WoW Classic Restoration Shaman Leveling Guide 1-60

Last updated on Nov 17, 2024 at 20:03 by Seksixeny 13 comments

On this page, you will find our Level by Level Restoration Shaman leveling guide for WoW Classic. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Shaman leveling guide. We also have an Elemental Shaman leveling guide and a Enhancement Shaman leveling guide.

If you were looking for TBC Classic advice, please refer to our TBC Classic Restoration Shaman leveling guide.

1.

Restoration Shaman Leveling Rotation, Talents, and Trainer Skills

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Level: 60
1.1.

Leveling Talent Tree & Build

Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.

Restoration Shaman Talents Level 10 to 19
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 10 to 19
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 20 to 29
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 20 to 29
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 30 to 39
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 30 to 39
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 40 to 49
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 40 to 49
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 50 to 60
Restoration Shaman Talents Level 50 to 60
  1. Levels 10 to 14 — 5 points in Improved Healing Wave Icon Improved Healing Wave
  2. Levels 15 & 16 — 2 points in Improved Reincarnation Icon Improved Reincarnation
  3. Levels 17 to 19 — 3 points in Ancestral Healing Icon Ancestral Healing

Improved Healing Wave Icon Improved Healing Wave makes your main healing spell faster to cast. Maximizing Improved Reincarnation Icon Improved Reincarnation will make you more likely to be able to self-resurrect when needed. Finally, Ancestral Healing Icon Ancestral Healing will give a large armor bonus to whoever you critically heal, which is great in dungeons.

  1. Levels 20 to 22 — 3 points in Nature's Guidance Icon Nature's Guidance
  2. Level 23 — 1 point in Totemic Mastery Icon Totemic Mastery
  3. Level 24 — 1 point in Healing Focus Icon Healing Focus
  4. Levels 25 to 29 — 5 points in Tidal Mastery Icon Tidal Mastery

Nature's Guidance Icon Nature's Guidance provides a much needed hit boost, which will increase your damage. Totemic Mastery Icon Totemic Mastery improves the range at which your allies can benefit from your totems. Healing Focus Icon Healing Focus will, for now, provide a small chance not to be interrupted when casting healing spells. Finally, Tidal Mastery Icon Tidal Mastery is both a damage and a healing boost.

  1. Level 30 — 1 point in Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness
  2. Levels 31 to 34 — 4 points in Restorative Totems Icon Restorative Totems
  3. Levels 35 to 39 — 5 points in Purification Icon Purification

Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness provides a great emergency cooldown that easily save someone's life. Restorative Totems Icon Restorative Totems improves the effect of your Mana Spring Totem Icon Mana Spring Totem slightly. Finally, Purification Icon Purification improves your general healing significantly.

  1. Level 40 — 1 point in Restorative Totems Icon Restorative Totems
  2. Level 41 — 1 point in Mana Tide Totem Icon Mana Tide Totem
  3. Levels 42 to 46 — 5 point in Convection Icon Convection
  4. Levels 47 to 49 — 3 point in Call of Flame Icon Call of Flame

Finish Restorative Totems Icon Restorative Totems, and proceed to Mana Tide Totem Icon Mana Tide Totem, which will give you a burst of Mana regeneration, albeit with a large cooldown. Convection Icon Convection will make your main damage spells more Mana efficient, allowing you to go longer without drinking, and Call of Flame Icon Call of Flame will improve your Searing Totem Icon Searing Totem's damage significantly.

  1. Levels 50 & 51 — 2 points in Concussion Icon Concussion
  2. Level 52 — 1 point in Elemental Focus Icon Elemental Focus
  3. Levels 53 to 55 — 3 points in Concussion Icon Concussion
  4. Level 56 — 1 point in Reverberation Icon Reverberation
  5. Levels 57 to 59 — 3 points in Elemental Devastation Icon Elemental Devastation
  6. Level 60 — 1 point in Reverberation Icon Reverberation

At this point we will be looking to maximize Concussion Icon Concussion to increase damage output, Elemental Focus Icon Elemental Focus for more Mana efficiency when DPSing, Reverberation Icon Reverberation for slightly more DPS from shocks and Elemental Devastation Icon Elemental Devastation for a slight damage boost to your melee attacks from your shock critical strikes.

These talents are great if you are mostly soloing and went Restoration for added sustainability. If you are leveling in a group, you might want to play with a pure healing spec instead, such as the ones we list in our Restoration Talents page. Also, if you are leveling with a group, remember to buy and use all ranks of Windfury Totem Icon Windfury Totem and Strength of Earth Totem Icon Strength of Earth Totem, which increase leveling speed a lot when used in melee groups.

2.

Leveling Rotation

Good usage of Earthbind Totem Icon Earthbind Totem can help you avoid a lot of damage. Place it between yourself and your enemies to slow them and give yourself at least one extra Lightning Bolt Icon Lightning Bolt cast before taking any damage.

