WoW Forever Best Healer Tier List
Restoration Shaman and Discipline Priest both grade S on the WoW Forever healer board, with the Shaman ranked first. The Shaman's S on Mana efficiency carries it through long fights, while the Priest's S on emergency cooldowns makes it the safer hand when damage spikes.
Restoration Shaman
Discipline Priest
Restoration Druid
Holy Paladin
Holy PriestWhat each tier means
- STop The top grade on this board, the strongest specs it ranks
- AStrong A strong pick on this board, one step under the top grade
- BSolid Sound on this board, without the edge of the bands above
- CSituational Short of the bands above on this board, even where one of its reads runs high
- DBottom The lowest grade on this board, with the weakest case once every read is counted
Talent tree icons and class emblems by Blizzard Entertainment, from the World of Warcraft Forever game client.
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.
Heals a friendly target for 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.
Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 10%.
Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 25%.
Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.
Increases the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells and the radius of your Prayer of Healing and Holy Nova spells by 10%.
Your non-periodic critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 15% of the amount healed. Shields up to (20 x your level) damage and lasts 12 sec.
Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 42 Holy damage to an enemy, or 126 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Increases the duration of your Moonfire and Rejuvenation spells by 3 sec, your Regrowth spell by 6 sec, and your Insect Swarm spell by 2 sec.
Heals the target and their party for 280 over 7 sec. Party members must be within 43.5 yards of target. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as Wild Growth reaches its full duration.
Increases the critical effect chance of your Regrowth spell by 50%.
When activated, your next Nature spell becomes an instant cast spell.
Applies Light's Vigil to a friendly target for 30 sec. The caster's next Holy Shock on the target incurs no cooldown and heals the target and their party for 324. Only one Vigil per Paladin may be active in each party.
Increases your Defense Skill by 20.
Increases the critical strike healing bonus of your Holy spells by 50%.
Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 134 Holy damage to an enemy, or 114 healing to an ally.
When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is a non-periodic spell and capable of a critical effect.
Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 (+ a share of your bonus healing) the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.
Increases the amount healed by your spells by 10%.
When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 10% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.
Board breakdown
Restoration Shaman and Discipline Priest are the best healers in WoW Forever, both at S. Mana Tide Totem restores Mana to the Shaman's group every 3 seconds for 12 seconds. Divine Aegis gives the Priest's direct critical heals a shield worth 15 percent of the heal, lasting 12 seconds.
Tap Restoration Shaman or any healer face for its card below.
Restoration Shaman refills through Water Shield and Mindfulness regeneration, and Discipline Priest stretches Power Word: Shield with Soul Warding, which is how that pair keeps Mana in the bank.
Water Shield turns getting hit into Mana: 3 globes return 2 percent of maximum Mana apiece when you are hit or your spells crit, capped at one globe per few seconds. Mindfulness keeps 50 percent of regeneration running through casts, and Mana Tide Totem feeds group members within 30 yards.
Prevented damage is Mana you keep, and Discipline leans on that: Improved Power Word: Shield absorbs 20 percent more, Soul Warding takes 4 sec off its cooldown and 15 percent off its cost, and Inner Focus makes your next spell free on a 3 minute cooldown.
Restoration Druid can let Rejuvenation or Regrowth run out for Bloom's heal or consume an active effect with Swiftmend, while Holy Paladin earns Mana back on crits through Illumination and stops at 30 percent regeneration while casting with Reverence.
Bloom rewards letting Rejuvenation or Regrowth run out, instantly healing for 100 percent of your Spirit when either expires, and Reflection keeps 50 percent of regeneration going through casts. Tranquil Spirit trims 10 percent off Healing Touch and Tranquility, a narrow cost cut that stops the pool stretching further.
Illumination refunds 50 percent of a heal's base cost when it crits, and Divine Favor forces a critical heal on a 2 minute cooldown. Reverence tops out at 30 percent regeneration while casting, short of the 50 percent regeneration Mindfulness gives a Restoration Shaman, which holds it back on Mana.
Holy Priest's Mana savings depend on spell choice, since Litany of Light asks for a different previous heal and Improved Healing's 15 percent discount skips Flash Heal.
Swapping heals stretches this tree's pool: Litany of Light returns 10 percent of base cost when the previous heal was a different spell, and Improved Healing takes 15 percent off Heal and Greater Heal. Flash Heal falls outside that discount, so repeating it misses those savings.
Shaman and Priest make the best healer classes, each with a healing spec at S. Priest even has a second healing spec, though Holy Priest trails at B. Druid and Paladin heal at A, and they are the two healer classes that can also tank.
- Priest2 healing specs
- Shaman1 healing spec
- Druid1 healing spec
- Paladin1 healing spec
Yes, all five healer specs come with a Healing build. Discipline Priest, Holy Paladin and Restoration Druid add a PvP build as well; start with the Priest's if you heal against players, since Discipline Priest grades S on the PvP tier list.
- Restoration ShamanS tierHealing build
- Discipline PriestS tierHealing buildPvP build
- Restoration DruidA tierHealing buildPvP build
- Holy PaladinA tierHealing buildPvP build
- Holy PriestB tierHealing build