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RiptideA Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 7 of the Restoration tree (level 40), 1 rank, active. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Its spot, arrow or text here is the server's 3 Nov hotfix over the client's files, read from the game's hotfix data and checked against Blizzard's notes or Wowhead's tooltips.

Riptide opens at level 40, after 30 points in Restoration and Healing Way at max rank.

New in Forever

Row 7 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 2.

Lv 40the earliest level
1rank, active
11%of Shaman builds take it
Find Riptide on the Restoration tree ›Every Restoration talent in words

What it does Restoration row 7

  • Riptide1 rank · activeRequires 30 points in Restoration Talents (level 40). Requires Healing Way. 150 Mana | 40 yd range | Instant | 12 sec cooldown.Heals a friendly target for 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.Spell ranks: rank 1 comes with the talent at level 40, ranks 2 and 3 at levels 50 and 60 (beta client spellbook, build 1.60.1.70755).New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.

Blizzard's notes build by build

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

  • 11% of Shaman buildsTaken in 11% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
  • 0% of Elemental buildsTaken in 0% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
  • 0% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 0% 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.

Beta build history

4 changes, newest first

  • Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70755, 2026-11-03Cost line changed: 245 Mana before, 150 Mana now. Now: 150 Mana | 40 yd range | Instant | 12 sec cooldown Was: 245 Mana | 40 yd range | Instant | 12 sec cooldown
  • Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Rank 1 text changed. Now: Heals a friendly target for 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%. Was: Heals a friendly target for 485 to 533, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%. Blizzard: "Riptide: Mana cost reduced by about 40%. Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 6 seconds. Riptide no longer deals any initial healing, just healing over time." (notes for build 70753 hotfixes)
  • Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Cost line changed: 6 sec cooldown before, 12 sec cooldown now. Now: 245 Mana | 40 yd range | Instant | 12 sec cooldown Was: 245 Mana | 40 yd range | Instant | 6 sec cooldown Blizzard: "Riptide: Mana cost reduced by about 40%. Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 6 seconds. Riptide no longer deals any initial healing, just healing over time." (notes for build 70753 hotfixes)
1 earlier change
  • Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-16Rank 1 text changed. Now: Heals a friendly target for 485 to 533, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%. Was: Heals a friendly target for 479 to 528, an additional 499 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

Around it in the Restoration tree

  • NeedsHealing Way at max rank first.
  • Row above (level 35)Purification.
  • Gone from Classic RestorationNature's Guidance, Totemic Mastery.

Every Restoration talent 16

Improved Healing WaveTidal FocusMindfulnessNatural GraceTotemic FocusImproved ReincarnationAncestral HealingHealing FocusWater ShieldTidal MasteryRestorative TotemsMana Tide TotemHealing WayNature's SwiftnessPurificationRiptide

newchangedmoved 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

The other two trees

From 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 Riptide in the Shaman calculator.