Infraction for Igoclaw: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.

• Aldriana · 04/21/09, 6:18 PM

Post: [Restoration] Dual Wield Chain Heal and You
User: Igoclaw
Infraction: 6. Do not post unless you have something new and worthwhile to say.
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Your new awesome, untested spec

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The World of Warcraft Armory

Here is my character. When I checked the armory when I made this post, my DW spec was only 24 points into Enhancement.

I've decided to spec back into DW CH after going Traditional when 3.1 hit. After a night of wipes on XT-002, we took some time to see what could be done to get him down. The melee DPS stated that, because we didn't have an enhancement shaman, we didn't have 10% ap or 4% melee haste (Granted, I could get Unleashed Rage, but I wouldn't use it) As DW I also pick up Enhancing Totems, making up for the loss of ToW for when our Ele Shaman goes Resto. One of the problems was also the overall raid healing. We eventually decided that spreading out wasn't working and started clumping up. I didn't get a chance to respec last night, but this week I'll be running as DW to see the difference.

With my style of play--HW over LHW, the AW change was good. On fights where CH isn't cast too much, AW accounts of upwards of 9-10% of my total healing done. But, on fights like XT-002 or Hodir where there is a lot of raid damage, maybe it still is the better choice in terms of min/maxing. If the spec still proves worthwhile on fights like this, I might drop Elemental as a Dual Spec and pick up Traditional and DW resto.