Restoration Shaman Healing Gear and Best in Slot — 12.1

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Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Restoration Shaman for Midnight. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Restoration Shaman, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

In Midnight, all item levels were squished, which means the numbers on all items and their item level was massively reduced, allowing for all numbers to grow again throughout the expansion and future content without becoming too large to understand.

Upgrading gear in Midnight continues to use the Crest system which lets you increase the item level of gear along tracks that relate to where you obtained the item, which harder content dropping gear that can be upgraded to higher Item Levels. For more information, read up on our dedicated page on how the gearing system works and what has changed in the Midnight expansion.

Be Careful With Early Crafts!

Many Embellishments and cantrips on items from the Venomous Abyss were changed less than 24 hrs before the beginning of Season 2, and as such many recommendations are now in flux and have to be re-evaluated. Due to these changes, we highly recommend to hold off on crafting an item on Day 1. Unless you don't mind the recrafting cost or potentially crafting a slightly suboptimal item early on, it might be worth waiting for a few days until things have settled.

Make sure to check back to see if this warning has been removed.

OverallMythic+Raid

As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, gear you catalyze keeps its original stats and cantrip effects, making pieces such as Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass fantastic to use as tier pieces and removing the logic for having a favored off-piece with better stats than what tier would provide. Thus, we recommend catalyzing the following crit-heavy gear pieces:

• Helm: Crown of the Eternal Fang
• Shoulders: Jangling Felpaulets
• Chest: Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass
• Hands: Pulverizing Pads
• Legs: Legguards of the Awakening Brood

FAQAre Two-Handed Weapons Viable?

While using a Shield is typically better due to the armor benefits, and certainly mandatory in PvP or when playing Totemic due to Supportive Imbuements being much stronger than Pulse Capacitor in Season 2, you can use a two-handed weapon in PvE when playing Farseer.

While usually crafting a two-hand is favored early in the tier, this Season is an exception due to the ease of coining a Mythic Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang out of Heroic Ula'tek and the strength of Supportive Imbuements. The list below assumes an end of tier situation where catalyst charges, crests, and sparks to craft with are unlimited.

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Overall Best in Slot

Serpent Crown of the Ophidian Oracle Helm

Catalyst on the head from Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Empowered Hex of Leeching

Hexing Grips of the Ophidian Oracle Hands

Catalyst on the gloves from The Blinding Vale

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Cursed Reliquary Cincture Waist

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Hissing Mantle of the Ophidian Oracle Shoulders

Catalyst on the shoulders from Murder Row Silvermoon's Mending

Leggings of the Ophidian Oracle Legs

Catalyst on the item from Temple of Sethraliss Arcanoweave Spellthread

Amani Summoning Shawl Cloak

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Farstrider's Razor Talons Feet

Crafted by Leatherworking Shaladrassil's Roots

Fanged Raiment of the Ophidian Oracle Chest

Catalyst on the chest from Ula'tek Mark of the Magister

Signet of Snarling Servitude Ring

Murder Row Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Apex Brute's Claw Ring Ring

Sszorak Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Farstrider's Plated Bracers Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

Lost Explorers

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang Main Hand

Ula'tek Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Teldrassil's Sacrifice Off Hand

The Blinding Vale

This list contains only items available in Mythic+ dungeons in Midnight. As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want (Dungeon Loot only)?

In Midnight Season 2, gear you catalyze keeps its original stats and cantrip effects, making random pieces with high crit fantastic to use as tier pieces and removing the logic for having a favored off-piece with better stats than what tier would provide. Thus, we recommend catalyzing the following crit-heavy gear pieces if you only have access to Dungeon gear:

• Helm: Sethraliss' Fanged Helm
• Shoulders: Jangling Felpaulets
• Chest: Loa-Blessed Chestguard
• Hands: Pulverizing Pads
• Legs: Legguards of the Awakening Brood

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

We recommend you farm the following dungeons:

• Murder Row, as multiple best in slot loot drops here, such as Jangling Felpaulets, Signet of Snarling Servitude, Speakeasy Shroud, and the second best trinket, Freightrunner's Flask. The Blinding Vale is also quite nice with items such as Pulverizing Pads, Teldrassil's Sacrifice, and Lightspire Core.

