Purification
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| Class | Shaman |
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| Level learned | 10 |
Purification is a passive Restoration shaman ability that increases all healing done, as well as reducing the casting times of 
[Healing Wave] and 
[Greater Healing Wave] from 3.0 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
Notes
The 'effectiveness' part in the tooltip can be somewhat misleading, as it refers to healing done only. The talent has no effect on the mana cost of any spells, though a 25% increase to healing done is technically also a 25% increase to healing-per-mana. Purification is applied after spell power, meaning that it effectively improves the scaling of all healing spells. Overall it is a significant boost to healing.
In addition to increasing the effect of 'conventional' healing spells like 
[Chain Heal] and 
[Earth Shield], Purification also has some less obvious applications, although some of these might be unintentional:
- The talent increases the healing done by
[Ancestral Awakening], causing the secondary target to be healed for 12.5/25/37.5% of the initial heal, rather than 10/20/30%. This is in addition to the 25% that the initial heal was increased by. - While it is not a shaman spell,
[Lifeblood] still benefits from Purification.
Patches and hotfixes
- Hotfix (2011-02-16): "Purification (Restoration passive) now grants a 25% bonus to healing effects, up from 10%. More information can be found here."
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now a passive specialization for restoration shaman, reducing cast time of Healing Wave and Greater Healing Wave by 1 sec in addition to the current effect.
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