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Welcome to the Resto Shaman wiki for the Wrath of the Lich King! This reference guide would not be possible without the tireless efforts of Skyhoof, Daidalos, Stassart and countless others.
Preventing needless tank deaths and saving the lives of careless DPS since 2007© Latest Changes & Updates Last update 1/7/2010
To Do List:
[top]Patch 3.3
[top]Talent BuildsOption #1: 0-16-55 This is my favorite build for now. It has everything a resto shaman could want, except Healing Focus, which when coupled with a Paladin's Concentration aura, means you never have to worry about spell push back. However, this is rarely a factor in most fights. In addition, you can achieve 100% spell pushback by placing your Earth Shield on yourself and having a paladin with Concentration aura. The fights in which there is notable spell pushback are listed below:
Option #2: 0-13-58 The only talent lacking in this spec is 3/3 Elemental Weapons, which provides another +45 spellpower. Instead of +150 healing spellpower, you get +195. The talent does not increase the healing done by the HoT when Earthliving procs. The talent also does not scale well as your gear improves. For example, at +2000 spellpower, the talent increases your spell power by 2.25%. At +2500 spellpower, the talent increases it by 1.8%. Option #3: 0-16-55 The advantage is you have 3/3 Elemental Weapons and get another +45 spell power. The disadvantage is that you have no points in Healing Way, which increases your Healing Wave by up to 25%. [top]Glyphs
Note: Shaman often change glyphs, depending on the boss and their healing assignment. For example, if assigned to heal a single target, you might wish to use the LHW glyph instead of CH. It is advisable to carry a few copies of each glyph that you use in your bag and adjust as necessary. Not Recommended
Recommended Minor Glyphs Choose Glyph of Water Shield and then any of the ones below. Besides Water Shield, the rest will not affect healing in instances. Glyph of Water Breathing Glyph of Water Walking Glyph of Ghost Wolf Glyph of Astral Recall Glyph of Renewed Life [top]GemsGems can be a major investment. It's ok to use green-quality gems as you level up and gear up. However, never leave a socket empty. Always put some gem in it. Secondary colors (purple, orange, green) count for BOTH primary colors. Red: [Reckless Ametrine] Yellow: [Quick King's Amber] Blue: [Quick King's Amber] unless you need to meet the meta gem requirements. Then use [Energized Eye of Zul] [top]MetaTwo choices depending on which trinkets you have and your need for mana. ● [Insightful Earthsiege Diamond] is the best choice if you do not have a Solace trinket. ● If you have 1 Solace trinket, [Insightful Earthsiege Diamond] and [Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond] are fairly equal. ● With 2 Solace trinkets, [Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond] is the best choice. 1) [Insightful Earthsiege Diamond] (IED)
2) [Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond] (RSD) NOTE: Limited HEP report data at the moment
[top]EnchantsWeapon: Mighty Spellpower Shield: Greater Intellect Head: [Arcanum of Burning Mysteries] Shoulders: [Greater Inscription of the Storm ] With the inscription profession, you can use Master's Inscription of the Storm Back: Greater Speed If you're a tailor: Lightweave Embroidery, which is worth about 62.5 spellpower if it procs once per minute If you're an engineer, Springy Arachnoweave Chest: Greater Mana Restoration HEP = 10 Powerful Stats ~ 4.8 mp5 (5.5 mp5 with Mana Tide) and 1.8 spellpower HEP = 8.6 or 9.3 with Mana Tide Wrist: Superior Spellpower Fur Lining - Spell Power (Requires Leatherworking) Gloves: Exceptional Spellpower If you're an engineer, Hyperspeed Accelerators Legs: [Sapphire Spellthread] Master's Spellthread (Requires Tailoring). Basically a cheaper version of the epic thread for the tailor. Feet: Tuskarr's Vitality Since Patch 3.2, Tuskarr's is preferred over Greater Vitality Engineers can use Nitro Boosts *Rings: Greater Spellpower *Ring enchants are only available to enchanters. [top]ConsumablesBlizzard made oils and stones not usable on weapons at Level 80.
