Riptide
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- For other uses, see Riptide (disambiguation).
| Riptide | |
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| 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] |
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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
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.
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