Shaman · Restoration · row 3

Water Shield

New in Forever1 rankActive ability

Water Shield

Rank 1/1Restoration

Instant

Requires 10 points in Restoration Talents

The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.

Every rank of Water Shield

Rank	Effect	Source
1	The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Restoration, row 3, column 3. Needs 10 points in Restoration first. The earliest you can finish all 1 rank is level 20 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Ancestral Healing, Healing Focus in the same row.

Classic comparison

Water Shield is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Shamans.

Builds that take Water Shield

Elemental Shaman endgame PvE build (31/0/20) · 1/1
Restoration Shaman raid healing build (5/15/31) · 1/1
Elemental Shaman PvP build (31/5/15) · 1/1

Questions players ask

Where is Water Shield in the Shaman talent tree?

Restoration tree, row 3, column 3. You need 10 points spent in Restoration before you can learn it.

Is Water Shield new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Water Shield has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

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Water Shield

Every rank of Water Shield

Requirements and position

Classic comparison

Builds that take Water Shield

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