Restoration Shaman Healing Castle Nathria Raid Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.5 (2024)

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00by Seksixeny52 comments

In this section, you will find information and guidance for RestorationShamans on each individual boss in the Castle Nathriaraid. These are not complete encounter guides, but rather provide specifictips for doing the bosses as a Restoration Shaman.

Most tips should still be relevant but might be contingent on Dragonflightpre-patch changes done by Blizzard to account for the new talent system.

The following talent tree will work on every boss although some adjustments maybe valid in some cases. You can also directly import it into the game using thefollowing string:

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During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch,Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination,and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured asFated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid willinclude an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. Ifyou would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system asa whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page forspecialization-specific tips.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Shriekwing: Primal Tide Core.

• Exsanguinated will make allies take reduced healing and stacks. Donot waste Mana on players with high stacks of this debuff, unless they are aboutto die. You can Spirit Link Totem to stabilize them on an emergency, or Ancestral Protection Totem for a quick ress on anyone with a lot of stacksand / or hit by the sonar disks (and thus doomed to die soon afterwards from Descent).
• Because of all the line of sight mechanics in this fight, it is advisable tohave healers spread across the room so that all players can get heals.
• Mythic: You can only see sonar disks when you have at least one stackof Bloodlight. This debuff is gained by standing on The Blood Lanternor the player carrying it. Do not stand on it for too long, as this debuff stacks.

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Huntsman Altimor: Primal Tide Core.

• Heal the souls spawned from Rip Soul fully before they reach the boss,as he will gain a 200% damage increase, otherwise.
• Save raid cooldowns for the final add, as the tank will need to move it periodicallyand that will cause him to do massive damage to your raid group.
• Mythic: After the second add arrives, the Sinseekers will spawn extrahealing adds on anyone they hit. Be prepared to heal these with area effect healingsuch as Wellspring, especially if any are spawned close to the boss.

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sun King's Salvation: Primal Tide Core.

• Use Earth Shield and Ascendance on Kael whilebuffed with high Infuser's Boon stacks to turbo-charge your healing! Youcan refresh this buff and add stacks by running over a new orb just before it expires.
• After killing Vile Occultists, essence fonts will spawn. Heal theseto full in order to heal Kael for a massive amount.
• Mythic: Most strategies involve pushing Kael to the first Shade phasebefore the first adds spawn. Restoration Shamans are the best healers for this,as Mastery will have a huge effect at the start. Use the recommended talent build,set up Innervate and Power Infusion, as well as Earth Shieldand Riptide on Kael, and go nuts with Ascendance and Healing Surge spam! You can regenerate Mana in Shade phases, as damageintake is very low.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'Mox: Primal Tide Core.

• Save Graceful Spirit for healing while moving away from Phantasmsin phase one and while moving against the gravitational pull in phase three.
• Mythic: Use Wind Rush Totem when your group is getting pulledin by the weapon in the center of the room and run against the closest wall. Thiswill make it so that you do not die, barely. You can use Goblin jump / Ghost Wolfto make it safer, but it is not required. Damage ramps up towards the end of thefight, so make sure to save cooldowns for the final pulls. Finally, make sure totrack and spot heal players affected by Withering Touch as they will betaking massive damage on top of everything else going on.

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Hungering Destroyer: Primal Tide Core.

• Gluttonous Miasma prevents direct heals, so make sure to track it onyour raid frames and do not heal anyone with it. Instead, you will need to healany player next to someone debuffed, as the leech effect will add extra damage ontop of the generic raid damage going on.
• Save raid cooldowns and Graceful Spirit for healing the raid whenrunning against the Consume effect.
• Mythic: Use Spirit Link Totem on top of your group when Consumeis cast and stay inside its effect to stay alive and minimize boss healing. If youhave Gluttonous Miasma, make sure to stand at the edges of the SLT effectso that you do not die, but also do not add Essence Sap stacks to anyonein the raid. Use Ghost Wolf with Spirit Wolf to run out with yourcircles quickly and safely and back into the raid.

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lady Inerva Darkvein: Primal Tide Core.