For resto shaman, only useful in Ulduar on General Vezax due to the inability to regen mana * Flask of Distilled Wisdom * Elixir of Mighty Thoughts [top]ProfessionsYou can raid as a resto shaman with any two professions. However, many players enjoy using professions to maximize their healing, DPS and tanking. Blizzard has made a great many changes to professions over time -- and probably will again. Going strictly by the numbers, the current best combination of professions are JC/BS. However, Alchemy has been the most useful profession for Resto Shaman during the past five years. Also, many players expect mana to become more of an issue in either Patch 3.3 or most certainly in Cataclysm. Recommended
Acceptable No particular order
Not recommended for raiding
● Alchemy doubles the duration of flasks and elixirs. The trinket [Mercurial Alchemist Stone] gives a 40% bonus to potions. Alchemists also have a passive ability called Mixology, which provides the following boost to regular flasks and elixirs:
Alchemists can also make [Flask of the North], a reusable flask that provides 47 spellpower. This flask is mainly used in PVP or on farm content. It does not stack with other flasks or elixirs. ● Jewelcrafting allows you to use 3 gems available only to jewelcrafters with more powerful stats. [Quick Dragon's Eye] instead of [Quick King's Amber], and [Runed Dragon's Eye] instead of [Runed Cardinal Ruby]. You can an extra 48 spell power or 42 haste rating. Plus, you have the flexibility to boost other stats if the game changes or for an off-spec or PVP. Most people find JC easier and less expensive to level than Blacksmithing. ● Blacksmithing gives you 2 extra gem sockets. You would gain 46 spell power or 40 haste rating with epic gems. Plus, like JC, you have the flexibility to boost other stats as well for off-spec or PVP gear. ● Tailoring lets you put special enchants on their cloaks that do not stack with other enchants. In both cases, the enchants have a 45-second cooldown and a high chance to proc (25% or more). Lightweave Embroidery If it procs once per minute, it would equal 73.75 spellpower. Darkglow Embroidery If it procs once per minute, it would equal 44 mp5 ● Enchanting gives you an extra 46 spell power (23 spell power per ring). ● Inscription gives you a shoulder enchant with an extra 46 spell power. ● Leatherworking gives an extra 46 spell power with a bracer enchant. ● Engineering is mainly considered a PVP or fun profession. However, some of its abilities are useful in raids ● Herbalism, Mining, Skinning: Gathering professions do not provide the same increases as crafting professions. However at Blizzcon, the developers did mention making gathering professions more attractive. However, most players do not expect gathering professions to ever offer as many benefits as the harder-to-level crafting professions. [top]Spell HasteIn most raids, you will have a total of 8.15% haste before gear: 5% from Wrath of Air Totem + 3% from Improved Moonkin aura (balance druids) or Swift Retribution (retribution paladin) Haste is multiplicative so the total benefit is 8.15% The soft haste cap for resto shamans is 1269 haste rating (38.7%). On your character sheet (without raid buffs), you approach the soft haste cap at about 30%. The soft haste cap refers to the amount of haste needed to lower the GCD from 1.5 seconds to 1.0 seconds. No amount of haste (including Heroism or Bloodlust) will reduce the GCD below 1.0 seconds. It is called a soft cap because additional haste rating will reduce the cast time of longer spells, such as Chain Heal. 1% haste means you will cast 1 additional spell in the time it would normally take to cast 100 spells. You do NOT cast 1% faster.  1% Spell Haste = 32.78 Haste Rating at Level 80 2.4 seconds = 137 haste rating 2.3 seconds = 286 haste rating 2.2 seconds = 447 haste rating 2.1 seconds = 625 haste rating 2.0 seconds = 820 haste rating 1.9 seconds = 1036 haste rating Spell Haste is calculated after talents. Spell Haste reduces the global cooldown to as little as 1 second. No amount of haste including Bloodlust/Heroism will lower the global cooldown below 1 second. This can be proven using the following UI hook and spamming an instant spell with no cooldown inside and outside of Bloodlust: 
[top]MacrosNature's Swiftness This will cast Healing Wave or if you hold down Shift, it will cast Chain Heal. You could also make two separate macros and bind them to separate keys. There is no global cooldown when you activate a trinket so it won’t delay your heal. 13=upper slot trinket 14=lower slot trinket #showtooltip Nature's Swiftness /stopcasting /use 13 /use 14 /cast Nature's Swiftness /Cast Tidal Force /cast [mod, help] [mod:shift, target=mouseover, help] Chain Heal; [help] [target=mouseover] Healing Wave This will will stop whatever you are doing and Earth Shock or Wind Shear your focus, no matter what you currently have targeted. If you don't have a focus, it will shock your current target. Very helpful in fights where there are multiple mobs the raid is DPSing. Also, if you focus is dead, it will clear your focus. Wind Shear is recommended as it is off the GCD. /stopcasting /clearfocus [target=focus,dead] /cast [target=focus,harm,exists] Wind Shear /cast Wind Shear /stopcasting /cast [harm] Wind Shear; [target=targettarget, harm] Wind Shear If the person you are targeting is an enemy, it will cast purge. If it's friendly (i.e a person you're healing), it will purge their target. /cast [harm, nodead] [target=targettarget,harm,nodead] Purge [top]What Not to Wear--HEP ValuesSo what gear is good for a shaman? What's the most important stat? Welcome to the world of Healing Equivalency Points or HEP. By assigning a numerical value to stats such as spell power, haste, crit, mp5 and intellect, you can use these values to select the optimal gear for your character and healing style. Q: Should I always wear mail? A: No Q: What about armor and stamina? A: This is for PvE, not PVP. Q: Which is better? [Epic Purple Shirt] or [Sleeveless T-Shirt] A: Please post your question and all similar questions in this thread.
