Restoration Shaman Healing Liberation of Undermine Raid Guide — The War Within (11.1.7)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Restoration Shaman for each boss of the following raid: Liberation of Undermine. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.1.7).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Liberation of Undermine. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Liberation of Undermine Boss guides.
On this page, you will find tips and tricks specifically tailored toward Restoration Shamans and their unique healing and utility skills. While you will not find detailed descriptions of mechanics, these can be found in the general raid guide.
Liberation of Undermine Boss Guides for Restoration Shaman
Liberation of Undermine Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Restoration Shaman
Tips for Vexie Fullthrottle for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- Use
Astral Shift when targeted by
Incendiary Fire, especially
if
Exhaust Fumes is also imminent; - Use
Astral Shift or
Stone Bulwark Totem when affected by
Spew Oil
or
Bomb Voyage!.
Cooldown Usage
- During
Backfire, the raid will take heavy damage, making it the
perfect time to use your
Ascendance and
Healing Tide Totem
cooldowns.
Mechanical Tips
- Use
Spiritwalker's Grace and move away from the raid when targeted by
Spew Oil.
You can use
Gust of Wind to get out of it faster, or to position it better if you
are in a bad spot; - You can use crowd control spells on Pit Mechanics in Phase 2 to help with the
phase, including
Capacitor Totem,
Earthgrab Totem, and
Thunderstorm,
also kick
Repair whenever possible; - In Mythic difficulty you want to use
Thunderstorm, preferably
with
Traveling Storms talented, to get Support Rigs away from
the boss, preferably with a
Earthgrab Totem follow-up to keep them away.
Raid Frame Setup
Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using so you can react accordingly during the encounter:
Bomb Voyage! - 459978
Incendiary Fire - 468216
Oil Slick - 459683
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Cauldron of Carnage for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- Use
Astral Shift or
Stone Bulwark Totem on the end of each phase,
as that is when damage debuffs will be at their highest and
Colossal Clash
is imminent.
Cooldown Usage
- During
Colossal Clash, the bosses will leap together and start dealing
massive raid wide damage, making it the best time to use
Ascendance
and
Healing Tide Totem;
Spirit Link Totem is good for
Scrapbomb, but not of much
use in the rest of the fight, so feel free to use it freely to save individual
players who drop low unexpectedly while on the blue side.
Mechanical Tips
- Use crowd control spells on
Voltaic Image to keep them from spreading
around too much before their duration expires; - Move in bursts to keep
Static Charge at a minimum, making good
usage of
Thunderous Paws and
Gust of Wind in the process.
Raid Frame Setup
Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using so you can react accordingly during the encounter:
Molten Phlegm - 1213690
Voltaic Image - 1214009
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Rik Reverb for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- If you ever find yourself soaking a
Lingering Voltage pillar, make
sure to use a defensive like
Astral Shift or
Stone Bulwark Totem.
Cooldown Usage
Ascendance should be used for the first
Sound Cannon
and for others whenever available;- As
Static Jolt is the other dangerous raid damage ability, use
Healing Tide Totem
to cover as many of them as possible.
Mechanical Tips
- Good spot healing will be needed on players who are draining pillars;
- Hitting Pyrotechnics adds gives you up to 30% movement speed and 6% Haste, if you can afford the time not healing;
Gust of Wind or
Spirit Walk are both handy to avoid getting hit
by the various abilities throughout the fight, notably during
Echoing Chant;- In Phase 2, use
Wind Rush Totem to help your raid move between Amplifiers.
You will want to quickly head to the one about to
Blowout!, allowing
you to jump over
Blaring Drop and avoiding damage.
Raid Frame Setup
Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using so you can react accordingly during the encounter:
Faulty Zap - 467044 / 467108
Entranced - 1214598
Sound Cannon - 469380
Resonant Echoes - 468119
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Stix Bunkjunker for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- Getting the
Prototype Powercoil debuff means you should use a defensive
such as
Astral Shift or
Stone Bulwark Totem; - The other main dangerous moment is
Electromagnetic Sorting, where
you should use any remaining defensives and health potions or stones.