• Prioritize healing on targets suffering from Shared Cognition.
• As the anima containers fill and are successively drained, raid damage willincrease. Make sure to have all of your cooldowns available for the final 20% burn,as that is when the raid damage is likely to be at its highest.
• Mythic: Use Wind Rush Totem when your group has to move the bossfrom its current position or immediately after orbs spawn to give a speed boostto whoever has to deal with them. If you are chosen yourself try to deal with theclosest orb, as healing this fight can be quite intense. Make sure to contributeDPS, especially in the start, when there is barely any damage going on and enoughraid DPS can allow you to skip a set of add spawns.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Council of Blood: Primal Tide Core.

• Danse Macabre requires you to be in a random position in the room beforethe dance sequence begins. Make sure to save movement abilities, including Wind Rush Totemin order to help everyone get to their designated places in time.
• Help interrupt Frieda's Dreadbolt Volley.
• Mythic: Interrupting Frieda is more important than ever, especially whenshe reappears throughout the fight, a missed interrupt is likely to lead to a wipe.Save your raid cooldowns for the raid damage when jumping to clear Dancing Fever.You will not have them ready every time, so make sure to set up a cooldown rotationwith the rest of your healing team. Wind Rush Totem can be quite useful whenmoving around the room to dodge dancers and just before an add spawns and knocksthe raid back on the final phase, to ensure everyone is back into position as soonas possible.

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sludgefist: Primal Tide Core.

• The longer the fight goes on, the higher the raid damage will be, so make sureyou have access to all of your cooldowns for the final 20% burn, especially as theboss enrages at this point.
• If you have Chain Link you need to stay within close range of yourpartner. Forgetting that means death for both, move slowly and deliberately.
• Mythic: While there is a lot of damage to heal through in thisfight, DPS is just as important as the check is very tight and you are likely tokill the boss mere seconds before wiping to him hitting a wall after all pillarsare down. He takes double damage while stunned after hitting a pillar so makesure to DPS during this part, using only token cooldowns to stabilize the raidenough for the follow-up Colossal Roar. Never be afraid of going into thedamage pools on the ground when moving around the room: they deal low damage andtheir slow is easily countered by Ghost Wolf if needed. You can use Ancestral Protection Totemto cheese the final Chain Links: use blessing of protection or an immunityon the player paired with the targeted person and have him break the chain to cancelthe ability without giving max energy to the boss!

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Stone Legion Generals: Primal Tide Core.

• Dispelling Heart Rend causes a very dangerous 6-second debuff, Heart Hemorrhage, on the dispelled player. Make sure to have strongsingle target healing ready for them before dispelling.
• Soak Pulverizing Meteor with the rest of the raid to remove everyone's Wicked Laceration and Serrated Tear stacks. Raid cooldowns mightbe helpful.
• The final phase is a frantic race against time as you face all mechanics ofboth bosses at once, make sure to have your raid cooldowns ready!
• Mythic: Use Wind Rush Totem to counteract the pushback effectof low health Skirmishers and Spirit Link Totem to keep the raid alivewhile no one can be healed due to the Goliath's Soultaint Effigy low healtheffect.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sire Denathrius: Primal Tide Core.

• Impale and Fatal Finesse deal large damage to their targets,make sure to heal them up fast so that they do not die from subsequent damage.
• Ghost Wolf allows you to ignore the slow from March of the Penitent,so you should be in the group of players who never removes their stacks.
• Avoid edges in order to prevent yourself from being knocked off to your deathwhen Denathrius uses Shattering Pain.
• Wind Rush Totem can be useful when the whole group needs to go throughthe mirrors in order to avoid Hand of Destruction.
• Mythic P1: Earthen Wall Totem is great to counteract the add damageon Phase 1, but it can cause massive lag when used after a lot of people soaked,so experiment with the timing at which you use it if that becomes an issue.
• Mythic P2: If you are assigned to interrupt Lord Evershade addsin Phase 2, be careful with Searing Censure projectiles, which will be flyingover from another platform; being hit will silence you for 6 seconds and likelylead to a wipe, due to being unable to interrupt on your turn.
• Mythic P3: Because of the Mythic mirror mechanic and Blood Price,you will be 2-healing a 10 to 11 man group. Make sure to prioritize single-targetheals accordingly and focus on topping anyone particularly low or out of personalcooldowns before the Blood Price casts, as otherwise deaths are likely tooccur. Any damage you can contribute between heals will help a lot as kills tendto be down to the wire.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.