Welcome to the Cataclysm Restoration Shaman Guide (Updated for 4.3).
The previous guide got to be pretty big. This new one has a nifty table of contents that allow you to click and go directly to the portion of the guide you want to go, rather than scrolling through endless amounts of paragraphs. The information in this guide is nearly the same as the information from the old guide (Click me!). However, the old guide will no longer be updated.
Please Note: This is A PvE Guide. All things can and will more than likely be changed in the future. Not everything stated in this guide is set in stone and the end all be all way to play. It is what it is: A Guide to help you.
Big <3 @ Pearroc for doing the original Restoration Shaman Guide (most information here is pulled directly from that).
Finally, big thanks to all those who contributed to help improve the information in this thread. I certainly wouldn't be able to do this alone.
Table of Contents
1. Talents
2. Glyphs
3. Spells
4. Stats
5. Gemming
6. Enchants
7. Gearing
Finally, a List of Commonly used Abbreviations throughout the Guide:
HW: Healing Wave
HS: Healing Surge
GHW: Greater Healing Wave
ES: Earth Shield
WS: Water Shield
ELW: Earth Living Weapon
CH: Chain heal
HR: Healing Rain
UE: Unleash Elements
MTT: Mana Tide Totem
HST: Healing Stream Totem
TC: Telluric Currents
SLT: Spirit Link Totem
HPS: Heals per Second
HPM: Heals per Mana
HoT: Heal over time
SWG: Spiritwalker's Grace
Oom: Out of mana