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| Ancestral Healing |
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| Increases your target's armor value by X% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells. |
| Usable by |
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| Class | Shaman |
| Properties |
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| Location | Restoration, Tier 2 |
| Affects | Chain Heal, Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave, Riptide |
| Ranks | 3 |
| Requirements |
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| Points required | 5 |
| Talent required | None |
| Related buff |
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Ancestral Healing is a Shaman talent in the Restoration tree. It causes your critical heals to increase the armor of the target healed for 15 seconds. The extra armor can greatly reduce the damage taken by a tank.
Rank table
| Rank | Armor Bonus
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| 1 | 8%
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| 2 | 16%
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| 3 | 25%
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Notes
The armor bonus granted by Ancestral Fortitude applies to the target's total armor, including armor granted from abilities like Stoneskin Totem. It does however not stack with the Priest talent Inspiration or a Paladin's Improved Lay on Hands. Having multiple healers with Ancestral Healing or one of the equivalent talents in a raid is still useful though, as one healer usually cannot keep the buff up all the time, and multiple healers providing the armor buff can help fill in the gaps.
Since the talent is based on crits, anything that increases crit chance will increase the uptime of the buff. Talents like Tidal Mastery, Thundering Strikes, and Blessing of the Eternals are thus very useful. Using Chain Heal can cause any or all of the targets to get the buff, as the spell has a separate chance to crit on each target.
Talent improvement
Tips and tactics
- If a tank you're healing is taking a heavy beating, you can use Tidal Force to greatly increase the chance of a critical heal, causing this talent to proc and thus reducing the damage taken by the tank.
- Since the buff can be dispelled, many PvP builds spend one point in Ancestral Healing just to use it as a dispel buffer for more important buffs like Bloodlust or Earth Shield.
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