Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Glyphs for Restoration Shamans in Cataclysm
All sections for Restoration Shaman PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Restoration Shaman in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will give you the best PvP glyphs available for Restoration Shaman in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Restoration Shaman PvP Glyphs
The glyph system has changed quite a bit in Cataclysm as opposed to Wrath of the Lich King. All glyph scrolls that have been learned are now permanent glyphs that can be placed inside major and minor glyph slots, and there are 3 additional prime glyph slots included with the major and minor glyphs. Vanishing powder will be needed to swap out those glyphs. Those will be handy, since some glyphs may be swapped depending on a certain arena matchup.
Prime Glyphs
These three prime glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your prime glyph slots. These glyphs do not change.
Glyph of Earth Shield provides additional healing that come directly from your Earth Shield, making yourself and your allies extra tanky.
Glyph of Water Shield allows your character to regenerate extra mana through your Water Shield spell. Make sure this is always applied on your character in order to conserve mana. Since Cataclysm games are relatively long, this is an important glyph to have.
Glyph of Riptide increases the duration of your Riptide spell, providing additional periodic healing on yourself or your allies. Since Riptide is one of your primary healing spells, increasing healing throughput allows for more opportunities to use control and utility spells throughout an arena match.
Major Glyphs
These three major glyphs provided below are your primary glyphs within your major glyph slots. These glyphs almost never change.
Glyph of Stoneclaw places an absorb shield on your character, increasing your survivalibility when placing down a Stoneclaw Totem. This can save you during crucial moments.
Glyph of Hex reduces the cooldown of your Hex spell, allowing you to support your team with higher uptime on Crowd Control throughout an arena match.
Glyph of Healing Stream reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature abilities for all allies nearby your Healing Stream Totem. Optimizing the timing of your totems during major offensive cooldowns can save your team in dire situations.
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Minor Glyphs
Even though minor glyphs do not greatly enhance the performance for Restoration Shaman, there are 3 minor glyphs provided below that can be used in your minor glyph slots. These have no effect on an arena match. These glyphs can be changed based on your preference, but we have selected our default minor glyphs as Glyph of Renewed Life, Glyph of Waterwalking, and Glyph of the Arctic Wolf.