Healer Rotation & Cooldowns
This rotation guide provides a quick, basic understanding of which abilities to prioritize when playing a Restoration Shaman, along with additional details on important cooldowns at the bottom. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.1).
Single Target
Ensure Water Shield and Earth Shield are active before the encounter begins.
- Use before high damage phases.
- Cast on cooldown for HoT.
- Use when group takes high damage.
- Use to boost next heal.
Maintain Riptide on cooldown, use Cloudburst Totem before damage spikes, and Healing Stream Totem during high damage phases.
AoE
- Use when 6+ allies are injured.
- Use when multiple allies are injured.
- Use to heal targets in Healing Rain.
- Use when multiple allies are injured, especially with High Tide.
For AoE, prioritize Healing Rain for multiple injured allies, followed by Wellspring and Downpour to maximize healing.
Cooldowns
- Use to stabilize group health.
- Use for high healing-over-time to multiple allies.
- Use to duplicate healing among allies.
- Use for instant healing.
Utilize Spirit Link Totem for group stabilization, Healing Tide Totem for burst healing, and Ascendance to amplify healing output.