Shaman specialization

Restoration Shaman in WoW Forever

Group healing and totem support.

  • Your role: Healer
  • Advice for every level to 60
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Level 30 · Soloing

How to solo at level 30

Your combat loop

Press the first one that is ready.

Every Shaman plays this loop at level 30. Restoration’s own loop starts at level 45.

Own loop from: Elemental level 18Enhancement level 23Restoration level 45

Use Windfury Weapon. It does 22% more than Rockbiter Weapon and 21% more than Flametongue Weapon.

No totems to keep up solo: you walk away from them, and Strength of Earth or Grace of Air costs more mana than it gives back over one or two mobs. Searing Totem is not scored, since the game files do not hold how often it attacks.

Pull with Lightning Bolt Rank 5. Cast it 2 times as the enemy runs in, then go to the loop below.

  1. Earth Shock Rank 4 Every 6 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 6 sec.

    23% of your damage
  2. Windfury Weapon Rank 1 Main hand

    Keep it on your main-hand weapon.

    28% of your damage
  3. Auto attack All the time

    Your weapon swings on its own. Stay in melee range.

    49% of your damage

The first 30 seconds

When to press each one from the pull. The blue line under a press is the global cooldown (1.5 sec) or cast it holds: nothing else on the global cooldown can go until it ends, so of two that are ready together the higher one goes first.

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Windfury WeaponAuto attack

How MaxDPS works this out

Talents at level 30

21 points at level 30: the first at level 10, then one every level.

The MaxDPS build at this level, in the game’s talent frame. Click a talent to learn it and right click to unlearn it, as in the game.

Talents
Unspent Talents
Point order: when each point goes in
  1. Tidal Focus 5/5 · levels 10–14 +6.5% damage
  2. Mindfulness 3/3 · levels 15–17 +1.1% damage
  3. Improved Healing Wave 5/5 · levels 18–19 and 21–23 no damage
  4. Water Shield 1/1 · level 20 no damage
  5. Healing Focus 1/3 · level 24 no damage
  6. Mana Tide Totem 1/1 · level 25 no damage
  7. Tidal Mastery 4/5 · levels 26–29 no damage
  8. Healing Way 1/3 · level 30 no damage

Every Shaman talent

Preliminary item rankings · Soloing

Restoration Shaman gear rankings

Kill speed, with the mana to heal yourself · Level 30 · Calculated defaults

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Head 71 items · Updating…

Where it comes from

Key stats show the stats behind the three largest score contributions, as the game tooltip states them; open an item’s details for every value and source.

Head items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank Item Score (pts) Where to get it Actions
1 in this filtered list
Defender's Leather Helm Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 12 Strength13 Stamina84 Armor
17.61

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 12 × 1 = 12.00 pts
  • Stamina: 13 × 0.3808 = 4.95 pts
  • Armor: 84 × 0.0078 = 0.66 pts

Rare

15 sources

Lorgus JettNPC drop · 0.3% · Blackfathom Deeps
Charlga RazorflankNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Aggem ThorncurseNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Bazil ThreddNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
Aku'maiNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Old Serra'kisNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
All 15 sources
2 in this filtered list
Cloudy Gustwoven Hood Leather · iLvl 35 · Req. 30 · Crafted Key stats: 9 Strength9 Stamina83 Armor
13.07

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 9 × 1 = 9.00 pts
  • Stamina: 9 × 0.3808 = 3.43 pts
  • Armor: 83 × 0.0078 = 0.65 pts

Uncommon

Source

3 in this filtered list
Azure Gustwoven Hood Leather · iLvl 35 · Req. 30 · Crafted Key stats: 9 Strength9 Stamina83 Armor
13.07

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 9 × 1 = 9.00 pts
  • Stamina: 9 × 0.3808 = 3.43 pts
  • Armor: 83 × 0.0078 = 0.65 pts

Uncommon

Source

4 in this filtered list
Defender's Leather Hood Leather · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 8 Strength10 Stamina76 Armor
12.40

