Restoration Shaman – The War Within Season 1

Our Restoration Shaman – The War Within Season 1 Guide prepares you for all the adventures in World of Warcraft’s first Season of The War Within! Check out our War Within S1 Resto Shaman Guide here on Your-MMO.com

Restoration Shaman – The War Within Season 1

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Best Embellishments for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used in all scenarios. These items are crafted by players with the respective crafting profession. The current most popular Embellishments are:

Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Critical Strike
Versatility
Haste
Mastery

Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Critical Strike
Versatility
Haste
Mastery

Most used Trinkets for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Both lists show the currently best Trinkets in either a Single Target situation or Multi Target combat. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your unique situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. The see a full overview of Trinkets – visit Bloodmallet.

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Changes to Restoration Shaman in The War Within

In The War Within, many classes have received significant changes to their talent trees and tuning. One of the new features in The War Within are the Hero Talents, unlocked at Level 71 and allowing players to choose between two spec-altering Hero Classes.

All Changes in Patch 11.0.0

SHAMAN

Healing Surge healing increased by 20%.
Stone Bulwark Totem now has a 3 minute cooldown, but its effect has been significantly increased.
Wind Rush Totem and Static Field Totem now cost 1% of base mana (previously had no cost).
Fixed an issue causing Stone Bulwark Totem to not be affected by Dampening.
Fixed a couple of unnecessary sounds and animations from Stone Bulwark Totem.
Fixed an issue causing Spirit Wolf to be removed and not continue stacking after changing zones.
Fixed an issue causing Lightning Shield to be removed if another Shaman with Elemental Orbit has an Earth Shield on the Shaman.
Fixed an issue causing Skyfury buff to drop off after transferring zones and disconnecting.
Earth Elemental summon no longer resets the swing timer.
Fixed an issue causing Totemic Projection to fail on transports.
Fixed an issue causing Spiritwalker’s Grace to cancel Lightning Lasso when used.
Restoration
- All healing reduced by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Earthen Wall Totem’s health reduced by 40%.
- Torrent now increases Riptide’s initial healing by 20% and its critical strike rate by 10%.
- Riptide initial heal increased by 20%.
- Unleash Life healing increased by 20%.
- Healing Wave healing increased by 20%.
- Reactive Warding healing increased by 75%.
- Ascendance now duplicates 70% of all healing (was 80%).
- Ancestral Guidance now transfers 10% of all healing into healing (was 25%).
- Ancestral Awakening now heals for 25%/50% of the amount healed (was 15%/30%).
- Earthliving Weapon’s heal over time duration is now 6 seconds (was 12 seconds), and healing has been increased by 75%.
- Spouting Spirits healing reduced by 35%.
- Undulation can now be tracked through a counter on the Healing Wave and Healing Surge spell icons.
- Undulation can no longer trigger from additional Healing Waves from Primordial Wave.
- Undulation now displays and highlights Healing Surge or Healing Wave when it triggers instead of being consumed immediately.
- Tidebringer is no longer consumed if Chain Heal is cast while Nature’s Swiftness or Ancestral Swiftness is active.
- Fixed an issue that caused Earth Shield to sometimes be removed if another Earth Shield was present.
- Fixed an issue causing spell queuing Lava Burst after a Healing Surge to incorrectly consume Master of the Elements when Lava Burst is instant cast.
- Fixed an issue causing Ancestral Protection Totem to not benefit from Totemic Focus or Oversized Totems.

Gems, Enchants and Consumables

Best Gems in Season 1

Regarding the Stat Priority listed below, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Some classes want to maximize the gain received from their Blasphemite Gems by socketing all possible different colors of Gems.

xxxxx (Maximum 1)

xxxxx (Green)
xxxxx (Purple)
xxxxx (Red)
xxxxx (Blue)
xxxxx (Orange)

Best Enchants in Season 1

Enchants with Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed or Leech) can vary by player preference.

Cloak: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Chest: Primary Stats	XXX
Bracers: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Boots: Stamina	XXX
Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina	XXX
Rings: Secondary Stat before Diminishing Returns (30%)	XXX
Weapon: Primary Stats	XXX

Best Consumables in Season 1

This following list is an overview of all items that players should have in their inventory at all times. These consumables are often a necessity for Mythic dungeons or Raid content and provide a large boost in players performance.

Flask	xxxxx
Potion	xxxxx or xxxxx
Food	xxxxx
Oil	xxxxx
Healing Potion	xxxxx
Invisibility Potion	xxxxx
Drums	xxxxx
Repair Hammer	xxxxx
Combat Rezz	xxxxx

Builds and Talents

Our Talent Trees are updated every day, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid. We gathered all information about our Talent Builds from publicly available data of the best players worldwide.

Last Update: 14.12.2024 2:00pm PDT

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Gear and Trinkets in The War Within Season 1

Best Embellishments for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Most used Trinkets for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Best in Slot Gear for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

The following list contains various items from either Dungeons or Raid which benefit a generic Restoration Shaman the most. You should always make sure to follow your stat priority and equip gear that has either higher itemlevel, or ensure that it is an upgrade by checking Raidbots.

Dungeon Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Raid Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

The further we will get into the current expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit the effectiveness of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% through secondary stats (eg. ~19800 Haste) on your gear, you will start receiving a penalty for each further point on your gear. This penalty reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this threshold.

Stat Priority can differ on every player due to the different gear being used. Make sure to check your own character on Raidbots to get the perfect results for you! A general overview for secondary stats is as follows.

Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Critical Strike
Versatility
Haste
Mastery

Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Critical Strike
Versatility
Haste
Mastery

General Rotation for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

For both Hero Classes we offer a general rotation overview. Beware that this is not an in-depth guide how to play your favorite class in each situation, but instead grant newer players insight about how to play and master the basics of their class.

Rotation Example for Restoration Shaman

Buff Chain Heal with Unleash Life if High Tide is active.
Cast High Tide buffed Chain Heal if 3+ people are missing health.
Cast Wellspring after AoE damage has gone out.
Cast Downpour after Healing Rain if there is more AoE healing needed.
Keep Riptide on cooldown
Keep Earthen Wall Totem on cooldown
Use Primordial Wave on a player who does not have Riptide. Make sure to follow-up with a Healing Wave within the next 15 seconds!
Don’t overcap charges of Cloudburst Totem or Healing Stream Totem.
Keep Healing Rain on cooldown.
Keep Unleash Life on cooldown.
Refresh Earth Shield
Cast Chain Heal if 3+ people are injured
Fill with Healing Wave or Healing Surge if only a couple of players are injured.

Best Race for Restoration Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Each race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific class. We would suggest that players choose the race of their choice, regardless of the power gained. Anyways, here is a list of the different Races and their performance.