PvE Restoration Shaman Gems, Enchants, & Consumables

A healer is the lifeblood the group, and as such you’re going to want to eke out every potential little bit of advantage you can get to make your job easier and the lives of your party members more resilient. This section is going to go over the resources outside of straight-up gear to give you the best odds of not going OOM and leaving your comrades eating dirt!

Gems

You’re going to want to balance between maximum throughput and comfortable mana regeneration. This is largely going to be up to what type of content you’re taking on, what your playstyle demands, and potentially what might tip you over the edge for a Haste threshold you may be aiming for.

Meta Socket

Mana Regeneration:

• Revitalizing Primal Diamond
• Courageous Primal Diamond (Phase 2 Legendary gem)

Throughput:

• Burning Primal Diamond
• Courageous Primal Diamond (Phase 2 Legendary gem)

Prismatic Socket

Mana Regeneration:

• Sparkling Serpent’s Eye (Jewelcrafting)
• Sparkling River’s Heart / Perfect Sparkling Lapis Lazuli
• Purified Imperial Amethyst / Perfect Purified Roguestone

Throughput:

• Brilliant Serpent’s Eye  (Jewelcrafting)
• Brilliant Primordial Ruby / Perfect Brilliant Pandarian Garnet

Red Socket

Mana Regeneration:

• Purified Imperial Amethyst / Perfect Purified Roguestone

Throughput:

• Brilliant Serpent’s Eye (Jewelcrafting)
• Brilliant Primordial Ruby / Perfect Brilliant Pandarian Garnet

Yellow Socket

Haste Threshold:

• Energized Wild Jade / Perfect Energized Alexandrite
• Reckless Vermilion Onyx / Perfect Reckless Tiger Opal

Mana Regeneration:

• Misty Wild Jade / Perfect Misty Alexandrite

Throughput:

• Potent Vermilion Onyx / Perfect Potent Tiger Opal

Blue Socket

Mana Regeneration:

• Sparkling Serpent’s Eye (Jewelcrafting)
• Sparkling River’s Heart / Perfect Sparkling Lapis Lazuli

Throughput:

• Purified Imperial Amethyst / Perfect Purified Roguestone

Sha-Touched Socket

• Crystallized Horror

Cog-Wheel Socket

A special socket type for Engineers who craft a Energized Retinal Armor for themselves. You can slot in special gems that are crafted by Engineers that offer bonus stats. It’s recommended to use this slot for secondary stats like Spirit for mp5, Haste (To meet thresholds), or Critical Strike for throughput gains.

Haste Threshold:

• Quick Tinker’s Gear

Mana Regeneration:

• Sparkling Tinker’s Gear

Throughput:

• Smooth Tinker’s Gear

Enchants

Armor

• Shoulders:
  • Secret Crane Wing Inscription (Inscription)
  • Greater Crane Wing Inscription
• Cloak:
  • Lightweave Embroidery (Tailoring – throughput)
  • Darkglow Embroidery (Tailoring – mp5)
  • Enchant Cloak – Superior Intellect
• Chest:
  • Enchant Chest – Glorious Stats
• Bracers:
  • Fur Lining – Intellect (Leatherworking)
  • Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing – stacks with other enchants)
  • Enchant Bracer – Super Intellect
• Gloves:
  • Enchant Gloves – Superior Mastery
  • Enchant Gloves – Greater Haste (If aiming for a Haste threshold)
  • Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing – stacks with other enchants)
  • Synapse Springs (Engineering – stacks with other enchants)
• Waist:
  • Living Steel Belt Buckle (Blacksmithing)
• Legs:
  • Sanctified Spellthread (Tailoring)
  • Greater Pearlescent Spellthread (If you need mp5)
  • Greater Cerulean Spellthread (For throughput)
• Boots:
  • Enchant Boots – Pandaren’s Step
• Rings:
  • Enchant Ring – Greater Intellect (Enchanting)

Weapons

• Main Hand:
  • Enchant Weapon – Jade Spirit
  • Earthliving Weapon (Stacks with permanent enchants)
• Shield:
  • Enchant Off-Hand – Major Intellect

Consumables

Potions

You’ll mostly want to focus on the best fit potion to give you mana as your most efficient way to convert to health for both you and your party is through your mana pool.

• Potion of the Jade Serpent
  • Throughput, best combined with another big healing cooldown.
• Master Healing Potion
  • I wouldn’t generally recommend this over the mana equivalent of it as they share a CD, but this can be used as an emergency defensive, which can be useful on certain fights.
• Master Mana Potion
  • Probably the go-to choice for most situations as it’s an instantaneous chunk of mana with no downside.
• Potion of Focus
  • Similar to the Master Mana Potion, but offers a bit more mana at the cost of having to sit there for a full 10 seconds drinking it to get the extra benefit. There are some fights where there are phases you can just chill, and this could work. That said, due to Glyph of Telluric Currents, it’s probably best to just go with the instant option and spam Lightning Bolt to regenerate mana.

Flasks & Elixirs

• Flask of the Warm Sun
  • I’d consider this option the standard choice, and the gain in throughput should heavily outweight the choice for extra mp5 in most situations.
• Flask of Falling Leaves
  • Gives you a big chunk of Spirit, but I generally wouldn’t take this except for maybe in the very early game when people’s health pools are low and your mana regeneration is a bit rough around the edges. You may want to run this flask in a 25-man raid as your Mana Tide Totem is extremely impactful and scales off your personal Spirit stat.

Food

You’re going to have a few different options for food buffs as it depends on what secondary stats you value. I’d generally recommend against using food buffs to meet Haste thresholds as they’re not 100% consistent as they drop off on death, but if you’re desperate it is an option. Also, if you’re a Pandaren you’ll have the Epicurean racial to increase buffs from foods, so make sure not to skip out!

Intellect Options

• Mogu Fish Stew
• Spiced Blossom Soup
• Braised Turtle
• Swirling Mist Soup

Spirit Options

• Steamed Crab Surprise
• Fire Spirit Salmon
• Shrimp Dumplings