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WoW Forever Shaman Restoration Chain Healer Talent Build
Healer · Raids Level 60 · 0 / 10 / 41 · Elemental 0 · Enhancement 10 · Restoration 41
Totem-and-tide raid healer: Purification throughput, Mana Tide support and an Enhancement crit shell. This level-60 plan is a starting point: load it in the calculator and adjust the points for your gear, group and current beta data.
Build at a glance
Healer · Raids
Use this plan when your priority matches the role label above. It is not intended to be a universal build for every activity.
- Purification healing core
- Mana Tide Totem raid mana
- Tidal Mastery crit
Load the build, test it at level 60, then compare your version with the build comparison tool.
How to use this Restoration Chain Healer build
- Press Open in Shaman calculator above.
- Keep the core path, then shift points into the talents that matter for your gear, group or preferred activity.
- Use the calculator's Copy build button to share your edited version with your guild or group.
How to play Restoration Chain Healer
Drop Mana Tide for the healers, keep Healing Wave on tanks, and Chain Heal the melee pile. Totems down every pull.
Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Shaman talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.
Every point in Restoration Chain Healer, explained
The table below lists every point of this level 60 build: the exact rank taken and what that rank does. So you can see where the points went, and why each pick earned its spot.
Enhancement (10 points)
| Talent | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Thundering Strikes | 5/5 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%. |
 Ancestral Knowledge | 5/5 | Increases your Intellect by 10%. |
Restoration (41 points)
| Talent | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Improved Healing Wave | 5/5 | Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.5 sec. |
 Totemic Focus | 5/5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 25%. |
 Mindfulness | 3/3 | Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
 Natural Grace | 3/3 | Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%. |
 Tidal Focus | 5/5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%. |
 Ancestral Healing | 3/3 | Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells. |
 Healing Focus | 3/3 | Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell. |
 Water Shield | 1/1 | The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's healing spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time. |
 Tidal Mastery | 5/5 | Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%. |
 Restorative Totems | 5/5 | Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 25% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 50%. |
 Mana Tide Totem | 1/1 | Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 88 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 30 yards. |
 Purification | 2/5 | Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 4%. |
Why Restoration Chain Healer takes these talents
Purification lifts all healing done. Mana Tide Totem restores the whole healer group. Tidal Mastery adds the crits that trigger Ancestral Healing.
Common questions
How do I change this build?
Press Open in Shaman calculator, move any points, and share the new link. Your edits are included in the link automatically.
How do I share this build?
Open the build in the calculator and use the Copy build button. Whoever opens the link sees the same point allocation and can continue editing it.
Can I reset the points?
Yes. Use Reset in the calculator, or reload this starter build to return to the original allocation.
Does this build work for PvE and PvP?
Check the role tag at the top of the page. The point split favors that activity, although some talents may still be useful in other content.
Not quite your style?
If Restoration Chain Healer doesn't click, try Elemental Raid (dps) or Enhancement Shaman (dps) instead. Every build on this site loads straight into the calculator — testing a different spec takes seconds, not an evening of re-planning.
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Beta note: this is an independent starting plan based on the current talent snapshot. Talent effects and balance may change; review the updates and sources before treating it as final.