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Restoration Shaman Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 2

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Restoration Shaman PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 2.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Restoration Shaman Healers across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.1.7 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Restoration Shamans

  1. Xhanon's icon
    1
    Xhanon
    Kazzak (EU)
    Orc | Totemic | 684 ilvl
    4045
  2. Shamrocked's icon
    2
    Shamrocked
    Zuljin (US)
    Dwarf | Totemic | 684 ilvl
    4001
  3. Toludin's icon
    3
    Toludin
    Emerald Dream (US)
    Dwarf | Totemic | 684 ilvl
    3969
  4. Rainxp's icon
    4
    Rainxp
    Stormrage (US)
    Dwarf | Totemic | 684 ilvl
    3934
  5. Héléna's icon
    5
    Héléna
    Ravencrest (EU)
    Dwarf | Totemic | 684 ilvl
    3927

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Restoration Shaman's Healer performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 34% Critical Strike +20442
  • 11% Haste +7531
  • 36% Mastery +2913
  • 17% Versatility +13391

Stat priority

  1. Critical Strike
  2. Versatility
  3. Haste
  4. Mastery

Additional Minor Stats

  • 3% Avoidance +1672
  • 2% Leech +1714
  • 2% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Restoration Shamans.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Restoration Shamans in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Sanitized Scraphood

    • 20
    Sanitized Scraphood icon

  2. Gale Sovereign's Charged Hood

    • Set
    • 16
    Gale Sovereign's Charged Hood icon

  3. Glyph-Etched Guise

    • 7
    Glyph-Etched Guise icon

  4. Psychogenic Prognosticator's Lenses

    • 3
    Psychogenic Prognosticator's Lenses icon

  5. Supercharged Thought Enhancer

    • 3
    Supercharged Thought Enhancer icon

Neck

  1. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 21
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Fractured Gemstone Locket

    • Craft
    • 18
    Fractured Gemstone Locket icon

  3. Flickering Glowtorc

    • 8
    Flickering Glowtorc icon

  4. Semi-Charmed Amulet

    • 2
    Semi-Charmed Amulet icon

  5. Undermine Merc's Dog Tags

    • 1
    Undermine Merc's Dog Tags icon

Shoulders

  1. Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs

    • Set
    • 47
    Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs icon

  2. Glyph-Etched Epaulets

    • 2
    Glyph-Etched Epaulets icon

  3. Mole Knight's Grimemail

    • 1
    Mole Knight's Grimemail icon

Back

  1. Consecrated Cloak

    • Craft
    • 17
    Consecrated Cloak icon

  2. Undercircuit Racing Flag

    • 13
    Undercircuit Racing Flag icon

  3. Candlebearer's Shroud

    • 8
    Candlebearer's Shroud icon

  4. Cloak of Questionable Intent

    • 4
    Cloak of Questionable Intent icon

  5. Trashmaster's Mantle

    • 4
    Trashmaster's Mantle icon

Chest

  1. Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk

    • Set
    • 48
    Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk icon

  2. Triumphant Combatant's Chainmail

    • 2
    Triumphant Combatant's Chainmail icon

Wrist

  1. Gale Sovereign's Bracers

    • 16
    Gale Sovereign's Bracers icon

  2. I'pa's Pale Aleguards

    • 14
    I'pa's Pale Aleguards icon

  3. Glyph-Etched Vambraces

    • Craft
    • 12
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  4. Bindings of Enraged Earth

    • 7
    Bindings of Enraged Earth icon

  5. Consecrated Baron's Bindings

    • 1
    Consecrated Baron's Bindings icon

Hands

  1. Gale Sovereign's Grasps

    • Set
    • 48
    Gale Sovereign's Grasps icon

  2. Grips of Overwhelming Beatings

    • 1
    Grips of Overwhelming Beatings icon

  3. Holybound Grips

    • 1
    Holybound Grips icon

Waist

  1. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 50
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

Legs

  1. Gale Sovereign's Pantaloons

    • Set
    • 49
    Gale Sovereign's Pantaloons icon

  2. Divine Pyrewalkers

    • 1
    Divine Pyrewalkers icon

Feet

  1. Gale Sovereign's Stormboots

    • 25
    Gale Sovereign's Stormboots icon

  2. Glyph-Etched Stompers

    • 11
    Glyph-Etched Stompers icon

  3. Shrapnel-Ridden Sabatons

    • 7
    Shrapnel-Ridden Sabatons icon

  4. Boots of Shuddering Matter

    • 4
    Boots of Shuddering Matter icon

  5. Regal Mekanospurs

    • 2
    Regal Mekanospurs icon

Rings

  1. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 34
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Binding of Binding

