First Ascendant

In the Restoration Shaman talent tree, First Ascendant sits in the Restoration specialization talents, row 4 of 11. It is a single-point node.

Choice node

First Ascendant shares its node with Preeminence. A character takes one of the two.

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  Preeminence

Connected above

The tree draws a line into First Ascendant from Ascendance or Healing Tide Totem.

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  Ascendance

  Immediately heals for (1287.7% of Spell Power) split between allies and transforms into a Water Ascendant for 15 sec. While ascended, Chain Heal jumps to 3 additional allies with 10% healing reduced for all jumps, Healing Wave always critical heals and heals 1 additional allies at 50% effectiveness, and the mana cost of Chain Heal and Healing Wave is reduced by 25%.

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  Healing Tide Totem

  Summons a totem at your feet for 10 sec, which pulses every 2 sec, healing all party or raid members for (514.5% of Spell Power). Healing reduced beyond 5 targets.

Connected below

First Ascendant leads on to White Water.

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  White Water

  Your critical heals have 215% effectiveness instead of the usual 200%.

Same row

Also on this row: Overflowing Shores, Ancestral Vigor, Resurgence and Living Stream.

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  Overflowing Shores

  Surging Totem instantly restores (75.7% of Spell Power) health to 5 allies within its area, and its radius is increased by 2 yards.

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  Ancestral Vigor2 ranks

  Targets you heal with Healing Wave, Chain Heal, or Riptide's initial heal gain 5% increased health for 10 sec.

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  Resurgence

  Your direct heal criticals refund a percentage of your maximum mana: from Healing Wave, from Riptide, and from Chain Heal.

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  Living Stream

  Healing Stream Totem heals for 100% more, decaying over its duration.