Q: Wait! I just want to play the game -- not do math. And this is my alt's off-off spec. Can't you just tell me some values or tell me what loot to get? A:
[Insightful Earthsiege Diamond] would have 60 HEP based on 50 mp5 and no Solace trinkets. Blue [Quick King's Amber] = 30 HEP Yellow [Quick King's Amber] = 30 HEP Red [Reckless Ametrine] = 27 HEP [top]******* Best in Slot ********Assuming no four-piece Tier 10 bonus:
With four pieces of Tier 10
We are awaiting actual data to determine the value of the Tier 10 set bonuses. However, all shaman will definitely want the Tier 10 two-piece bonus because the Tier 9 four-piece is worthless. So the critical question becomes: How good is the Tier 10 four-piece bonus? I personally expect the proc to be better than it looks on paper (much like [Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond]). I predict that in most healing situations shaman will want four pieces of Tier 10. Items were socketed using the following rules: Blue = [Quick King's Amber] Yellow = [Quick King's Amber] Red = [Reckless Ametrine] Red + Yellow = [Reckless Ametrine] + [Quick King's Amber] Red + Blue = [Quick King's Amber] + [Quick King's Amber] Yellow + Blue = [Quick King's Amber] + [Quick King's Amber] HEP values include epic gems but not set bonuses from tier pieces Note: Top two trinkets are listed first. Other trinkets listed by item level. Trinket mp5 and effective healing based on shaman spells. Paladin, druid and priest values may be higher or lower. * Given the difficulty of getting the first two cloaks listed, this is the most viable BIS option, although it will also be much sought after by your DPS. I have chosen not to list the cloaks with spirit that drop in either the 10 or 25 Trail of the Crusader with all attempts remaining due to concerns about this list being somehow used to justify a shaman taking those items from a class that can use spirit. ** [Merlin's Robe] (a BoE from tailoring) is technically better with a HEP of 97. However, it's extremely expensive to make and shaman with an elemental off spec will want the resto chest in order to wear the elemental helm and shoulders. *** Shaman will normally want to wear [Totem of Calming Tides], which is up nearly 100% of the time due to the 8 second internal cooldown and 70% chance to proc. However, [Totem of Misery] can be useful in situations where you are spamming HW, such as Anub'arak, Phase 3. Shaman tend to run out of mana very quickly when spamming HW. + You can only chose one quest reward. Recommend taking the ring [Starshine Circle] ++ A far better trinket than its item level indicates [top]Gearing Up
[top]Badge Basics[Emblem of Frost] (Tier 10 gear)
[Emblem of Triumph] = Everything else (Tier 9 and below) Now just to make things confusing, Blizzard left the [Emblem of Conquest], [Emblem of Valor] and [Emblem of Heroism] in the game as currency to buy gear. However, you just convert Triumph into Conquest, Valor or Heroism. [top]What to Buy with BadgesTRIUMPH
The totem is the cheapest item you can buy with Triumph badges and gives you a static +234 spellpower. It’s your biggest bang per badge. Next, I recommend buying the chest. The chest is always loaded with the most stats, giving you the biggest boost to your healing (plus you can walk around looking like you now have Tier 9). Next, buy the gloves. Why wait? Why not upgrade your gloves and then your chest? The answer: Koralon, the latest boss in the Wintergrasp instance. 10 man: Drops Tier 9 (ilevel 232) gloves and legs 25 man: Drops Tier 9 (ilevel 245) gloves and legs So if you’re lucky, you’ll get your second piece of Tier 9 from Koralon, hopefully the gloves but wear anything to get the two-piece bonus. [top]Starting GearPlease note that many of the best drops for shaman in Trial of the Champion are not mail. They are often leather or cloth with spirit and spell hit. I strongly suggest explaining at the start that you would like to roll on some of the cloth and leather items because for some slots there is either no mail drop or these items are better than the mail drop. In Patch 3.3, Blizzard added the Frozen Halls, three new 5-mans that drop Level 219 gear in normal mode and 232 on Heroic:
[top]Set bonusesAssuming no four-piece Tier 10 bonus:
