Restoration Shaman Stats, Races and Consumables Guide

Patch 11.0.2 Last Updated: 19th Aug, 2024
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Disclaimer: This Guide was written based on the BETA.

Stat Priorities

Raid

Intellect > Critical Strike > Versatility = Haste > Mastery.

Mythic+

Intellect > Crit = Versatility = Haste > Mastery.

Stat Outline

Critical Strike: Critical Strikes give us mana back if talented into Resurgence and increases output when we land a crit.

Versatility: Increases our healing and damage by a flat amount and reduces the damage we take by half of that.

Mastery: Increases our healing done to targets based on their current hp, the lower their health, the more healing we do.

Haste: Most of our abilities don't scale with haste which makes it relatively weak, especially in a raiding scenario. It gets more important in dungeons, specifically for single target damage.

Races

Pandaren - Gives huge output increase thanks to the double effect of the food buff

Dwarf - The best race for mythic+ content by far. Might of the Mountain is a strong passive DPS/HPS increase, which scales with the amount of critical strike we get throughout the expansion. On top of that, Stoneform is the biggest game-changer defensive racial that can completely negate some mechanics.

Tauren - Just like dwarf Brawn is a strong passive DPS/HPS increase, which scales with the amount of critical strike we get throughout the expansion.

On top of that, Endurance helps with one-shot mechanics thanks to extra stamina, while War Stomp brings additional cc potential.

Extra note

Goblin used to be extremely important for shamans, thanks to Rocket Jump. It helped a lot with some mechanics/mobility.

Enchants

Cloak: Chant of Winged Grace

Chest: Council’s Intellect

Bracers: Chant of Armored Leech

Boots: Defender’s March

Legs: Daybreak Spellthread

Rings: Radiant Critical Strike

Weapon: Authority of Fiery Resolve

Gems

Diamond: Culminating Blasphemite

Other Gems: Versatile Ruby or Deadly Sapphire

Consumables

Food: Feast of the Midnight Masquerade

Phials: Flask of Alchemical Chaos

Potions: Algari Mana Potion

Health Potions: Algari Healing Potion

Weapon Oil: Earthliving Weapon or Algari Mana Oil

Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune