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Forum: Shamans 10/11/12, 7:26 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 264,448
Posted By Grizlor
Lava Beam can definitely overload. I went and...

Lava Beam can definitely overload. I went and tested it at the shrine. In my shoehorned resto gear I have 40% overload chance with mastery, so it wasn't too difficult to proc one on the 4 target...
Forum: Shamans 10/10/12, 2:18 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 264,448
Posted By Grizlor
Since expertise gives spell hit now, using a mace...

Since expertise gives spell hit now, using a mace mainhand as a dwarf is roughly equivalent to the draenei hit racial, plus you get Stoneform which I've found extremely useful.

Edit: I checked and...
Forum: Shamans 06/11/12, 1:47 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,448,931
Posted By Grizlor
It depends how many plasmas are out. I run 4...

It depends how many plasmas are out. I run 4 piece heroic T12 on this fight because I can riptide a plasma guy, chain heal him 3 times, then riptide a new plasma guy and repeat. Only time I use GHW...
Forum: Shamans 11/07/11, 9:26 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 206,585
Posted By Grizlor
I managed to solo Malygos as enhance. My gear is...

I managed to solo Malygos as enhance. My gear is hardly exceptional, considering I'm using a vicious mace offhand, though I do have a heroic eye of purification with power torrent on it. I used a...
Forum: Shamans 11/06/11, 12:44 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 1,448,931
Posted By Grizlor
I was messing around with Wowhead's PTR site...

I was messing around with Wowhead's PTR site trying to build an item set that would get me to 3049 haste for the 8th tick of Healing Rain. Alas, this still leaves me about 500 haste short using...
Forum: Shamans 01/22/11, 8:56 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 206,585
Posted By Grizlor
Yeah, I soloed Bug Trio at 80, so it should...

Yeah, I soloed Bug Trio at 80, so it should definitely be doable at 85. Tank them in a corner for the knockbacks/fears. Use a PVP trinket and burn Yauj first. At 80 I had to put a shield on and use...
Forum: Shamans 01/19/11, 11:54 PM
Replies: 366
Views: 1,183,163
Posted By Grizlor
It appears your breakpoints are largely correct,...

It appears your breakpoints are largely correct, but off by one tick. I am definitely getting 6 ticks out of healing rain even with zero haste. I took off all of my haste gear and tried it several...
Forum: Shamans 10/22/10, 3:06 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 226,058
Posted By Grizlor
Yes you can, I have 18.57 mastery in my elemental...

Yes you can, I have 18.57 mastery in my elemental gear because I reforged all my hit/crit to mastery (and am still at 19% hit with the solace fully stacked.
Forum: Shamans 10/21/10, 5:38 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 226,058
Posted By Grizlor
Is anyone else using a heroic Solace? In addition...

Is anyone else using a heroic Solace? In addition to a passive 144 int it also gives 288 hit (spirit) fully stacked and is pretty easy to stack before a fight since you can just spam healing wave or...
Forum: Rogues 08/14/10, 3:48 PM
Replies: 1,422
Views: 607,261
Posted By Grizlor
Edit: nevermind, missed the part about relentless...

Edit: nevermind, missed the part about relentless strikes.
Forum: The Dung Heap 05/26/10, 12:33 AM
Replies: 30,127
Views: 1,905,931
Posted By Grizlor
You don't need mp5 gear for 5 mans. You can drink...

You don't need mp5 gear for 5 mans. You can drink between pulls if you actually need mana. Mp5 makes a very negligible difference on a fight to fight basis. Sure, over the instance you might get a...
Forum: Shamans 05/22/10, 12:24 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 206,585
Posted By Grizlor
I recently soloed all of MC, though had to do...

I recently soloed all of MC, though had to do Gehennas (my enhance gear is pretty bad, I died a couple times with him having <30k HP), Sulfuron, and Golemagg as resto. Unless you can get 2 of...
Forum: Shamans 03/13/10, 10:13 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 206,585
Posted By Grizlor
You can ground Thekal's silence. He'll always try...

You can ground Thekal's silence. He'll always try to use it before Lor'khan heals, so make sure you keep it down as much as possible (so you can wind shear it)
Forum: Public Discussion 02/19/10, 3:46 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,547
Posted By Grizlor
What Emeraude is saying is that intervene lowers...

What Emeraude is saying is that intervene lowers the total threat of the intervened target instantly. For example, if a player has 100k threat on a boss, intervene will instantly reduce the person to...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/28/10, 1:57 AM
Replies: 218
Views: 69,264
Posted By Grizlor
Is it possible that it's something as simple as...

Is it possible that it's something as simple as the order in which players are added to the aggro table (excluding the tank and the person with blood mirror, obviously)? We were able to usually have...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/22/10, 4:48 AM
Replies: 236
Views: 101,936
Posted By Grizlor
After having this mace a while, the highest I...