We are awaiting actual data to determine the value of the Tier 10 set bonuses. However, all shaman will definitely want the Tier 10 two-piece bonus because the Tier 9 four-piece is worthless. So the critical question becomes: How good is the Tier 10 four-piece bonus? I personally expect the proc to be better than it looks on paper (much like [Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond]). I predict that in most healing situations shaman will want four pieces of Tier 10. [top]Using three pieces of Tier 2?Tier 2 was significantly nerfed in Patch 2.4.2. Instead of increasing the amount healed by Chain Heal to targets beyond the first by 30%, it is now 5%. Therefore, it is no longer advantageous to use Tier 2 for healing in BC or WotLK. [top]Major Abilities[top]Chain HealChain Heal is the shaman’s most efficient heal, even when it doesn’t hit all three targets. Chain Heal got significant buffs in Patch 3.2. Jump range increased to 12.5 yards, from 10 yards. Also, each jump reduces the healing done by 40%, instead of 50%. Jumps to 3 targets (or 4 with a glyph). Jumps are based on who is missing the most health (by absolute value). If there are no targets in range below 100% it will not jump. The heal can jump back to the shaman if they have taken damage. Chain heal can crit on any (or all) of the three to four jumps. However, the healing done to the next target is based on the non-crit healing done. Crits from chain heal will proc Ancestral Fortitude. There is a known bug with Chain Heal. If Chain Heal jumps back to you on its first jump (the second heal), it will not jump to a third target. It is sometimes better to target yourself for the first heal to make sure it jumps to two other targets. Shaman's Fire and Earth Elementals are not considered part of the party/raid/group. Therefore, chain heal will not bounce to Elementals if you first target a raid member for healing. However, if you first target an Elemental, chain heal will bounce to members of the raid Many trinkets will proc based on a “direct healing spells.” Each jump of chain heal is considered a direct heal. A trinket such as [The Egg of Mortal Essence] can proc on any jump of chain heal. Other trinkets proc based on “each spell cast.” In those cases, the jumps do not count as separate spells. For example, [Je'Tze's Bell] Thud00 wrote a custom mod to measure overhealing on a per jump basis. He found overhealing on the initial jump was about 50%, while overhealing on subsequent jumps was about 20%. This makes sense given that multiple healers will often target the same person who has taken damage. The beauty of chain heal is that it instantly jumps to two other people. They often take damage while you were casting so a chain heal or prayer of mending is the first thing to land – resulting in less overhealing on jumps #2 and #3. [top]Healing WaveThis is the largest heal shaman can cast. It takes 2.5 seconds to cast (3.0 seconds without talents). The talent Healing Way boosts the healing done by this spell by 25%. [top]Lesser Healing WaveThis is the fastest but smallest heal a shaman can cast. In addition, Tidal Waves does not reduce the GCD and thus LHW throughput is capped by the GCD. LHW is most powerful when shaman have Glyph of Lesser Healing Wave and an Earth Shield on the target. [top]Earth ShieldA shield with 6 charges (8 with talents) that heals the wearer every few seconds while taking damage. How much healing the Earth Shield does is based on the spellpower at the time it is cast, not when it procs. You can drop Flametongue and use a trinket to supercharge the Earth Shield before a pull. The healing (and aggro) is attributed to the person who cast the shield starting in Patch 3.0.2. Each point of damage healed will generate 0.725 threat divided evenly among the mobs present. However, given the new tanking abilities, healers should not be concerned about pulling threat on the pull or during a transition. Protection paladins have a talent called Spiritual Attunement that restores mana equal to 10% of the healing they receive. Since Patch 2.1.0, they have received mana back from the healing done by Earth Shield (and Prayer of Mending). Each point of mana restored generates 0.5 threat. In addition, Earth Shields placed on protection paladins with the talent Touched by the Light will heal the tank for up to 30% more when they crit. [top]RiptideRiptide is a talent that gives shaman their only instant heal (besides Nature's Swiftness on a 2-minute cool down. About 57% of the healing is instant and the remaining 43% is a HoT over the next 15 seconds. Riptide has a 6-second cool down. If you cast Chain Heal on someone with Riptide, it consumes the Riptide and increases your Chain Heal by 25% on all jumps of that Chain Heal. Only a direct Chain Heal will proc Riptide, not the jumps. Chain Heal from other shaman will not proc your Riptide. Excellent heal for fights that involve moving around. Riptide Bug: The bug prevents the HoT portion of Riptide from being overwritten by a new Riptide if the new Riptide was cast with less spellpower. For example, after a trinket has procced, you cast Riptide on the tank. The buff from the trinket fades and you go