    • Craft
    • 27
    Binding of Binding icon

  3. Faded Championship Ring

    • 19
    Faded Championship Ring icon

  4. Bloodoath Signet

    • 8
    Bloodoath Signet icon

  5. Miniature Roulette Wheel

    • 3
    Miniature Roulette Wheel icon

Trinkets

  1. Mister Pick-Me-Up

    • 47
    Mister Pick-Me-Up icon

  2. Burin of the Candle King

    • 36
    Burin of the Candle King icon

  3. Mug's Moxie Jug

    • 10
    Mug's Moxie Jug icon

  4. Carved Blazikon Wax

    • 5
    Carved Blazikon Wax icon

  5. Eye of Kezan

    • 2
    Eye of Kezan icon

Main Hand

  1. Big Earner's Bludgeon

    • 15
    Big Earner's Bludgeon icon

  2. Everforged Dagger

    • Craft
    • 10
    Everforged Dagger icon

  3. Charged Runeaxe

    • Craft
    • 7
    Charged Runeaxe icon

  4. Scalding Queenmaker's Shiv

    • 6
    Scalding Queenmaker's Shiv icon

  5. Electrifying Cognitive Amplifier

    • 5
    Electrifying Cognitive Amplifier icon

Off Hand

  1. Frontman's Wondrous Wall

    • 24
    Frontman's Wondrous Wall icon

  2. Barricade of the Endless Empire

    • 7
    Barricade of the Endless Empire icon

  3. Titan of Industry

    • 6
    Titan of Industry icon

  4. Everforged Defender

    • Craft
    • 4
    Everforged Defender icon

  5. G0-4W4Y Crowd Repeller

    • 4
    G0-4W4Y Crowd Repeller icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Restoration Shamans.

  1. Bind Binding Of Binding

    • 27
    Binding of Binding icon

  2. Ascendance

    • 18
    Charged Runeaxe icon

  3. Fractured Gemstones

    • 18
    Fractured Gemstone Locket icon

  4. Duskthread Lining

    • 12
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  5. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 12
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Restoration Shaman gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 2.

Head

  1. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

    • 49
    Greater Rune of the Void Ritual icon

  2. Lesser Rune of the Void Ritual

    • 1
    Lesser Rune of the Void Ritual icon

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 33
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 15
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  3. +665 Leech

    • 2
    +665 Leech icon

Chest

  1. Council's Intellect

    • 35
    Council's Intellect icon

  2. Crystalline Radiance

    • 15
    Crystalline Radiance icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 30
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +2040 Leech

    • 18
    +2040 Leech icon

  3. +1325 Leech

    • 1
    +1325 Leech icon

Hands

  1. Enchant Gloves - Legion Surveying

    • 1
    Enchant Gloves - Legion Surveying icon

Legs

  1. Daybreak Spellthread

    • 41
    Daybreak Spellthread icon

  2. Sunset Spellthread

    • 8
    Sunset Spellthread icon

  3. Temporal Spellthread

    • 1
    Temporal Spellthread icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 47
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 3
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Critical Strike

    • 65
    +315 Critical Strike icon

  2. +315 Versatility

    • 16
    +315 Versatility icon

  3. Cursed Critical Strike

    • 8
    Cursed Critical Strike icon

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Fiery Resolve

    • 38
    Authority of Fiery Resolve icon

  2. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 7
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

  3. Council's Guile

    • 4
    Council's Guile icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Restoration Shamans in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Insightful Blasphemite

    • 35
    Insightful Blasphemite icon

  2. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 7
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  3. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 7
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

Prismatic

  1. Versatile Ruby

    • 166
    Versatile Ruby icon

  2. Deadly Sapphire

    • 93
    Deadly Sapphire icon

  3. Deadly Emerald

    • 29
    Deadly Emerald icon

  4. Deadly Onyx

    • 24
    Deadly Onyx icon

  5. Versatile Emerald

    • 18
    Versatile Emerald icon

Tinker

  1. Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector

    • 3
    Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Critical Chain

    • 20
    Critical Chain icon

  2. Static Charge

    • 14
    Static Charge icon

  3. Cauterizing Bolts

    • 10
    Cauterizing Bolts icon

Most Played Races for Restoration Shaman M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Restoration Shaman Healer players in The War Within Season 2.

  1. Dwarf

    • 37
    Dwarf icon

  2. Dark Iron Dwarf

    • 3
    Dark Iron Dwarf icon

  3. Draenei

    • 3
    Draenei icon

  4. Orc

    • 2
    Orc icon

  5. Vulpera

    • 2
    Vulpera icon

Restoration Shaman Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Restoration Shamans in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 2 and Patch 11.1.7.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.