Blizzard's Midnight API restricts addon access to your personal buffs and cooldowns during M+ and raid — the exact content where aura tracking matters most. The addons listed here work within these restrictions and cover what WeakAuras used to handle.

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Restoration Shaman · Essentials

Addons and talent builds for Restoration Shaman — Earth Shield on the tank, Riptide generating Tidal Waves procs, Chain Heal bouncing through stacked groups, and Healing Tide Totem timed to unavoidable damage spikes that work across any content type. Mark your setup and share it with one link. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.

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Talent Builds

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Totemic

Recommended entry-point build — Totemic is the stronger hero talent overall and the default choice for most content. Totemic Surge resets totem cooldowns and empowers Chain Heal, providing consistent throughput across both M+ and raid.

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Rotation

Links to the Icy Veins rotation page. Select your hero talent build once you're there.

Builds

Custom build

Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.

Addons

Why no WeakAuras? Midnight's API blocks WeakAuras from reading your buffs and cooldowns. The addons here cover what it used to handle.

Meters & logs 1

Details! Damage Meter

Healing meters

345.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 May 2026

Per-spell breakdown of your healing output for the fight. Chain Heal should be your highest-throughput spell in AoE situations — if Healing Surge is dominating, you're burning mana on emergency single-target heals instead of using Tidal Waves procs to make Healing Wave efficient.

Tracks: Healing meters · Chain Heal efficiency · Riptide · Tidal Waves · Overheal
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Raid Frames 3

VuhDo

Click-casting

87.3M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 12 May 2026

Healer-focused raid frames with built-in click-casting — bind Riptide to left-click and Chain Heal to right-click so every GCD is a mouse click on a frame. Also tracks Earth Shield charge count and flags Purify Spirit-able debuffs with a coloured border.

Tracks: Click-casting · Raid frames · Earth Shield tracking · Purify Spirit alerts · Debuff display
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Grid2

Advanced Raid frames

42.1M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 18 Apr 2026

Compact, modular raid frames that pair with the Clicked addon for mouseover click-casting. Displays Earth Shield charges, Riptide HoT presence, and Purify Spirit-able debuffs as coloured indicators; choose this over VuhDo if you want more frame customisation.

Tracks: Raid frames · Earth Shield · Riptide tracking · Debuff display · Clicked compatible
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge — pair with Clicked for click-casting

Open on CurseForge

ElvUI

Advanced Unit frames

Tukui.org addon

Works in Midnight Updated 15 May 2026

Most of what ElvUI covers for Restoration Shaman is better handled by VuhDo or Grid2 (raid frames), Dominos (action bars), and Platynator (nameplates). Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the significant configuration overhead — VuhDo alone handles the healer-critical setup faster.

Tracks: Unit frames · Action bars · Nameplates · Full UI replacement
Requires: Full UI replacement · tukui.org — not on CurseForge

Open on Tukui.org

Nameplates & awareness 1

Platynator

Enemy cast bars

9.5M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 19 May 2026

Enemy cast bars on nameplates show incoming damage before it lands, so you can position Healing Rain, start a Chain Heal cast, or pre-apply Riptide to the tank before the spike. In M+, the gap between anticipating damage and reacting to it is the difference between smooth pulls and scrambling.

Tracks: Enemy cast bars · Incoming damage · M+ pull awareness · Pre-cast timing
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Cooldowns & tracking 2

OmniCD

Healer cooldowns

33.4M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 27 Feb 2026 1 click from this site

Tracks cross-character cooldown state from the combat log — see whether the other healer's Tranquility, Barrier, or Aura Mastery is available before you burn or hold your own Healing Tide Totem. Bloodlust and interrupt cooldowns are also tracked so you know when Heroism will be called and when to cover a kick.

Tracks: Healer cooldowns · Healing Tide Totem · Bloodlust · Interrupt tracking
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

BetterCooldownManager

Personal cooldowns

938.2K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 15 Mar 2026

Configurable timers for your major cooldowns on screen. Tracks Healing Tide Totem (3 min), Spirit Link (3 min), Ancestral Guidance (2 min), and Bloodlust so you know at a glance what's available without scanning your action bars mid-pull.

Tracks: Personal cooldowns · Healing Tide Totem · Spirit Link · Ancestral Guidance · Bloodlust
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Utility & QoL 4

Clicked

Mouse bindings

458.5K downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 May 2026

Only needed if you use Grid2 — bind Riptide, Chain Heal, and Earth Shield to mouse button and modifier combinations on any frame for mouseover click-casting. VuhDo has this built in, so skip it if you use VuhDo.

Tracks: Mouse bindings · Click-cast · Grid2 companion · Riptide binding
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge — Grid2 users only; VuhDo has click-casting built in

Open on CurseForge

Leatrix Plus

Auto repair

63.9M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 10 Mar 2026

Leatrix Plus is a collection of small QoL improvements: auto-repair at vendors, auto-sell grey items, remove NPC dialogue delays, block duel requests. Install once, configure in 5 minutes, and stop thinking about it.

Tracks: Auto repair · Auto-sell greys · UI cleanup · Duel block
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Bagnon

Bag consolidation

159.9M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 5 Mar 2026

Bagnon merges all your bags into a single scrollable window with a search bar. For Restoration Shaman, quickly locating mana potions, combat potions, and consumables without digging through bag slots saves time between pulls.

Tracks: Bag consolidation · Item search · Single window
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

Pawn

Upgrade arrows

125.6M downloads

Works in Midnight Updated 1 Mar 2026

Adds an upgrade arrow to item tooltips based on your stat weights. For Restoration Shaman, highlights Mastery and Haste gear — Mastery amplifies Deep Healing on low-health targets, Haste reduces Chain Heal cast time and Riptide cooldown — without needing to sim every drop.

Tracks: Upgrade arrows · Stat weights · Loot comparison
Requires: Standalone addon · CurseForge

Open on CurseForge

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Macros Coming soon

Mouseover Riptide, Chain Heal on mouseover, Earth Shield on tank focus, Healing Surge instant-cast macro on Tidal Waves proc

Stat Priority Coming soon

Intellect primary, Mastery for Deep Healing (heals for more when targets are low) and Riptide HoT scaling, Haste for faster Chain Heal casts and Riptide cooldown reduction

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