Restoration Shaman Healing Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2)

Last updated on Aug 04, 2025 at 19:30 by Seksixeny 56 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Restoration Shaman in World of Warcraft The War Within (11.2).

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Restoration Shaman gear and best in slot.

1.

Best in Slot Gear Guide for Restoration Shaman

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Restoration Shaman for The War Within Season 3. 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.

2.

BiS Gear for Restoration Shaman

Overall BiS List Manaforge Omega BiS List Mythic+ only BiS List
3.

Overall 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 Icon Vagabond's Torch Off-Hand, 1h, or 2h weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and a wrist crafted item with Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding on it to double its effects at minimal stat cost when compared to fully upgraded Myth track gear.

Early on in the tier nothing beats crafting a two-handed weapon to save Gilded crests, followed by crafting your off-tier slot to gain as many stats as quickly as possible for early progression! The list below assumes an end of tier situation where crests and sparks to craft with are unlimited.

Slot Item Source/Note
Weapon Voidglass Kris Icon Voidglass Kris Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Off-hand Vagabond's Torch Icon Vagabond's Torch (720) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, Versatility and Critical Strike Crafted — Inscription
Helm Aspect of Channeled Fury Icon Aspect of Channeled Fury Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Neck Bloodstained Memento Icon Bloodstained Memento Priory of the Sacred Flame
Shoulder Claws of Failed Resistance Icon Claws of Failed Resistance Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Cloak Reshii Wraps Icon Reshii Wraps with Pure Precise Fiber Icon Pure Precise Fiber Season 3 Storyline Campaign
Chest Furs of Channeled Fury Icon Furs of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst, or Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Bracers Glyph-Etched Vambraces Icon Glyph-Etched Vambraces (720) with Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding, Versatility and Critical Strike Crafted — Leatherworking
Gloves Claws of Channeled Fury Icon Claws of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst, or Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Belt Colossal Lifetether Icon Colossal Lifetether Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Legs Tassets of Channeled Fury Icon Tassets of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst, or Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Boots Interloper's Chain Boots Icon Interloper's Chain Boots The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1 Band of the Shattered Soul Icon Band of the Shattered Soul Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2 Logic Gate: Alpha Icon Logic Gate: Alpha Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1 Astral Antenna Icon Astral Antenna Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2 So'leah's Secret Technique Icon So'leah's Secret Technique Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit
4.

Raid only BiS List for Restoration Shaman

This list contains only items from the Manaforge Omega raid. As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Slot Item Source/Note
Weapon Voidglass Kris Icon Voidglass Kris Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Off-hand Ward of the Weaving-Beast Icon Ward of the Weaving-Beast Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Helm Aspect of Channeled Fury Icon Aspect of Channeled Fury Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Neck Chrysalis of Sundered Souls Icon Chrysalis of Sundered Souls Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder Claws of Failed Resistance Icon Claws of Failed Resistance Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Cloak Reshii Wraps Icon Reshii Wraps with Pure Precise Fiber Icon Pure Precise Fiber Season 3 Storyline Campaign
Chest Furs of Channeled Fury Icon Furs of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst, or Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Bracers Pactbound Vambraces Icon Pactbound Vambraces Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Gloves Claws of Channeled Fury Icon Claws of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst, or Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Belt Colossal Lifetether Icon Colossal Lifetether Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Legs Tassets of Channeled Fury Icon Tassets of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst, or Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Boots Interloper's Chain Boots Icon Interloper's Chain Boots The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1 Band of the Shattered Soul Icon Band of the Shattered Soul Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2 Logic Gate: Alpha Icon Logic Gate: Alpha Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1 Astral Antenna Icon Astral Antenna Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2 Loom'ithar's Living Silk Icon Loom'ithar's Living Silk Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega
4.

Mythic+ only BiS List for Restoration Shaman

This list contains only items available in Mythic+ dungeons in Season 3. As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Slot Item Source/Note
Weapon Gluttonous Rondel Icon Gluttonous Rondel Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Off-hand Starlit Safeguard Icon Starlit Safeguard Eco-Dome Al'dani
Helm Aspect of Channeled Fury Icon Aspect of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst
Neck Bloodstained Memento Icon Bloodstained Memento Priory of the Sacred Flame
Shoulder Fangs of Channeled Fury Icon Fangs of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst
Cloak Reshii Wraps Icon Reshii Wraps with Pure Precise Fiber Icon Pure Precise Fiber Season 3 Storyline Campaign
Chest Furs of Channeled Fury Icon Furs of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst
Bracers Consecrated Baron's Bindings Icon Consecrated Baron's Bindings Priory of the Sacred Flame
Gloves Claws of Channeled Fury Icon Claws of Channeled Fury Revival Catalyst
Belt Portable Power Generator Icon Portable Power Generator Operation: Floodgate
Legs Divine Pyrewalkers Icon Divine Pyrewalkers Revival Catalyst
Boots Greaves of the Wild Pair Icon Greaves of the Wild Pair Eco-Dome Al'dani
Ring #1 Devout Zealot's Ring Icon Devout Zealot's Ring The Dawnbreaker
Ring #2 Ring of the Panoply Icon Ring of the Panoply Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Trinket #1 Signet of the Priory Icon Signet of the Priory Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket #2 So'leah's Secret Technique Icon So'leah's Secret Technique Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit
4.