Cooldown Usage
- Rotating through healing cooldowns for
Electromagnetic Sorting is
recommended, but make sure to have some left over for
Overdrive as
it does the most damage and the final explosion can easily kill players missing
health when it hits.
Mechanical Tips
- A lot of targeted healing will be needed on players affected by
Prototype Powercoil.
Remember you can
Spirit Link Totem in an emergency;
Gust of Wind can help getting out of the way of rolling people and out of
Scrapmasters'
Dumpster Dive, which does a lot of damage;
Scrap Rockets cast by Scrapmasters need to be interrupted
immediately. As this is a fire spell, interrupting it with
Seasoned Winds
can give you a nice cushion against
Short Fuse or
Incineration
damage;- Junkyard Hyenas are susceptible to all forms of crowd control, which should be used liberally, as their debuffs and damage can be very dangerous.
Raid Frame Setup
Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using so you can react accordingly during the encounter:
Incineration - 472893
Rolling Rubbish - 461536
Infected Bite - 466748
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sprocketmonger Lockenstock for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- Use
Astral Shift or
Stone Bulwark Totem when
Pyro Party Pack
and
Sonic Ba-Boom overlap, which happens on the second and third casts
of
Pyro Party Pack; - Also, if you can afford it, look to use defensives when running in the intermissions.
Cooldown Usage
- Save cooldowns for intermissions, as
Ascendance with
Spiritwalker's Grace
is particularly effective for countering the spread damage while moving;
Sonic Ba-Booms can also be dangerous, especially when overlapping,
justifying the usage of healing cooldowns.
Mechanical Tips
Wire Transfer requires a lot of movement so be sure to use
Thunderous Paws
or
Gust of Wind to help;
Wind Rush Totem with either of the bonus talents is great for intermissions;- Use
Gust of Wind liberally to prevent getting caught or trapped between
all the different traps and void zones.
Raid Frame Setup
Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using so you can react accordingly during the encounter:
Screwed! - 1217261
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for One-Armed Bandit for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives such as
Astral Shift and
Stone Bulwark Totem on
overlaps of raid damage from
Pay-Line and
Foul Exhaust.
Cooldown Usage
Foul Exhaust will deal large damage to the party while also putting
a healing absorb on players. You will want to deal with this quickly with healing
cooldowns such as
Ascendance and
Healing Tide Totem,
but make sure to save some of them for the end of the fight as damage quickly becomes
nigh unhealable near the enrage period.
Mechanical Tips
- Make sure to dispel
Withering Flames but only when the player is
out, as otherwise they will spawn fire waves on top of other players, likely killing
them; - Make sure you interrupt Reel Assistants'
Overload! casts,
as they are extremely dangerous, and it will make you take less damage from
Pay-Line; - Note that while most Booty adds can be crowd controlled, this is not the case for Premium Dynamite Booty, and they also have a lot of Health;
Gust of Wind can let you take a single tick from the
Voltaic Streak
beams in Phase 2 but that is still likely to kill you without a defensive.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Mug'Zee for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- During the blue phase, always have a defensive in reserve in case you
get targeted by
Double Whammy Shot, as it deals enormous damage, and
you will then potentially have to soak either
Unstable Cluster Bomb
or potentially
Goblin-guided Rocket; - During the red phase, aim your
Frostshatter Spear through
the walls or you are likely to get one-shot.
Cooldown Usage
- You will sometimes be locked inside cages with a small group of players, but
Healing Tide Totem,
Spirit Link Totem and other area spells still
work through the walls as long as the players are close enough to the totem radius; - Soaking
Goblin-guided Rocket deals massive damage and is a good time
to use major cooldowns such as
Ascendance.
Mechanical Tips
Earthshaker Gaol will mark two players and need to be soaked by groups.
