Restoration Shaman Raid Guide

• Surging Totem
  • Summons a totem that maintains Healing Rain around it
  • It is important to think about the placement of the Surging Totem as the duration is 24 seconds, you can always utilize Totemic Projection to move it, including Healing Rain
• Whirling Elements.
  • Everytime you summon Surging Totem you get 3 different element buffs that affect your next healing abilities.
    • Water - Makes your next Healing Wave or Healing Surge cleave to an ally within your healing rain.
    • Air - Cast time of your next healing spell is reduced by 40%.
    • Earth - Your next Chain Heal will apply Earthliving Weapon to all targets hit.

When to use this Spec

This Spec is commonly used on fights that allow you to stack with your raid throughout the entire encounter, As this build favors stacked group healing.

Talent Adjustments

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Ancestral Reach
    • Strong boost to your AoE healing.
  • High Tide
    • Spending enough mana gives you 2 enhanced Chain Heals, try to combine these with Tidebringer.
  • Tidebringer
    • Every 8 sec, your next Chain Heals jump distance is increased by 100%, and stacks up to 2 charges. This allows you to save up the charges when you know a crucial moment is coming up.
  • Living Stream
    • Making your Healing Stream Totem stronger and allowing you to play around with Lively Totems.
      Which provides more on-demand healing.
  • Unleash Life
    • Buffs your next healing spell, great ability for different situations.
  • Earthliving Weapon
    • Imbue your weapon, causing your core healing abillities to trigger additional healing on your target.
• Removed
  • Primal Tide Core
  • Earthen Harmony
  • Reactive Warding
  • Cloudburst Totem
  • Undulation
  • Acid Rain

Hero Talents

• Oversurge
  • Buffing your Surging Totem during one of your strongest healing cooldowns, making your cooldowns even more valuable.
• Wind Barrier
  • Gives you an absorb shield when you have an active totem, this adds to your survivability
• Supportive Imbuements
  • New imbue for your shield, you are required to play a shield when you play Totemic as this imbue increases your healing done and the duration of your Healing Stream Totem.
• Oversized Totems
  • Increases the size and radius of your totems, which can be helpful on fights that require your raid to move or dodge certain mechanics. The more radius you cover the easier it is to ensure you cover everyone in your raid with totems such as Spirit Link Totem
• Lively Totems
  • Your healing totems will cast a free chain heal when summoned, making it easy for you to deal with quick damage intake.

1. Cast High Tide buffed Chain Heals if 3+ allies require healing.
2. Cast Surging Totem on cooldown.
3. Cast Downpour if your allies are injured.
4. Cast Riptide on cooldown for Tidal Waves.
5. Cast Healing Stream Totem to avoid overcapping on charges.
6. Cast Unleash Life on cooldown.
7. Consume Unleash Life on Chain Heal if High Tide is active, otherwise Healing Rain/Downpour.
8. Cast Chain Heal if 3+ allies are missing health.
9. Cast Healing Wave.
10. Refresh Earth Shield.

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

• These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS. They were planned based on the Beta version of the game, so if the boss timers change when the raid goes live, it also changes the cooldown assignments.

Boss Tips

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when soaking Gruesome Disgorge.
• Externals
  • Shaman does not bring any externals, but you can treat your Spirit Link Totem like one, do not hesitate to use to save someone in your raid, unless Spirit Link Totem is assigned for a specific event.
• Paradox
  • Other healers make better use of it this encounter.
• General
  • Use Wind Rush Totem for your team to reach their Gruesome Disgorge in time.
  • Utilize Spiritwalker's Grace when targeted by Grasp From Beyond

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

• These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS. They were planned based on the Beta version of the game, so if the boss timers change when the raid goes live, it also changes the cooldown assignments.

Boss Tips

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when targetd by Decimate.
• Externals
  • Shaman does not bring any externals, but you can treat your Spirit Link Totem like one, do not hesitate to use to save someone in your raid, unless Spirit Link Totem is assigned for a specific event.
• Paradox
  • Other healers make better use of it on this boss encounter.
• General
  • Cast Wind Rush Totem to help Decimate targets reach their assigned position.

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS. They were planned based on the Beta version of the game, so if the boss timers change when the raid goes live, it also changes the cooldown assignments.

Boss Tips

• Defensives
  • Rotate your Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when targeted by multiple Infested Spawn.
• Externals
  • Shaman does not bring any externals, but you can treat your Spirit Link Totem like one, do not hesitate to use to save someone in your raid, unless Spirit Link Totem is assigned for a specific event.
• Paradox
  • Other healers make better use of it on this boss encounter.
• General
  • Use Wind Rush Totem to help your team to reach the boss quicker when he relocates.
    You can move your Wind Rush Totem with Totemic Projection if needed.
  • You can use Capacitor Totem and Earthbind Totem to slow and stun the Infested Spawn, to prevent them from reaching your allies.

