Restoration Shaman
WoW Class Guide • WoW Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5 • Noxxic Legacy
Healer Rotation & Cooldowns
Note: This page is not yet updated for the latest patch of 10.0.2 in WoW Dragonflight.
Raid/Group Healing Rotation
While healing, keep Water Shield active on yourself, and prioritize your spells like this:
- Earth Shield (Keep active on tank)
- Riptide when available (& keep active on tank)
- Healing Stream Totem when available
- Cloudburst Totem when available
- Unleash Life when available (See Note 1)
- Healing Rain (See Note 2)
- Earthen Wall Totem (See Note 2)
- Healing Surge or Healing Wave (See Note 3)
- Spirit Link Totem to mitigate upcoming group damage.
- Healing Tide Totem to recover from group damage.
Note 1: Unleash Life buff is most optimally used when for Chain Heal or Riptide.
Note 2: Use proactively, not just reactively (if known upcoming group damage is incoming, use right before.) Also, try and keep it casted on groups of players that are stacked together.
Note 3: Use either Healing Surge or Healing Wave to use Tidal Waves stacks. Try and favor Healing Wave as it is most mana efficient.
Important Cooldowns
- Bloodlust Epic group cooldown. Use as directed by your party/raid leader.
- Healing Stream Totem Use on cooldown for passive smart healing.
- Healing Tide Totem Use as needed for significant AoE healing.
- Spirit Link Totem Use for emergency group healing.
- Spiritwalker's Grace Use during periods of high movement to maintain healing.