Season of Discovery Restoration Shaman Healer Talents and Runes

Last updated on Sep 30, 2024 at 23:00 by Seksixeny 1 comment

On this page, you will find out the best PvE talents for your Restoration Shaman in WoW Classic — Season of Discovery, as well as advised runes.

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Restoration Shaman Talent Build

Most of the points taken are straightforward throughput increases, such as Improved Healing Wave Icon Improved Healing Wave, Tidal Mastery Icon Tidal Mastery, and Purification Icon Purification. Ancestral Healing Icon Ancestral Healing and Totemic Mastery Icon Totemic Mastery are examples of strong utility points that improve your group's quality of life through non-healing means.

Ancestral Knowledge Icon Ancestral Knowledge is taken for its small, but relevant contribution to the Mana returned by Shamanistic Rage Icon Shamanistic Rage.

Mana Tide Totem Icon Mana Tide Totem is another good example of utility, and while it is underwhelming for yourself on its own, it has great group benefits in a raid setting.

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  • Gloves — Water Shield Icon Water Shield or Lava Burst Icon Lava Burst (DPS)
  • Pants — Earth Shield Icon Earth Shield
  • Chest — Overload Icon Overload
  • Waist — Power Surge Icon Power Surge or Fire Nova IconFire Nova (AoE DPS)
  • Feet — Spirit of the Alpha Icon Spirit of the Alpha (if not available from other Shaman) or Ancestral Awakening Icon Ancestral Awakening
  • Head — Tidal Waves Icon Tidal Waves
  • Wrist — Riptide Icon Riptide
  • Back — Coherence Icon Coherence
  • Ring — Healing Specialization Icon Healing Specialization
  • Ring — Meditation Specialization Icon Meditation Specialization

Water Shield Icon Water Shield is the best option for healing, while Lava Burst Icon Lava Burst is a powerful DPS option if healing is easy.

With Shamanistic Rage Icon Shamanistic Rage turning baseline in Phase 4, Earth Shield Icon Earth Shield is the best option for the Leg slot as it can help smooth out healing on the tank and is a very efficient heal for the time it takes to cast. It is especially powerful on Warlock tanks as they occasionally need to cast while tanking and thus also benefit from the pushback reduction.

Overload Icon Overload is generally superior to Healing Rain Icon Healing Rain (which is area limited and group restricted), as it will work on your damage spells and single target heals, making it much more flexible than Healing Rain, and still good for area healing when used with Chain Heal Icon Chain Heal.

The Waist slot has some interesting options. Power Surge Icon Power Surge provides a ton of Mana while also occasionally granting instant offensive spell casts, while Fire Nova IconFire Nova enables excellent AoE damage if the encounter calls for it.

The Feet slot is quite straightforward: Spirit of the Alpha Icon Spirit of the Alpha should always be taken if you do not have an alternative way to obtain this buff in your group, but if you will already be getting it from other Shaman in the group, just get Ancestral Awakening Icon Ancestral Awakening for a small throughput increase.

Tidal Waves Icon Tidal Waves and Riptide Icon Riptide are synergistic runes that heavily boost your single target healing and provide a way to instantly heal, especially useful in PvP and when moving in PvE.

Coherence Icon Coherence increases the potential throughput of Chain Heal Icon Chain Heal drastically, as it increases the targets hit while also reducing the healing loss for each jump. Finally, Healing Specialization Icon Healing Specialization and Meditation Specialization Icon Meditation Specialization increase your healing and Mana regeneration stats, making them an easy pick for healing.

Make sure to check our Shaman Rune guide in order to learn where to get all the SoD runes!

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Changelog

  • 30 Sep. 2024: Updated with new Phase 5 healing runes.
  • 08 Jul. 2024: Updated with Phase 4 runes and Level 60 talents.
  • 04 Apr. 2024: Updated talents, runes and explanation text for Phase 4.
  • 03 Mar. 2024: Adjusted Shamanistic Rage explanation after its rework.
  • 07 Feb. 2024: Updated talents, runes and explanation text for Phase 2.
  • 17 Dec. 2023: Completely reworked talents, adjusting them to the current meta.
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