Ancestral Healing, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Ancestral HealingA Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Restoration tree (level 20), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 2, rank 2 is 17% where Classic had 16%). Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 and 10 Nov hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
Ancestral Healing opens at level 20, after 10 points in Restoration.
Changed from ClassicRow 3 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 1.
Lv 20the earliest level
3ranks, passive
16%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Restoration row 3
- Ancestral Healing3 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Restoration Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.Rank 2: Increases your target's armor value by 17% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.Rank 3: Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 2, rank 2 is 17% where Classic had 16%). Classic rank 1: Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.
- Alsowas Restoration row 2; rank 2 is 17% where Classic had 16%.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 16% of Shaman buildsTaken in 16% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 3% of Elemental buildsTaken in 3% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 5% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 5% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 76% of Restoration buildsTaken in 76% of the 1,073 builds that lead in Restoration, its own tree.
- How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.
Around it in the Restoration tree
- Same row (10 points in Restoration, level 20)
Healing Focus, 
Water Shield. - Row above (level 15)
Mindfulness, 
Natural Grace, 
Totemic Focus, 
Improved Reincarnation. - Row below (level 25)
Tidal Mastery, 
Restorative Totems, 
Mana Tide Totem. - Gone from Classic RestorationNature's Guidance, Totemic Mastery.
Every Restoration talent 16
Improved Healing Wave
Tidal FocusMindfulnessNatural GraceTotemic FocusImproved ReincarnationAncestral HealingHealing FocusWater ShieldTidal MasteryRestorative TotemsMana Tide Totem
Healing Way
Nature's Swiftness
Purification
Riptidenewchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Restoration talents as a list row by row
- Improved Healing Waverow 1
- Tidal Focusrow 1
- Mindfulnessrow 2
- Natural Gracerow 2
- Totemic Focusrow 2
- Improved Reincarnationrow 2
- Ancestral Healingrow 3
- Healing Focusrow 3
- Water Shieldrow 3
- Tidal Masteryrow 4
- Restorative Totemsrow 4
- Mana Tide Totemrow 4
- Healing Wayrow 5
- Nature's Swiftnessrow 5
- Purificationrow 6
- Riptiderow 7
The other two trees
Elemental talents
Enhancement talentsFrom the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 and 10 Nov server hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Ancestral Healing in the Shaman calculator.