Dragonflight Season 3 Restoration Shaman Guide
General Information
Welcome to the Season 3 Guide for Restoration Shaman in Patch 10.2 – Guardians of the Dream. We will help you to learn and master Restoration Shaman in either Raids or Mythic Keystone Dungeons.
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Stat Priority
General Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman with our Build is:
- Intellect
- Versatility = Critical Strike
- Haste = Mastery
Best Embellishments
- Wind Spirit’s Lasso + Scale Rein Grips
- Undulating Sporecloak + 2
- Elemental Lariat if the players has many Socket Slots on their Items to increase the duration of its effect
Changes in Season 3
Season 3 has introduced many Class Changes, aswell as a new Tier Set, new Embellishments and more.
Shaman
- Mana Spring now restores 150 mana for Enhancement Shamans (was 250), 150 mana for Restoration Shamans (was 350), and 100 mana for Elemental Shamans (was 150) at level 70.
Restoration
- Healing Stream healing increased by 20 percent.
- Healing Surge healing increased by 30 percent.
- Healing Wave healing increased by 30 percent.
- Primordial Wave replicates Healing Wave at 40 percent effectiveness (was 60 percent).
- Cloudburst Totem now accumulates 20 percent of your healing done (was 30 percent).
- Ascendance now duplicates 80 percent of all healing done (was 100 percent).
- Mana Tide Totem now increases mana regeneration by 80 percent (was 100 percent).
- Resurgence now restores 20 percent less mana.
- Riptide’s initial heal increased by 30 percent.
- Unleash Life healing increased by 40 percent.
- Developers’ note: With Riptide, Healing Surge, and Healing Wave doing a lot more healing, Ancestral Awakening’s power was increased beyond intended levels.
- Ancestral Awakening heals for 10/20 percent of healing done (was 15/30 percent).
- Ancestral Awakening now prefers to heal injured players instead of always healing the lowest health player.
- Primordial Wave can no longer be used to damage an enemy target, it is now only a healing spell for Restoration Shaman.
- Chain Heal healing increased by 20 percent.
- Chain Heal now costs 5.6 percent of base mana (was six percent).
Stat Priority in Patch 10.2
General Stat Priority for Restoration Shaman with our Build is:
- Intellect
- Versatility = Critical Strike
- Haste = Mastery
- Intellect is your primary stat, meaning that Itemlevel is superior in most cases. Higher Itemlevel will also increase your Stamina and Armor that you gain.
- Critical Strike increases the chance for your abilities and spells to deal double damage.
- Haste reduces your global cooldown, your time to cast spells, and reduces the cooldown of many abilities.
- Versatility grants you a flat damage increase, but also a damage decrease for half of its value.
- Mastery increases your healing from your spells, depending on the missing health of your target.
The further we are getting into the expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit your effective gain of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% (by rating) of any given stat, you will start to receive a penalty that reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this treshold.
Stat priority can differ on every character. Make sure to simulate yourself on Raidbots get the perfect results for you.
Builds and Talents
Our Talent Trees are updated every week, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid.
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Gear and Trinkets for Season 3
Restoration Shaman Best In Slot Gear from the current Raid – Amirdrassil, the Dreams Hope
This list contains the BiS Items for Restoration Shaman obtained through the current Raid – Amirdrassil, The Dreams Hope. Those Items yield the highest natural Itemlevel which grants the most amount of Primary Stats.
| Slot | Item |
| Head | Greatwolf Outcast’s Jaws |
| Necklace | Eye of the Rising Flame |
| Shoulders | Greatwolf Outcast’s Companions |
| Cloak | Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice |
| Chest | Greatwolf Outcast’s Harness |
| Wrists | Twisted Flamecuffs |
| Hands | Greatwolf Outcast’s Grips |
| Belt | Jeweled Sash of the Viper |
| Legs | Greatwolf Outcast’s Fur-Lined Kilt |
| Boots | Cleats of the Savage Claw |
| Ring 1 | Band of Burning Thorns |
| Ring 2 | Signet of the Last Elder |
| Weapon 1 | Vakash, the Shadowed Inferno |
| Weapon 2 | Trickster’s Captivating Chime |
Best Embellishments for Restoration Shaman
Besides all other Items that can be obtained through Crafting on the highest Itemlevel, Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used. The current most popular Embellishments for Restoration Shaman are:
- Wind Spirit’s Lasso + Scale Rein Grips
- Undulating Sporecloak + 2
- Elemental Lariat if the players has many Socket Slots on their Items to increase the duration of its effect
Best Primordial Stones for Restoration Shaman from Patch 10.0.7
If a player still chooses to wear the Onyx Annulet, you can equip three Primordial Stones into it. The most popular Primordial Stones are:
- Damage: Storm-Infused Stone (or Freezing Ice Stone for Single Target), Desirous Blood Stone, Prophetic Twilight Stone
- Absorption: Indomitable Earth Stone, Cold Frost Stone, Shining Obsidian Stone
- Healing: Deluging Water Stone, Exuding Steam Stone, Wild Spirit Stone
Best Trinkets for Restoration Shaman
This List shows the current best Trinkets of Restoration Shaman in a Single Target Situation. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your specific situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. To see a full overview of Trinkets – Please visit Bloodmallet
Gems, Enchants and Consumables
Best Gems in Season 3
Regarding the Stat Priority listed above, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Keep in mind that using Elemental Lariat will always trigger the lower-valued stat of your Gems. If you want to trigger the desired stat, you have use the opposite Gem at least once in your Gear.
Best Enchants in Season 3
Enchants of Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed and Leech) varies by player preference.
- Cloak: Avoidance
Enchant Cloak – Graceful Avoidance - Chest: Primary Stats
Enchant Chest – Waking Stats - Bracers: Leech
Enchant Bracer – Devotion of Leech - Belt: Stamina
Shadowed Belt Clasp - Boots: Stamina
Enchant Boots – Watcher’s Loam - Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina
1 - Rings: Critical Strike
2 - Weapon: Sophic Devotion (Primary Stats)
Enchant Weapon – Sophic Devotion
Best Consumables in Season 3
- Phial: Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage or Phial of Tepid Versatility
- Buff Food: Grand Banquet of the Kalu’ak
- Weapon Oil: Howling Rune
- Health Potion: Dreamwalker’s Healing Potion
- Augmentation Rune: Draconic Augment Rune
- Combat Potion: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- Raid: Vantus Rune: Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
Best Races for Restoration Shaman
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. Here is a list of the different Races and their performance.