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Updated Restoration raid boards · Sep 2026

WoW Forever Restoration Shaman PvE Guide

Updated 2026-09-29 · 12 min read · by LFCarry PRO team

SS picks for raid healing throughput
Tauren, S tierTaurenEndurance
Dwarf, S tierDwarfAlliance healer
Restoration, S tierRestorationRaid heal · beta
Orc, S tierOrcFury filler

Stamina and Spirit racials. Tree splash is provisional.

Spend for raid healing 10/20/40

S
Restoration Chain Heal
A
Ele splash mana tap, beta

Racials for healer stamina Tauren / Dwarf

S
Tauren EnduranceDwarf Alliance only
A
Troll regenSkyborne haste

This mega is Shaman Restoration for Barrow Deeps (10), Hyjal Summit (20) and Onyxia (40). Blizzard names Spirit mana return in combat for Restoration. Totems and races: Shaman hub. Named talents stay provisional (beta, 24 September 2026).

WoW Forever Restoration Shaman PvE Guide: Talents, BiS, Professions, Best Race

Restoration on 10-man, 20-man and 40-man

10Barrow Deeps
20Hyjal Summit
40Onyxia

Restoration is the raid healer Shaman. Chain Heal on stacked melee, Healing Wave on the tank, Spirit mana in combat (Blizzard line, rates still provisional). Hub for totems: Shaman hub. Flags: Restoration PvP. Alliance: Dwarf Shaman.

Your Resto Shaman at 60 before the 10/20/40 raids

Alchemy + Enchanting on the Starter Pack. Tauren or Dwarf set before the 1st session, full refund until then.

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Restoration spend for raid throughput

Names stay provisional (beta, 24 September 2026). Exact Spirit-to-mana rates stay provisional.

Chain HealMelee clump
Healing WaveTank
SpiritMana in combat
NSEmergency, beta

Stay Restoration. A few Elemental points for mana tools show up in community trees. Call them optional.

5-man healing is lighter than Hyjal 20. Practice Chain Heal bounce on dungeon melee before raid week.

Spirit and mp5 into the 9 December raids

Restoration wants Spirit, mp5 and +healing. Spell hit is for your rare shock. The heal bar wants Spirit and +healing.

Week 1. Quest +healing pieces. Healer blues.

Weeks 2 to 3. dungeons +healing. Dungeon healer set.

From 9 December. Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, Onyxia. Raid carries.

Flasks for Restoration lockouts

Long Hyjal nights want Alchemy. Ultimate Restoration PvE on the live offer is Alchemy + Enchanting. Open a card to land on Shaman Restoration. Tauren or Dwarf on the builder.

UltimateTop for you

PvE Basic

  • Alchemy
  • Herbalism
  • Your own pots, flasks, and mana oils
  • Herbs while questing feed every flask
  • Raid consumable gold sink avoided
  • Forever First Aid pots stack with this
  • Levels with you on the route
  • No gatherer partner required
Open Starter Pack
Balanced

PvE Max

  • Alchemy
  • Enchanting
  • Flasks plus weapon and gear enchants
  • Raid-ready without auction markup
  • Needs a herb partner or auction greens
  • Mail/plate healers skip Tailor priority
  • Mats bought or a gatherer partner
  • Both crafts levelled on the route
Open Starter Pack
Alternative

Gold farming

  • Mining
  • Herbalism
  • Classic dual-gather gold meta
  • Nodes while questing; stack for launch
  • Funds rides, enchants, and flasks
  • Drop one gather when you add a craft
  • Nodes while you quest
  • Stack for the launch AH
Open Starter Pack
pvp_basic

PvP Basic

  • Engineering
  • Mining
  • Engineering is the PvP profession
  • Mining feeds bombs, scopes, gadgets
  • Self-sufficient on a contested realm
  • Grenades and nets decide world PvP
  • Levels with you on the route
  • No gatherer partner required
Open Starter Pack
pvp_max

PvP Max

  • Engineering
  • Enchanting
  • Gadgets plus permanent enchants
  • Partner gathers ore; buy greens for dust
  • Gadgets plus lasting weapon enchants
  • Worth it if you live in world PvP
  • Mats bought or a gatherer partner
  • Both crafts levelled on the route
Open Starter Pack

Raid frames for Restoration

Healing UI. BG frames live on Restoration PvP.

  • Grid2 / VuhDo: Chain Heal bounce targets.
  • Clique: click-cast Healing Wave.
  • HealComm-style incoming: stop overheal on the tank.
  • DBM / BigWigs: raid-wide damage from 9 December.

BattlegroundTargets stays on Restoration PvP.

Leveling hours and the 2 speeds

Restoration still quests with shocks, then heals instances. 1 booster is $299 in about 14 days. 2 boosters in shifts is $420 in about 7 days. Preselect Tauren or Dwarf. Route. Skip the grind.

FAQ

Blizzard names Restoration for Spirit mana back while fighting. Exact rates stay provisional. Do not quote a Classic mp5 table.
What changed
  • Rewrote mode-specific overview, talents, addons, FAQ and leveling for uniqueness vs sibling megas.
  • Published the Restoration Shaman PvE mega: Spirit mana, 10/20/40, boards, provisional talents, BiS, profession tiers, addons and leveling hours.

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