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 8 × 1 = 8.00 pts
  • Stamina: 10 × 0.3808 = 3.81 pts
  • Armor: 76 × 0.0078 = 0.59 pts

Rare

Source

5 in this filtered list
Totemic Leather Helm Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 13 Stamina12 Spell power84 Armor
9.68

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 13 × 0.3808 = 4.95 pts
  • Spell power: 12 × 0.3393 = 4.07 pts
  • Armor: 84 × 0.0078 = 0.66 pts

Rare

16 sources

GelihastNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Lorgus JettNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Old Serra'kisNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Charlga RazorflankNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Fallen ChampionNPC drop · <0.1% · Scarlet Monastery
Aggem ThorncurseNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Aku'maiNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Baron AquanisNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
All 16 sources
6 in this filtered list
Whisperwind Headdress Leather · iLvl 34 · Req. 29 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 11 Stamina7 Spell power11 Spirit
9.19

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 11 × 0.3808 = 4.19 pts
  • Spell power: 7 × 0.3393 = 2.38 pts
  • Spirit: 11 × 0.1756 = 1.93 pts
  • Armor: 89 × 0.0078 = 0.69 pts

Rare

Source

7 in this filtered list
Brawler's Leather Helm Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 13 Stamina10 Agility84 Armor
8.05

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 13 × 0.3808 = 4.95 pts
  • Agility: 10 × 0.2442 = 2.44 pts
  • Armor: 84 × 0.0078 = 0.66 pts

Rare

17 sources

GelihastNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
RoogugNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Lorgus JettNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Charlga RazorflankNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
IronspineNPC drop · <0.1% · Scarlet Monastery
Aggem ThorncurseNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Aku'maiNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Dextren WardNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
All 17 sources
8 in this filtered list
Wisdom's Leather Helm Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 13 Stamina7 Spell damage84 Armor
7.98

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 13 × 0.3808 = 4.95 pts
  • Spell power: 7 × 0.3393 = 2.38 pts
  • Armor: 84 × 0.0078 = 0.66 pts

Rare

12 sources

Aggem ThorncurseNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Charlga RazorflankNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Overlord RamtuskNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Kam DeepfuryNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
Aku'maiNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Dextren WardNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
Bazil ThreddNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
GelihastNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
All 12 sources
9 in this filtered list
Embalmed Shroud Cloth · iLvl 35 · Req. 30 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 8 Spell damage7 Stamina12 Spirit
7.81

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 8 × 0.3393 = 2.71 pts
  • Stamina: 7 × 0.3808 = 2.67 pts
  • Spirit: 12 × 0.1756 = 2.11 pts
  • Armor: 42 × 0.0078 = 0.33 pts

Rare

Source

10 in this filtered list
Filigreed Pristine Circlet Cloth · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Crafted Key stats: 12 Stamina8 Spell damage38 Armor
7.58
TailoringCrafted

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 12 × 0.3808 = 4.57 pts
  • Spell power: 8 × 0.3393 = 2.71 pts
  • Armor: 38 × 0.0078 = 0.30 pts

Rare

Source

TailoringCrafted
11 in this filtered list
Totemic Leather Hood Leather · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Stamina9 Spell power76 Armor
7.45

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 10 × 0.3808 = 3.81 pts
  • Spell power: 9 × 0.3393 = 3.05 pts
  • Armor: 76 × 0.0078 = 0.59 pts

Rare

Source

12 in this filtered list
Sorrow's Shroud Cloth · iLvl 29 · Req. 24 · Other drop Key stats: 11 Stamina5 Spell damage3 Mana per 5 sec
7.42

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 11 × 0.3808 = 4.19 pts
  • Spell power: 5 × 0.3393 = 1.70 pts
  • Mana per 5 sec: 3 × 0.4129 = 1.24 pts
  • Armor: 38 × 0.0078 = 0.30 pts

Rare

Source

13 in this filtered list
Stormrider's Leather Helm Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 13 Stamina10 Spirit84 Armor
7.36

