1.0 - Introduction
2.0 - Restoration Talents
3.0 - PvP
4.0 - Numbers and such
5.0 - Gear Guide
6.0 - 1-80 Shaman Leveling Guide
1.0 - The Restoration Shaman
The Restoration tree focuses on the Shaman's healing capability, reducing
the casting time and mana cost of healing spells, while increasing
their effectiveness. Restoration Shamans are well suited for any healing
situation in the game. On top of that they offer good utility (like
Mana Regeneration by Mana Tide Totem), and the best multi-target heal
spell in the game (Chain Heal). The 41 point talent Earth Shield acts
as a very mana-efficient single-target HoT with a long duration.
This tree is highly useful in PvP and group PvE, the only drawback
being the rather low damage output, so solo play is more difficult.
In return, a Restoration Shaman hardly ever dies while questing/soloing.
2.0 - Talent Builds
2.1 - Leveling Shaman Build
0/16/45
10 - 14 Tidal Focus
15 - 19 Totemic Focus
20 - 24 Healing Focus
25 - 27 Nature's Guidance
28 - 32 Tidal Mastery
33 - Nature's Swiftness
34 - 38 Ancestral Knowledge
39 - 43 Thundering Strikes
44 - Shamanistic Focus
45 - 49 Restorative Totems
50 Healing Way (1/3)
51 - Mana Tide Totem
52+ Branch out and pick up either more enhancement for improved melee damage or more restoration for greater healing effectiveness
3.0 - Restoration PvP Build
4.0 - Number Crunching
Intellect - 1 = 15 Mana
Spell Hit - 12.6 = 1%
Spell Critical - 22.1 = 1%
Spell Haste - 15.7 = 1%/0.025 seconds off of Global Cooldown & Spell Cast Time
Spellpower Coefficients:
125.0% Chain Heal
85.71% Healing Wave
42.86% Lesser Healing Wave
4.5% Healing Stream Totem (Per Tick)
EXAMPLE: Lesser Healing Wave W/ 100 Spell Healing = +43 Points of Actual healing per cast
125.0% Chain Lightning
79.4% Lightning Bolt
100% Lightning Shield
42.86% Earth Shock
42.86% Frost Shock
15% Flame Shock Direct Damage/52% Flame Shock DoT
4.1 - Spell Hit, Crit, etc.
Defacto Priority:
+Healing = MP5 - Spirit - Spell Haste
What to shoot for when entering Karazhan & Heroics:
If you simply want to make certain you're good to begin attempting karazhan and heroics try aiming for the stats below as an absolute minimum, surpassing them however is recommended to make things overall quite easier.
Additionally, you can downgrade these stats somewhat for the easier heroic dungeons as Karazhan is definitely more challenging than most if not all of them.
+Healing: 900+
Mana Per 5 Seconds(While Casting): 75+
Health: 8,000
Mana: 7,000
What to shoot for when heading into 25-Raids:
These numbers should cover you for passing Karazhan into the 25-man raiding content, statistics such as spell hit will be notably harder to achieve prior to gearing up in Karazhan & Heroics quie a bit. Otherwise if you have this or higher by the time you eclipse Karazhan you'll be fine.
+Healing: 1200+
Mana Per 5 Seconds(While Casting): 125+
Health: 9,000
Mana: 8,000
4.2 - Gems
Lustrous Star of Elune
Teardrop Living Ruby
Luminous Noble Topaz
Royal Nightseye
Insightful Earthstorm Diamond
4.3 Enchantments
Head: Glyph of Renewal
Shoulders: Aldor/Scryer Inscription
Back: Subtlety
Chest: Exceptional Mana
Wrist: Superior Healing
Hands: Major Healing
Legs: Golden Spellthread
Weapon: Major Healing
5.0 - Restoration Shaman PvE Gear Guide
Note: As this is a PvE gear guide I'll only list
the PvP rewards capable of being obtained via Honor, arena rewards
are however viable alternatives to many pieces of gear.
