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Talents / Shaman / Ancestral Healing
Talent · Shaman · Restoration changed

Ancestral Healing

Ancestral Healing was changed in WoW Forever: moved from row 2 to row 3, rank 2 armor value 16% to 17%. Shaman Restoration talent, 3 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 3 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent unchanged

Ancestral Healing rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Ancestral Healing
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

WoW Forever
Ancestral Healing
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

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2 points spent changed

Ancestral Healing rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Ancestral Healing
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Increases your target's armor value by 16% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

WoW Forever
Ancestral Healing
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Increases your target's armor value by 17% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

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3 points spent unchanged

Ancestral Healing rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Ancestral Healing
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

WoW Forever
Ancestral Healing
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

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Ancestral Healing changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 1 0
rankTexts [ "Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.", "Increases your target's armor value by 16% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.", "Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells." ] [ "Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.", "Increases your target's armor value by 17% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.", "Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells." ]
rankValues [ [ 8, 15 ], [ 16, 15 ], [ 25, 15 ] ] [ [ 8, 15 ], [ 17, 15 ], [ 25, 15 ] ]
tier 1 2

Questions about Ancestral Healing

Was Ancestral Healing nerfed in WoW Forever?

Ancestral Healing is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: moved from row 2 to row 3, rank 2 armor value 16% to 17%.

What changed for Ancestral Healing in WoW Forever?

Moved from row 2 to row 3, rank 2 armor value 16% to 17%. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value