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS. They were planned based on the Beta version of the game, so if the boss timers change when the raid goes live, it also changes the cooldown assignments.

Boss Tips

• Defensives
  • Ensure you have Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem active when targeted with Experimental Dosage.
• Externals
  • Shaman does not bring any externals, but you can treat your Spirit Link Totem like one, do not hesitate to use to save someone in your raid, unless Spirit Link Totem is assigned for a specific event..
• Paradox
  • Other healers make better use of it on this boss encounter.
• General
  • Coordinate your AoE Sprints like Wind Rush Totem to ensure one is active for each Experimental Dosage.
  • On each Experimental Dosage, there will be some adds spawning.
    When Blood Parasites spawn, use Earthbind Totem to slow them as they need to be killed before they reach their fixate target.
  • You can use Thunderous Paws to cleanse Unstable Web from yourself, if you for some reason don't have your dispel ready.

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS. They were planned based on the Beta version of the game, so if the boss timers change when the raid goes live, it also changes the cooldown assignments.

Boss Tips

• Defensives
  • Rotate your Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when affected by Queensbane.
• Externals
  • Shaman does not bring any externals, but you can treat your Spirit Link Totem like one, do not hesitate to use to save someone in your raid, unless Spirit Link Totem is assigned for a specific event.
• Paradox
  • Other healers make better use of it on this boss encounter.
• General
  • Coordinate your AoE Sprints like Wind Rush Totem to ensure one is active for each Nether Rift. Ideally you do not have to use your Wind Rush Totem on the same Nether Rift you are using your healing cooldowns on.
  • Utilize your Spiritwalker's Grace during Starless Night.

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

• These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS. They were planned based on the Beta version of the game, so if the boss timers change when the raid goes live, it also changes the cooldown assignments.

Boss Tips

Phase 1

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when Reckless Eruption and Venomous Rain overlap.
• Externals
  • Shaman does not bring any externals, but you can treat your Spirit Link Totem like one, do not hesitate to use to save someone in your raid, unless Spirit Link Totem is assigned for a specific event.
• Paradox
  • Other healers make better use of it on this boss encounter.
• General
  • The people in danger in this phase are the ones playing Binding Webs. Ensure you keep them healthy so they can fully focus on the mechanic without having to worry about other things.
  • You can dispel your tank as with Poison Cleansing Totem during hectic overlaps where your GCDs are tight.

Intermission 1

• General
  • Coordinate your AoE Sprints like Wind Rush Totem to ensure one is active for each time you have to dodge.

Phase 2

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when Web Vortex happens.
• General
  • In phase 2, failing the dispel mechanic Stinging Swarm is the most common wipe. Ensure you keep these people healthy so they dont have to worry about anything but playing the mechanic.
  • Dispel your tank as often as possible whenever he has multiple stacks of Void Bolt, as this mechanic will easily kill your tank if ignored.

Intermission 2

• General
  • Coordinate your AoE Sprints like Wind Rush Totem to ensure one is active for each time you have to dodge.
  • Whenever a raid member gets Impaled, ensure you spot heal them until they are freed.

Phase 3

• Defensives
  • UseAstral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem when Web Vortex happens.
• General
  • The People in danger in this phase are the people playing Binding Webs. Ensure you keep them healthy so they can fully focus on the mechanic without having to worry about other things.
  • Dispel your tank as often as possible whenever he has multiple stacks of Void Bolt as this mechanic will easily kill your tank if ignored.

How To Use Your Healing Cooldowns

• These cooldowns were assigned with the primary goal of defeating the boss, rather than maximizing raw HPS.

Boss Tips

Phase 1

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift any time you have more stacks then expected from Frothy Toxin, or if you are not healthy before Silken Tomb hits.
• General
  • There are a lot of very dangerous one-shot mechanics in this phase, make sure to prioritize your own survival and play mechanics to survive, the healing requirement in phase 1 is not as high as you may think, so play to live rather than maximizing your output will make you progress this boss faster.
  • You can make use of Spirit Walk to break your root.

Phase 2

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift when people are going through the Shadowgate for dispels and there is a Wrest grip at the same time.
• General
  • Try to time your healing for when people walk through the Shadowgate and you are about to dispel, you want your side of the raid to be healthy before you dispel as it does a lot of damage.

Phase 3

• Defensives
  • Use Astral Shift if you get Royal Condemnation.
• General
  • There is a lot of running in this phase, and mainly using personals and externals correctly on the 3 targets with Royal Condemnation, if the 3 targets, and everyone else survives, there will not be a big issue in healing the raid up afterwards, even with plenty of adds up, this phase is also very heavily play-to-win based, not about actual hps throughput.

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