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WoW Forever Restoration Shaman PvP Guide

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

SS picks for BG off-healing
Tauren, S tierTaurenWar Stomp
Orc, S tierOrcHardiness
Restoration, S tierRestorationBG heal · beta
Dwarf, S tierDwarfStoneform

Control racials. Tree splash is provisional.

Spend for BG healing control healer

S
Restoration keep-alives
A
Ele Purge strips

Racials that peel melee Tauren / Orc

S
Tauren War StompOrc Hardiness
A
Dwarf Stoneform

This mega is Shaman Restoration for battlegrounds and arena-style groups. Earthbind, Purge and keep-alive heals sit below. Rank 10 week 7, Rank 13 week 9. Hub: Shaman hub. Named talents stay provisional (beta, 24 September 2026).

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

Restoration in battlegrounds and small-group PvP

Week 7Rank 10
Week 9Rank 13
EarthbindPeel melee

Restoration PvP is not Hyjal assignments. You Earthbind, Purge, Healing Wave the flag carrier. Hub: Shaman hub. Raid healing: Restoration PvE.

Resto Shaman PvP at 60 before Rank week 7

Engineering + Enchanting on the Starter Pack, PvP realm set before the 1st session. Full refund until then.

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Restoration spend for BG survival

Names stay provisional (beta, 24 September 2026). Spirit-in-combat is a Restoration class line. Rates stay provisional until Blizzard posts numbers.

EarthbindMelee peel
PurgeStrip
NSSave, beta
WolfReposition

Do not spend Enhancement for Stormstrike on this page. A few Elemental points for Purge range is a community read.

Honor healer sets and Rank 10 / Rank 13

BG Restoration wants resilience-style PvP stats when they exist, plus +healing. Rank pieces beat dungeon cloth for the flag room.

Week 1. Quest +healing. Early healer.

Rank weeks. Rank 10 week 7, Rank 13 week 9. Rank 14 offer.

From 9 December. Raid +healing only if it beats rank. Raid carries.

Open Rank 14 →Restoration on a PvP realm.

Engineering for Restoration PvP

BG Restoration wants Engineering gadgets. Ultimate PvP on the live offer is Engineering + Enchanting. Open a card to land on Shaman Restoration on a PvP realm.

UltimateTop for you

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
Balanced

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
pve_basic

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
pve_max

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

Battleground healer UI for Restoration

Who is dying on the flag.

  • BattlegroundTargets: incoming on your carrier.
  • Grid2 compact: 15-man BG frames. 40-man raid frames live on Restoration PvE.
  • LoseControl: your lockouts.
  • Clique: click-heal while moving.

DBM stays on Restoration PvE.

Leveling hours and the 2 speeds

Restoration PvP still quests, then heals BGs. 1 booster is $299 in about 14 days on a PvP realm. 2 boosters in shifts is $420 in about 7 days. Route. Skip the grind.

FAQ

Blizzard names Restoration for Spirit mana in combat. That line is not tagged PvE-only. Exact rates stay provisional.

Open Starter Pack →$299 with 1 booster or $420 with 2. Full refund before the 1st session.

What changed
  • Rewrote mode-specific overview, talents, addons, FAQ and leveling for uniqueness vs sibling megas.
  • Published the Restoration Shaman PvP mega: boards, provisional talents, BiS by week, profession tiers, addons and leveling hours.

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