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Welcome to the Resto Shaman wiki for the Wrath of the Lich King. If you have a factual correction to make (and there's no debate about whether you are right), please post here. If you have a correction or addition that requires some discussion, please make a new post in the shaman forum (i.e. what HEP values to use at Level 80, the value of mp5 vs. Intellect, etc.)
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[top]Talent BuildsOption #1: 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 #2: 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 18%. However, shaman do little single-target healing in Ulduar. [top]GlyphsMajor Glyphs
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: [Runed Scarlet Ruby]or [Luminous Monarch Topaz] Yellow: [Brilliant Autumn's Glow] or [Luminous Monarch Topaz] Blue [Dazzling Forest Emerald](use only to meet the Meta Gem requirement) Meta: [Insightful Earthsiege Diamond]
[top]EnchantsWeapon: Mighty Spellpower Shield: Greater Intellect Head: [Arcanum of Blissful Mending] or [Arcanum of Burning Mysteries] Shoulders: [Greater Inscription of the Crag] or [Greater Inscription of the Storm ] With the inscription profession, you can use Master's Inscription of the Crag or Master's Inscription of the Storm Back: Greater Speed If you're a tailor: Darkglow Embroidery 25 mp5 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 Powerful Stats ~ 6 mp5, 3.3 crit rating and 1.8 spellpower Wrist: Superior Spellpower Fur Lining - Spell Power (Requires Leatherworking) Gloves: Exceptional Spellpower Legs: [Sapphire Spellthread] Master's Spellthread (Requires Tailoring). Basically a cheaper version of the epic thread for the tailor. [Azure Spellthread] (identical to the BC [Runic Spellthread]) Feet: Greater Vitality is the most popular Can also use Tuskarr's Vitality for Ulduar, where many fights require movement Engineers can use Nitro Boosts *Rings: Greater Spellpower *Ring enchants are only available to enchanters. [top]Healing Rotations1) RT-LHW-LHW Use Riptide each time the cooldown is available while casting mainly LHW the rest of the time with the occassional Chain Heal on melee. Target tanks and other raid members taking damage for the Riptide. Maintain an Earth Shield on a tank.
Shaman Healing Equivalency Points: 1 SP = 1 1 mp5 = 1.0 to 1.6 (calculated)* 1 Haste rating = 0.40 to 0.50 1 Crit rating = 0.70 to 0.90 1 INT = 1.0 to 1.2 (actual)** * The HEP of mp5 will be highest for hard-mode fights ** Actual value of Int will be about 80-85% of max theoretical Haste rating is usually worth only about 50% to 70% of crit rating 2) Chain Heal There is no exact rotation of spells as in RT-LHW. In general, shaman will cast several chain heals followed by a hasted HWx2 or LHWx 2. Supplement with Riptide. Maintain an Earth Shield on a tank.
Shaman Healing Equivalency Points: 1 SP = 1 1 mp5 = 1.0 to 1.4 (calculated)* 1 Haste rating = 0.50 to 0.70 1 Crit rating = 0.70 to 0.90 1 INT = 0.5 to 0.8 (actual)** * The HEP of mp5 will be highest for hard-mode fights **Actual value of Int will be about 70% of max theoretical Haste rating is usually worth only about 70% to 80% of crit rating [top]Best in SlotTwo sets of gear are listed below. Non-mp5 gear is for situations in which you don't run out of mana and want to maximize your healing output. Mp5 gear is for when mana is an issue and you would favor gear with at least some mp5. For either set, you will want four pieces of Tier 8.5 for the set bonus. [top]Selecting GearOption #1: Healing Calcs spreadsheet by Daidalos Option #2: Shaman_HEP Healing Equivalency Point combatlog parser by Stassart [top]HEP (Healing Equivalency Points)HEP will vary based upon your healing style, which is why the HEP combat log parser by Stassart is such a valuable tool. Once you have your customized HEP values, you can use them to rank gear at various web sites or diplay the values in-game with a mod such as Pawn or Enhancer.