After having this mace a while, the highest I have seen according to recount guessed absorbs is slightly over 19k, which occurred while healing on Festergut. Chain critting healing waves for 33-35k...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/30/09, 12:01 AM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,779
Posted By Grizlor
You have a fury warrior throw a tank gear on and...

You have a fury warrior throw a tank gear on and be a third tank, so if you screw up you have a sponge available.
Forum: Public Discussion 01/29/09, 1:05 PM
Replies: 406
Views: 171,980
Posted By Grizlor
We got Watch Him Die done with a prot warrior, 2...

We got Watch Him Die done with a prot warrior, 2 mutilate rogues, a tree druid, and a resto shaman (me). We weren't very good at stopping the disorient, but with earth shield and HoTs on the tank we...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/25/09, 2:36 AM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,779
Posted By Grizlor
If you know the teleport is coming, you should...

If you know the teleport is coming, you should just start running before he even teleports. You can get a few casts off from section 1 before the fast dance even begins.

We had a holy paladin go...
Forum: Player vs. Player 12/20/08, 10:22 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 58,494
Posted By Grizlor
In most cases as a caster, you want 6% hit to...

In most cases as a caster, you want 6% hit to eliminate almost all resists. Even as a healer, you can generally overcome this with gear/gems.

When you're talking about fighting against Balance (or...
Forum: Shamans 11/11/08, 11:49 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,713
Posted By Grizlor
Oh, I get it at 80, for sure. It's nice on fights...

Oh, I get it at 80, for sure. It's nice on fights like patchwerk and some other things, when you're actually running 40% or so crit raidbuffed. It's just worthless at 70 with the current...
Forum: Shamans 11/11/08, 11:10 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,713
Posted By Grizlor
Even on a fight where I do nothing but spam LHW...

Even on a fight where I do nothing but spam LHW (council, archimonde), Ancestral Awakening is at best, 3-4% of my healing done. It really needs to count overhealing, and needs some sort of secondary...
Forum: Class Mechanics 11/11/08, 8:53 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 16,428
Posted By Grizlor
Incorrect. Frost fever is the slow and the DoT...

Incorrect. Frost fever is the slow and the DoT all in one spell.

Frost Fever - Spell - World of Warcraft (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=55095)
Forum: Public Discussion 11/06/08, 7:15 PM
Replies: 574
Views: 256,794
Posted By Grizlor
We 4-5 manned most of kara, and it was a complete...

We 4-5 manned most of kara, and it was a complete joke. Aran with 4 was a little tricky though, as solo healing through the elementals and his damage was still a bit rough. Hoping to try 5 man ZA...
Forum: Shamans 11/05/08, 5:50 PM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,713
Posted By Grizlor
Mana tide isn't really even useful anywhere in...

Mana tide isn't really even useful anywhere in Naxx other than Sapphiron. I never got a chance to do Sartharion on 'hard' mode, so I can't speak for that, but I certainly never got it when I specced...
Forum: Player vs. Player 10/21/08, 2:24 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 10,284
Posted By Grizlor
It's just the survivability cooldowns, really....

It's just the survivability cooldowns, really. That's it. Classes that do decent damage but lack survivability cooldowns/abilities will always be inferior to ones that do. That's why rogues were so...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/16/08, 3:14 AM
Replies: 718
Views: 255,779
Posted By Grizlor
We just cleared Kara with a raid made up of about...

We just cleared Kara with a raid made up of about half alts in about an hour. I tanked it on my prot warrior alt who was in mostly kara gear with a dragonstrike, and some badge gear. It was...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/14/08, 11:26 PM
Replies: 718
Views: 255,779
Posted By Grizlor
I'm missing pretty much all my pvp gear. I have a...

I'm missing pretty much all my pvp gear. I have a ticket open right now, but blargh.
Forum: Shamans 10/13/08, 11:41 AM
Replies: 1,333
Views: 408,713
Posted By Grizlor
The only water totem that is raidwide is Fire...

The only water totem that is raidwide is Fire Resistance Totem.
Forum: Public Discussion 09/09/08, 11:13 AM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,779
Posted By Grizlor
Regarding raids without druid/warrior tanks, a...

Regarding raids without druid/warrior tanks, a warlock could switch to curse of weakness right before web spray hit, as it's basically the same as demo shout. Heck, while slogging through BT, we've...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/30/08, 3:59 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Looks like Wind Shock got added to the shaman...

Looks like Wind Shock got added to the shaman lineup, supposedly to both serve double duty as both a 'feint-esque' ability and a rank 1 earth shock replacement. Unfortunately, at 8% base mana, it's...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 2:21 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Shamans and paladins also don't recover nearly as...

