duskthread Lining provides a large amount of Versatility as long as you are above 80% Health, making it a very strong option, especially for dungeons;
• Binding of Binding provides a large stat proc that goes on a random ally unless both of you have one of these rings bound to each other. The stat proc is strong, and in some scenarios, it can be helpful that you get a lower benefit than your ally when healing is a lesser concern than DPS maximization;
• Blessed Weapon Grip causes your damage to have a chance to increase your highest secondary stat. As this bonus fades over time and requires you to do damage for a weaker boost than most other options, it is not very appealing;
• The Embrace of the Cinderbee set, as seen in Busy Bee's Buckle, has a decent effect but takes both of your embellishment slots and requires you to notice and move to collect a fiery orb nearby every so often, making it much weaker in practice than most alternatives.

Our current recommendation is to use your first Spark to craft a one-hand weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, such as the Everforged Dagger from Blacksmithing.

Alternatively, if you want to maximize your power as quickly as possible rather than aiming for overall best in slot, you can craft a two-handed weapon such as Vagabond's Bounding Baton or Charged Invoker, instead. These will give you the power of a 1h plus off-hand for half the Enchanted Gilded Undermine Crest investment, but without a shield, you will have much lower armor against physical attacks and not be able to use Tidecaller's Guard, both of which are not a big deal in PvE but not recommended for PvP and soloing.

You can also opt to craft your Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on Vagabond's Torch instead, in order to free your main-hand for a 678 item level Myth track weapon. This is a risky option, but also the one with highest potential payoff, and the best end game setup of the Season for crafted gear. Once done with your weapon, double Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension's benefit with Writhing Armor Banding.

Dawnthread Lining, Duskthread Lining, and Binding of Binding are also quite strong, but their power is dependent on how much uptime you can get and how much you value the stats of your allies relative to your own, respectively.

If you know you will have access to a maxed-out Mythic level weapon early on, such as the very powerful Best-in-Slots, it is also viable to skip the weapon craft and Darkmoon Embellishment entirely and go right into the alternative Embellishments proposed above, crafted on whatever slots you have the lowest item level on, and preferably slots with lower stat budget, such as the back and wrists, or to a lesser degree the waist, gloves, or feet.

In Patch 11.0.7, you were able to unlock the Cyrce's Circlet ring and its gems, which can still be obtained through activities on Siren Isle.

The ring has three sockets types: Thundering, Sea, and Wind. Each of these slots has four gem options, though most are not useful for healing.

Power wise, the ring is still strong enough to be usable even in the next Season, at least while gearing.

Overall, the best gems for Restoration Shaman are the Legendary Skipper's Citrine (Wind), Mariner's Hallowed Citrine (Sea), and Stormbringer's Runed Citrine (Thunder), as stacking Mastery is unfortunately rather sub-optimal for Restoration.

While getting more of your favored stat is good, Legendary Skipper's Citrine procs very often and at 150% effect, making it the strongest gem overall.

Check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below for further details on the ring, its gems, and how to acquire both.

The War Within Season 2 offers a way to acquire specific items from Liberation of Undermine through the new Puzzling Cartel Chip. We currently do not know how to acquire these, but will update as more information becomes available.

We have compiled a list of high-value items that you should prioritize with your Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 2 as Restoration Shaman. This list is not exhaustive or in order of priority, and you are best served simming yourself for optimal results as the best pick will depend on the gear you already have available.

• Eye of Kezan one of the best raid trinkets and by far hardest to obtain;
• Big Earner's Bludgeon or, alternatively, Best-in-Slots if going with non-Darkmoon Embellishments;
• Mister Pick-Me-Up the other best raid trinket.

You will usually want to start with upgrading your weapon, followed by trinkets, and then any leech/avoidance pieces or items you won't be replacing for a long time. These would be great choices, for example:

1. Highest item level weapon you have;
2. Highest item level trinket(s) of S-rank you have;
3. Any Leech / Avoidance pieces of high item level.

Below are the Tier Set Bonuses for Restoration Shaman in The War Within.

• Shaman Restoration 11.1 Class Set 2pc — Your healing spells have a chance to apply Insurance! to their targets that heals them for a large amount over 15 sec. Insurance! is consumed if an ally drops below 40% health to heal them for a large amount.
• Shaman Restoration 11.1 Class Set 4pc — When you cast Healing Rain one ally in the radius has Insurance! applied to them. When Insurance! is consumed, your next Chain Heal, Healing Surge, or Healing Wave is increased by 10%. Surging Totem applies Insurance! to two targets when cast, instead.

Besides getting Tier pieces from doing the raid, you can also turn any non-profession piece of gear into a Tier piece with the Matrix Catalyst, which will gain stacking charges every week.

Simulating your damage is mostly a thing that DPS players do, as Healers need to interweave their healing with damage, which means their damage potential is always contingent on how much healing is needed.

For the most part, all you need to think about for damage is avoiding the Mastery stat, which has no DPS value. Learn more about how to optimize your damage rotation below.

For healing, we recommend analyzing your performance in past encounters instead. Tools such as Warcraft Logs, WoW Analyzer, and QE Live are capable of giving you an accurate stat weight and tips on how to improve based on your logs.

You can find more details on how to make the most out of these tools in the specialized page below.