to refresh Riptide before it expires. Riptide will do the initial healing but it fails to overwrite the previous HoT due to the lower spell power you now have. This is similar to the bug warlocks reported with immolate and that was fixed in the most recent patch. World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Riptide bug (Resto Shaman) [top]Ancestral AwakeningEach time you crit with LHW or HW or Riptide, you instantly heal the raid member with the lowest percentage of health within 40 yards for 30% of the amount healed (including any overhealing). As of Patch 3.0.9, this talent benefits from purification, so in practice Ancestral Awakening heals for 33% of the total heal. Ancestral Awakening cannot crit and will not proc earthliving. [top]Earth Living WeaponMake sure that this buff is always on your weapon. Earth Living Weapon (ELW) causes any direct heals to proc a small hot called Earthliving on the target. Earthliving procs off: Riptide, Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave, and any bounce of Chain Heal. The proc has no internal cool down and can potentially proc off every Chain Heal bounce. Earthliving will not proc off: Healing Stream Totem, Earth Shield, Ancestral Awakening, or Glyph of Healing Wave. [top]Tidal ForceOften used in conjunction with Nature's Swiftness to increase the size of an emergency heal. Tidal Force has a 3-minute cool down. Using Tidal Force gives you a buff with 3 charges. Each charge increases your chance to crit with lesser healing wave, healing wave and chain heal. Each crit consumes a charge -- including each jump of chain heal. Therefore, it's possible for one chain heal to use all three charges. Tidal Force is best used with Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave, as they greatly increase the chance for mana returned via improved water shield, and have a chance to proc ancestral awakening (if applicable). [top]Tidal Waves* When you cast Chain Heal or Riptide, you have a 100% chance to lower the cast time of your Healing Wave spell by 30% and increase the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave spell by 25%, until two such spells have been cast. * Your Lesser Healing Wave spell gains an additional 10% of your spell power, and your Healing Wave spell gains an additional 20% of your spell power. This effect is passive and completely independent of the Tidal Waves proc. [top]Mana[top]Base ManaBase Mana is the amount of mana you have before talents, buffs, gear and intellect from your race. The value is dependent only on your class (and level) but not your race. Getting more Intellect from gear will not raise the cost of spells, because it does not raise your base mana pool (it raises your total mana pool).
[top]Water ShieldImproved Water Shield: This talent now has a 10/20/30% chance to be triggered by Chain Heal, and the charges of Water Shield are no longer consumed by this talent. This is a tremendous source of mana regeneration. It's important to have it on at all times and refresh it before it expires. Many shaman do not wait until all 3 charges (or 4 charges with glyph) have been used to refresh. When there is a lull in healing, they take that time to put up new charges since they might expire at a time when you can't spare the global cool down to refresh the shield. Because it costs no mana to cast, water shield will not trigger the Five Second Rule. The mod Shaman Friend will alert you when water shield expires. It has an option to give you an audible warning and you can choose several different sounds. It can also report a successful purge, interrupt or grounding to party or raid channel. [top]Raid BuffsReplenishment: Restores 1.0% of maximum mana per 5 seconds. Available from:
[top]TotemsBlizzard finally added a totem UI to the game. You can now instantly drop 4 different totems on one GCD. It still costs the combined mana cost of all four totems. You can customize up tot three sets of totems. Most totems affect everyone in your raid or party within 30 yards. The following are exceptions and only affect the 5 people in your party:
