Class quiz
Restoration Shaman
Totems, heals and big lightning crits. A hybrid that can heal a raid or burst someone down in PvP.
Healer
- 17 characters on Party Tracker play Restoration Shaman: 4 Alliance and 13 Horde.
- 17% of characters play a healing spec, and a dungeon group needs 20%.
- Leveling on your own
- PvP
- Farming gold
- Easy to pick up
Alliance: Dwarf
Horde: Orc, Tauren, Troll, Skyborne (Windshaper)
What's changed in Forever
- Riptide is the 31-point talent: cheaper in the final notes, but on a 12-second cooldown with no upfront heal. Water Shield gives mana back.
- Totems are easier to manage: a shorter global cooldown, 5-minute buff totems, Totemic Recall and Totemic Projection.
- Weapon imbues last 60 minutes and stack with stones and oils; Windfury and Flametongue Totems buff the whole party.
From Blizzard: Class Deep Dives: Mage and Shaman (Oct 7) · Beta Development Notes, 3 November (Nov 3)
Class traits are what each class is known for, adjusted where Blizzard's Forever posts changed it. Blizzard's aim for Forever isn't perfect balance: it's for every class to feel valuable to the groups it joins. Talents can still change in hotfixes. Player numbers update about once an hour.