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 13 × 0.3808 = 4.95 pts
  • Spirit: 10 × 0.1756 = 1.76 pts
  • Armor: 84 × 0.0078 = 0.66 pts

Rare

11 sources

Dark Iron AmbassadorBoss drop · 0.3%
Overlord RamtuskNPC drop · <0.1%
GelihastNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Aku'maiNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
Charlga RazorflankNPC drop · <0.1%
Kam DeepfuryNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
Dextren WardNPC drop · <0.1%
Interrogator VishasNPC drop · <0.1%
All 11 sources
14 in this filtered list
Wisdom's Leather Hood Leather · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Stamina6 Spell damage76 Armor
6.44

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 10 × 0.3808 = 3.81 pts
  • Spell power: 6 × 0.3393 = 2.04 pts
  • Armor: 76 × 0.0078 = 0.59 pts

Rare

Source

15 in this filtered list
Silk Headband Cloth · iLvl 32 · Req. 27 · Crafted Key stats: 9 Spell power8 Stamina36 Armor
6.38
TailoringCrafted

Score breakdown

  • Spell power: 9 × 0.3393 = 3.05 pts
  • Stamina: 8 × 0.3808 = 3.05 pts
  • Armor: 36 × 0.0078 = 0.28 pts

Uncommon

Source

TailoringCrafted
16 in this filtered list
Brawler's Leather Hood Leather · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Stamina8 Agility76 Armor
6.35

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 10 × 0.3808 = 3.81 pts
  • Agility: 8 × 0.2442 = 1.95 pts
  • Armor: 76 × 0.0078 = 0.59 pts

Rare

Source

17 in this filtered list
Pristine Circlet Cloth · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Stamina6 Spell damage35 Armor
6.12
TailoringCrafted

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 10 × 0.3808 = 3.81 pts
  • Spell power: 6 × 0.3393 = 2.04 pts
  • Armor: 35 × 0.0078 = 0.27 pts

Rare

Source

TailoringCrafted
18 in this filtered list
Trapper's Leather Helm Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 13 Stamina84 Armor10 Intellect
6.09

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 13 × 0.3808 = 4.95 pts
  • Armor: 84 × 0.0078 = 0.66 pts
  • Intellect: 10 × 0.0482 = 0.48 pts

Rare

13 sources

Lorgus JettNPC drop · 0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
HamhockNPC drop · <0.1% · Stormwind Stockade
Fallen ChampionNPC drop · <0.1% · Scarlet Monastery
Overlord RamtuskNPC drop · <0.1% · Razorfen Kraul
Charlga RazorflankNPC drop · <0.1%
Death Speaker JargbaNPC drop · <0.1%
GelihastNPC drop · <0.1% · Blackfathom Deeps
All 13 sources
19 in this filtered list
Dokebi Hat Leather · iLvl 35 · Req. 30 · Other drop Key stats: 4 Strength5 Spirit83 Armor
6.06

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 4 × 1 = 4.00 pts
  • Spirit: 5 × 0.1756 = 0.88 pts
  • Armor: 83 × 0.0078 = 0.65 pts
  • Intellect: 11 × 0.0482 = 0.53 pts

Uncommon

54 sources

Withered WarriorNPC drop · 0.2% · Razorfen Downs
Withered ReaverNPC drop · 0.2% · Razorfen Downs
Tomb FiendNPC drop · 0.1% · Razorfen Downs
Razorfen BattleguardNPC drop · <0.1%
Whirlwind StormwalkerNPC drop · <0.1% · Desolace
Death's Head CultistNPC drop · <0.1%
All 54 sources
20 in this filtered list
Stormrider's Leather Hood Leather · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Stamina9 Spirit76 Armor
5.98

Score breakdown

  • Stamina: 10 × 0.3808 = 3.81 pts
  • Spirit: 9 × 0.1756 = 1.58 pts
  • Armor: 76 × 0.0078 = 0.59 pts

Rare

Source

Item stats from the WoW Forever game files; sources from data collected from the live game.

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