Untalented Mana Spring restores 91 mp5, while the untalented paladin's Blessing of Wisdom restores 92 mp5 to prevent totems overwriting the paladin buff. Talented Mana Spring will restore 109.2 mp5, while improved Blessing of Wisdom will restore 110 mp5. Mana spring affects the entire raid, not just the shaman’s party. However, Mana Spring does not stack with BoW. If you have an enhancement shaman in the raid, they should drop Windfury, Strength of Earth and Flametongue. Having 3/3 Enhancing Totems boosts the effect of Flametongue and Strength of Earth. Most enhancement shaman also put talents in Improved Windfury Totem. Resto shaman may also need to drop these totems if the raid is spread out to provide additional coverage. AIR: 1) Windfury Totem if there is no Frost Death Knight or Enhancement Shaman 2) Wrath of Air otherwise FIRE: 1) Flametongue Totem if there is no Enhancement Shaman, Elemental Shaman, or Demonology Warlock. 2) Searing Totem/Magma if you can spare the GCD and there is no danger of grabbing aggro on phase transitions or aggoing other mobs. EARTH: 1) Strength of Earth Totem if there is no Enhancement shaman. Death Knights have a similar buff called Horn of Winter, but it lasts only 2 minutes (3 minutes with glyph). 2) Stoneskin Totem, which stacks with a paladin's devotion aura. WATER: 1) Mana spring if there is no paladin for Blessing of Wisdom 2) Healing Stream 3) Poison or Disease cleansing as needed [top]Theorycraft[top]Intellect10 Int = 5.5 mp5 in a five-minute fight if you use Mana Tide and have 100% uptime on Replenishment 10 Int = 1.8 spell power 10 Int = 3.3 crit rating
[top]How to Calculate Healing Done by SpellsHealing Done = [Base + ((cast time / 3.5) * 1.88 + TidalWaves) * spell power + relic] * Talent multipliers * GlyphBonus *OtherBonus OtherBonus includes Healing Way, Tier 6 set bonuses, etc. Tidal Waves equal 0.2 for Healing Wave and 0.1 for Lesser Healing Wave Chain Heal = 2.5/3.5 = 0.7143 Healing Wave = 3.0/3.5 = 0.8571 Less Healing Wave = 1.5/3.5 = 0.4286 Earth Shield: Receives 28.6% of your +spell power per charge. The 30% listed at Wowwiki is incorrect. Healing Stream: Receives 4.4% per tick. Affected by Purification talent. Sites listing 6% are incorrect. Earth Living Weapon = Since it only procs on heals, it is calculated as a secondary effect: = [Base + (12/15)(5/11) * 1.88 * spell power] * talent multipliers Riptide gets the usual instant coefficient (1.5/3.5) but in half since it's only half the spell. The HoT portion scales as all HoTs (1:1 over the length of the spell) also in half since it's the other half of the spell. Direct = Spellpower*(1.5/3.5)*1.88*0.5 + (1670) HoT = Spellpower*1.88*0.5 + (1670) [top]How to Calculate Spell Costactual_cost = [ (base_cost - relic) * (1 - sum_of_percentage_modifiers) ] Percentage Modifers include Tidal Focus (1.05) and the Tier 6 set bonuses [top]DownrankingIn Patch 3.0.2, Blizzard made changes in spell cost to prevent downranking. It is now practical to use only the highest rank of each spell. Downranking was using a lower level of a spell to reduce overhealing and improve mana efficiency. [top]Meta GemsUsing the HEP values of mp5 = 1.0 Int = 0.7 Spell power = 1.0 [Insightful Earthsiege Diamond]
[Ember Skyflare Diamond]
[top]Useful Links and Addons
Some other helpful mods that are available through WowAce or Curse.com
[top]Notes for Raid LeadersShould I let shaman roll on cloth or leather gear? Yes. Sometimes a cloth or leather item is better than the available mail items for a slot. This is particularly true if there is haste and spellpower on the item. It may still be a significant upgrade for the shaman even if it also has spirit or hit on it. In which group should I put a resto shaman? Now that most totems and buffs are raid wide, there is more flexibility for constructing groups. In general, shaman should be put with other casters who need Mana Tide, which remains a party-only buff. In certain fights, a group may want a shaman for Tremor Totem or Cleansing Totem.
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08/05/09, 11:51 PM
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I did the math after the changes to replenishment in 3.2 and here's what i got:
18 mana equals ((18 / 5 / 60) * 5 =) 0.3 extra mp5 Replenishment is (18 * 0.01 =) 0.18 extra mp5 Mana Tide gives ((18 * 0.24 / 5 / 60) * 5 =) 0.072 extra mp5 Making it a total of 0.552 mp5 per intellect plus 0.1815 spellpower and 0.00726 % crit. I also did some algebra to figure out when gemming mp5 surpassed intellect for mana regeneration. ((18 * 5 / 60 / x) + (0.18) + (18 * 0.24 * 2 * 5 / 60 / x)) * 20 = 10 where x is the length of the fight in minutes. ((18 * 5 / 60 / x) + (0.18) + (18 * 0.24 * 2 * 5 / 60 / x)) = 0.5 (1.5 / x) + (0.18) + (0.72 / x) = 0.5 (1.5 / x) + (0.72 / x) = 0.5 - 0.18 1.5 + 0.72 = 0.32 * x 2.22 / 0.32 = x x = 6.9375 Meaning when fights last longer than 7 minutes, mp5 gems will give more mana back than intellect. Last edited by ranu : 08/06/09 at 12:03 AM. |
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08/06/09, 8:00 AM
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Glass Joe
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When i did the same calculations on the 2nd page of the thread It was my understanding that the reason the 5 minute Selection was used was due to Mana Tide Totem CD.