Ideally one healer will soak each Gaol and be responsible for keeping their small
group alive while the DPS kill the add and break you out. Any DPS you can provide
during this window can be helpful to speed up the process;- Make sure to interrupt Gallagio Goons'
Pay Respects casts;
Unstable Crawler Mines are slow and can be fully crowd controlled
and kited indefinitely (until the boss reaches 40% Health), but it will become
harder and harder to ignore them if you do so;- During the intermission phase,
Spiritwalker's Grace allows you to keep
healing through
Bulletstorm. Using
Wind Rush Totem there is also
quite helpful for your raid.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Chrome King Gallywix for Restoration Shaman
Defensive Tips
- In Phase 2, you want a defensive during
Giga BOOM!; - During the intermission, you will want to use at least one defensive during
TOTAL DESTRUCTION!!! as the damage will ramp up significantly.
Cooldown Usage
- Cooldown through
Scatterblast Canisters as it deals massive split
damage and also leaves a hefty healing absorb; - Keep
Spirit Link Totem and any remaining healing cooldowns for
Giga BOOM!
explosions; - Make sure to have all cooldowns by the time you hit the intermission, as they
will be needed to cope with
TOTAL DESTRUCTION!!!'s ramping damage.
Mechanical Tips
Mechengineer's Canisters healing absorbs require heavy spot healing;- Make sure you interrupt the
Shock Barrage casts from Sharpshot Sentry; - During the intermission, someone must interrupt
TOTAL DESTRUCTION!!!
in order to transition to the final phase.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
General Healing Cooldown Usage
Restoration Shaman have a few healing and damage reduction cooldowns to consider when doing raid encounters:
Healing Tide Totem — is a simple 3-minute baseline cooldown totem
that heals everyone around it for a large amount over 10 seconds; use it against
bursts of raid damage that happen over a lengthy period;
Spirit Link Totem — redistributes the health of players around
it, provides 15% damage reduction and also a large heal (with
Spouting Spirits)
on a 3-minute baseline cooldown. Use it against large raid damage burst events,
especially if they are mixed with high single-target damage that would likely kill
whoever is hit;
Ascendance — is either 3-minute and extra powerful
with
Preeminence or 2-minute with
First Ascendant, and allows you
to replicate your healing to nearby allies and thus do much more raid healing with
your regular rotation than you usually can. Rotate it, and
Healing Tide Totem
against large bursts of raid damage over time.
Take into account that
Water Totem Mastery will randomly reduce the
cooldown of your totems, leading to them having a lower cooldown than the typical
3-minute baseline.
Totemic Surge also contributes towards cooldown totems
having a lower cooldown than their tooltip indicates.
Healing Tide Totem
can then also benefit from
Current Control reducing its cooldown even further,
making it usable much more often than its 3-minute baseline cooldown would suggest!
In addition to the general rotation, you want to keep in mind that your goal is to use your cooldowns as often as possible during an encounter. With that in mind, your secondary goal is to use them at the correct time. You will also want to manage your Mana accordingly in order to finish the fight close to zero Mana, but also not run out too fast, as that will prevent you from doing high healing when needed as you wait for regen in between casts.
General Defensive Usage Notes
Restoration Shaman has multiple defensive tools that you can plan
to use to survive through targeted or high raid damage mechanics. Rotate between
Astral Shift and
Stone Bulwark Totem before high damage moments,
and remember to refresh
Ancestral Vigor and
Earth Shield on
yourself ahead of time!
Earth Elemental is also a good tool for its 15% health increase and
potential 5% damage reduction with
Primordial Bond, but keep in mind its
long 1-minute duration and even longer 5-minute cooldown!
Changelog
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 18 Mar. 2025: Cleaned up Gallywix section.
- 03 Mar. 2025: Minor cleanups.
- 02 Mar. 2025: Added tips for all bosses.
- 24 Feb. 2025: First pass on Undermine boss suggestions.
- 20 Feb. 2025: Guide added.
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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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