Restoration Shaman Healing Gear and Best in Slot - The War Within (11.0.2) (2024)

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Restoration Shaman, where wewill cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

For detailed information on gear stats and what you want to chase, check outour Stats page below.

Also, if you have a new piece of gear that you need gems and enchants advicefor, you can find everything you need on our dedicated page below.

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BiS Gear for Restoration Shaman

Pre-Season BiS ListOverall Season 1 BiS ListDungeon Season 1 BiS ListRaid Season 1 BiS List

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Pre-Season BiS List for Restoration Shaman

This list contains the overall best gear setup that includes gear from anysource for Restoration Shaman.

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item levelequipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Scalding Queenmaker's Shiv	Benk Buzzbee in Cinderbrew Meadery
Shield	Galebreaker Bulwark	Stormguard Gorren in The Rookery
Helm	'Azeroth's Greatest BEE.E.O.' Cap	Goldie Baronbottom in Cinderbrew Meadery
Neck	Flickering Glowtorc	Blazikon in Darkflame Cleft
Shoulder	Shadowblight Mantle	Anub'ikkaj in The Dawnbreaker
Cloak	Swarmcaller's Shroud	Anub'zekt in Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Chest	Boltbreaker Armor	Stormguard Gorren in The Rookery
Bracers	I'pa's Pale Aleguards	I'pa in Cinderbrew Meadery
Gloves	Corpseleecher Grips	Skarmorak in The Stonevault
Belt	Scent-Strong Candlecord	Blazikon in Darkflame Cleft
Legs	Divine Pyrewalkers	Prioress Murrpray in Priory of the Sacred Flame
Boots	Defiance Crusher's Sabatons	Anub'ikkaj in The Dawnbreaker
Ring #1	Devout Zealot's Ring	Speaker Shadowcrown in The Dawnbreaker
Ring #2	High Nerubian Signet	Anub'ikkaj in The Dawnbreaker
Trinket #1	Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj	Anub'ikkaj in The Dawnbreaker
Trinket #2	Carved Blazikon Wax	Blazikon in Darkflame Cleft

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Overall Season 1 BiS List for Restoration Shamans

See Also

Restoration Shaman Raid Guide

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item levelequipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Sovereign's Disdain	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Shield	Crest of the Caustic Despot	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Helm	Noetic of the Forgotten Reservoir	Silken Court, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Neck	Locket of Broken Memories	Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace
Shoulder	Concourse of the Forgotten Reservoir	Rasha'nan, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Cloak	Wings of Shattered Sorrow	Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace
Chest	Vestments of the Forgotten Reservoir	Broodtwister Ovi'nax, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Bracers	Ky'veza's Covert Clasps	Nexus Princess Ky'veza in Nerub-ar Palace
Gloves	Covenant of the Forgotten Reservoir	Sikran, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Belt	Accelerated Ascension Coil	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace
Legs	Liquified Defector's Leggings	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Boots	Striders of Restless Malice	Surgeon Stitchflesh in The Necrotic Wake
Ring #1	Seal of the Poisoned Pact	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #2	Ritual Commander's Ring	Nalthor the Rimebinder in The Necrotic Wake
Trinket #1	Spymaster's Web	Silken Court
Trinket #2	Unbound Changeling	Mists of Tirna Scithe, or Great Vault

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Dungeon Season 1 BiS List for Restoration Shamans

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item levelequipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Haste is also very good for Mythic+, while Mastery is often wastedto do not affecting our DPS, and that bias is reflected in the gear picked below.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Modgud's Blade	Grim Batol
Shield	Old-Blood Hielaman	City of Threads
Helm	Noetic of the Forgotten Reservoir	Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Neck	Elder's Hemolymphal Periapt	City of Threads
Shoulder	Concourse of the Forgotten Reservoir	Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Cloak	Swarmcaller's Shroud	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Chest	Vestments of the Forgotten Reservoir	Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Bracers	Dread Captain's Irons	Siege of Boralus
Gloves	Covenant of the Forgotten Reservoir	Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Belt	Anchor Chain Girdle	Siege of Boralus
Legs	Lichbone Legguards	The Necrotic Wake
Boots	Striders of Restless Malice	The Necrotic Wake
Ring #1	Band of the Ancient Dredger	Siege of Boralus
Ring #2	Ritual Commander's Ring	The Necrotic Wake
Trinket #1	Gale of Shadows	Grim Batol
Trinket #2	Ara-Kara Sacbrood	Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

