Restoration Shaman Guide

Healer

Top Restoration Shaman talent builds for WoW Midnight Season 1. Raid, Mythic+, and PvP builds with stat priorities, rotation tips, and Wowhead talent calculator links.

Updated for The War Within Season 2Last updated: April 9, 2026

Talent Builds

Raid Healing (Farseer)

Optimized raid healing build using Farseer hero talents. Ancestral Swiftness and elemental companions provide consistent passive healing, complementing your strong throughput cooldowns.

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Hero Tree: Farseer

Class Talents

Astral Shift Spirit Walk Capacitor Totem Wind Shear Ancestral Guidance Nature's Swiftness

Spec Talents

Riptide Healing Wave Chain Heal Healing Rain Spirit Link Totem Healing Tide Totem Cloudburst Totem Ascendance Downpour

When to use: Use for all raid encounters. Provides the strongest sustained healing throughput and excellent cooldown synergy for heavy damage phases.

Mythic+ Healing (Totemic)

Optimized for Mythic+ dungeons. Totemic enhances your totem toolkit with Surging Totem for reactive healing, while Cloudburst Totem and Riptide provide strong sustained throughput in smaller groups.

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Hero Tree: Totemic

Class Talents

Astral Shift Spirit Walk Capacitor Totem Wind Shear Ancestral Guidance Totemic Recall

Spec Talents

Riptide Healing Wave Chain Heal Healing Rain Spirit Link Totem Healing Tide Totem Cloudburst Totem Ascendance Earthen Wall Totem

When to use: Use for all Mythic+ dungeons. Strong reactive healing through totem synergies and excellent damage contribution between healing windows.

Stat Priority

Intellect

Primary stat — always prioritize item level. Higher ilvl means more Intellect and stronger heals.

Haste

Reduces cast times and GCD. Best secondary stat for faster Healing Wave casts and more Riptide ticks.

Mastery

Increases healing on low-health targets (Deep Healing). Extremely powerful in progression and high-damage scenarios.

Versatility

Flat healing increase and damage reduction. Strong consistent value for both healing output and survivability.

Critical Strike

Increases chance to critically heal. Lowest priority as Mastery provides more reliable throughput on damaged targets.

Rotation Priority

Riptide

Maintain on as many targets as possible. Your most efficient heal and feeds Cloudburst Totem.

Healing Rain

Place on stacked groups before damage events. Maintain uptime during sustained damage phases.

Healing Tide Totem

Major raid cooldown. Use during heavy raid-wide damage. Coordinate with other healer cooldowns.

Spirit Link Totem

Redistributes health among allies within its radius. Use during dangerous burst damage on a stacked group.

Cloudburst Totem

Place before damage events. Stores 25% of your healing and releases it when it expires or is recalled.

Chain Heal

Use when 3+ targets are injured and stacked. Strong throughput spell that bounces between allies.

Healing Wave

Efficient single-target heal. Use Tidal Waves procs for faster casts on priority targets.

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