Tidal Focus, a Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever

Tidal Focus is a passive talent in row 2 of the Restoration tree. It needs 5 points in Restoration, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Tidal Focus

5 ranks

• Requires 5 points in Restoration

Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 1% and improves your chance to hit by 1%.

Every rank of Tidal Focus

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 1% and improves your chance to hit by 1%.
Rank 2	Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 2% and improves your chance to hit by 2%.
Rank 3	Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 3% and improves your chance to hit by 3%.
Rank 4	Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 4% and improves your chance to hit by 4%.
Rank 5	Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Restoration tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Mindfulness
• Natural Grace
• Improved Reincarnation

Row above (row 1)

• Improved Healing Wave
• Totemic Focus

Row below (row 3)

• Ancestral Healing
• Healing Focus
• Water Shield

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Tidal Focus.

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.