TBC Classic Restoration Shaman Phase 1 / Tier 4 Gear and Best in Slot

While a clear best in slot list is always available in TBC Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Thus, we will try to give at least one alternative, for most slots in the list, so that you can pick where and how to farm them.

The list will focus on gathering the best stats for Elemental, as described in our guide below:

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Restoration Shaman, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids.

Do note that items from Heroic dungeons or that require Primal Nethers (which are obtained from Heroics) can be harder to get than raid items due to their daily lockout. Some Heroic dungeons are also harder than most of Karazhan.

If, however, your character is ready to take on the content of Tiers 5 and 6, then please utilize our updated lists instead.

Restoration Shaman Tier 4, the Cyclone Raiment has gloves, chest, head, legs, and shoulders. Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces: A small Mp5 gain from Mana Spring Totem. Not very impactful.
• 4 pieces: Reduces the cooldown on Nature's Swiftness by 24 seconds. Also not very impactful, but can increase your emergency heal uptime.

Our recommendation for Tier 4 is using the head and shoulders of Tier 4 alongside Leatherworking's Windhawk Armor and the best off-set pieces available in the rest of the gear slots.

In order to make the best use possible out of long cooldown trinkets, such as 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	Cyclone Headdress ( Helm of the Fallen Champion)	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan
Neck	Emberspur Talisman	Nightbane — Karazhan
Shoulders	Cyclone Shoulderpads ( Pauldrons of the Fallen Champion)	High King Maulgar — Gruul's Lair
Back	Stainless Cloak of the Pure Hearted	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan
Chest	Windhawk Hauberk Primal Mooncloth Robe	Tribal Leatherworking Mooncloth Tailoring
Wrists	Windhawk Bracers	Tribal Leatherworking
Hands	Gloves of Centering	Maiden of Virtue — Karazhan
Belt	Windhawk Belt Primal Mooncloth Belt	Tribal Leatherworking Mooncloth Tailoring
Legs	Gilded Trousers of Benediction Heart-Flame Leggings	Doomwalker — Shadowmoon Valley Echo of Medivh — Karazhan
Boots	Gold-Leaf Wildboots Forestlord Striders	Doom-Lord Kazzak — Hellfire Peninsula Echo of Medivh — Karazhan
Rings	Jade Ring of the Everliving Naaru Lightwarden's Band	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair
Trinkets	Essence of the Martyr Scarab of the Infinite Cycle	41 Badge of Justice Aeonus — The Black Morass
Two-Hand	Exodar Life-Staff Crystalheart Pulse-Staff	Doom-Lord Kazzak — Hellfire Peninsula Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair
One-Hand	Light's Justice	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan
Off-hand	Aegis of the Vindicator	Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair
Relic	Totem of Healing Rains	Maiden of Virtue — Karazhan

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	Fathom-Helm of the Deeps Whitemend Hood Living Dragonscale Helm Gladiator's Ringmail Helm Hallowed Crown Moonglade Cowl	Doomwalker — Shadowmoon Valley Tailoring World drop BoE PvP Vendor Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz Warp Splinter — The Botanica
Neck	Archaic Charm of Presence Teeth of Gruul Natasha's Guardian Cord Necklace of Resplendent Hope Sethekk Oracle's Focus	Doomwalker — Shadowmoon Valley Gruul The Dragonkiller — Gruul's Lair The Hound-Master — Blade's Edge Mountains Epoch Hunter — Old Hillsbrad Foothills Brother Against Brother — Sethekk Halls
Shoulders	Primal Mooncloth Shoulders Dragon-Quake Shoulderguards Gladiator's Ringmail Spaulders Mantle of the Sea Wolf Vestia's Pauldrons of Inner Grace	Tailoring The Curator — Karazhan PvP Vendor Tavarok — Mana Tombs Cache of the Legion — The Mechanar
Back	Bishop's Cloak Lifegiving Cloak Cloak of the Everliving White Remedy Cape	25 Badge of Justice World Drop BoE Watchkeeper Gargolmar — Hellfire Ramparts Tailoring
Chest	Cyclone Hauberk ( Chestguard of the Fallen Champion) Earthblood Chestguard Gladiator's Ringmail Armor Earthpeace Breastplate Void Slayer's Tunic	Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair Netherspite — Karazhan PvP Vendor Blacksmithing Dimensius the All-Devouring — Netherstorm
Wrists	Bindings of the Timewalker Whirlwind Bracers Primal Surge Bracers Bands of the Benevolent	Keepers of Time — Exalted Attumen the Huntsman — Karazhan Aeonus — The Black Morass Talon King Ikiss — Sethekk Halls
Hands	Mitts of the Treemender Cyclone Gloves ( Gloves of the Fallen Champion) Prismatic Mittens of Mending Fathomheart Gauntlets Gloves of the Living Touch Gladiator's Ringmail Gauntlets	Maiden of Virtue — Karazhan The Curator — Karazhan Commander Sarannis — The Botanica Warlord Kalithresh — The Steamvault Leatherworking PvP Vendor
Belt	Belt of Gale Force Cord of Sanctification Stillwater Girdle Lifeblood Belt	Moroes in Karazhan Epoch Hunter in Old Hillsbrad Foothills Nexus-Prince Shaffar in Mana Tombs Leatherworking
Legs	Earthsoul Leggings Whitemend Pants Kamaei's Cerulean Skirt Gladiator's Ringmail Leggings Hallowed Trousers	Opera Event — Karazhan Tailoring World Drop BoE PvP Vendor Talon King Ikiss — Sethekk Halls
Boots	Jeweled Boots of Sanctification Wavefury Boots Light-Woven Slippers Slippers of Serenity	Warbringer O'mrogg — The Shattered Halls Rokmar the Crackler — The Slave Pens Darkweaver Syth — The Shattered Halls Pathaleon the Calculator — The Mechanar
Rings	Ring of Convalescence Ancestral Band Cosmic Lifeband Band of the Crystalline Void Band of Halos	Honor Hold — Revered Thrallmar — Revered Nethermancer Sepethrea — The Mechanar Yor — Mana Tombs 25 Badge of Justice
Trinkets	Eye of the Dead Rejuvenating Gem Lower City Prayerbook Scarab Brooch	Sapphiron — Naxxramas Drake Bosses — Blackwing Lair Lower City — Revered Viscidus — AQ40
Two-Hand	Seer's Cane Epoch-Mender Staff of the Redeemer Serpentcrest Life-Staff	The Scryers — Revered Temporus — The Black Morass The Cipher of Damnation — Shadowmoon Valley Mekgineer Steamrigger — The Steamvault
One-Hand	Gladiator's Salvation Hand of Eternity Shockwave Truncheon The Ancient Scepter of Sue-Min	PvP Vendor Blacksmithing Murmur — Shadow Labyrinth World Drop BoE
Off-hand	Tears of Heaven Aran's Soothing Sapphire Shield of Condemnation Faol's Signet of Cleansing Swamplight Lantern Crystal Pulse Shield	25 Badge of Justice Shade of Aran — Karazhan Kel'Thuzad — Naxxramas Omor the Unscarred — Hellfire Ramparts Quagmirran — The Slave Pens World Drop BoE
Relic	Totem of Spontaneous Regrowth Totem of Life Totem of the Plains	Mennu the Betrayer — The Slave Pens Fankriss The Unyielding — AQ40 The Ultimate Bloodsport — Nagrand

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

If you have further questions about gemming and enchanting these items, our Enhancement Shaman Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.