Healing Wave

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For the Classic ability, see [Healing Wave]. For the Pet Battle ability, see [Healing Wave].
Healing Wave
Spell nature healingwavelesser.png
Properties
Class Shaman
School Nature
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required [Riptide]
Improvements [Ancestral Awakening], [Ancestral Vigor], [Deluge], [Resurgence], [Undulation]
Power over the elements is power over creation itself.[1]

Healing Wave is a Restoration shaman healing spell. It is a shaman's most mana efficient single-target heal. It doesn't heal for very much, however, and is only really useful at times of lower damage. Its main advantage is that the low mana cost means that you can chain-cast the spell indefinitely.

Tips and tactics

  • While mana efficient, Healing Wave doesn't heal for very much. Using [Tidal Waves] charges on it is not always recommended either.
  • If a target is in danger of dying, [Healing Surge] is usually a better choice.

Trivia

Patch changes

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Healing increased by 30%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-06-26): Healing is now increased by 56% in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Healing increased by 10%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Healing increased by 6%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Restoration talent (was a level 27 Restoration ability).
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2022-04-26): Now heals for an additional 30% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 10%).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 27 (was 24).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Healing increased by 25% in PvP.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-06-13): Healing Wave heals for an additional 50% in PvP situations (was an additional 100%).
  • Legion Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now heals for 200% more in PvP (was 135%).
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 24 (was 56).
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-07-25): Now heals for 35% more in PvP combat.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now learned at level 56 (was 60).
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): [Greater Healing Wave] has been renamed to Healing Wave.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 60 Restoration ability (was a level 68 ability for all shamans).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Mana cost has been increased by 10%; healing done has been increased by 20%. Now has a new water-based animation.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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