Windfury Weapon Icon Windfury Weapon is a strong weapon enchant that can allow you to one shot an enemy out of nowhere, but is generally outclassed by Rockbiter Weapon Icon Rockbiter Weapon during leveling, which does more overall damage and also has less potential to waste damage when an enemy is low health.

  1. Make sure to always heal yourself with Healing Wave Icon Healing Wave if you are low health after a pull, this will allow you to quickly get back to action with minimal downtime, as you will be able to regenerate that Mana until you next need to heal again.
  2. Make sure Rockbiter Weapon Icon Rockbiter Weapon is active on you at all times, to maximize your potential damage output.
  3. Make sure both Rockbiter Weapon Icon Rockbiter Weapon and Lightning Shield Icon Lightning Shield are active on you at all times, to maximize your potential damage output.
  4. Use Searing Totem Icon Searing Totem before you start fighting enemies, for the extra damage.
  5. Use Mana Spring Totem Icon Mana Spring Totem and Searing Totem Icon Searing Totem before you start fighting enemies, for the extra Mana regeneration and damage, respectively.
  6. Use Mana Spring Totem Icon Mana Spring Totem and Searing Totem Icon Searing Totem before you start fighting enemies, as they will slowly contribute to your Mana regeneration and damage, respectively. Also, remember to use Mana Tide Totem Icon Mana Tide Totem whenever possible, to regenerate a significant amount of Mana.
  7. Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness causes your next spell to become instant cast. Use it alongside Chain Lightning Icon Chain Lightning or Lightning Bolt Icon Lightning Bolt for additional damage, or as an emergency heal with Healing Wave Icon Healing Wave.
  8. Use Lightning Bolt Icon Lightning Bolt to initiate combat, and use a Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock once the target is in range (typically you will have time to cast two Lightning Bolts before the Flame Shock). Keep casting Lightning Bolt until the enemy is close enough that you will not have time to cast another one before you get hit in melee range.
  9. Use Lightning Bolt Icon Lightning Bolt (single-target) or Chain Lightning Icon Chain Lightning (multiple-targets) to initiate combat. Mix in a Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock once the target is in range. Keep casting Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning until the enemy is close enough that you will not have time to cast another one before you get hit in melee range.
  10. Auto-attack the enemy until he dies. The idle time you get here will allow you to regenerate some Mana, as you will not be casting any more spells until you are pulling the next enemy. Consider using Earth Shock Icon Earth Shock to deal damage and interrupt enemies, when applicable, but be aware of its high Mana cost.
3.

List of Trainer Skills to Buy

Strength of Earth Totem Icon Strength of Earth Totem, Windfury Totem Icon Windfury Totem and Ancestral Spirit Icon Ancestral Spirit are examples of very powerful skills that should always be bought if and when you start playing in a group. These skills, among others, will not be listed below because they are of limited usefulness for the average solo / questing player but feel free to buy them if you ever play in a group or do dungeons.

4.

Shaman Macros and Addons

By setting yourself up with an upgraded user interface and macros from the get go, you will make your leveling process much easier. Check out our Restoration Shaman Macros and Addons guide in the link below for the full list.

5.

Restoration Shaman Quests and Weapons

While leveling, you will need to keep open for weapon opportunities. You will also need to complete various class quests for the baseline totems which allow you to use key totems for Restoration, such as Mana Spring Totem Icon Mana Spring Totem. To help you with that, we have made two dedicated guides.

6.

How to Advance your Restoration Shaman at Level 60

Once you hit maximum level, we suggest you to read the Healer Shaman Guide, which covers all there is to know about healing on your Shaman at level 60.

Some of the most relevant pages to skim over are:

  • The Healing Shaman Talent builds guide has multiple builds for Healing Shamans. Some are purely healing oriented, with a heavy investment on the Restoration tree, others mix in Enhancement talents for extra powerful totem support;
  • Our PvP Shaman guide is where you can find the various recommended PvP builds. While healing will surely be a big part of your duties, you can expect to find some damage dealing builds in there as well;
  • Goldmaking Guide for Healing Shamans exists to explain to you some simple techniques you can employ to farm gold quickly at level 60, even while on a healer specialization;
  • Our Healing Shaman Rotation guide teaches you how to actually heal in a variety of situations, and you can find some advanced tips on how to manage your totems and specialty skills here as well;
  • Browse Healing Shaman Stats guide if you wish to learn more about your different stats and how they affect your gameplay;
  • Finally, the Gear guide for Healing Shamans will tell you which gear pieces to farm at level 60 and where you can farm them at. There is also a section for special gear that will help you and your group in interesting ways.
7.

Changelog

  • 18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
  • 28 Feb. 2021: Changed the slider starting point to maximum level.
  • 05 Jan. 2020: Added a Macros and Addons section.
  • 23 Sep. 2019: Added a final section with useful links for players who just hit 60.
  • 14 Sep. 2019: Guide added.
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