Restoration Shaman have received significant changes alongside all healers with the Dragonflight 10.2 PTR.
Our Restoration Shaman Writer, Theun, breaks down all the early changes as Blizzard attempts to emphasize the importance of resource management and single-target healing while still creating compelling talent choices and a new tier set bonus.
This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for the content coming with the Dragonflight: Guardians of the Dream update.
Dragonflight: Guardians of the Dream Update Development Notes
- SHAMAN
Mana Spring now restores 150 mana for Enhancement Shamans (was 250), 150 mana for Restoration Shamans (was 350), and 100 mana for Elemental Shamans (was 150) at level 70. - Restoration
Healing Stream healing increased by 20%. - Healing Surge healing increased by 30%.
- Healing Wave healing increased by 30%.
- Primordial Wave replicates Healing Wave at 40% effectiveness (was 60%).
- Cloudburst Totem now accumulates 20% of your healing done (was 30%).
- Ascendance now duplicates 80% of all healing done (was 100%).
- Mana Tide Totem now increases mana regeneration by 80% (was 100%).
- Resurgence now restores 20% less mana.
- Riptide’s initial heal increased by 30%.
- Unleash Life healing increased by 40%.
- Developers’ note: With Riptide, Healing Surge, and Healing Wave doing a lot more healing, Ancestral Awakening’s power was increased beyond intended levels.
- Ancestral Awakening heals for 10/20% of healing done (was 15/30%).
- Ancestral Awakening now prefers to heal injured players instead of always healing the lowest health player.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope (2) Set Bonus has been adjusted — Tidal Resorvoir now heals for 15% of all Riptide healing done (was 20%) and now lasts for 15 sec (was 10
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