* The HEP of mp5 will be highest for hard-mode fights [top]Intellect & Mp510 Intellect = 6 mp5 if you have a 5-minute fight with Mana Tide and 100% uptime from Replenishment. 10 Intellect also gives 3.3 crit rating and 1.8 spell power Intellect gives mana from three different sources. Four if you include improved water shield procs. 1. Initial mana pool. +18mana. 2. Replenish. 0.225mp5 3. Mana tide. 4.32mana per use. In five minute fight those number are: 1. 0.3mp5 2. 0.225mp5 3. 0.072mp5 Those combined give ~0.6mp5. CREDIT: Pitbuller [top]Set bonusesTier 7 Heroes' Earthshatter Regalia-10 and Tier 7.5 Valorous Earthshatter Regalia-25 2-piece bonus: Your Water Shield is 10% stronger. 4-piece bonus: Increases the healing done by your Chain Heal and Healing Wave by 5%. Tier 8 Valorous Worldbreaker Regalia-10 and Tier 8.5 Conqueror's Worldbreaker Regalia-25 2-piece bonus: Reduces cooldown on Riptide by 1 sec 4-piece bonus: Reduces the cast time of Chain Heal by 0.2 second [top]When Should I Switch to Tier 8?If you are using a RT-LHW rotation, switch to Tier 8 when you have the two-piece bonus. If you are using primarily CH, continue using Tier 7.0/7.5 until you have four pieces of Tier 8.0/8.5. The Tier 8 four-piece bonus is equal to 8.7% haste + 0.088% per 1% haste on gear (at additional mana consumption). The Tier 7 bonus is a straight +5% more healing from Chain Heal at no additional mana cost. The Tier 8.5 bonus provides more HPS than Tier 7.5 even with about 3,000 spell power. However, both set bonuses on Tier 8.5 can quickly drain mana. Tier 7.5 may prove more useful in mana-intensive fights. Numbers in parenthesis are including gems and socket bonuses Valorous Earthshatter Regalia Stam: 376 Int: 345 (379) Mana Regen: 100 (105) Crit Rating: 45 Haste Rating: 176 Spellpower: 474 (559) Note: [Winter Spectacle Gloves]used instead of set piece Conquerer's Worldbreaker Stam: 381 Int: 386 (402) Mana Regen: 79 (84) Crit Rating: 228 Haste Rating: 173 Spellpower: 525 (624) Note: Two red gems in the chest and two red in the legs ignoring socket bonuses Differences Stam: +5 Int: +23 Mana Regen: -21 Crit Rating: +183 (4.0% crit) Haste Rating: -3 Spellpower: +65  CH Cast without 4pc = 2.5s CH Cast with 4pc = 2.3s Difference in cast time of .2s or 8% Extrapolate over multiple haste intervals //0%+Raid Buffs 2.5/(1*1.05*1.03)= 2.3116 2.3/(1*1.05*1.03)= 2.1267 Difference of .1849s //5%+Raid Buffs 2.5/(1.05*1.05*1.03)= 2.2015 2.3/(1.05*1.05*1.03)= 2.0254 Difference of .1761s //10%+Raid Buffs 2.5/(1.1*1.05*1.03)= 2.1015 2.3/(1.1*1.05*1.03)= 1.9333 Difference of .1681s //15%+Raid Buffs 2.5/(1.15*1.05*1.03)= 2.0101 2.3/(1.15*1.05*1.03)= 1.8493 Difference of .1608s Simple algebra tells us 2.5/(#CastTime*1.05*1.03)=#RequiredHaste% So 2.5/(2.1267*1.05*1.03)= 08.69% @ 0% + Raid Buffs 2.5/(2.0254*1.05*1.03)= 14.13% @ 5% + Raid Buffs 2.5/(1.9333*1.05*1.03)= 19.56% @ 10% + Raid Buffs 2.5/(1.8493*1.05*1.03)= 25.00% @ 15% + Raid Buffs .: 4pc bonus is ~8.7% haste on CH + 0.088% per 1% on gear. [top]How long can I wear Tier 6?Do not wear Tier 6 once you can get Level 80 upgrades. Here's a table looking at the mana saved with various amounts of haste if you spam Chain Heal for 1 minute. The best pieces of Tier 6 to wear would be [Skyshatter Belt] and [Skyshatter Bracers]. Chain Heal at Level 80 will cost 835 mana or 793 with talents. Two pieces of Tier 6 + talents reduces the cost to 709 mana (saving 84 mana per cast)
[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]BoE GearHere are some BOE items that you can quickly use to pump up your gear upon reaching Level 80. [Leggings of the Stoneweaver] (Ulduar-25 BOE) [Blue Belt of Chaos] (Ulduar-crafted) [Lightning Grounded Boots] (Ulduar-crafted) [Armbraces of the Vibrant Flame](Ulduar-10 BoE) [Bindings of Yearning] (world drop) [Titansteel Guardian] (crafted) [Titanium Spellshock Necklace](crafted) [Titanium Spellshock Ring](crafted) [Wispcloak] (crafted) [Zom's Crackling Bulwark] (world drop) or the cheaper [Frostbridge Orb] [Revenant's Breastplate] [Revenant's Treads] [top]TrinketsHow to calculate the value of on-use trinkets: Take the amount of additional healing and multiple by the duration of the buff. Then divide by the cooldown. Let’s use [Winged Talisman] as an example 346*20/120 = 57.7 spellpower To ensure you use on-use trinkets every time the cooldown is available, you can create a macro to use them each time you cast Earth Shield, Chain Heal or another spell. Trinkets listed by item level.
