Improved Reincarnation, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Improved ReincarnationA Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Restoration tree (level 15), 2 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 2, column 1, now column 4). 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 Reincarnation opens at level 15, after 5 points in Restoration.
Changed from ClassicRow 2 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 4.
Lv 15the earliest level
2ranks, passive
20%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Restoration row 2
- Improved Reincarnation2 ranks · passiveRequires 5 points in Restoration Talents (level 15).Rank 1: Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min, increases your maximum health by 2%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.Rank 2: Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 20 min, increases your maximum health by 4%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 20%.Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 2, column 1, now column 4). Classic rank 1: Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min and increases the amount of health and mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min and increases the amount of health and mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min, increases your maximum health by 2%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.
- Alsowas Restoration row 2, column 1, now column 4.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 20% of Shaman buildsTaken in 20% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 14% of Elemental buildsTaken in 14% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 19% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 19% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 30% of Restoration buildsTaken in 30% 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 (5 points in Restoration, level 15)
Mindfulness, 
Natural Grace, 
Totemic Focus. - Row above (level 10)Improved Healing Wave,
Tidal Focus. - Row below (level 20)
Ancestral Healing, 
Healing Focus, 
Water Shield. - Gone from Classic RestorationNature's Guidance, Totemic Mastery.
Every Restoration talent 16
Improved Healing WaveTidal FocusMindfulnessNatural GraceTotemic FocusImproved ReincarnationAncestral HealingHealing FocusWater 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 Reincarnation in the Shaman calculator.