TBC Classic Restoration Shaman Guide (Phase 3)
About the Class
Restoration Shaman is a healer in mail armor. Its main strength is healing several targets at once through 
Chain Heal. Besides healing, it brings the raid totems for a variety of tasks, from buffs to dispels, and support spells: 
Bloodlust, 
Earth Shock and 
Purge. In TBC it gained 
Earth Shield, and 
Mana Tide Totem now restores 6% of mana over 3 seconds and stays useful throughout the entire expansion.
Strengths
- Excellent healing of multiple targets through Chain Heal.
- Totems for any task: buffs, dispels, mana restoration.
- Strong support spells beyond totems: Bloodlust, Earth Shock and Purge.
Weaknesses
- Vulnerable to curses and interrupts.
- Weak survivability and a complete lack of defensive cooldowns.
- Single-target healing and mana efficiency are worse than those of other healers.
Stat Priority
- 1Healing done
- 2Spell Haste Rating
- 3Mana per 5 sec.
- 4Spell Critical Strike
- 5Intellect
- 6Stamina
- 7Spirit
Talents
Ability Priority
Lesser Healing Wave — emergency healing for someone about to die- Remove dangerous effects from the group as fast as possible, and prepare for fear ahead of time with
Tremor Totem - Earth Shield on the tank and
Water Shield on yourself — keep them up at all times - Keep support totems active and within range of the group
- Keep Ancestral Healing and Healing Way on the tank if you have them
- Chain Heal — when damage is going out across the group
Healing Wave — when damage is going out on a single target
Important Abilities
Healing Wave
A separate trick is cast cancelling. Start casting a max-rank
Spell Ranks
TBC introduced a downranking penalty: the lower the rank relative to your level, the less it gains from healing done. Even so, a Shaman needs to downrank, otherwise mana will run out on a long fight.
- Chain Heal: rank 1 — economical group healing, rank 3 — a balance, rank 5 — maximum healing.
- Healing Wave: rank 1 — quick and cheap to apply Ancestral Healing and Healing Way, rank 7 — moderate single-target healing, rank 12 — huge healing, convenient for cast cancelling and for pairing with
Nature's Swiftness. Rank 5 is the most economical for constant healing: spells available before level 20 gain less from gear, while rank 4 already falls under the penalty. - Earth Shock: rank 1 for economical interrupts.
Frost Shock: rank 1 for economical slows.
Best in Slot (BiS)
Best in Slot (BiS)Tier 6 Set — Skyshatter Regalia
Tier 6 Set — Skyshatter RegaliaEnchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants
Gems
ConsumablesRaces
Best Professions
Provides the Windhawk Armor set, which also works great for an Elemental Shaman, and 
Drums of Battle — a consumable available only to leatherworkers.
Exclusive ring enchants boost your healing throughout all of TBC.
Good only at the very start: the Whitemend and Primal Mooncloth sets are available right in the first phase and give excellent healing stats, but they have no stamina and are quickly replaced by T4-level gear. Plus the profession earns decent gold from periodic cloth transmutes.
A good source of gold thanks to transmutes and the new specializations in elixirs, potions and transmutation.
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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