+ Does not benefit from spell power, but does benefit from talents such as purification (2981). It can crit (4471 with purification) ++The theoretical maximum amount of mana that would be restored is 2,640, assuming you could cast 20 spells in 20 seconds and mp5 ticks every 2 seconds. Under real world conditions, ~2000 mana or less is more realistic. For math, see this post. * Five-minute fight ** Due to RNG, mana returned in any given fight is highly variable. Wear only when spamming Chain Heal. Other Trinkets [Darkmoon Card: Greatness] from [Nobles Deck] --90 Intellect version --If use you Mana Tide when it procs, you would get an extra 1080 mana --45 second hidden cooldown? --If it procs once per minute, you would have 25% uptime, giving you the equivalent of an extra 75 Intellect The proc would give 363 Intellect with Blessing of Kings, which would provide: --2.18% spell crit (equivalent to 100 crit rating) --54.45 spell power --5445 total mana (68.1 mp5 from replenishment & 1307 extra from Mana Tide if timed properly but that's not always practical) [top]Major AbilitiesThe addition of several new talents, spells and glyphs have freed shaman from simply spamming Chain Heal. While Chain Heal is still probably cast more than any other spell, but shaman supplement it with Riptide, Lesser Healing Wave and even Healing Wave.
NOTE: 2000 spell power, 5/5 Tidal Focus, 5/5 Purification, 2/2 Improved Chain Heal, 3/3 Improved Shields. No relic or set bonuses. CREDIT: Daidalos [top]Chain Heal
Jumps to 3 targets (or 4 with a glyph). Jumps are based on who is missing the most health (by absolute value). Each jump reduces the healing done by 50%. The jump range of the spell is approximately 10-15 yards. 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 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 [Fel Reaver's Piston] or [Soul Preserver] 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, [Pendant of the Violet Eye] 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 Wave
[top]Lesser Healing WaveThis is the fastest heal a shaman can cast. However, it is our smallest heal and doesn't stack Healing Way. In addition, Tidal Waves does not reduce the GCD and thus LHW throughput is capped by the GCD. To be an effective heal, shaman must have the Glyph of Lesser Healing Wave and an Earth Shield on the target. Otherwise, shaman should use Chain Heal or Healing Wave. Without the LHW Glyph, Chain Heal does more healing to a single target than LHW and there is always the chance it will jump to other players. In a 25-man raid, shaman should use Chain Heal instead. Chain Heal is more expensive (793 mana at Level 80) than LHW (626 mana). However, Chain Heal does more healing to a single target and there is always a chance it will jump to other players. [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 3-minute cool down/2-minute cooldown in Patch 3.2). 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) cause 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. Both NS and Tidal Force have a 3-minute cool down. Nature's Swiftness will have a 2-minute cooldown in Patch 3.2. 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
[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 Shield
In Patch 3.0.8 there is a slight nerf to the Improved Water Shield talent: You have a 33/66/100% chance to instantly consume a Water Shield Orb when you gain a critical effect from your Healing Wave or Riptide spells, and a 19.8/39.6/60% chance when you gain a critical effect from your Lesser Healing Wave spell. 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 Buffs
[top]Totems
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]RelicsRelics go in the same slot as a bow or throwing weapon. They either make spells cheaper to cast or make them do more healing or damage. They also allow you to leave your four totems in the bank starting with Patch 3.0.2. However, you cannot destroy these totems. Like weapons, relics can be switched in combat. However, it will trigger a 1.5-second global cool down (in addition to interrupting any spell you were casting). Patch 2.4.3 eliminated relic swapping via macros due to the following change: * Equipping an item will now cancel any spell cast currently in progress. In general, use [Steamcaller's Totem] if mana is not an issue. Otherwise use [Totem of Forest Growth] Chain Heal [Totem of Forest Growth] 15 Emblems of Heroism [Totem of the Bay] 30 Venture Coins in Grizzly Hills Healing Wave [Totem