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Raid Season 1 BiS List for Restoration Shamans

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item levelequipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Haste is bad for Chain Heal builds which are often favored whenraiding, while Mastery can often be decent when underhealing or whileprogression raiding, and that bias is reflected in the gear picked below.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Sovereign's Disdain	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Shield	Crest of the Caustic Despot	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Helm	Noetic of the Forgotten Reservoir	Silken Court, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Neck	Locket of Broken Memories	Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace
Shoulder	Concourse of the Forgotten Reservoir	Rasha'nan, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Cloak	Wings of Shattered Sorrow	Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace
Chest	Vestments of the Forgotten Reservoir	Broodtwister Ovi'nax, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Bracers	Ky'veza's Covert Clasps	Nexus Princess Ky'veza in Nerub-ar Palace
Gloves	Covenant of the Forgotten Reservoir	Sikran, Matrix Catalyst, or Great Vault
Belt	Accelerated Ascension Coil	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace
Legs	Liquified Defector's Leggings	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Boots	Rasha'nan's Grotesque Talons	Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #1	Seal of the Poisoned Pact	Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace
Ring #2	Writhing Ringworm	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace
Trinket #1	Spymaster's Web	Silken Court
Trinket #2	Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg	Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace

There are three main paths to gear your characters in The War Within:

• World Content (crafting, reputations, quests, world bosses, world PvP);
• Instanced PvE Content (delves, dungeons, and raids);
• Instanced PvP Content (battlegrounds and arenas).

You are free to pursue any or all of these paths. The more content you do inthe game, the faster your gearing up will be, but we recommend that you focuson the types of content you enjoy the most, letting gear come as a by-productof having fun!

The current Crest system works for all PvE gear, including crafted gear.Enchanting can create optional reagents such as Enchanted Gilded Harbinger Crestby using Crests looted from PvE content, with higher difficulty content rewardingcrests that can be used to increase item level further.

You will also need Valorstones to upgrade your items, which can be foundin different amounts when doing any PvE content. These can also be used to upgradedropped PvE gear up to a maximum Item Level equivalent to Mythic Raid Item Level,although the exact amount of upgrades available depends on the source of the item.

The cost to upgrade depends on the slot and increases as the Item Level goes up.In order to create crafted gear in The War Within Season 1, you will need Spark of Omens,which can be obtained from weekly quests or dropped randomly from any type of contentwhile you are under the current maximum cap, which rises every other week.

Gear obtained from PvP is upgradeable with Conquest points earned fromdoing Rated PvP and other PvP activities.

You should generally be using your highest item-level gear. If you have anIntellect two-hander that is of higher item level than your one-hand + shieldcombination, use the two-hander; otherwise, use the shield for an increase insurvivability against physical damage.

You will usually want to start with upgrading your weapon, followed by trinkets,and then any leech/avoidance pieces or items you won't be replacing for a longtime. These would be great choices, for example:

1. Highest item level weapon you have;
2. Highest item level trinket(s) of S-rank you have;
3. Any Leech / Avoidance pieces of high item level.

Below are the Tier Set Bonuses for Restoration Shaman in The WarWithin. After the wording of the bonus, you will find a brief note/commentarythat is italicized.

• Shaman Restoration Season 1 2pc — Tidal Waves increases thehealing of affected spells by 10%. This is a simple bonus which translates intoa straightforward 10% healing increase to some of your core spells such as Healing Wave, Healing Surge, and also Chain Heal, which is often easy to forgetabout as it used to provide, rather than consume, Tidal Waves in Classic expansions!
• Shaman Restoration Season 1 4pc — Tidal Waves is 80% moreeffective and reduces the Mana cost of affected spells by 8%. This is a verysignificant increase in Tidal Waves power, and you will want to focus heavily ongenerating and spending them with your gameplay once you get this bonus.

Both set bonuses are completely passive and do not have significant gameplayimpact, as generating and consuming Tidal Waves is already how you shouldbe optimally playing, even without the tier set bonuses. Doing it correctly willbe much more powerful while failing to do so will be further punishing.

Besides getting Tier pieces from doing the raid, you can also turn any non-professionpiece of gear into a Tier piece with the Matrix Catalyst, which willgain stacking charges every week.