Reshii Wraps for Restoration Shaman

The new Reshii Wraps Icon Reshii Wraps cloak introduced in Patch 11.2 is a new Artifact obtained through the campaign and which completely replaces your cloak slot for the remainder of the season, as no other cloaks drop in Season 3 content. Make sure to customize it with Critical Strike for optimal results.

Note the special boots Interloper's Chain Boots Icon Interloper's Chain Boots boost the cloak's effect even more, making them best in slot for us, and that Band of the Shattered Soul Icon Band of the Shattered Soul also has a special defensive power associated with the new cloak.

For more information on how to acquire or upgrade this cloak, make sure to check out our dedicated guide below:

5.

The Durable Information Securing Container Belt (DISC) for Restoration Shaman

Durable Information Securing Container Icon Durable Information Securing Container was the Season 2 equivalent to Season 1's Cyrce's Circlet Icon Cyrce's Circlet, and still serves as a new source of player power and easy catch-up for new characters. You can get and upgrade it easily just by picking the quest on the Delve hub on Dornogal and running a few Delves.

In Season 3, keep using it until you get a level 710 or higher belt with good stats. Critical Chain Icon Critical Chain is still the recommended power in the mean time.

6.

Tier Set for Restoration Shaman

For the third season of The War Within, Blizzard has tried something new with the Howls of Channeled Fury. Instead of having one static set bonus, each Hero Talent provides its own unique 2-piece and 4-piece depending on which you are playing.

The 11.2 Restoration Tier Set bonuses are all incredible and worth chasing as quickly as possible. Farseer bonuses are especially powerful and easy to use, and should be obtained ASAP even if you have to downgrade item level for them.

Totemic bonuses are also very powerful, much also much harder to use effectively and more situational, making them more neutral when compared to the powerful and simple tier set bonuses of the previous season.

You can use the switch below to see details on both bonuses:

7.

Hero Talents in Patch 11.2

Farseer Totemic
7.1.

Farseer Set Bonuses

  • Shaman Farseer 11.2 Class Set 2pc Icon Shaman Farseer 11.2 Class Set 2pc
  • Shaman Farseer 11.2 Class Set 4pc Icon Shaman Farseer 11.2 Class Set 4pc

Farseer 2-piece: Ancestral Swiftness Icon Ancestral Swiftness summons an empowered Ancestor for 15 sec that deals 10% increased damage and healing.

This is an extra Ancestor, in addition to the regular one already generated by Ancestral Swiftness Icon Ancestral Swiftness. This Ancestor behaves exactly like a regular Ancestor in every way, and any Ancient Fellowship Icon Ancient Fellowship procs will spawn a regular Ancestor.

As Ancestors are the main source of healing for Farseer, this is a very powerful bonus which drastically increases your Ancestor-sourced healing, while having no gameplay impact.

Farseer 4-piece: Ancestral Swiftness Icon Ancestral Swiftness increases the damage and healing of your spells by 25%, reduces the Mana cost of your spells by 25% and increases the recharge rate of Lava Burst Icon Lava Burst and Riptide Icon Riptide by 50% for 8 sec.

Having this set bonus is massive for your healing output, and once you obtain it you should aim to delay your Ancestral Swiftness Icon Ancestral Swiftness when close to a large raid damage event, in order to have its huge healing bonus active while you are using your healing cooldowns!

7.1.

Totemic Set Bonuses

  • Shaman Totemic 11.2 Class Set 2pc Icon Shaman Totemic 11.2 Class Set 2pc
  • Shaman Totemic 11.2 Class Set 4pc Icon Shaman Totemic 11.2 Class Set 4pc

Totemic 2-piece: After you consume all the Whirling Element Motes, you cast Downpour Icon Downpour at 200% effectiveness at your Surging Totem Icon Surging Totem's location.

This is a strong bonus which promotes good play by being activated when you finish spending all Whirling Elements Icon Whirling Elements motes. Make sure to track your motes in order to activate your extra Downpour Icon Downpour at a good time for healing, and you will generally use Chain Heal Icon Chain Heal (directly or through Lively Totems Icon Lively Totems) first, and then Healing Surge Icon Healing Surge when you want to activate Downpour.

Totemic 4-piece: After casting Downpour Icon Downpour, your next Chain Heal Icon Chain Heal, Healing Wave Icon Healing Wave, or Healing Surge Icon Healing Surge casts again at 150% effectiveness. This buff can be stacked twice, and will increase the healing by 150% on each buffed cast.

You will generally want to use this buff on Chain Heal Icon Chain Heal, as its smart healing will ensure you do not overheal heavily. You should also try to combine the buffs with High Tide Icon High Tide and Unleash Life Icon Unleash Life as much as possible, as that will lead to the largest healing amplification possible and result in massive healing.

