Restoration Shaman Abilities and Talents Guide - Midnight

By Harreks Updated: 2026/08/12

Baseline Restoration Shaman SpellsHealing Abilities

Healing Wave (HW) - This is your basic single target healing spell. Low mana cost, average cast time.

Offensive Abilities

Lightning Bolt (LB) - Basic single target damage spell.

Flame Shock (FS) - Damage over time spell.

Primal Strike - Melee damage ability, does very little damage and costs mana.

Lightning Shield - Applies an aura on yourself that deals damage to nearby enemies.

Offensive Cooldowns

Bloodlust/Heroism (Lust/Hero)- Increases haste for everyone in your group. Shares a cooldown with other similar effects for everyone affected.

Defensive Cooldowns

Reincarnation (Ankh) - Allows you to revive yourself if you die while the ability is not on cooldown.

Utility Abilities

Skyfury - Gives your whole group a small amount of mastery and their auto attacks a 20% chance to strike again for 1 hour.

Ancestral Spirit - Single target resurrection spell.

Ancestral Vision - Group-wide resurrection spell.

Earthbind Totem - A totem that slows enemies near where you place it.

Ghost Wolf - A mobility spell. Increases your movement speed and prevents you from being slowed below a certain point. Casting while in wolf form will take you out of it.

Purify Spirit - Removes all magic debuffs from your target.

Astral Recall - An additional Hearthstone on a shorter cooldown.

Water Shield - Applies an aura on yourself that increases your mana regeneration by a small amount, and makes melee hits on you restore mana.

Water Walking - Allows your target to walk over water.

Far Sight - Lets you look at far away places.

Passive Abilities

Mastery: Deep Healing - Increases the healing you do to targets with lower health. This increase scales linearly with the health percentage of your target.

Mail Specialization - Increases your intellect by 5% while you are wearing only mail armor.

Lava Surge - Flame Shock damage has a chance to reset the cooldown of Lava Burst and make your next cast instant.

Restoration Shaman Hero Talents Farseer Restoration Shaman TalentsKey Talent

Call of the Ancestors - Unleash Life calls an ancestor to your side which mimics your casts. Healing spells will cause the ancestor to heal your target and damage spells with make them also damage your target.

You Cast

Your Ancestor Casts

Capstone Talent

Ancestral Swiftness (AS) - Spawn an ancestor and makes your next spell cast instant, cost no mana, and increases it by 10%. Replaces Nature's Swiftness.

Passives

Elemental Reverb - Lava Burst gains an additional charge and does 10% more damage. Riptide gains an additional charge and does 20% more healing.

Ancestral Influence - Your intellect is increased by 1% for each active ancestor.

Offering from Beyond - When an ancestor spawns, the cooldown of Riptide is reduced by 2 seconds.

Primordial Capacity - Increases your maximum mana by 10%.

Spiritwalker's Momentum - Casting spells during Spiritwalker's Grace increases its duration by 1 second. Maximum of 4 seconds.

Windspeaker - The cast time of Healing Wave, :chainHea: and Lava Burst are reduced by 10%.

Maelstrom Supremacy - Increases the healing of Healing Wave, Downpour, and Chain Heal by 25%.

Final Calling - When an ancestor goes away, they cast Hydrobubble on a nearby ally.

Mystic Knowledge - Casting Ancestral Swiftness increases the recharge rate of Riptide by 10% for the next 8 seconds. Also increases the chance for Lava Surge to occur to 20%.

Choice Nodes

Choice Node 1:

Latent Wisdom - Your ancestor spells are 25% stronger.

Ancient Fellowship - Ancestors have a 20% chance to call another ancestor when they depart.

Heed My Call - Ancestors last an additional 4 seconds.

Routine Communication - Riptide has a 15% chance to call an ancestor.

Natural Harmony - Reduces the cooldown of Nature's Guardian by 15 seconds and causes it to heal an additional 10% of your maximum health.

Earthen Communion - Earth Shield has an additional 3 charges and heals you for 25% more.

Totemic Restoration Shaman TalentsKey Talent

Surging Totem (ST/Surging)- Summons a totem that maintains Healing Rain with 20% increased effectiveness at the target location for 25 seconds.

Capstone Talent

Whirling Elements - Casting Surging Totem gives you three whirling element motes that improve your next spell casts.

