Improved Healing Wave, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Improved Healing WaveA Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 1 of the Restoration tree (level 10), 5 ranks, passive. Same as Classic. 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.
Improved Healing Wave opens at level 10, with the first talent point.
Same as ClassicRow 1 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 2.
Lv 10the earliest level
5ranks, passive
17%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Restoration row 1
- Improved Healing Wave5 ranks · passiveLevel 10.Rank 1: Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.1 sec.Rank 2: Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.2 sec.Rank 3: Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.3 sec.Rank 4: Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.4 sec.Rank 5: Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.5 sec.Same as Classic.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 17% of Shaman buildsTaken in 17% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 7% of Elemental buildsTaken in 7% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 8% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 8% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 69% of Restoration buildsTaken in 69% 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 (level 10)
Tidal Focus. - Row below (level 15)
Mindfulness, 
Natural Grace, 
Totemic Focus, 
Improved Reincarnation. - Gone from Classic RestorationNature's Guidance, Totemic Mastery.
Every Restoration talent 16
Improved Healing WaveTidal FocusMindfulnessNatural GraceTotemic FocusImproved Reincarnation
Ancestral Healing
Healing Focus
Water Shield
Tidal Mastery
Restorative Totems
Mana 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 Improved Healing Wave in the Shaman calculator.