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Best Gear from Mythic+

Serpent Crown of the Ophidian Oracle Helm

Catalyst on the head from Temple of Sethraliss Empowered Hex of Leeching

Hexing Grips of the Ophidian Oracle Hands

Catalyst on the gloves from The Blinding Vale

Strand of Warding Fangs Neck

Altar of Fangs

Tribal Defender's Cord Waist

Den of Nalorakk

Hissing Mantle of the Ophidian Oracle Shoulders

Catalyst on the shoulders from Murder Row Silvermoon's Mending

Leggings of the Ophidian Oracle Legs

Catalyst on the item from Temple of Sethraliss Arcanoweave Spellthread

Speakeasy Shroud Cloak

Murder Row

Farstrider's Razor Talons Feet

Crafted by Leatherworking Shaladrassil's Roots

Fanged Raiment of the Ophidian Oracle Chest

Catalyst on the chest from King's Rest Mark of the Magister

Signet of Snarling Servitude Ring

Murder Row Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Pilfered Precious Band Ring

Den of Nalorakk Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Ruby Whelp Shell Trinket

Ruby Life Pools

Farstrider's Plated Bracers Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Freightrunner's Flask Trinket

Murder Row

Venom-Etched Crescent Main Hand

Altar of Fangs Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Teldrassil's Sacrifice Off Hand

The Blinding Vale

This list contains only items from the current raid. As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item level equipment you have, regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want (Raid Loot only)?

In Midnight Season 2, gear you catalyze keeps its original stats and cantrip effects, making pieces such as Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass fantastic to use as tier pieces and removing the logic for having a favored off-piece with better stats than what tier would provide. Thus, we recommend catalyzing the following crit-heavy gear pieces if you only have access to Raid gear:

• Helm: Crown of the Eternal Fang
• Shoulders: Soulslither Spaulders
• Chest: Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass
• Hands: Grips of Swirling Fury
• Legs: Use the token from Sszorak as the default version has the best stat combo

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raid leader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we have you covered!

• Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel: The strongest healer trinket, which drops from the Nek'zali the Soulcoiler encounter. It provides a large amount of Intellect and a very powerful on use effect.
• Aqirbane Reliquary: Perhaps the gear piece with most crit ever in the history of the game for its item level, which makes it a must-have for Restoration Shaman.
• Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass: Another gear piece with massive amounts of crit on top of a powerful crit cantrip effect.
• Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang: The best weapon of the tier. Unfortunately it provides Haste instead of Crit but you will have your critical strike needs met by the other Ula'tek pieces, so some Haste here is welcomed.

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Best Gear from Raid

Serpent Crown of the Ophidian Oracle Helm

Catalyst on the head from Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Empowered Hex of Leeching

Hexing Grips of the Ophidian Oracle Hands

Catalyst on the gloves from Tidebound Grotto

Aqirbane Reliquary Neck

Ula'tek

Cursed Reliquary Cincture Waist

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Hissing Mantle of the Ophidian Oracle Shoulders

Catalyst on the shoulders from Coiled Altar Silvermoon's Mending

Leggings of the Ophidian Oracle Legs

Sszorak Arcanoweave Spellthread

Amani Summoning Shawl Cloak

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Farstrider's Razor Talons Feet

Crafted by Leatherworking Shaladrassil's Roots

Fanged Raiment of the Ophidian Oracle Chest

Catalyst on the chest from Ula'tek Mark of the Magister

Vile Alchemist's Band Ring

Vashnik Eyes of the Eagle

Shirt

Apex Brute's Claw Ring Ring

Sszorak Eyes of the Eagle

Tabard

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Farstrider's Plated Bracers Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

Lost Explorers

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang Main Hand

Ula'tek Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Venom-Slashed Scuteward Off Hand

Lost Explorers

Itemization

Enchants and Stat Priority

Looking to optimize your character? Check out our Enchant and Stat Priority guides for more information!

EnchantsStats

These are generally the strongest on-use and passive trinkets available, with passive trinkets being favored for ease of use:

Restoration Shaman Trinkets

On-Use - Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel and Freightrunner's Flask
Passive - Wavecaller's Seastone, Gebbo's Bottomless Bag, and Ruby Whelp Shell

Below we will provide a rough tier list of available trinkets. This can help you to make quick decisions as to which trinkets are worth farming or what you want to roll need on.