Whirling Earth causes your next Chain Heal to apply Earthliving Weapon at 150% effectiveness to all targets healed.

Whirling Air reduces the cast time of your next healing spell by 40%.

Whirling Water replicates your next Healing Wave at 50% effectiveness on an ally inside your Healing Rain.

Passives

Totemic Rebound - After Chain Heal reaches its last target it can jump to one of your totems, causing it to cast a weaker Chain Heal on a nearby injured ally.

Lively Totems - When you use Healing Stream Totem, Healing Tide Totem, or Spirit Link Totem you cast a free instant Chain Heal at full effectiveness.

Totemic Momentum - Reduces the cooldown of Healing Stream Totem by 3 seconds.

Wind Barrier - If you have any totem active, you gain a shield that lasts 30 seconds every 30 seconds.

Splitstream - Healing Stream Totem heals an additional ally at 30% effectiveness. Healing Tide Totem's healing is increased by 25%.

Elemental Attunement - Increases your mastery.

Imbuement Mastery - Increases the duration of Earthliving Weapon by 3 seconds.

Primal Catalyst - Healing Stream Totem and Healing Tide Totem have a chance to apply Earthliving Weapon when they heal.

Choice Nodes

Choice Node 1:

Amplification Core - While Surging Totem is active, your damage and healing done is increased by 3%.

Oversurge - Surging Totem heals for more while Ascendance or Healing Tide Totem are active.

Oversized Totems - Increases the size and radius of your totems by 15% and their health by 30%.

Swift Recall - Successful uses of Tremor Totem, Poison Cleansing Totem, Capacitor Totem, or Earthgrab Totem reduce the cooldown of that totem by 5 seconds.

Pulse Capacitor - Increases the healing done by Surging Totem by 25%.

Supportive Imbuements - Teaches you Tidecaller's Guard, a shield imbue.

Totemic Coordination - Chain Heals from Lively Totems and Totemic Rebound are 25% more effective.

Earthsurge - Your healing is increased by 15% on allies affected by your Earthliving Weapon.

Restoration Shaman TalentsShaman Class Talents

Chain Heal (CH) - Heals your target and then jumps several times to the most injured allies in range healing each target for a reduced amount.

Lava Burst (LvB) - Strong single target damage spell. If Flame Shock is present on the target Lava Burst will always do a critical strike, and its damage is increased by your critical strike chance.

Chain Lightning (CL) - AoE damage ability. Hits your primary target and then jumps to other nearby enemies.

Earth Shield (ES) - Apply an aura to a friendly target that heals them whenever they take damage and consumes a charge. Baseline 9 charges and 1 hour duration, can only be applied on one target at a time.

Ancestral Wolf Affinity - :cleanseSpirit:, Wind Shear, Purge, and totems can now be cast in Ghost Wolf form without taking you out of it.

Fire and Ice - Increases all fire and frost damage you do by 3%.

Choice Node:

Spirit Wolf - While transformed into Ghost Wolf, you gain 5% increased movement speed and 5% damage reduction every second stacking up to 4 times.

Thunderous Paws - Ghost Wolf removes snares and increases your movement speed by an additional 25% for the first 3 seconds. Can only happen once every 20 seconds.

Frost Shock

Elemental Orbit - Increases the number of elemental shields you can have on yourself by 1 and allows you to have Earth Shield active on yourself and one more target at the same time.

Choice Node:

Spirit Walk - Removes all movement impairing effects and increases your movement speed by 60% for 8 seconds. 1 minute cooldown.

Gust of Wind - Jump forwards a short distance. 20 seconds cooldown.

Astral ShiftNature's Guardian

Encasing Cold - Gives Frost Shock a 15 second cooldown, but now Frost Shock freezes targets in place for 4 seconds.

Arctic Snowstorm - Enemies withing 10 yards of your Frost Shock target are also slowed by 30%.

Healing Stream Totem (HST) - Drop a totem that heals one injured friendly target every few seconds. If you already know Healing Stream Totem gain a second charge instead.

Winds of Al'Akir - Increases your movement speed by 3%, and the movement speed bonus of Ghost Wolf by an additional 5%. Two ranks.

Choice node:

Planes Traveler - Reduces the cooldown of Astral Shift by 30 seconds.

Astral Bulwark - Astral Shift reduces damage taken by an additional 20%.

Brimming with LifeReincarnationWind Shear

Elemental Resistance - Healing from Healing Stream Totem reduces fire, frost, and nature damage taken by 6% for 3 seconds.

