Tidal Mastery, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Tidal MasteryA Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 4 of the Restoration tree (level 25), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 4, column 3, now column 1). 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.
Tidal Mastery opens at level 25, after 15 points in Restoration.
Changed from ClassicRow 4 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 1.
Lv 25the earliest level
5ranks, passive
16%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Restoration row 4
- Tidal Mastery5 ranks · passiveRequires 15 points in Restoration Talents (level 25).Rank 1: Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.Rank 2: Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 2%.Rank 3: Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 3%.Rank 4: Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 4%.Rank 5: Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%.Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 4, column 3, now column 1). Classic rank 1: Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 1%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 1%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.
- Alsowas Restoration row 4, column 3, now column 1.
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.
- 83% of Restoration buildsTaken in 83% 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
1 change, newest first
- Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-16Moved from Restoration row 1 to Restoration row 4.
Around it in the Restoration tree
- Same row (15 points in Restoration, level 25)
Restorative Totems, 
Mana Tide Totem. - Row above (level 20)
Ancestral Healing, 
Healing Focus, 
Water Shield. - Row below (level 30)
Healing Way, 
Nature's Swiftness. - Gone from Classic RestorationNature's Guidance, Totemic Mastery.
Every Restoration talent 16
Improved Healing Wave
Tidal Focus
Mindfulness
Natural Grace
Totemic Focus
Improved ReincarnationAncestral HealingHealing FocusWater ShieldTidal MasteryRestorative TotemsMana Tide TotemHealing WayNature'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 Tidal Mastery in the Shaman calculator.