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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 7/11/2010
[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. 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%. Note: There has been considerable discussion regarding the value of taking two points in Improved Reincarnation at the expense of two points in Tidal Focus, especially if mana is not an issue. This makeup can provide some extra margin for error on progression content where it allows for a shaman to ankh about every other pull. It also allows for selective deaths in cases where mana is an issue, as it restores an additional 20% of mana upon reincarnation and resets your pot timer. [top]Glyphs
Notes: [Glyph of Chain Heal] boosts healing more in 25-man content than 5 or 10-man [Glyph of Earthliving Weapon] was fixed in 3.3.3 to actually produce the 5% increased proc rate it has always claimed to have. It now performs about on par with Glyph of Riptide (once you lose T9 2-piece) so it now a quite viable option for raiding. However, one weakness is Earthliving is mostly over healing. [Glyph of Riptide] performs almost twice as well with T9 2-piece than without. [Glyph of Lesser Healing Wave] only performs well when tank healing with Lesser Healing Wave. [Glyph of Healing Wave] can perform very well for specific bosses like Blood Queen and Heroic Dreamwalker. [Glyph of Healing Stream Totem] was not included due to lack of enough data points. It can perform well on some fights with high raid damage or to provide extra healing for the tank group. Heroic Dreamwalker: One specialized use for this it to place a Nightmare Portal shaman in the tank group. At high stacks of Emerald Vigor, HST will heal for upwards of 3-4K a tick, making tank healing for the non-portal healers much easier late in the encounter. Shamans 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.
[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] (37 HEP) Yellow: [Quick King's Amber] (50 HEP) Blue: [Quick King's Amber] (50 HEP) unless you need to meet the meta gem requirements. Then use [Energized Eye of Zul] (30 HEP) [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)
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: [Pattern: 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, the following are 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
No particular order
Not recommended for raiding
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 [Item not found!] 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 HasteThe soft haste cap for resto shamans is 1269 haste rating (38.7%). This is the number/percentage to aim for on your character sheet, assuming the raid buffs outlined below. 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/Bloodlust) will reduce the GCD below 1.0 seconds. However, it is considered a soft cap because additional haste rating will reduce the cast time of longer spells, such as Chain Heal. At level 80, 50% haste (equivalent to 1639 haste rating) is required to reach a GCD of 1 second. In most raids, you will have a total of 8.15% provided via raid buffs: 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 remaining difference (equivalent to 1269 rating or 38.7%) must be made up for by gear. 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 stop whatever you are doing and Wind Shear your focus, no matter what you currently have targeted. If you don't have a focus, it will interrupt 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 over Earth Shock as it is off the GCD. #showtooltip Wind Shear /stopcasting /clearfocus [target=focus,dead] /cast [target=focus,harm,exists] Wind Shear /cast Wind Shear The below macro is helpful in PVP, allowing you to interrupt your current heal target. The first macro above can be more helpful for raiding when you only care about interrupting a single target. #showtooltip 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. #showtooltip Purge /cast [harm, nodead] [target=targettarget,harm,nodead] Purge [top]What 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: These are primarily PvP stats, not PvE. You will typically gain enough stamina from your gear to handle any PvE encounter. Armor is irrelevant to a healer. 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:
[top]******* Best in Slot ********Assuming no four-piece Tier 10 bonus:
Following the release of additional gear choice with Ruby Sanctum, this is less of an issue and both options are nearly identical in overall HEP value.
Stat differences between using Tier10 gloves and Tier10 legs:
Set Bonuses
The T10 4-piece performs significantly better in 25-man raids than in 10-man raids. Assumptions for HEP Calculations 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 ● Head pieces calculations ignore meta gem HEP values ● Shield HEP values include +25 Intellect enchant (20 HEP) for comparison with Off-hands Instance Key: TOGC = Trial of the Grand Crusader, ICC = Icecrown Citadel, RS = Ruby Sanctum (H) denotes Heroic version of listed boss Note: Trinkets listed by estimated value. However, trinket value will vary based on current gear, situation and play style. Many gear setups rely on trinkets for mp5, as they sacrifice mp5 for haste. Trinket mp5 and effective healing based on shaman spells. Paladin, druid and priest values may be higher or lower. * 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 the Surging Sea] may provide greater benefit in cases where you find yourself using more single target heals such as LHW or HW. This could include encounters where Chain Heal is less effective due to the raid being too spread out or where you are tasked with single target healing on a tank or other raid member. [top]Gearing Up
[top]Badge Basics[Emblem of Frost] (Tier 10 gear)
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
Next, buy the gloves. Why wait? Why not upgrade your gloves and then your chest? The answer: Koralon, 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 many instances 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]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 Chain Heal, 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 to 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:
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) Cleansing Totem as needed for poison or disease cleansing [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]
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[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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I'm in the process of a major rework and update of the BiS section based on recent HEP data from Stassart. It should be complete in the next couple days. I will incorporate your other suggestions as well. Unfortunately, the pre-configured grid set-ups were something that Skyhoof had been working on. While I'm leaving it on the to-do list for the time being, I am personally no longer using Grid and would not be the ideal person to develop and maintain set-ups. |
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