Riptide

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For other uses, see Riptide (disambiguation).
Riptide
Spell nature riptide.png
  • 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 (265.2% of Spell power) and an additional (132% 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], [Routine Communication], [Tidal Waves], [Torrent], [Undercurrent], [Wavespeaker's Blessing]
Related buff
  • Magic
  • Riptide
  • Heals (22% 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

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

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