of Misery] Naxx-25 Faerlina Lesser Healing Wave [Deadly Gladiator's Totem of the Third Wind] PVP [Totem of the Thunderhead] Your water shield will not continue to get a boost if you switch to another relic after casting it. [top]Spell HasteWearing gear with spell haste can be beneficial any time you're not going OOM in a fight. By wearing gear with spell haste, we can cast spells faster, boosting our overall healing done for a fight – and potentially have heals landing faster to prevent deaths. In most raids, you will have a total of 8% haste before gear: 5% from Wrath of Air Totem 3% from Improved Moonkin aura (balance druids) or Swift Retribution (retribution paladin) 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 = 15.76 Haste Rating at Level 70
= 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 Haste Need to Reduce Chain Heal Cast Time at Level 70 2.4 seconds = 66 haste rating 2.3 seconds = 137 haste rating 2.2 seconds = 215 haste rating 2.1 seconds = 300 haste rating 2.0 seconds = 394 haste rating 1.9 seconds = 498 haste rating Spell Haste is calculated after talents. So if Healing Wave is 3.0 seconds normally and talents reduce it to 2.5 seconds, then 10% haste (157 haste rating) would reduce the cast time to 2.275 seconds.   *For Level 70, use 1576 instead of 3278 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]ConsumablesIn general, use a flask if you are likely to die several times (such as new content or going for an achievement). However, two elixirs generally provide more benefit than a single flask. Blizzard made oils and stones not usable on weapons at Level 80. FLASKS Flask of Pure Mojo Flask of the Frost Wyrm Flask of Distilled Wisdom -- No new Level 80 version. Grants 39 mp5 (with 100% uptime on replenishment), 21.45 crit rating and 11.7 spellpower. Superior to Pure Mojo if replenishment is up 100% of the time. BATTLE ELIXIRS Spellpower Elixir GUARDIAN ELIXIRS Elixir of Mighty Mageblood Elixir of Mighty Thoughts (27 mp5 with replenishment) POTIONS Potion of Speed Potion of Nightmares (Stuns you for 6 seconds and restores 5400 health and mana) Powerful Rejuvenation Potion Runic Mana Potion Crazy Alchemist's Potion -- Requires alchemy FOOD Unless you need more mp5, a fish feast is your best choice. Fish Feast Firecracker Salmon and Tender Shoveltusk Steak Mighty Rhino Dogs and Spicy Fried Herring [top]ProfessionsYou can raid as a resto shaman with any two professions. Blizzard also tried to balance professions so that they provided approximately equal buffs to attack power, spell power, etc. However, many players enjoy maximizing their healing, DPS and tanking abilities and one way to do so is with professions. You can find a summary of profession perks at WotLK Profession thread. The comparisons below are done with spell power and mp5, although many professions can also be used to boost crit and haste ratings. Black Smithing > Alchemy or Enchanting or Inscription or Leatherworking or Jewelcrafting > Tailoring or Herbalism or Mining or Skinning or Engineering
[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 Shock 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 Shock is recommended as it is off the GCD. /stopcasting /clearfocus [target=focus,dead] /cast [target=focus,harm,exists] Wind Shock /cast Wind Shock /stopcasting /cast [harm] Wind Shock; [target=targettarget, harm] Wind Shock 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]Notes for Raid LeadersWho should I assign the shaman to heal? Shaman are best at healing multiple targets that are standing near each other. Assign them to heal melee or simply keep the entire raid topped off. In a 25-man raid, you should see their chain heal constantly jumping from player to player. Shaman can heal a single target, such as the main tank. However, this role is better filled by a priest, paladin or druid. Should 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 no spirit on the cloth or leather gear. If the cloth or leather gear has spirit, it’s probably of more use to a priest or druid. Staves and off-hands are also more beneficial to priests and druids. 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 rmains a party-only buff. In certain fights, a group may want a shaman for Tremor Totem or Cleansing Totem. [top]Theorycraft[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]Useful Links and AddonsCurrently, Blizzard provides no in-game way to manage your totems. And putting 20+ of them on your hot bar is a bad idea.