Earthgrab Totem - Drop a totem at the target location that pulses every 2 seconds rooting nearby enemies. Targets already rooted before are slowed by 50% instead. Replaces Earthbind Totem.

Capacitor Totem (Cap) - Drop a totem at the target location that explodes after 2 seconds, stunning enemies near it for 3 seconds.

Spiritual Awakening - Increases your mastery.

Enhanced Imbues - Increases the effect of your imbues, Earthliving Weapon and Tidecaller's Guard by 20%.

Windveil - Interrupting a spell reduces all spell damage taken by 15% for 12 seconds.

Refreshing Waters - Healing Wave is 25% more effective on yourself.

Improved Purify Spirit - Purify Spirit now also removes curses.

Static Charge - Reduces the cooldown of Capacitor Totem by 10 seconds. Two ranks.

Wind Rush Totem (WRT) - Drop a totem at the target location that increases movement speed of allies near it by 40% for 5 seconds. The totem lasts 15 seconds.

Earth Elemental - Summon an earth elemental that taunts enemies and generates threat for 30 seconds.

Choice Node:

Purge - Removes one beneficial magic buff from the enemy target.

Greater Purge - Removes two beneficial magic buffs from the enemy target. 12 seconds cooldown.

Nature's Fury

Ascending Air - Reduces Wind Rush Totem's cooldown by 30 seconds and makes the movement speed effect last an additional 2 seconds.

Jet Stream - Wind Rush Totem's movement speed bonus is increased by 10% and it now removes snares.

Primordial BondEarth ElementalHex

Spiritwalker's Grace (SWG) - Lets you cast spells while moving for the next 15 seconds. This spell can be used while you are casting something else.

Totemic Projection (Projection) - Moves all your currently active totems to the target location. 10 seconds cooldown.

Elemental Warding - Reduces magic damage taken by 6%.

Totemic Focus - Improves several of your totems in different ways:

Increases the radius of all totem effects by 15%.

Increases the duration of Earthbind Totem and Earthgrab Totem by 10 seconds.

Increases the duration of Healing Stream Totem, Tremor Totem, Poison Cleansing Totem, and Wind Rush Totem by 3 seconds.

Choice node:

Graceful Spirit - Spiritwalker's Grace's cooldown is reduced by 30 seconds and it also increases your movement speed by 20% while it is active.

Spiritwalker's Aegis - You are immune to interrupts and silences for 5 seconds after using Spiritwalker's Grace.

Mana SpringLava BurstRiptide

Tremor Totem - A totem that pulses very couple of seconds for the next 10 seconds to remove fear, charm and sleep effects from allies.

Poison Cleansing Totem (PCT) - A totem that pulses to remove all poison effects from one nearby ally for the next 6 seconds.

Therazane's Resilience - Earth Shield and Water Shield no longer lose charges and are 115% effective.

Reactive Warding - Refreshing Earth Shield and :manaShield: give you extra healing and mana depending on how many stacks were consumed.

Voodoo MasteryHex

Nature's Swiftness (NS) - Your next spell is instant cast and cost no mana.

Totemic Surge - Reduces the cooldown of most totems by 5 seconds.

Instinctive Imbuements - Water Shield increases your intellect by 3% and applying it also applies all other temporary buffs, like Earth Shield and Earthliving Weapon.

Restoration Specialization Talents

Stormstream Totem (SST) - Every Riptide you cast has a chance to upgrade your next Healing Stream Totem into Stormstream Totem, which heals for more, heals more targets, and also heals allies for a higher amount as soon as you cast it.

Stormstream Totem - Healing Stream Totem and Stormstream Totem healing increased by 20%. Two ranks.

Stormstream Totem - Ancestral Swiftness and Nature's Swiftness grant a use of Stormstream Totem, and now Stormstream Totem doesn't consume a charge of Healing Stream Totem when used.

Riptide - Single target heal that applies a heal over time effect.

Healing Rain (HR) - Places a healing rain on the target location that periodically heals allies inside it while the effect lasts.

Healing Stream Totem (HST) - Drop a totem that heals one injured friendly target every few seconds. If you already know Healing Stream Totem gain a second charge instead.

Soothing Rain - Healing Rain's healing increased by 10% and its cast time is reduced by 0.5 seconds.

