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Restoration Shaman

Healer specialisation · Tier A in Mythic+, 5.6% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Flame Shock+1.1s50%
  2. 2Surging Totem+2.1s75%
  3. 3Riptide+2.3s75%
  4. 4
Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel
+4.2s
75%
  • 5Healing Stream Totem+4.7s100%
  • 6Chain Heal+4.7s100%
  • 7Nature's Swiftness+6.1s75%
  • 8Stormstream Totem+7.2s75%
  • What follows what

    What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

    • Chain Heal141 casts→Chain Heal67%Riptide13%Healing Stream Totem7%
    • Riptide37 casts→Chain Heal59%Healing Stream Totem14%Riptide8%
    • Healing Stream Totem15 casts→Chain Heal100%
    • Stormstream Totem8 casts→Chain Heal100%
    • Healing Wave8 casts→Healing Wave63%Riptide25%Purify Spirit13%
    • Surging Totem7 casts→Riptide71%Healing Stream Totem14%Flame Shock14%

    Ability usage

    Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

    Single target

    14 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

    1. 1Chain Heal17.6per min
    2. 2Riptide11.6per min
    3. 3Healing Stream Totem3.6per min
    4. 4Healing Wave2.9per min
    5. 5Surging Totem1.6per min
    6. 6Totemic Projection1.3per min
    7. 7Flame Shock0.3per min
    8. 8Lava Burst0.1per min

    Multi-target

    5 fights with substantial add damage

    1. 1Chain Heal19.4per min
    2. 2Riptide11.5per min
    3. 3Healing Stream Totem3.5per min
    4. 4Surging Totem

    Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

    Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

    Secondary stats

    Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

    • Versatility34.4%843 avg
    • Haste23.9%611 avg
    • Mastery21.7%520 avg
    • Critical Strike20.0%562 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 342 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

    Where builds differ

    Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

    • Improved Purify Spirit87%

      292 players · Class

    • Earthen Wall Totem86%

      291 players · Specialization

    • Earthgrab Totem86%

      290 players · Class

    • Elemental Resistance86%

      290 players · Class

    • Hex83%

      279 players · Class

    • Undercurrent83%

      279 players · Specialization

    • Earthen Accord82%

      276 players · Specialization

    • Brimming with Life81%

      272 players · Class

    • Improved Earthliving Weapon79%

      265 players · Specialization

    • Ancestral Awakening78%

      263 players · Specialization

    • Windveil74%

      250 players · Class

    • Primal Tide Core70%

      237 players · Specialization

    • Healing Rain58%

      194 players · Specialization

    • Amplification Core56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Earthsurge56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Imbuement Mastery56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Lively Totems56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Oversized Totems56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Pulse Capacitor56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Reactivity56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Surging Totem56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Totemic Rebound56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Whirling Elements56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Wind Barrier56%

      190 players · Hero

    • Elemental Attunement56%

      189 players · Hero

    • Primal Catalyst56%

      189 players · Hero

    • Totemic Momentum56%

      189 players · Hero

    • Current Control54%

      181 players · Specialization

    • Refreshing Waters51%

      173 players · Class

    • Ancestral Reach50%

      170 players · Specialization

    • Ancestral Influence43%

      145 players · Hero

    • Ancestral Swiftness43%

      145 players · Hero

    • Ancient Fellowship43%

      145 players · Hero

    • Call of the Ancestors43%

      145 players · Hero

    • Earthen Communion43%

      145 players · Hero

    • Elemental Reverb43%

      145 players · Hero

    Near-universal picks (50)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Astral Bulwark100%

      337 players · Class

    • Astral Shift100%

      337 players · Class

    • Chain Heal100%

      337 players · Class

    Rarely taken (110)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Mana Spring14%

      47 players · Class

    • Ancestral Wolf Affinity11%

      38 players · Class

    • Winds of Al'Akir11%

      38 players · Class

    Import a real build

    Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

    • Shamxi

      illidan · US3,693

    • Aïko

      aerie-peak · US3,681

    • Driptinus

      argent-dawn · EU3,675

    • Xhanon

      kazzak · EU3,666

    • Valakhas

      area-52 · US3,656

    Learn the spec

    This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

    • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
    • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
    • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

    Other Shaman specs

    • Elemental
    • Enhancement
    2.2per min
  • 5Flame Shock0.9per min
  • 6Healing Wave0.6per min
  • 7Stormstream Totem0.6per min
  • Earth Shield100%

    337 players · Class

  • Elemental Orbit100%

    337 players · Class

  • Elemental Warding100%

    337 players · Class

  • Nature's Guardian100%

    337 players · Class

  • Reactive Warding100%

    337 players · Class

  • Spirit Wolf100%

    337 players · Class

  • Healing Stream Totem100%

    336 players · Class

  • Instinctive Imbuements100%

    336 players · Class

  • Lava Burst100%

    336 players · Class

  • Lava Burst100%

    336 players · Class

  • Lava Burst100%

    336 players · Class

  • Nature's Swiftness100%

    336 players · Class

  • Spiritwalker's Grace100%

    336 players · Class

  • Swelling Tides10%

    35 players · Specialization

  • Overflowing Shores8.6%

    29 players · Specialization

  • Fire and Ice7.1%

    24 players · Class

  • Primordial Bond6.2%

    21 players · Class

  • Tidewaters4.7%

    16 players · Specialization

  • Frost Shock2.1%

    7 players · Class

  • Downpour1.8%

    6 players · Specialization

  • Chain Lightning0.9%

    3 players · Class

  • Chain Lightning0.9%

    3 players · Class