Tidal Mastery
Shaman · Restoration · available from the first tier · 5 ranks
Tidal Mastery works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Tidal Mastery ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.
- Rank 2 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 2%.
- Rank 3 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 3%.
- Rank 4 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 4%.
- Rank 5 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%.
Slot from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.
What Tidal Mastery does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 1%.
- Rank 2 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 2%.
- Rank 3 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 3%.
- Rank 4 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 4%.
- Rank 5 Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 5%.
Where Tidal Mastery sits in the Restoration tree
Tidal Mastery is a Restoration talent for Shaman. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.
- Same row: Improved Healing Wave
How often people take Tidal Mastery
48 of the 232 public Shaman builds saved here — 21% — put at least one point in Tidal Mastery. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage