Restoration and level 60

Deep Restoration (dungeons): every talent point

A dungeon-first healing build that reaches Wild Growth at 40 and grows with you. Final split 11 / 0 / 40. Balance / Feral / Restoration: 11 / 0 / 40

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Talent notes

Row n unlocks at 5 × (n − 1) points in that tree. “(Classic)” marks an effect carried over from Classic that Forever sources don’t restate.

Dual spec at 40

• Dual Specialization unlocks at 40 from a class trainer in a major city. Talent changes also happen at a major-city trainer.
• Keep Feral as your open-world and off-role spec. Put Restoration in the second slot.
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• Make a second action bar layout for healing and keep your healing gear in its own bag.

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Practice before 60

• 25-29: optional healing run in caster gear if you want an early feel for it.
• 40-45: Krol’dok Stronghold is a natural first Deep Resto run.
• 46-49: a quest-stacked Zul’Farrak run is a good longer practice session.
• 55-60: heal Blackmaw Hold or a Classic high-level dungeon near your route.
• Keep useful healing pieces from your 20s onward, and build the set deliberately in your 40s.

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Five-player healing priorities

• Show party health, debuffs and your own HoT timers.
• Put Swiftmend, Nature’s Swiftness, dispels and Innervate on easy binds.
• Once your gear improves, add a lower rank of Regrowth as a cheaper heal for lighter damage.

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Healing gear and Bear gear

• At 60, swap a piece for a big jump in mana stats even if it costs a little +Healing.
• Crafted pieces worth checking: Mooncloth (Gloves, Shoulders, Boots, Vest, Circlet) and Mender’s Leather (Bracers, Gauntlets, Waistguard, Boots).

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Raid preparation

• Raids open December 9: Barrow Deeps (10 players), Hyjal Summit (20) and Onyxia’s Lair (40).
• Onyxia needs the Drakefire Amulet in your bags. It doesn’t need to be equipped.
• Alliance: start “Dragonkin Menace” from Helendis Riverhorn in the Burning Steppes.
• Horde: start “Blood and Thunder” from Warlord Goretooth in Kargath, Badlands.
• Both chains run through Blackrock Spire and end with the Blood of the Black Dragon Champion from General Drakkisath.
• For raid healing, ask your raid leader whether you are on steady group healing or fast spike recovery before choosing a build.

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Your first week at 60

Heal most groups. Keep a separate Feral set so you can switch roles when a group needs you.

• List as a healer. Run the dungeon your group is ready for: Blackmaw Hold, Shaper’s Terrace, Blackrock Depths, Stratholme or Scholomance.
• Upgrade your weakest healing pieces. Check crafted Mooncloth and Mender’s Leather options against live drops.
• Keep your off-role useful. Stay Feral for solo farming and bring the Bear set to tank. For Cat DPS in a group, use your Cat gear and Shred from behind.
• Agree on rolls. Tell the group which role you are joining as, and agree on off-spec rolls before the run.
• Tidy your healing binds. Swiftmend, Nature’s Swiftness, dispels and Innervate on easy keys, with party HoT timers visible.
• Start the Onyxia chain. Do it if you want to raid on December 9. Keep the Drakefire Amulet in your bags.
• Stock up. Water, mana potions, and a healing weapon or off-hand.

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