Restoration Shaman Leveling Guide

11.0.2 - The War Within

Last Updated:August 26, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Restoration Shaman leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

It is highly recommended to level as Elemental Shaman!!

Talents

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Restoration Shaman
Farseer
Farseer Restoration Shaman leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Acid Rain
    • Your Healing Rain does damage, increasing your AoE capability.
  • Master of the Elements
    • Allows you to spread your Flame Shock.
  • Unleash Life
    • Only use this to summon an Ancestor, as they cast similar damage spell whenever you cast a damage spell.

Class Tree

  • Frost Shock
    • Great spell for targeting mobs quickly.
  • Wind Shear
    • 12 seconds cooldown interrupt, which is very nice to constantly interrupt mobs that cast on you.
  • Thunderstorm
    • If you pick Thundershock, this becomes a nice disrupt to stop mobs from casting on you.
  • Refreshing Waters
    • Increases Healing Surge healing on yourself by 25%.
  • Spiritwalker's Grace
    • Allows you to cast while moving for 15 seconds.

Hero Talents

  • Farseer is more specialized in damage and therefore outperforms Totemic when leveling. Consider respeccing to Elemental for an even faster leveling experience!

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Farseer as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Heed My Call.
2. Level 72
  • Pick Primordial Capacity.
3. Level 73
  • Pick Maelstrom Supremacy.
4. Level 74
  • Pick Ancestral Swiftness.
5. Level 75
  • Pick Latent Wisdom.
6. Level 76
  • Pick Offering from Beyond.
7. Level 77
  • Pick Elemental Reverb.
8. Level 78
  • Pick Spiritwalker's Momentum.
9. Level 79
  • Pick Final Calling.
10. Level 80
  • Pick Natural Harmony.

Rotation

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Restoration Shaman

Single-Target

  • Make sure to apply Flame Shock to guarantee crit with your Lava Burst.
Restoration Shaman Single-Target leveling opener

AoE

  • Pull as many mobs you can survive/need.
Restoration Shaman AoE leveling opener
  • Your Healing Rain will do the most damage when it comes to AoE, so make sure to place it down.
  • Only use Lava Burst if there is a mob that will live longer than the other ones.
  • Use your defensives and healing cooldowns aggressively in these pulls.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Restoration Shaman
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Zhatzi

Reviewed by: Thaner

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