Comments on: Resto Shaman Healing Raiding Guide – Gearing, Talents, Glyphs, and How To

By: apocalitptica

apocalitptica — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:32:18 +0000

Between the gear and enchants readily available in end game right now there is no reason any decent resto shaman should be geming anything but quick king’s amber. Your either incredibly lazy or you need to re roll. I haven’t gemmed anything but haste since hitting 80 and I have only oomed once on ony because as before stated my raid wasn’t doing the mechanics of the fight right

By: Super

Super — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:48:08 +0000

As an end game raider running 25man hc icc as a resto shaman, Haste is the most important stat untill you hit the cap of 1200 haste. You get more than enough spell power and other stats from the gear your aquire. Shamans should also never gem mp5 its a written rule.

32670 mana
3246 spell power
1234 haste
768mp5
40.04% crit chance

Always gem haste untill cap is reached, Spell power and crit next. End of.

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By: ORIGINAL AUTHOR

ORIGINAL AUTHOR — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:55:55 +0000

As the original author of this post, I will reenforce the fact that all haste however now with Icecrown is one of the most important stats, will not always work. Let me explain, Having all haste will allow quicker spells correct, but if you do not have a very high dps group then you will go OOM before the battle is over. Then without mana you are useless to the raid, only with a high dps party of 8k+ dps (and this is a low ball considering many high in guilds run 10-12k+ dps)would you run all haste. With this group dps yes haste would become the dominant stat.
If you would like proof of what i’m saying try pugging a group with 5-7k dps and watch how long your mana will last. You will be called a horrid healer for going OOM in an expansion where that does not happen but rarely.
Also please note nothing was cut and pasted what so ever, everything was original in how I worded it. As to healbot yeah well you must never have tried to heal a 40 man raid before.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:54:58 +0000

Haste numero uno, most shamans i know successfully healing endgame content stack nothing but haste. the idea of heals being too small is not valid since a shaman relys on successfully getting chain heals out BEFORE ppl die. if it takes too long then it doesnt matter how hard it hits, your target will be dead. Hence haste takes priority over any other stat. After haste cap is reached at 1034 or something(cant remember exactly) spell power and mp5 can then be split as mana regen is always important but if you know how to manage your cds and casts then it shouldnt be and can stack spellpower. also a nightmare tear is necessary to activate meta gems typically.

By: Still Laughing

Still Laughing — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:54:24 +0000

Quote: Healbot
” when you start doing 25 man I would say its almost a required mod for a healer.”

Laughed so hard i pee’d a little XD

If you havent used a keyboard before, and is blind on both eyes, then yeah i guess Healbot will up your performance, but otherwise, no.

By: Mangilo

Mangilo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:32:53 +0000

I actually like this guide. Since I already know how to play a Shaman what I really was looking for was the short list of gear & enchantment suggestions. Adding a list of recommended gems would be a good addition.

On the whole, if you’re a level 80 Shaman & you haven’t figured out the basics of your class, you probably need to re-roll. The hardest part of playing a Shaman is the mobility. Totems don’t move with you (sadly). Placement can be critical in open spaces & in order to control my mobility, I sometimes need to follow my tank closer to a boss than I would prefer BUT, the totems are a MUST & optimal coverage saves time & mana.

Thanks for the short course.
.-= Mangilo´s last blog ..Festergut Down =-.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:45:06 +0000

2661 Spell Power
768 MP5
762 Haste

While I do not have a problem getting casts off quickly or running out of mana,I would have to say that an increase in Spell Power, say around 3k would probably keep me in tehg reen. I average only around 4.5k heals in 25 and around 4k in 10 man ICC atm.

By: Mish

Mish — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:09:24 +0000

Shammys are having a hard time getting into end game runs right now for the very reason, aoe casts compared to equal skill equal geared druid/priest are poor.

I wont be stopping till my gear has 900-1000 haste on it and thats fact, mana regain is important but if your so stacked up with mana and now quickness to use it every heal you do with FAIL.

400-460 base mp5 is about where most are at right now.

if your spamming heals though then:
A your not doing your job right,
B Your raid isnt either.

get around the 30% crit mark to again higher crits mean not only mana back if you have talented it right , but bigger heals etc.

By: Shamz

Shamz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:13:40 +0000

Haste should be one stat of a resto shamans least concern. MP5 with a lot of haste do not mix well and, as jason said, you will run out of mana even with a high mana pool. SP, MP5, Crit and then haste should be not of any resto shamans concern. yes it is very beneficial at times, but I would rather keep my mana a whole fight than run out about half way then having to use my mana tide totem, which also doensn't help out all that much. with the right haste trinket procs, however, a resto shaman can be very effective.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:34:03 +0000

However haste is important, without spellpower your heal will be so small compared to actual damage output that it really won't mathmatically compare.. Other thing to consider is if you do not have the mp5 to back up all your haste all you will end up doing is running out of mana half way thru the battle also.
Just a few other things you may want to chew on for a bit.