Restoration Shaman Healing Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.1

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Restoration Shaman, where we will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear that you need gems and enchants advice for, you can find everything you need on our dedicated page below.

There are three main paths to gear your characters in Dragonflight:

• World Content (crafting, reputations, quests, world bosses, world PvP);
• Instanced PvE Content (dungeons and raids);
• Instanced PvP Content (battlegrounds and arenas).

You are free to pursue any or all of these paths. The more content you do in the game, the faster your gearing up will be, but we recommend that you focus on the types of content you enjoy the most, letting gear come as a by-product of having fun!

In Dragonflight Season 2, Valor is being replaced by the new Crest system, which works for all PvE gear, including crafted gear (through new Enchanting crafts, such as Enchanted Aspect's Shadowflame Crest) and loot from the new raid, Aberrus.

You will be able to loot Flightstones and Shadowflame Crests from practically all forms of content in the game. They can be used to upgrade gear up to Item Level 441, which is entry-level Mythic Raid Item Level. They can also upgrade Crafted Gear up to Item Level 447, which is late-Mythic Item Level.

For more information on the new Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicated page for it below:

As with Valor, the cost to upgrade scales differs per slot but now also increases quickly as Item Levels go up. In order to create crafted gear in Season 2, you will need the new Spark of Shadowflame, which you can obtain one of in the first week of patch 10.1, with extras coming every 2 weeks for the remainder of the season.

Gear obtained from PvP is upgradeable like before, with Conquest points earned from doing Rated PvP and other PvP activities.

Also, keep in mind that you should generally be using your highest item-level gear. If you have an Intellect two-hander that is of higher item level than your one-hand + shield combination, use the two-hander; otherwise, use the shield for an increase in survivability against physical damage.

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. Looking at the new raid as an example, these would be great choices:

1. Erethos, the Empty Promise;
2. Rashok's Molten Heart;
3. Screaming Black Dragonscale.

Restoration Shamans gain a new set from the Aberrus raid with the following bonuses:

• Shaman Restoration 10.1 Class Set 2pc causes your Healing Rain casts to heal each ally with your Riptide on them for a significant amount;
• Shaman Restoration 10.1 Class Set 4pc increases your healing done by 1% for 6 sec and the healing of your next Healing Wave / Healing Surge by 10%, or your next Chain Heal by 2%. These effects stack and are increased by each ally healed by the 2-piece effect.

Besides getting them from doing the raid, you can also turn any non-profession piece of gear into a Tier piece with the Inspiration Catalyst system, which opens in the week of June 13th and will steadily accumulate tier-transformation charges throughout the rest of Season 2.

In Dragonflight, only Helms, Necks, Bracers, Belts and Rings can have sockets. These are guaranteed for necks and rings crafted from Jewelcrafting, and you can add up to three sockets to any neck with the Jewelcrafting item Tiered Medallion Setting, while other sockets are randomly rolled on items when they drop.

Engineering items also come with a special Tinker Socket where instead of gems, you socket special Engineering perks such as Tinker: Breath of Neltharion, Tinker: Arclight Vital Correctors, or Tinker: Plane Displacer.

The Onyx Annulet is much stronger than equivalent 424 rings and still worth using for most of Season 2. You can obtain it in your first Zskera Vault run in the Forbidden Reach area.

For more details on how to customize your ring with Primordial Gemstones, please refer to our dedicated page:

For more information regarding the Onyx Annulet, the Primordial Gemstones, and how to obtain them, check out our dedicated guide for it below:

As Onyx Annulet is still very powerful in Season 2, it is a great item to farm, especially as it can be done very fast, even for low-gear players!

Take note that a trinket's worth might vary wildly between types of content. For example, in PvP a PvP trinket set should almost always be the best due to the powerful set bonus. A powerful damage trinket such as Darkmoon Deck Box: Dance from Inscription is great for Mythic+, while Raiding tends to favor stat-increasing trinkets.

The ranking system is as follows:

1. S Tier: the strongest and most generally useful trinkets; these are always good choices;
2. A Tier: these trinkets are slightly weaker than the S Tier traits, but are still solid choices;
3. B Tier: a below-average trinket that should be picked only in the absence of an S or A Tier trinket.

• Rashok's Molten Heart (Aberrus);
• Screaming Black Dragonscale (Aberrus);
• Ominous Chromatic Essence (Aberrus);
• Spoils of Neltharus (Neltharus);
• Neltharion's Call to Dominance (Aberrus).

• Idol of the Lifebinder (Jewelcrafting);
• Idol of the Spell-Weaver (Jewelcrafting);
• Rainsong (The Vortex Pinnacle);
• Sustaining Alchemist Stone (Alchemy);
• Broodkeeper's Promise (Vault of the Incarnates);
• Whispering Incarnate Icon (Vault of the Incarnates);
• Erupting Spear Fragment (Neltharus).

• Conjured Chillglobe (Vault of the Incarnates);
• Alacritous Alchemist Stone (Alchemy);
• Darkmoon Deck Box: Dance (Inscription);
• Ward of Faceless Ire (Aberrus);
• Irideus Fragment (Halls of Infusion);
• Time-Breaching Talon (Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr);
• Primal Ritual Shell (World Quests);
• Water's Beating Heart (Halls of Infusion).

The Spark of Shadowflame is a time-gated resource used in all high-end gear crafting, which you can find more about in our specialized guide below:

Be careful when deciding what you want to craft with these sparks, as there is no way to get them back once an item is crafted.