Some other helpful mods that are available through WowAce or Curse.com
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04/10/09, 2:10 PM
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Just some notes of things to update for the 3.1 release:
- Remove water shield bug section (its currently noted that its fixed but I see no reason to keep it in once 3.1 hits) - Mana spring no longer stacks with anything - with fewer points in restorative totems the extra points can be used to pick up Healing Way, elemental weapons, or enhancing totems (depeding on whats best for your raid and assignment) - Pretty much all Holy pally pve specs will have imp BoW - restorative totems is still recommended for mana tide and HST - stat weights for t7, 7.5, 8 still blank once you determine HEP vs MEP you can use my sheet or the HEP mod for objective calculations - BIS list will need updated with Uldar loot Last edited by Daidalos : 04/10/09 at 2:49 PM. |
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04/16/09, 12:06 PM
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Not sure if this is the place or not to pose this question being my first post here but long time reader.
At what point does the T8 replace T7.5. With 3.1 hitting I have lost about 90 or so MP5 from no longer having both Mana stream / BoW and the loss of Water Mastery Major Glyph. With T8 We loose another 20 mp5 to gain alot more crit and about 75 more SP. However we also loose 5% increased healing to CH / HW. I am not sure I would take the hit of the loosing my 4p T7.5 till i atleast had the 4p T8. But some of you number crunchers are much better with the math then I am. |
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04/17/09, 2:13 PM
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04/22/09, 5:31 PM
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I see you've put [Sif's Remembrance] as BIS for mp5.. as far as regen goes it only provides~40mp5 assuming it worked the same as bell. As far as regen goes other trinkets provide more regen. If you weight mp5 enough soul of the dead and other trinkets are better. I've added HEP calculations to my trinket list and I have been adding trinkets as I see new ones pop up so far Sif's is a good trinket but not BIS for either mp5 or HPS.
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04/23/09, 5:08 AM
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Replenishment:
For warlocks it is the destruction talent Improved Soul Leech.
If you are not comfortable suggesting starting HEP values to shaman at this point, maybe pointing them to Daidalos's spreadsheet and shaman_hep as sources of finding out how they should gear? If you wish suggestions for HEP values: Starting Naxx in 3.1, I am going to give some ranges here I have seen parsing different shaman's logs: 1 Spell Power = 1 1 MP5 = 1.0 - 1.6 1 mana = 0.01 1 Haste rating = 0.5 - 0.7 1 Crit rating = 0.8 - 1.0 1 Intellect = 0.8 - 1.2 Insightful Earthsiege Diamond = 55 - 65 Full Nax25 gear, starting Ulduar, these seem to be about what I am seeing for 3.1 using shaman_hep: 1 Spell Power = 1 1 MP5 = 0.9 - 1.1 1 mana = 0.01 1 Haste rating = 0.5 - 0.7 1 Crit rating = 0.6 - 0.8 1 Intellect = 0.7 - 0.9 Insightful Earthsiege Diamond = 50 - 55 Maybe I should start a thread to collect data from shaman on what they are getting from shaman_hep to get some more comprehensive results though. These values will vary per shaman, how they gear, and how they choose to heal. However, providing some guidelines for people who are not going to use spreadsheets or shaman_hep probably is useful. |
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04/23/09, 1:56 PM
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Updated replenishment and totem section. I also added the HEP values in your post to the TTT but labeled them tentative. I like your idea of gathering combat logs from shaman to arrive at more comprehensive values. I'd recommend a new thread as the current HEP thread isn't too active. I'd also recommend looking at the HEP values by boss. There's a big difference between a fight such as Mimiron, which is going to last 10+ minutes, and some of the shorter fights.
EDIT: Here's the HEP thread that Stassart started: [Resto] shaman_hep reports Last edited by Skyhoof : 04/24/09 at 11:51 AM. |
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04/29/09, 1:32 AM
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Under When Should I Switch to Tier 8? you mention using non-set gloves with t7, the gloves name should be [Winter Spectacle Gloves] not "Gloves of Winter Spectacle".
