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WoW Forever Restoration Shaman build, the talents Restoration builds take

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WoW Forever Restoration Shaman buildFrom the 2,762 Shaman builds that lead in Restoration, of 15,711 with 41 or more points planned on this site since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425), recounted a few times a day. Counted by this site's own counter, no identities.

2,762 of the 15,711 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here (18%) lead in Restoration, since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425). Enhancement has 48% and Elemental has 34%. Ele is short for Elemental, the caster tree; Enh for Enhancement, the melee tree; and Resto for Restoration, the healing tree. Every build below opens in the Shaman calculator.

Counted on 22 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

The most popular Restoration Shaman build Elemental / Enhancement / Restoration points

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    Restoration Shaman 0/10/41

    #2 of every Shaman build by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Elemental 0 / Enhancement 10 / Restoration 41 1.7% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 109 · saved 295 · opened 1,791 · across 61 close builds Maxes Thundering Strikes, Ancestral Knowledge, Improved Healing Wave, Tidal Focus, Mindfulness, Ancestral Healing and 9 more. Goes to Riptide (row 7).
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The talents Restoration Shaman builds take

Of the 2,762 Shaman builds with 41 or more points that lead in Restoration, the share with a point in each talent:

In nearly every Restoration build, 90% or more: Water Shield 97%, Mindfulness 96%, Healing Way 93%, Nature's Swiftness 93% and Mana Tide Totem 91%.

In most, 50 to 89%: Tidal Focus 88%, Riptide 84%, Tidal Mastery 83%, Purification 83%, Healing Focus 79%, Ancestral Healing 75% and Improved Healing Wave 69%.

In some, 20 to 49%: Restorative Totems 45%, Totemic Focus 44% and Improved Reincarnation 37%.

From the other trees, 20% or more: Thundering Strikes 80%, Improved Ghost Wolf 75%, Ancestral Knowledge 69%, Shamanistic Focus 51%, Mental Dexterity 41%, Stormstrike 36%, Elemental Weapons 25% and Guardian Totems 24%.

Leveling as Restoration, and the level 30 cap

21.8% of the 104,893 Shaman leveling orders recorded here between 18 Sep and 16 Oct 2026 lead in Restoration (22,907). The Restoration order starts with Improved Healing Wave, Mindfulness and Tidal Focus from level 10, and its first 21 points are Improved Healing Wave 5, Mindfulness 3, Tidal Focus 5, Water Shield 1, Ancestral Healing 3, Healing Focus 3 and Tidal Mastery 1. Open those 21 points at level 30. Every bracket to 60 is on the Shaman leveling order.

Questions

What is the most popular Restoration Shaman build in WoW Forever?
Restoration Shaman 0/10/41, #2 of every Shaman build by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch. It holds 1.7% of every Shaman share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 109, saved 295, opened 1,791). It maxes Thundering Strikes, Ancestral Knowledge, Improved Healing Wave, Tidal Focus, Mindfulness, Ancestral Healing and 9 more.
How many Shaman builds are Restoration?
2,762 of the 15,711 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425) lead in Restoration, 18%, behind Enhancement (48%) and Elemental (34%).
Which talents do Restoration Shaman builds take?
Nearly all of them (90% or more) take Water Shield (97%), Mindfulness (96%), Healing Way (93%), Nature's Swiftness (93%) and Mana Tide Totem (91%). Most (50 to 89%) take Tidal Focus (88%), Riptide (84%), Tidal Mastery (83%), Purification (83%), Healing Focus (79%) and Ancestral Healing (75%). Outside Restoration the most taken are Thundering Strikes (80%), Improved Ghost Wolf (75%) and Ancestral Knowledge (69%). Each build counted once.
What do Restoration Shamans take first while leveling?
The Restoration leveling order, 21.8% of 104,893 recorded Shaman orders, starts with Improved Healing Wave, Mindfulness and Tidal Focus from level 10.
Is this a Restoration Shaman tier list?
No. It counts what people plan on this site, not how strong a build is. The count starts again when a beta build changes the Shaman trees.

The other Shaman specs: Elemental Shaman and Enhancement Shaman. The rank (#) is among every Shaman build on the most popular Shaman builds; a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. Also for Shamans: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Shaman calculator.