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. The following are our recommended embellishments:

• Magazine of Healing Darts is quite a strong option after its huge buff in Season 2, and you can easily get it from a one-hand weapon craft with your first spark, for example;
• Undulating Sporecloak is another great option which should help keep you alive, especially while you are at low Leech levels;
• Venom-Steeped Stompers has an excellent upside, as you will be gaining a huge amount of the stat you care about the most while losing what you care about the least;
• Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards provide a good amount of stats with their effect, but unfortunately these stats are mostly Haste and Mastery, which are also our weakest stats;
• Elemental Lariat is a Jewelcrafting necklace with a powerful stat proc. This is a great embellishment, but only when you have at least 5 sockets on your gear due to the way the buff scales with socket amount. The stat you get from it on dual-stat gems is the lowest stat available on the gem;
• Potion Absorption Inhibitor adds 50% extra duration to Potion uses. This amounts to a large stat increase with Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power or extra Mana with Potion of Frozen Focus or Potion of Chilled Clarity;
• Blue Silken Lining grants a lot of Mastery but does require you to be healthy, which is usually not the case when you need to heal the most because everyone in the raid just took a very large hit;
• The Horizon Strider's Garments set would be potentially interesting with higher tuning, but unfortunately, it currently takes two embellishment slots while having a very low proc rate, on top of providing Haste which we value the least.

Season 2 also includes multiple embellishments that do not count towards your maximum limit, and thus count as free power, such as Medical Wrap Kit and Reserve Parachute, as well as Season 1's Alchemical Flavor Pocket which is sure to continue being a great pick for Mythic+!

While your Spark of Ingenuitys are limited at the beginning of the tier, we recommend being very careful how you spend them. Our current recommendation is to use your first Spark to craft a one-hand weapon with Magazine of Healing Darts, such as the Primal Molten Spellblade from Blacksmithing.

After that, you should get the Undulating Sporecloak, or one of the other embellishment options, such as Venom-Steeped Stompers or another Magazine of Healing Darts.

Simulating your damage is mostly a thing that DPS players do, as Healers need to interweave their healing with damage, which means their damage potential is always contingent on how much healing is needed.

For the most part, all you need to think about for damage is avoiding the Mastery stat, which has no DPS value. Learn more about how to optimize your damage rotation below.

For Healing, we recommend analyzing your performance in past encounters instead. Tools such as Warcraft Logs, WoW Analyzer, and QE Live are capable of giving you an accurate stat weight and tips on how to improve based on your logs.

You can find more details on how to make the most out of these tools in the specialized page below.

In Season 2 of Dragonflight, not every dungeon will be available. Instead of having 8 entirely new dungeons, there will be 4 dungeons from Dragonflight expansion and 4 dungeons from previous expansions.

The 4 Dragonflight dungeons of Season 2 are: Halls of Infusion, Brackenhide Hollow, Neltharus, and Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr.

The 4 returning dungeons in Season 2 are: Underrot, The Vortex Pinnacle, Freehold, and Neltharion's Lair.

Although it is not directly linked in the list below, you should get the new Tier set 4-piece bonus when possible, upgrading any eligible gear you loot with the Catalyst. The best off-piece available is the chest Fatebound Chainmail.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Helm of Hardened Gold	Neltharus
Neck	Tuskarr Bone Necklace	Brackenhide Hollow
Shoulders	Rooted Shoulders of Putrefaction	Brackenhide Hollow
Cloak	Mammoth-Trainer's Drape	Neltharus
Chest	Fatebound Chainmail	Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Wrists	Obsidian-Hardened Wraps	Neltharus
Gloves	Rock Shovelers	Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Belt	Gatekeeper's Girdle	Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Legs	Tassets of Densified Ooze	Brackenhide Hollow
Boots	Swoglet Stompers	Halls of Infusion
Ring #1	Eternal Sentry's Ring	Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Ring #2	Circle of Ascended Frost	Halls of Infusion
Weapon	Decatriarch's Bone Pestle	Brackenhide Hollow
Shield	Stout Shield	Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr

Below is a sample list of recommended Aberrus items. As usual, prioritize Leech / Avoidance pieces and the highest item-level equipment you have regardless of its secondary stat distribution.

Also, although it is not directly linked in the list below, you should get the new Tier set 4-piece bonus as quickly as possible, upgrading the suggested pieces if needed in the Catalyst. The best off-piece available are the legs Scalecommander's Ebon Schynbalds.

Also, feel free to mix and match this gear with the Mythic+ best-in slot gear and fill in any gaps with powered-up crafting gear.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Gatecrasher Giant's Coif	Assault of the Zaqali
Neck	Magmorax's Fourth Collar	Magmorax
Shoulders	Kazzara's Grafted Companion	Kazzara
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Chest	Cuirass of Meticulous Mixture	The Amalgamation Chamber
Wrists	Shackles of the Shadowed Bastille	Rashok
Gloves	Grasps of Welded Anguish	Kazzara
Belt	Hydratooth Girdle	Magmorax
Legs	Scalecommander's Ebon Schynbalds	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Boots	Crechebound Soldier's Boots	Scalecommander Sarkareth
Ring #1	Tormentor's Siphoning Signet	Rashok
Ring #2	Onyx Impostor's Birthright	Echo of Neltharion
2h Weapon	Erethos, the Empty Promise	Scalecommander Sarkareth
1h Weapon	Zskarn's Autopsy Scalpel	Zskarn
Shield	Calamity's Herald	Echo of Neltharion