Shaman 12 (ppS1) outdated

Restoration

Intellect > Crit = Haste > Versatility > Mastery

Gear

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Oblivion Guise	Midnight Fails (Raid)
Neck	Pendant of Aching Grief	Windrunner Spire
Shoulders	Tempests of the Primal Core	Raid
Cape	Soulhunter’s Mask	Maisara Caverns
Chest	Embrace of the Primal Core	Raid
Bracers	Cuffs of the Primal Core	Catalyst
Gloves	Earthgrips of the Primal Core	Raid
Belt	Azure Belt of Competition	Algeth’ar Academy
Legs	Leggings of the Primal Core	Raid
Boots	Sollerets of the Primal Core	Catalyst
Ring	Signet of the Starved Beast	Vorasius (Raid)
Ring	Platinum Star Band	Algeth’ar Academy
Trinkets	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus (Raid)
Trinkets	Locus-Walker’s Ribbon	Crown of the Cosmos (Raid)
1h Weapon	Ceremonial Hexblade	Maisara Caverns
Shield	Thalassian Dawnguard	Belo’ren (Raid)

Consumables

Type	Best
Flask	Flask of the Shattered Sun
Combat Potion	Lightfused Mana Potion Potion of Recklessness
Health Potion	Silvermoon Health Potion
Weapon Buff	Earthliving Weapon
Augment Rune	Void-Touched Augment Rune
Food	Silvermoon Parade Royal Roast

Slot	Best Enchant
Weapon	Enchant Weapon – Acuity of the Ren’dorei
Helm	Enchant Helm – Empowered Hex of Leeching
Shoulders	Enchant Shoulders – Silvermoon’s Mending
Chest	Enchant Chest – Mark of the Magister
Legs	Arcanoweave Spellthread
Boots	Enchant Boots – Shaladrassil’s Roots
Ring	Enchant Ring – Nature’s Fury
Dazzling Diamond	Telluric Eversong Diamond
Other Gems	Flawless Versatile Garnet Flawless Deadly Peridot Flawless Deadly Lapis Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Talents

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Softcaps

Critical Strike – Above 1380 rating
Haste – Above 1320 rating
Mastery – Above 1380 rating
Versatility – Above 1620 rating

Note that this system only counts stat rating, meaning that percentage-based procs and effects like Bloodlust aren't factored in and will always grant their full benefit. Aforementioned exact ratings are specific to restoration shaman and differ from class to class. Percentages below are set for everyone.

Diminishing Returns

This penalty is as follows:
From 0 to 30%, there’s no penalty.
From 30% to 39%, there’s a 10% penalty.
From 39% to 47%, there’s a 20% penalty.
From 47% to 54%, there’s a 30% penalty.
From 54% to 66%, there’s a 40% penalty.
From 66% to 126%, there’s a 50% penalty.
You can’t get more than 126% from gear rating.

Elemental

Intellect > Mastery = Haste > Crit > Versatility

Enhancement

Agility > Mastery = Haste > Crit > Versatility

January 15, 2026

Jeremy

Gaming – Shaman