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Ranking	Trinket
S Tier	Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel - Click for Details By far the best trinket of this Season for healers, especially if you have people die as that will allow you to use it much more often! Gebbo's Bottomless Bag - Click for Details A strong passive trinket which occasionally will cause you to lose stats rather than gain them, but overall its effect is mostly positive and powerful with great uptime. Wavecaller's Seastone - Click for Details This is a strong passive trinket, which grants a lot of Intellect in cycles and is very powerful if you can time your healing cooldowns with the periods where it is at its maximum stacks. Ruby Whelp Shell - Click for Details This trinket can be trained by using it on yourself with it when alone and out of combat to provide you with random procs of extra critical strike, in which case it is a strong stat stick, similar to Wavecaller's Seastone. Freightrunner's Flask - Click for Details Simple trinket with critical strike on use, which you should delay slightly to align with 2-minute Ascendance or use on cooldown to perfectly align with the 3-minute version.
A Tier	Drum of Renewed Bonds - Click for Details A very strong delve trinket which you can configure to provide a reliable crit proc by using it on the Zul'Aman zone at the 52.15 80.74 map coordinates. Glorious Crusader's Keepsake - Click for Details A fantastic trinket that cannot be obtained as Myth track, but is well worth using early on, even if you are the only player with it in the group. Lightspire Core - Click for Details While it is especially good if you can stand in the Mastery beam it occasionally provides, most of its benefit comes passively, allowing you to use it for its stats alone. Vile Vial of Volatile Venom - Click for Details Using this grants you a powerful random stat buff for 15 seconds on a 2-minute cooldown, which is ideal to pair with 2-minute Ascendance. Unfortunately it will also cause you to lose a lower amount of stats for 15 seconds after its effect expires, which makes it more of a burst healing trinket. Unstable Felheart Crystal - Click for Details A powerful Mythic+ trinket for lifesaving on-use purposes. Seed of Radiant Hope - Click for Details A powerful Mythic+ trinket for lifesaving on-use purposes, although its effect can take a while to activate since it depends on the person you used it on dropping low health.
B Tier	Hex Lord's Dooming Idol - Click for Details This trinket actively stacks an Intellect debuff until you use it, which is the only point at which you get a good benefit out of it. It can be used to really empower your burst healing potential, but it comes at a steep cost outside of the trinket usage windows. Mycolic Medicine - Click for Details Fairly decent and provides most of its benefit passively like Lightspire Core, but is slightly less powerful due to having a flat heal effect rather than Mastery potential multiplier for your healing. Stormbound Emblem of Dazar - Click for Details This trinket provides an on-use burst of Haste every 2 minutes, making it a perfect pair to 2-minute Ascendance. Primal Philosopher's Stone
C Tier	Gift of Light Consecrated Chalice Any other unmentioned trinket is equal to this tier or worse.

Nebulous Voidcore are used to obtain items from specific bosses or dungeons, by letting you gain a guaranteed piece of loot from a specific drop-location. You still roll within the pool available there, but the next time you use a Voidcore in this location/boss on that difficulty, you will gain one of the items you did not get the previous time(s).

Which item you want to chase after depends heavily on the items you have already acquired through the Great Vault and other high-end sources, or whether you expect to down key bosses on Mythic difficulty, as you do not want to waste your Voidcores on items you may be able to get on a higher difficulty track quickly. The priority is as follows:

Voidcore (Bonus Roll) Priority

1. Heroic Ula'tek as Restoration loot spec in order to get early Mythic versions of incredible items such as Aqirbane Reliquary.
2. Mythic Nek'zali the Soulcoiler also only has useful items as Restoration other than Hexing Spiritrender which you will hopefully avoid.
3. Afterwards just coin for whatever best in slot items you are missing.

Embellishments are special effects that are either found on crafted pieces by default or can be added to crafted pieces during the crafting process. A character can have two embellishments equipped at any time.

You can find the full Embellishment sims at QuestionablyEpic Live, but essentially we recommend crafting the following gear:

Restoration Crafted Gear Priority

• Farstrider's Plated Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining
• Adherent's Silken Shroud or Farstrider's Razor Talons with Arcanoweave Lining
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

Arcanoweave Lining is a flexible Embellishment which can go into any crafted armor piece and grants a strong power up to yourself and a nearby ally when it procs. Because it cannot be crafted on a weapon, you should use Hunter's Ritual Stone instead on your crafted weapon, if you are below the 2 Embellishment limit.

For more information about crafting gear you can visit our Professions page.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Miasmic Jewelbinder consumable obtained from the Great Vault vendor when you choose the currency reward.

You will usually want to start with upgrading your weapon, followed by trinkets, and then any leech/avoidance pieces or items you won't be replacing for a long time or pieces with large stat allocations such as helms or legs. These would be great choices, for example:

Restoration Shaman Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon / Off-Hand ➜ Trinkets ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on QE Live. This is because every character is unique, and each gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer recommendations for gear and trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

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This guide has been written by Seksi, member of Cursed Gifts and healing aficionado. You can find him answering questions and discussing Restoration Shaman gameplay on the Ancestral Guidance and Earthshrine Discords.

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