Restoration Shaman PvP Guide (Dragonflight 10.2)
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Restoration Shaman in a PvP environment. The guide will cover everything from talent choices, PvP talents, gameplay and rotation, and useful racial bonuses. It is most applicable to Arena content, but most talents and racial bonuses will work in Rated Battlegrounds and skirmishes.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Shaman PvP guide.
Restoration Shaman in the Current Meta
Restoration Shamans are the most versatile healers in the game. With roots, slows, decent healing output, big damage, some mobility, and even a ranged interrupt, they always have a place on an Arena team.
Notable 10.2 Changes
Riptide healing throughput has been increased.
- Restoration Shaman tier 2-set:
Chain Heal,
Healing Surge and
Healing Wave mark their initial target with a Tidal Reservoir, causing them to receive 20% of all Riptide healing you deal for 10 sec.
- Restoration Shaman tier 4-set:
Riptide's healing is increased by 15%. If Riptide is active on the same target as Tidal Reservoir, its heal-over-time effect has a 10% chance to create a new Riptide on a nearby ally.
Restoration Shaman Strengths and Weaknesses
Spirit Link Totem will save a teammate from dying.
Very strong team healing through
Healing Tide Totem with the PvP talent
Living Tide selected.
Resetting the cooldown of
Earthen Wall Totem with
Totemic Recall.
Multiple utility spells
Purge/
Greater Purge is crucial in matchups
Wind Shear and
Grounding Totem are critical stopping crowd-control.
Passive healing through
Healing Stream Totem and
Earth Shield.
Strong damage through
Flame Shock,
Stormkeeper and
Lava Burst.
Several spells that heal when you are in crowd control or interrupted.
A
Mortal Strike effect and damage reduction through
Unleash Shield
Heavily dependent on rotating cooldowns for keeping teammates alive.
Lacking large damage reduction cooldowns or burst healing.
Healing throughput is moderate, not strong.
No damage reduction team cooldowns.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 23 May 2023 (playstyle): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1 start of season.
- 23 May 2023 (talents): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1 start of season.
- 07 May 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 07 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (comps): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (talents): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (this page): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (this page): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 25 Dec. 2022 (macros): Updated Macros Dragonflight Season 1.
- 25 Dec. 2022 (gear): Updated for season one Dragonflight.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (races): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (macros): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (comps): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight post-launch.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight post-launch.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (races): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022 (races): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 27 Feb. 2022 (races): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (macros): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (comps): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (gear): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (talents): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 17 Nov. 2021 (races): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (macros): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (comps): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (gear): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (talents): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (races): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (macros): Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (comps): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (gear): Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (talents): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 22 Mar. 2021 (races): Updated for correct Pandaren Versatility food buff.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (playstyle): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (this page): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (this page): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 18 Mar. 2021 (comps): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 02 Feb. 2021 (comps): Updated compositions based on maturing PvP Season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (playstyle): Updated to prepare for Shadowlands first PvP season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (comps): Updated in preparation for Shadowlands PvP season 1.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (gear): Updated in preparation for Shadowlands PvP Season 1.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (talents): Revised to prepare for Shadowlands first PvP Season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (this page): Revisions to update for Shadowlands.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (this page): Revisions to update for Shadowlands.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (gear): Removed old Azerite mentions.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (talents): Removed Azerite mentions.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added Covenant page and removed Azerite/Essence mentions. More updates to come.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added Covenant page and removed Azerite/Essence mentions. More updates to come.
- 20 Nov. 2020 (talents): Updated for Covenants and Legendaries for Shadowlands.
- 19 Oct. 2020 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1, and new author.
- 19 Oct. 2020 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1, and new author.
- 19 Oct. 2020 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1, and new author.
- 19 Oct. 2020 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1, and new author.
- 19 Oct. 2020 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1, and new author.
- 19 Oct. 2020 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Pre-Patch 9.0.1, and new author.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 12 Jul. 2020 (playstyle): Updated Burst and Sustained Healing rotations.
- 02 Mar. 2020 (talents): Updated PvP Talents.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (races): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (macros): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (playstyle): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (comps): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (talents): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 16 Dec. 2019 (races): Page added.
- 16 Dec. 2019 (macros): Page added.
- 16 Dec. 2019 (playstyle): Page added.
- 16 Dec. 2019 (comps): Page added.
- 16 Dec. 2019 (talents): Page added.
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