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Tidal Mastery, a Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever

Tidal Mastery is a passive talent in row 4 of the Restoration tree. It needs 15 points in Restoration, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Tidal Mastery

5 ranks

  • Requires 15 points in Restoration

Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.

Every rank of Tidal Mastery

RankText
Rank 1Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.
Rank 2Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 2%.
Rank 3Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 3%.
Rank 4Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 4%.
Rank 5Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Restoration tree

Improved Healing WaveTotemic FocusMindfulnessNatural GraceTidal FocusImproved ReincarnationAncestral HealingHealing FocusWater ShieldTidal MasteryRestorative TotemsMana Tide TotemHealing WayNature's SwiftnessPurificationRiptide
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 3)
Row below (row 5)

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

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.

Position

Classic Era

Restoration, row 4, column 3

WoW Forever

Restoration, row 4, column 1

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 1%.

WoW Forever

Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.

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All Restoration talents

  1. Improved Healing Wave
  2. Totemic Focus
  3. Mindfulness
  4. Natural Grace
  5. Tidal Focus
  6. Improved Reincarnation
  7. Ancestral Healing
  8. Healing Focus
  9. Water Shield
  10. Tidal Mastery
  11. Restorative Totems
  12. Mana Tide Totem
  13. Healing Way
  14. Nature's Swiftness
  15. Purification
  16. Riptide

The other Shaman trees: Elemental and Enhancement. Everything that changed for the Shaman since Classic is on the changes page.

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.