Restoration Shaman TBC Pre-Patch BiS Gear Guide

While this list focuses on the best gear possible for established players, the time available to gear up within the pre-patch for newly boosted or leveled characters is extremely short, and as such your best bet if you are part of that group is to spam queue PvP for good gear that is also easy to get.

You may also want to complement that gear with our Classic era pre-raid best in slot list, which has plenty of strong options that do not require a large raid group to obtain.

The tier 2 three-piece bonus is heavily nerfed from 30% extra Chain Heal healing from jumps to just 5% in the TBC Classic pre-patch and is no longer worth sacrificing stats for.

Shamans Tier 3, The Earthshatterer is a pure healing set, and has almost perfect itemization in all pieces, making it a great set to use for its stats alone. You will also gain:

• 2 pieces: Reduces the mana cost of your totem spells by 12%. This is a decent Mana gain when you are replacing your totems often in speed runs or while Totem Twisting.
• 4 pieces: Increases the mana gained from your Mana Spring Totem by 25%. The more uptime you have on your Mana Spring totem, the more benefit you gain from this bonus, but it will always represent a small mana gain, regardless.
• 6 pieces: Your Healing Wave and Lesser Healing Wave spells have a chance to imbue your target with Totemic Power. This means a 10% chance to buff 28 Mp5 on Shamans, Priests, Druids and Paladins, 80 Spell Damage on Mages and Warlocks, 140 Attack Power on Rogues and Hunters and 700 Armor on Warriors. These buffs are great, but the proc rate is low and you should be using Chain Heal for the most part, limiting its benefit.
• 8 pieces: Your Lightning Shield spell also grants you 15 mana per 5 sec. while active. This is a solid bonus with 100% uptime, but using 8 pieces of Tier 3 will prevent you from using the exceptional Tier 2 chain heal 3 piece bonus, which is generally not recommended.

In order to make the best use out of long cooldown trinkets, such as Zandalarian Hero Charm and Scarab Brooch, swap them into your gear set when they are off-cooldown and replace them with others during their cooldown.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Earthshatter Headpiece	Thaddius in Naxxramas
Neck	Amulet of the Fallen God	C'Thun in AQ40
Shoulders	Earthshatter Spaulders	Patchwerk, Grobbulus or Gluth in Naxxramas
Back	Cloak of Clarity	C'Thun in AQ40
Chest	Earthshatter Tunic	The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas
Wrists	Earthshatter Wristguards	Anub'Rekhan and Grand Widow Faerlina in Naxxramas
Hands	Earthshatter Handguards	Maexxna in Naxxramas
Belt	Grasp of the Old God	C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Earthshatter Legguards	Loatheb in Naxxramas
Boots	Earthshatter Boots	Patchwerk or Grobbulus in Naxxramas
Rings	Ring of the Earthshatterer Band of Unanswered Prayers	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Anub'Rekhan in Naxxramas
Trinkets	Eye of the Dead Rejuvenating Gem	Sapphiron in Naxxramas Drake Bosses in Blackwing Lair
Two-Hand	Spire of Twilight	Thaddius in Naxxramas
One-Hand	Hammer of the Twisting Nether	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Off-hand	Shield of Condemnation	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Relic	Totem of Life	Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40

While the list above contains the absolute best gear setup, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it. We provide more options below, some which are very close to the best and some which are just much easier to get!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Stormcaller's Diadem Don Rigoberto's Lost Hat Crystal Adorned Crown Deviate Growth Cap Creeping Vine Helm	Reward from Stormcaller's Diadem Ouro in AQ40 Azuregos Lethon Battleguard Sartura in AQ40
Neck	Necklace of Necropsy Jin'do's Evil Eye Angelista's Charm Amulet of the Shifting Sands	Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub Silithid Royalty in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20
Shoulders	Stormcaller's Pauldrons Wild Growth Spaulders Pauldrons of Elemental Fury Ternary Mantle Animist's Spaulders Mantle of the Desert's Fury	Reward from Stormcaller's Pauldrons in AQ40 Majordomo Executus in Molten Core Trash mobs in Naxxramas Silithid Royalty in AQ40 High Priestess Jeklik in Zul'Gurub Silithid Royalty in AQ40
Back	Cloak of Suturing Shroud of Pure Thought Hide of the Wild Drape of Benediction	Patchwerk in Naxxramas Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Leatherworking Azuregos
Chest	Stormcaller's Hauberk Robes of the Exalted Earthfury Vestments	C'Thun in AQ40 Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme Golemagg the Incinerator in Molten Core
Wrists	Bracelets of Royal Redemption Burrower Bracers Loomguard Armbraces Abyssal Mail Armguards (of Restoration)	Emperor Vek'nilash in AQ40 Ouro in AQ40 Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance Lord Skwol in Silithus
Hands	Wasphide Gauntlets Gloves of Dark Wisdom Gloves of the Messiah Gloves of Ebru	Princess Huhuran in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Princess Huhuran in AQ40 Silithid Royalty in AQ40
Belt	Earthshatter Girdle Corehound Belt Regenerating Belt of Vek'nilash Eyestalk Waist Cord	Gluth, Noth the Plaguebringer and Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas Leatherworking The Twin Emperors in AQ40 C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Empowered Leggings Salamander Scale Pants Scaled Leggings of Qiraji Fury Stormcaller's Leggings	Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair Various Bosses in Molten Core Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 Ouro in AQ40
Boots	Stormcaller's Footguards Boots of Pure Thought Treads of the Wandering Nomad Boots of Epiphany Greaves of Ten Storms	Reward from Stormcaller's Footguards in AQ40 Trash Drop in Blackwing Lair Captain NPCs related to General Rajaxx in AQ20 The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair
Rings	Pure Elementium Band Cauterizing Band Band of Unanswered Prayers Ring of the Martyr Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight Fordring's Seal	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Majordomo Executus in Molten Core Anub'Rekhan in Naxxramas Princess Huhuran in AQ40 Exalted Reputation with Brood of Nozdormu In Dreams in Western Plaguelands
Trinkets	Shard of the Scale Warmth of Forgiveness Hibernation Crystal Scarab Brooch Draconic Infused Emblem Zandalarian Hero Charm Enamored Water Spirit	Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair Four Horsemen Chest in Naxxramas Ysondre in Ashenvale, Duskwood, Feralas, The Hinterlands Viscidus in AQ40 General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Heart of Hakkar in Zul'Gurub Da Voodoo in Sunken Temple
Two-Hand	Staff of the Shadow Flame Staff of Rampant Growth Shadow Wing Focus Staff	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Ysondre, Taerar, Emeriss or Lethon Drake Bosses in Blackwing Lair
One-Hand	Scepter of the False Prophet The Widow's Embrace Fang of Korialstrasz High Warlord's Battle Mace Lok'amir il Romathis Claw of Chromaggus	C'Thun in AQ40 Grand Widow Faerlina in Naxxramas Scepter of the Shifting Sands Quest Line PvP Vendor Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair
Off-hand	Death's Bargain Sartura's Might Wormscale Blocker Lei of the Lifegiver Red Dragonscale Protector Brightly Glowing Stone Sapphiron's Right Eye	Gluth in Naxxramas Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 Ouro in AQ40 Alterac Valley Exalted Vaelastrasz the Corrupt in Blackwing Lair King Gordok in Dire Maul North Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Relic	Totem of Rebirth Totem of Sustaining	Isalien in Dire Maul East (tier 0,5 questline) Side Room Bosses in Scholomance

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Shaman weapons down below.