Class Guide

Restoration Shaman

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

10 matches · rated 2757–2235

Death Knight

Blood• Frost• Unholy•

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire• Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow•

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental• Enhancement• Restoration

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection•

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Water Totem Mastery

used in 10/10

Healing Stream Totem

used in 10/10

Riptide

used in 10/10

Tidal Waves

used in 10/10

Earthweaver

used in 10/10

Quickstream

used in 10/10

Earthliving Weapon

used in 10/10

Improved Earthliving Weapon

used in 10/10

Undercurrent

used in 10/10

Echo of the Elements

used in 10/10

Unleash Life

used in 10/10

Ancestral Vigor

used in 10/10

Earthen Harmony

used in 10/10

Torrent

used in 10/10

Earth Shield

used in 10/10

Instinctive Imbuements

used in 10/10

Totemic Surge

used in 10/10

Stormstream Totem

used in 10/10

First Ascendant

used in 10/10

Therazane's Resilience

used in 10/10

Tremor Totem

used in 10/10

Healing Tide Totem

used in 10/10

Wind Shear

used in 9/10

Nature's Swiftness

used in 9/10

Earthgrab Totem

used in 9/10

Chain Heal

used in 9/10

Grounding Totem

used in 9/10 PvP

Wind Barrier

used in 9/10

Elemental Resistance

used in 9/10

Totemic Momentum

used in 9/10

Earthsurge

used in 9/10

Coalescing Water

used in 9/10

Spirit Link Totem

used in 8/10

Spiritwalker's Grace

used in 8/10

Hex

used in 8/10

Spiritwalker's Aegis

used in 8/10

Whirling Elements

used in 8/10

Capacitor Totem

used in 8/10

Surging Totem

used in 8/10

Amplification Core

used in 8/10

Healing Rain

used in 8/10

Earthen Accord

used in 8/10

Burst window

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The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Lava Burst
→
Flame Shock
→
Healing Stream Totem
→
Lava Burst
→
Lava Burst
→
Lava Burst
→
Purge

Also commonly taken

Windveil 10/10 Totemic Projection 10/10 Greater Purge 10/10 Living Stream 10/10 Deluge 10/10 White Water 10/10 Improved Purify Spirit 10/10 Elemental Warding 10/10 Elemental Orbit 10/10 Enhanced Imbues 10/10 Nature's Guardian 10/10 Nature's Fury 10/10 Totemic Focus 10/10 Spiritual Awakening 10/10 Lively Totems 9/10 Totemic Rebound 9/10 Primal Catalyst 9/10 Elemental Attunement 9/10 Acid Rain 8/10 Brimming with Life 8/10 Oversized Totems 8/10 Flow of the Tides 7/10 Voodoo Mastery 7/10 Spirit Walk 7/10 Spirit Wolf 7/10 Primal Tide Core 7/10 Static Field Totem 5/10 Soothing Rain 5/10 Rain Dance 5/10

▶ The sample — 10 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1·i18n	2757	100s	12
Match 2·i18n	2427	271s	8
Match 3	2394	230s	9
Match 4·i18n	2330	205s	8
Match 5·i18n	2313	452s	9
Match 6	2258	95s	13
Match 7	2253	189s	7
Match 8	2243	448s	7
Match 9·i18n	2237	96s	9
Match 10	2235	511s	7