Head:
[Headdress of the Tides] - Crafted
[Spellstrike Hood] - Crafted
[Hood of Oblivion] - Arcatraz
[Battlecast Hood] - Crafted
[Gladiator's Felweave Cowl] - PvP Reward
Neck:
[Vindicator's Pendant of Reprieve] - PvP Reward
[Natasha's Guardian Cord] - Quest Reward
[Necklace of Eternal Hope] - (25) Badges of Justice
[Sethekk Oracle's Focus] - Quest Reward
Shoulders:
[Mantle of the Sea Wolf] - Heroic Mana-Tombs
[Volanic Pauldrons] - Heroic Hellfire Ramparts
[Tidefury Shoulderguards] - Shattered Halls
[Otherwordly Pauldrons] - Quest Reward
Back:
[Light-Touched Stole of Altruism] - Heroic Auchenai Crypts
[Lifegiving Cloak] - BoE World Drop
[White Remedy Cape] - Crafted BoE
[Cloak of Scintillating Auras] - Arcatraz
Chest:
[Void Slayer's Tunic] - Quest Reward
[Earthpeace Breastplate] - Crafted BoE
[Harness of the Deep Currents] - Shadow Labyrinth
[Worldfire Chestguard] - Arcatraz
Wrist:
[Primal Surge Bracers] - Black Morass
[World's End Bracers] - Heroic Bloodfurnace
[Wave-Fury Vambraces] - Heroic Steamvault
[All-Weather Armguards] - Quest Reward
Hands:
[Fathomheart Gauntlets] - Steamvault
[Thundercaller's Guantlets] - BoE World Drop
[Earth Mantle Handwraps] - Steamvault
[Tidefury Gauntlets] - Steamvault
Belt:
[Stillwater Girdle] - Mana-Tombs
[Wave-Song Girdle] - Heroic Auchenai Crypts
[Girdle of the Gale Storm] - Normal Bloodfurnace
[Tarren Mill Defender's Cinch] - Quest Reward
Legs:
[Oceansong Kilt] - Heroic Hellfire Ramparts
[Stormsong Kilt] - Heroic Underbog
[Tidefury Kilt] - Shadow Labyirinth
[Molten Earth Kilt] - Mechanar
Boots:
[Wavefury Boots] - Heroic Slave Pens
[Auchenai Boots] - Quest Reward
[Magma Plume Boots] - Heroic Auchenai Crypts
[Earthbreaker's Greaves] - Quest Reward
Rings:
[Anveena's Touch] - (60) Badges of Justice
[Kharmaa's Ring of Fate] - Normal Magister's Terrace
[Vindicator's Band of Salvation]- PvP Reward
[Ancestral Band] OR [Ring of Convalescence] - Reputation Reward
[Band of the Crystalline Void] - Heroic Mana-Tombs
[Celestial Jewel Ring] - Quest Reward
Trinkets:
[Oshu'gun Relic] - Quest Reward
[Shiffar's Nexus-Horn] - Arcatraz
[Essence of the Martyr] - Vendor(41 Badges of Justice)
[Scarab of the Infinite Cycle] - Drop(Black Morass)
[Lower City Prayerbook] - Reputation Reward
[Xi'ri's Gift] - Reputation Reward
Main-Hand:
[Gavel of Naaru Blessings] - (150) Badges of Justice
[Gladiator's Salvation]- PvP Reward
[Hand of Eternity] - Crafted
[Shockwave Truncheon] - Heroic Shadow Laybrinth
[The Ancient Scepter of Sue-Min] - World Drop BoE
[Gavel of Pure Light] - Reputation Reward
Shield:
[Light-Bearer's Faith Shield] - (33) Badges of Justice
[Stormshield of Renewal] - Heroic Underbog
[Crystal Pulse Shield] - BoE World Drop
[Silvermoon Crest Shield] - Shadow Laybrinth
Totem: [Totem of Spontaneous Regrowth] - Heroic Slave Pens
[Totem of the Plains] - Quest Reward
[Voidfire Wand] - Normal Mana-tombs
[Gladiator's Touch of Defeat] - PvP Reward
6.0 -- 1-80 Shaman Leveling Guide
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