Riptide

For other uses, see Riptide (disambiguation).

Riptide
Riptide Row 1 Restoration shaman talent 40 yd range 1.6% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Restorative waters wash over a friendly target, healing them for (480.288% of Spell Power) and an additional (239.057% of Spell Power) over 18 sec.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Nature
Cooldown	6 seconds
Improvements	[Ancestral Awakening], [Ancestral Vigor], [Deeply Rooted Elements], [Echo of the Elements], [Elemental Reverb], [Mana Spring], [Primal Tide Core], [Resurgence], [Rip Current], [Routine Communication], [Torrent], [Undercurrent], [Wavespeaker's Blessing]
Related buff
Magic Riptide Heals (39.8429% of Spell Power) every 3 seconds. Duration: 18 seconds

Riptide is a Restoration shaman ability. It is an instant cast healing spell that also does additional healing over time.

Notes

Similar to a druid's [Regrowth] spell, Riptide is both a direct healing spell and a heal over time spell. The direct heal and each tick of the heal over time effect have independent critical effect chances, with an initial critical heal having no effect on the healing over time component.

Being instant, the spell can be cast while moving and cannot be interrupted, which makes it a very powerful ability in PvP.

Tips and tactics

• Its low mana cost and high amount of healing done over time make Riptide one of the Restoration shaman's best healing spells. Its main disadvantage is the six second cooldown.

Patch changes

Retail

• Patch 12.0.0 (2026-01-20): Healing increased by 12%.
  
• Patch 11.0.7 (2024-12-17): Healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Initial heal increased by 20%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-05-07): Healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-09-18): Healing is now increased by 25% in PvP Combat (was 10%).
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Healing is increased by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  
• Hotfix (2022-12-19): Healing increased by 15% in PvP Combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Heal is no longer reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Restoration talent (was a level 10 Restoration ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Duration is now 18 seconds (was 15 seconds).
  
• Hotfix (2018-09-24): Healing reduced by 15% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  
• Hotfix (2018-09-10):
  • Healing increased by 6%.
  • Healing reduced by 6% in PvP situations.
    
• Hotfix (2018-07-23): Fixed an issue that caused Riptide's healing to be increased more than intended by [Earth Shield].
  
• Hotfix (2017-06-13): Riptide heals for an additional 30% in PvP situations.
  
• Hotfix (2016-07-22): Casting Riptide directly after a [Chain Heal] will now award two stacks of [Tidal Waves].
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Direct healing increased by 81%, heal over time increased by 66%.
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): No longer increases Chain Heal's effectiveness by 25% on the primary target.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Riptide's healing has been adjusted to put significantly more of it into the initial heal. The initial heal amount has been increased by 70%, while the periodic healing amount has been reduced by 20%.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Mana cost has been reduced by 25%.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer consumed when Chain Heal is cast on the target. Now a level 10 Restoration ability (was a tier 7 Restoration talent).
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Periodic healing coefficient has been increased by 50%. The initial direct heal is unchanged.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now costs 10% of base mana (was 18%). Moved to tier 7 (was tier 11).
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): This spell has a new icon (was ) and a new sound effect.
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Healing done increased. Now triggers Tidal Waves.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Classic

• Patch 5.5.0 (2025-07-01): Mana cost increased by 15%.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Riptide
  Riptide (4 ranks) Tier 11 Restoration shaman talent 40 yd range 18% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Heals a friendly target for 639 to 691 and another 665 over 15 sec. Your next Chain Heal cast on that primary target within 15 sec will consume the healing over time effect and increase the amount of the Chain Heal by 25%.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Improvements	[Ancestral Awakening], [Improved Water Shield], [Tidal Waves]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Riptide]
  Related buff
  Magic Riptide Heals 133 every 3 seconds. Increases caster's Chain Heal by 25%. Duration: 15 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Riptide
  Riptide Tier 7 Restoration shaman talent 40 yd range 10% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Heals a friendly target for 2364 and another 665 over 15 sec. Your next Chain Heal cast on that primary target within 15 sec will consume the healing over time effect and increase the amount of the Chain Heal by 25%.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Improvements	[Tidal Waves]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Riptide]
  Related buff
  Magic Riptide Heals 133 every 3 seconds. Increases caster's Chain Heal by 25%. Duration: 15 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Riptide
  Riptide Level 10 Restoration shaman ability 40 yd range 12% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Heals a friendly target for 3735 and another 798 over 18 sec. Your Chain Heal spells are 25% more effective when their primary target is affected by your Riptide.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	10
  Improvements	[Tidal Waves]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Riptide]
  Related buff
  Magic Riptide Heals 133 every 3 seconds. Increases caster's Chain Heal by 25%. Duration: 18 seconds

External links

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