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05/05/09, 4:01 AM
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Mistake ?
Checked EJ Priest Forum, they also say 45 sec. For me 15 sec would be to much powerful. |
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05/05/09, 8:54 AM
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Don Flamenco
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No, it's not a mistake. It has been tested and shown to have a 15 second ICD.
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Additional notes on things that still need updated or other enhancements.
I find people frequently don't understand this. This can easily be tested by casting RT LHW LHW if you are spamming the LHW button you will see a "this spell is not ready yet" message between the first and second LHW. This is because the first LHW has finished but you are still under GCD preventing the cast of the second LHW. Last edited by Daidalos : 05/05/09 at 2:30 PM. |
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05/08/09, 11:57 AM
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Few more things.
Also another canidate for BIS mp5 weapon (after Val of course) http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/...constellus.jpg Last edited by Daidalos : 05/08/09 at 1:14 PM. |
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05/10/09, 11:26 PM
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Hey. Engineering enchant to boots +16crit rating much better than Icewalker, should probably add to the list.
Engineers also have +23 spellpower to cape wich may not be as good as the haste but it's still a viable alternative that's unlisted. |
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05/11/09, 11:52 AM
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Don Flamenco
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Engineering got several buffs last patch. I found this cloak enchant, but not 23 spell power:
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05/11/09, 4:04 PM
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Pandora's Plea = 108 Int and 850 SP for 10 seconds every 45 seconds (Best case scenario with the assumption of a 45 second ICD)
108 Int x 1.1(Ancestral Knowledge) x 1.1(Blessing of Kings) = 130.68 int. 130.68 x 15(mana per int) = 1960.2 mana 1960.2 / 60 (60 is the number of 5 second intervals over a 5 minute fight) = 32.67 mp5 1960.2 x 0.0125 (100% uptime of replenishment) = 24.5025 Mp5 1960.2 x 0.24 / 60 (one use of Mana Tide Totem unglyphed over a 5 minute fight) = 7.8408 mp5 32.67 + 24.5025 + 7.8408 = 65.0133 mp5 108 Int x 1.1(Ancestral Knowledge) x 1.1(Blessing of Kings) = 130.68 int. 130.68 x 0.006 (rough equivalence of Int per crit percent) = 0.784% Spell Crit 108 Int x 1.1(Ancestral Knowledge) x 1.1(Blessing of Kings) = 130.68 int. 130.68 x 0.15(Nature's Blessing) = 19.602 Spellpower 850 SP x 10 / 45 =~188.889 (Best Case Scenario) 850 SP x 10 / 60 =~141.667 (More Likely Scenarios) 188.889 + 19.602 = 208.491 Spellpower (Best Case Scenario) 141.667 + 19.602 = 161.269 Spellpower (More likely Scenario) So Pandora's Plea at Best Case Scenario =~ 208 Spellpower, 65 Mp5, 0.78% Spell crit Pandora's Plea at a more likely Scenario =~ 161 Spellpower, 65 Mp5, 0.78% Spell crit This makes Pandora's Plea one of the Best in slot Mp5 Trinkets (If not the best) Last edited by Vashi : 05/11/09 at 4:14 PM. |
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05/11/09, 5:06 PM
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05/15/09, 11:50 AM
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One minor note on the Earth Shield section:
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05/20/09, 3:58 AM
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Just wondering how the Runeshaper's Gloves from the Assembly of Iron would fit in with this. They seem to be better for the non crit set due to the haste.
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05/20/09, 11:02 AM
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A little confused about your question on [Runeshaper's Gloves]. There is no non-crit set, just mp5 and non-mp5. The biggest drawback with Runeshaper's is the blue socket. The set piece has a yellow socket. Otherwise, you're losing 7 crit and gaining 7 haste and getting a little more stam.
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05/21/09, 2:28 AM
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Sorry i meant non mp5 set. It seems that crit is a lot more useful than haste from the parses shown in other threads, which make the runeshaper gauntlets seem like a decent choice. Also being a JC i like to use the +32 sp gems in the blue slots so not sure how that can be figured in?
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05/25/09, 8:16 PM
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An addiition
[Aesuga, Hand of the Ardent Champion]
Could be added as an alternative to the [Soulscribe], depending on how an individual has their stats weighted, the [Aesuga, Hand of the Ardent Champion] is better in a lot of cases. |
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