So if that the case than Mana Tide would be used when ever its not on CD to get the maximum Use out of it with the exception of the inital use at the start of the encounter, where it would be used As as possible accommodate Previous and Future casts ( Using Mana Tide at 80% because you know you will spend enough mana within the duration to not hit 100% Mana) And to get the Mp5 Gained from the Cd. If that is true than the Mp5 Gained from mana Tide is already added into our MP5 table and it would be off cool down in say 4 1/2 mins Which would only affect the mana return slightly but it would not dip far below 5.52mp5. So the 5.52 remains almost constant the entire fight and with gems the way they currently are that means that Int>Mp5 Even for fights longer than 5 mins. Pm Me if i have made a grave misjudgment |
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08/07/09, 8:26 PM
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In general for all but the longest (20min +) fights int is still better regen (assuming 100% replenishment, chain casting for iws, and 1 mana tide per 5 mins avg). Obviously mp5 is still better in some situations but int is still quite strong. Last edited by Daidalos : 08/07/09 at 8:33 PM. |
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Restoration Shaman calculations:http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...IWv3sPmcYnEJUg
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08/12/09, 7:42 AM
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Since the JC only gems have been buffed too, you gain more stats than with the 2 extra gems of blacksmithing. e.g. Spellpower: Blacksmith: +46SP (2x +23Spell Gem) ; Jewelcrafter: +48SP (3x39Spell Gem-> 3x 16Spell increase) it's the same with the other stats like crit or MP5 , which means JC should be the best profession for a resto shaman! You would also gain more than 21crit, 16MP5 or 21 haste if you put Epic gems in your 2 Blacksmithing sockets, but still you'd gain even more with Jewelcrafting  |
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08/20/09, 4:02 PM
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[Resto] shaman_hep reports |
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08/22/09, 5:04 AM
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SP to Direct healing equation = SP x 1.88 x (castimehere/3.5) = healing output b4 talents SP x 1.88 x (2.5/3.5) = 243 SP x 1.88 = 243 x (3.5/2.5) SP x 1.88 = 340.2 SP = 340.2 / 1.88 SP = 180.95744680851063829787234042553 Steamcaller's Totem = 181 SP for ONLY CH [Totem of Calming Tides] = 234 SP to all Spells assuming 100% uptime (With a 70% proc chance and an 8 second ICD, it should be very close to 100% uptime) |
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10/01/09, 1:30 PM
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Wouldn't this be better for your haste set? |
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10/01/09, 6:28 PM
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It wouldn't be because on his haste BiS list he is using [Leggings of the Awakening] as the offset piece, thus achieving the 4 piece bonus with head, chest, shoulders, and gloves. If you use [Thrall's Helm of Triumph] then that means to still get your bonus you now have to use the tier legs. Assuming you socket to meet the socket bonus in each item: [Thrall's Helm of Triumph] has one yellow socket, giving you an additional 20 haste on top of the 96 the item has, resulting in 116. [Leggings of the Awakening] has three sockets, which while meeting the socket bonus will result in 40 haste on top of the 94 the item has, resulting in 134. If you elect to forego the socket bonus and go just for haste, the helm will still top out at 116, while the legs can get up to 154. Last edited by Nonpareil : 10/01/09 at 6:49 PM. |
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10/07/09, 12:53 AM
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Ok, I am having an issue with spell haste. I have recently be switching to t9 bonuses from t8 bonuses and I wanted to keep my CH as a 2 second cast without having to use the t8 4set bonus. From the info provided in this thread that means that I would need to have 558 Haste rating before the 8% haste from raid buffs.
Here is my issue. I currently have 556 Haste Rating (16.96%) unbuffed and when I drop my air totem for the 5%, its bringing my CH cast down to 2 seconds without having the other 3% haste from a druid or paladin. I've done the math more times than I can count and I can't figure out why its giving me more haste than I have. 820 Haste Rating (25% Haste) for a 2 second chain heal. 8% Haste from raid buffs = 262.24 Haste Rating. 820 minus 262.24 = 557.76 (rounded up to 558) That's how I got to 558 Haste needed before raid buffs to keep my chain heal just @ 2 seconds. However, again, I only have 556 haste and I am only dropping my totem for 5% haste and have no pally or druid for the other 3% and I am still getting a 2 second chain heal. |
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10/07/09, 6:43 AM
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10/22/09, 11:21 AM
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Horde BiS ilvl 258 list:
You have posted the leather legs (Legwraps of the Awakening) in the ilvl 245 version. If you take the HEP values you have posted, you will come to the following HEP sums for the wrist slot. Bindings of the Autumn Willow RT-LHW rotation: 197,5 HEP CH rotation: 182,9 HEP Bejeweled Wizard´s Bracers RT-LHW rotation: 212,4 HEP CH rotation: 199,2 HEP I have taken only the highest possible HEP value for Haste, Critrating, Intellect and Spellpower. The socket color and the socket bonus is for both options the same. In the end it will lead into a difference of ilvl 258 leather wrist (7 int + 7 haste + 11 spellpower) vs. the ilvl 245 cloth wrist (47 critrating). Even with a HEP value higher then 2 for haste the Bejeweled Wizards Bracers will come out as the winner or at least match nearly the same HEP, if you value critrating very low. In an overall scenario i would say the Bejeweled Wizards Bracers are even BiS in our ilvl 258 setup. Thank you for your work with the BiS list. Great work. |
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10/23/09, 12:23 PM
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The HEP values you cite were posted prior to Patch 3.2, which dramatically changed the stats valued by shaman. Please check out the new HEP values that I posted just last night. Thanks and apologies that they were so long in coming.
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10/23/09, 10:04 PM
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Nice BiS list. One random note: Legguards of Concealed Hatred is the Alliance version, and they drop from Faction Champs (as opposed to H-Anub).