Acid Rain - Periodically deals damage to enemies inside your Healing Rain.

Choice node:

Ascendance - Transform into an Ascendant for a short duration, immediately healing nearby allies. While transformed, casting Riptide causes your next Healing Wave or Chain Heal to be instant, and Healing Wave and Chain Heal apply Riptide to your target. In addition, all healing done is increased by 30%.

Healing Tide Totem (HTT) - Summon a totem that periodically heals all raid or party members for the next 10 seconds.

Water Totem MasteryHealing Stream Totem

Overflowing Shores - Healing Rain instantly heals up to 5 allies in the area when cast, and its radius is increased by 2 yards.

Ancestral Vigor (AV) - Targets of your Healing Wave, Chain Heal, and Riptide gain 5% increased health for 10 seconds. Two ranks.

Choice node:

First Ascendant - The cooldown of Ascendance and Healing Tide Totem is reduced by 60 seconds.

Preeminence - Increases the duration of Ascendance and Healing Tide Totem by 3 seconds and grants you 25% haste while they are active.

ResurgenceHealing WaveRiptideChain HealLiving StreamHealing Stream Totem

Current Control - Reduces the mana cost of Healing Wave by 15%.

White Water - Increases the effect of your critical heals to 215%.

Calm Waters - Reduces the mana cost of Chain Heal by 15%.

Quickstream - Healing Stream Totem heals 15% more often.

Rip Current - Reduces the cooldown of Riptide by 1 second.

Crashing Waves - Increases the critical strike chance of Healing Wave by 12%.

Unleash Life (UL) - Heals a friendly target and applies a buff on yourself that increases the strength of your next Riptide, Healing Wave, or Chain Heal by 25% and reduces their cast time by 30%.

Torrent - Increases Riptide's initial heal by 20% and its critical strike chance by 10%.

Earthliving Weapon (ELW) - Applies an imbuement to your weapon that makes Riptide, Healing Wave, and Chain Heal have a chance to apply a heal over time effect on your targets.

Earthweaver - Earth Shield healing is increased by 40%.

Deluge - Healing Wave and Chain Heal heal for more on targets affected by Riptide or standing on your Healing Rain.

Earthen Accord - Unleash Life heals for 30% more and its bonus to your next spell is increased by 20%.

Tidal Waves - Riptide reduces the cast time of your next Healing Wave or Chain Heal by 20%.

Improved Earthliving Weapon (IELW) - Earthliving Weapon gains 150% additional benefit from Mastery: Deep Healing and Healing Wave always applies Earthliving Weapon.

Choice node:

Ancestral Reach (Reach) - Chain Heal bounces one additional time and its healing is increased by 8%.

Flow of the Tides (Flow) - Chain Heal bounces one additional time, and casting it on a target affected by Riptide consumes the Riptide to increase Chain Heal's healing by 30%.

Downpour - After casting Healing Rain the spell becomes Downpour, a burst of healing at your Healing Rain's location that heals 5 allies.

Echo of the Elements - Riptide and Lava Burst gain an additional charge.

Spirit Link Totem (SLT) - Drop a totem that, for the next 6 seconds, reduces the damage taken of all allies inside it by 10% and constantly redistributes their health.

Earthen Harmony - Earth Shield reduces damage taken by 3%, and its healing is increased as the health of the player it is on decreases.

Water Expulsion - Downpour heals for 20% more.

Ancestral Awakening (AA) - Healing Wave and Riptide have a chance to heal your target again for 25% of the original amount. Critical strikes have double chance to cause this healing. Two ranks.

Tidewaters - Casting Healing Rain heals every ally with Riptide.

Undercurrent - Each Riptide active on an ally increases all your healing done by 0.5%. Two ranks.

Spouting Spirits - Spirit Link Totem reduces damage taken by an additional 5% and it also heals all allies inside it 1 second after dropping it.

Wavespeaker's Blessing - Riptide's duration is increased by 3 seconds and its healing over time by 10%. Two ranks.

Double Dip - You can now cast Downpour twice for every Healing Rain.

Primal Tide Core (PTC) - Every 4 casts of Riptide applies an extra Riptide to another nearby ally.

Coalescing Water (CW) - Healing Wave and Chain Heal increase the initial healing of your next Riptide, stacking up to two times.

Deeply Rooted Elements (DRE) - Riptide has a chance to activate Ascendance for a short duration.

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