Shamans and paladins also don't recover nearly as well once out of mana as druids/priests, who can get upwards of 2k mana back during a short 10-15 second mana break due to the fact that they utilize...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/14/08, 1:34 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Argh, so much for rank 1 earth/frost shock and...

Argh, so much for rank 1 earth/frost shock and rank 1 magma totem. They need to just do something else with earth shock and give shamans air shock which does no damage and is off the GCD (hell, it...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/02/08, 7:25 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
They're probably going to work like the PVP sets,...

They're probably going to work like the PVP sets, not like the current T6, where you can have the "gimpy" 10 man breastplate, or the full stats 25 man one, and the set bonus part of the tooltip will...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/02/08, 4:18 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
So you're suggesting sort of a zone-wide version...

So you're suggesting sort of a zone-wide version of the Karathess fight? That'd certainly be interesting and make for a more dynamic zone, but unless it didn't affect actual boss fights you'd still...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/30/08, 3:24 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
The only issue I see about them nixing salv (and...

The only issue I see about them nixing salv (and boosting the threat scaling of tank abilities) is that they will probably need to make devastate only be high threat in Defensive Stance. There are...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/30/08, 1:36 AM
Replies: 295
Views: 44,046
Posted By Grizlor
That's pretty much spot on. I lost a 2s game...

That's pretty much spot on. I lost a 2s game today against UA lock/SP because a felhunter got through healing focus on 3 consecutive hits with curse of tongues on me, making a lesser healing wave...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/29/08, 11:35 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
It most certainly doesn't auto break on the first...

It most certainly doesn't auto break on the first crit on live. About 2 weeks ago, we were fighting a RMP as War/Ret/Resto and managed to kill the priest, only to end up losing 3v2 because the...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/29/08, 6:33 AM
Replies: 1,843
Views: 450,749
Posted By Grizlor
I assume you mean pummel, but between grounding,...

I assume you mean pummel, but between grounding, earth shock, and pummel a druid should realistically only be able to get one CC spell off every 15 seconds, and if he's just standing there all that...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/29/08, 6:15 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Considering shamans and paladins have no spirit...

Considering shamans and paladins have no spirit on their gear, nor talents to get increased benefit from it, the extent of our "mana management minigame" is limited to intelligent downranking and...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/06/08, 3:47 AM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,561
Posted By Grizlor
Another option if supplicants are camped would be...

Another option if supplicants are camped would be the ruins of baa'ri in SMV. Even the shaman mobs there pretty much only bloodlust + lightning shield + melee, so no true casters to my knowledge. Mob...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/04/08, 3:41 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
They need to just give rogues and hunters 2 AP...

They need to just give rogues and hunters 2 AP (yes, even RAP) for 1 strength already. It would prevent so many itemization headaches and a lot of bitching.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/12/08, 4:32 AM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Currently the only heroic that actually rewards...

Currently the only heroic that actually rewards more than badges and perhaps a little more variety in blues is heroic Magister's Terrace. They have said they wish to make heroics more rewarding in...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/03/08, 12:47 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Hell I'd settle for trainable mana tide (with a...

Hell I'd settle for trainable mana tide (with a real 31 point resto talent in its place), and undispellable earth shield.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/02/08, 1:49 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
I can't be the only one groaning at the thought...

I can't be the only one groaning at the thought of druids, with their extreme CC and escapability, getting a res usable in the arena.
Forum: Public Discussion 05/29/08, 12:27 PM
Replies: 574
Views: 256,794
Posted By Grizlor
You can most certainly melee Onyxia in phase 2...

You can most certainly melee Onyxia in phase 2 now, I think it was changed either slightly before, or with 2.0.

I got her to the air phase solo as a resto shaman, but I have no meaningful way of...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/28/08, 1:09 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,573
Posted By Grizlor
Werebeef and Gurg's posts are pretty much spot...

Werebeef and Gurg's posts are pretty much spot on. Healing ability is entirely determined by encounter design. If you look at even most of the BT/Hyjal fights, shamans are pretty mediocre. Shamans...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/21/08, 4:33 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Between death knights auto healing themselves by...

Between death knights auto healing themselves by being in blood presence, (the current) improved leader of the pack, and the new bloodthirst, it looks like they are trying to help mitigate some of...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/21/08, 12:37 PM
Replies: 8,188
Views: 1,906,153
Posted By Grizlor
Probably the most interesting thing I've seen so...

Probably the most interesting thing I've seen so far is Demon Armor is being switched to +armor and +healing received, and Fel Armor is going to have +damage and allow spirit based mana regen. That...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/21/08, 1:38 AM
Replies: 239
Views: 97,304
Posted By Grizlor
The infernal actually does some semi respectable...

The infernal actually does some semi respectable DPS. Using it on the dragonhawk would be perfect, because it's immune to fire damage and hits fairly hard (500+ on a sundered mob, last I checked)
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