Take note that a trinket's worth might vary wildly between types of content.For example, there are trinkets not listed below that are specifically createdand tailored for PvP, while PvE players mostly chase stat sticks, as those improvehealing (and damage) reliably, without the burst and bust characteristic of procor on-use trinkets.

The ranking system is as follows:

1. S Tier: the strongest and most generally useful trinkets; these arealways good choices;
2. A Tier: these trinkets are slightly weaker than the S Tiertraits, but are still solid choices;
3. B Tier: a below-average trinket that should be picked only in theabsence of an S or A Tier trinket.

• Spymaster's Web (Nerub-ar Palace);
• Unbound Changeling (Mists of Tirna Scithe);
• Gale of Shadows (Grim Batol);
• Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg (Nerub-ar Palace);
• Ara-Kara Sacbrood (Ara-Kara, City of Echoes);
• Creeping Coagulum (Nerub-ar Palace).

• Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj (The Dawnbreaker);
• Scrapsinger's Symphony (The Stonevault);
• Cirral Concoctory (City of Threads);
• Carved Blazikon Wax (Darkflame Cleft);
• Nerubian Pheromone Secreter (The Severed Threads renown vendor);
• Gruesome Syringe (Nerub-ar Palace).

• High Speaker's Accretion (The Stonevault);
• Viscous Coaglam (City of Threads);
• Unstable Power Suit Core (Delves);
• Quickwick Candlestick (Delves);
• Algari Alchemist Stone (Alchemy);
• Mereldar's Toll (The Dawnbreaker).

Embellishments are special effects that are either found on crafted pieces bydefault or can be added to crafted pieces during the crafting process. A charactercan have two embellishments equipped at any time. The following are ourrecommended embellishments:

• Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension can only be placed on a weapon, but is verystrong if you can afford it. Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis is also good, especiallyon long fights and Delves, but since you can only use one of these, Ascension isthe current general recommendation;
• Writhing Armor Banding works with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis and doubles their positive and negative effects,making it a great way to get double the effect of embellishments you can only useone of;
• Dawnthread Lining provides a large amount of Critical Strike as longas you are above 80% Health, making it a very strong option, especially for dungeons;
• Duskthread Lining provides a large amount of Versatility as longas you are above 80% Health, making it a very strong option, especially for dungeons;
• Binding of Binding provides a large stat proc that goes on a random allyunless both of you have one of these rings bound to each other. The stat proc isstrong, and in some scenarios it can be helpful that you get a lower benefit thanyour ally when healing is a lesser concern than DPS maximization;
• Blessed Weapon Grip causes your damage to have a chance to increase yourhighest secondary stat. As this bonus fades over time and requires you to do damagefor a weaker boost than most other options, it is not very appealing;
• The Embrace of the Cinderbee set, as seen in Busy Bee's Buckle,has a decent effect but takes both of your embellishment slots and requires youto notice and move to collect a fiery orb nearby every so often, making it muchweaker in practice than most alternatives.

Our current recommendation is to use your first Spark to craft a one-hand weaponwith Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, such as the Everforged Dagger fromBlacksmithing.

After that, double Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension's benefit with Writhing Armor Bandingor, alternatively, Dawnthread Lining, Duskthread Lining, and Binding of Binding are also quite strong, but their power is dependent onhow much uptime you can get and how much do you value the stats of your alliesrelative to your own, respectively.

If you know you will have access to a maxed out Mythic level weapon early on,it is also viable to skip the weapon craft and Darkmoon Embellishment entirely andgo right into the alternative Embellishments proposed above, crafted on whateverslots you have the lowest item level on, and preferably slots with lower stat budget,such as the wrists, belt, or boots.

Simulating your damage is mostly a thing that DPS players do, as Healers needto interweave their healing with damage, which means their damage potential isalways contingent on how much healing is needed.

For the most part, all you need to think about for damage is avoiding theMastery stat, which has no DPS value. Learn more about how to optimizeyour damage rotation below.

For healing, we recommend analyzing your performance in past encountersinstead. Tools such as Warcraft Logs, WoW Analyzer, andQE Live are capable of giving you an accurate stat weight and tips onhow to improve based on your logs.

You can find more details on how to make the most out of these tools in thespecialized page below.