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I found some wrong links in the BiS List, here are my changes
Cloaks: maybe you should change the Dropzone of [Shroud of Displacement] + [Cloak of Displacement] from Champion's Cache to Faction Champions. [Sunglimmer Cloak] [Starshine Circle] maybe for these items it should be mentioned that these aren't normal drops but quest rewards to ensure that people know that they have to choose between them and can't obtain both. Last edited by Seluna : 10/28/09 at 1:23 PM. |
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10/29/09, 2:19 PM
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Thank you for catching all these errors. Hopefully, all links now show the right faction and item level. You also make an excellent suggestion for the Algalon quest reward.
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11/14/09, 5:41 PM
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This is as the first pass at adding a racials section to the TTT.
Tauren: Endurance Racial Passive Base Health increased by 5%. HEP value = 0 (or if you assign .1 HEP to stam its about 3 HEP ) Nature Resistance Racial Passive Reduces the chance you will be hit by Nature spells by 2%. HEP value = 0 War Stomp Racial 0.5 sec cast 2 min cooldown Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yds for 2 sec HEP value = 0 note: useful on trash to give tank time to pick up adds or to prevent casting. Troll: Throwing Specialization Racial Passive Requires Thrown Your chance to critically hit with Throwing Weapons is increased by 1%. HEP value = 0 Regeneration Racial Passive Health regeneration rate increased by 10%. 10% of total Health regeneration may continue during combat. HEP value = 0 Berserking Racial Instant 3 min cooldown Increases your attack speed by 20% for 10 sec. HEP value = ~60 Assuming you have wrath of air and ret swiftness, 20% haste turns into about 21.6% haste which is about 709 haste rating for those 10s every 3 mins. This ends up being about 39.4 haste rating on average. Apply your HEP values to haste to find its average value for you. This will most likely be in the 60 HEP range for most people. Few things to keep in mind. This assumes you are casting non-gcd-capped spells (if you have more than ~500 haste will be under gcd cap for 1.5s spells and more than 800 haste tidal wave HWs will be under cap) for the entire 10s. This also assumes you are using the cooldown everytime its up. Obviously there will be times you will want to save zerking and not immediately pop it. Orc: Blood Fury Racial Spell power 2 min cooldown Increases melee attack power by 332 and your spell damage by 163. Lasts 15 sec. HEP value = 0 (only adds spell damage not healing) Hardiness Racial Passive Duration of Stun effects reduced by an additional 15%. HEP value = 0 Draenei: Shadow Resistance Racial Passive Reduces the chance you will be hit by Shadow spells by 2%. HEP value = 0 Heroic Presence Racial Passive Increases chance to hit with all spells and attacks by 1% for you and all party members within 30 yards. HEP value = 0 Gift of the Naaru Racial 40 yd range Instant 3 min cooldown Heals the target of 50 damage over 15 sec. The amount healed is increased based on the caster's Spell Power or Attack Power, whichever is higher. Note: Purification affects this talent. HEP value = ~30 HEP (with 3k spell power and purification it heals for 7562 over 15 s) The HEP is very approx but basically I took the total amount healed and converted it to HPS. Using that HPS in a LHW equation and solved for HEP. This could be done for riptide instead but any way its done will be very approximate. I'm leaving out Goblin and Dwarf racials because these races are not currently available (as Shaman anyways), and my understanding is that all of the current races racials will be overhauled when the new races/cataclysm are introduced. Last edited by Daidalos : 11/15/09 at 10:52 AM. Reason: Jessamy's feedback: various corrections and clarifications |
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Restoration Shaman calculations:http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...IWv3sPmcYnEJUg
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12/17/09, 6:21 PM
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Hello,
in my opinion you have to add the Off-Hand-Item "Bulwark of Smouldering Steel" not only for heroic mode but also for the normal mode. Edit: Your listed item is from heroic mode but you say it drops from Lord Marrowgar in normal mode. The correct Link would be: [Bulwark of Smouldering Steel] --> Lord Marrowgar and [Bulwark of Smouldering Steel] --> Lord Marrowgar (heroic) not seen on live servers till now Last edited by Harkuba : 12/22/09 at 10:11 AM. |
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12/17/09, 9:29 PM
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I realize it's probably self explanatory, but its a quick fix... Macros section, Wind Shock to Wind Shear
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12/20/09, 6:13 PM
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BiS Legs should be [Lightning-Infused Leggings].
Lightning-Infused Leggings, which has the same item stats as the cloth counterpart. |
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12/21/09, 6:56 PM
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the cloth piece has more haste so not really
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12/21/09, 11:41 PM
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ok but the difference is small. basically the mail ones you get 984 more armor 8 more crit but lose 8 haste. id personally go with the mail ones bc 8 haste is not very much.
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