8.

Trinkets for Restoration Shamans

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.

Every trinket not listed below, when at its maximum upgrade level possible, can be considered as being of lower than C-tier.

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;
  4. C Tier: only use these if you have no other option.
8.1.

S Tier

  • Astral Antenna Icon Astral Antenna
  • So'leah's Secret Technique Icon So'leah's Secret Technique
  • Signet of the Priory Icon Signet of the Priory
  • Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj Icon Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
  • Loom'ithar's Living Silk Icon Loom'ithar's Living Silk
8.2.

A Tier

  • Ara-Kara Sacbrood Icon Ara-Kara Sacbrood
  • Algari Alchemist Stone Icon Algari Alchemist Stone
  • Lily of the Eternal Weave Icon Lily of the Eternal Weave
  • Darkfuse Medichopper Icon Darkfuse Medichopper
  • First Class Healing Distributor Icon First Class Healing Distributor
  • Diamantine Voidcore Icon Diamantine Voidcore
8.3.

B Tier

  • Mister Pick-Me-Up Icon Mister Pick-Me-Up
  • Essence-Hunter's Eyeglass Icon Essence-Hunter's Eyeglass
  • Manaforged Aethercell Icon Manaforged Aethercell
  • Araz's Ritual Forge Icon Araz's Ritual Forge
  • Twisted Mana Sprite Icon Twisted Mana Sprite
8.4.

C Tier

  • Mug's Moxie Jug Icon Mug's Moxie Jug
  • Eye of Kezan Icon Eye of Kezan
  • Carved Blazikon Wax Icon Carved Blazikon Wax
  • Reverb Radio Icon Reverb Radio
  • Nexus-King's Command Icon Nexus-King's Command
  • Burin of the Candle King Icon Burin of the Candle King
  • House of Cards Icon House of Cards
9.

Crafted Gear and Embellishments for Restoration Shamans

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 Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension can only be placed on a weapon, but is very strong if you can afford it. Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis Icon 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 Icon Writhing Armor Banding works with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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.
9.1.

Crafting Strategy

Our current recommendation is to use your first Spark to craft a one-hand weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, such as the Everforged Dagger Icon 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 Icon Vagabond's Bounding Baton or Charged Invoker Icon Charged Invoker, instead. These will give you the power of a 1h plus off-hand for half the Gilded crest investment, but without a shield, you will have much lower armor against physical attacks, which is not a big deal in PvE but not recommended for PvP and soloing.

You can also opt to craft your Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on Vagabond's Torch Icon Vagabond's Torch instead, in order to free your main-hand for a maximum 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 Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension's benefit with Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding.

Dawnthread Lining Icon Dawnthread Lining, Duskthread Lining Icon Duskthread Lining, and Binding of Binding Icon 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.

10.

Best Items to Upgrade in The War Within

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.
11.

Gear Simulations for Restoration Shaman

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.

12.

Changelog

  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated with Season 3 gear and new recommendations.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Added a new section about the new "DISC" Belt.
  • 29 Apr. 2025: Added more information on the upcoming Cartel Chip gear acquisition.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
  • 23 Mar. 2025: Updated gear listings and Cyrce's Circlet gem recommendations.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated with the new gear of Patch 11.1.
  • 17 Dec. 2024: Updated with the first calculations on Circle's Circlet gem optimizations.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Updated with Patch 11.0.7 information on Circle's Circlet.
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Removed pre-season gear list and added a note on two-handed weapon crafting for crest savings early on.
  • 27 Aug. 2024: Embellishment and crafted gear suggestion updates based on recent tuning.
  • 25 Aug. 2024: More trinket ranking updates based on first comprehensive sims.
  • 23 Aug. 2024: Updated with S1 dungeon, raid, and trinket best in slot tables.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within launch.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 26 Apr. 2024: Further updates with live data.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Updated with new gear, trinkets and embellishments for Season 4.
  • 18 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 27 Nov. 2023: Added the wings of Dawn of Infinite where each piece of loot drops.
  • 09 Nov. 2023: Various typo fixes.
  • 08 Nov. 2023: Updated embellishment recommendations post Undulating Sporecloak nerf.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Updated with new gear, trinkets, and embellishments for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for 10.1.7 meta and added tabs to the best in slot gear block.
  • 19 Jul. 2023: Adjustments for Echoing Tyrstone nerfs.
  • 11 Jul. 2023: Further trinket list adjustments.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Patch 10.1.5 trinkets added to the list as well as a recap on what gear can be found within the new dungeon.
  • 01 May 2023: Season 2 upgrade system recap, updated Embellishment recommendation, and added some trinkets.
  • 23 Mar. 2023: Updated post multiple gem buffs for the Onyx Annulet making it worth using.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Added information on the new Onyx Annulet ring.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 21 Dec. 2022: Revamped trinket recommendations and raid best in slot suggestions.
  • 13 Dec. 2022: Added Embellishment recommendations and Primal Ritual Shell.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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