This information is pertinent only for Restoration Shamans. I have made this due to my experience and compilation of information from other websites and forums such as Icy-Veins/MMO-Champion/Vixsin's Blog-Life in Group 5 and consulting with friends (DUSKY-Kil'Jaeden!!!!)
Talents
Astral Shift – I use this CD during
high amounts of dmg. You take 40% less dmg for about 6 sec.
Windwalk Totem –
Causes immunity to movement impairing effects
for about 6 secs. I particularly find this useful, especially for Ko’Ragh
during his
Expel Magic: Frost
ability which slows people down as soon as the boss casts it.
Call of the Elements
– This is very useful, especially for HST. It resets the cd of all totems with
a gcd of less than 3 min. (HTT/SLT not affected by this!). These totems are the
totems affected by CotE.
- o Grounding
Totem: 25-second cooldown;
- o
Earthbind
Totem: 30-second cooldown; - I use this when I need to slow down mobs/things get crazy with mobs running around.
- o
Earthgrab
Totem: Tier 2 talent with a 30-second cooldown;
- o
Healing Stream Totem:
30-second cooldown;
- o
Capacitor Totem: 45-second
cooldown; - I use this when there are a lot of mobs , a friendly shammy stun never hurt anyone. It is always appreciated, especially on big pulls.
- o
Stone Bulwark Totem: Tier
1 talent with a 1-minute cooldown;
- o
Tremor Totem: 1-minute
cooldown;
- o
Windwalk Totem: Tier 2
talent with a 1-minute cooldown. - I use this on Ko'Ragh when he casts his Expel Magic: Frost ability. Quickly liberates people from being slowed down.
Ancestral Swiftness
– This talent gives your next nature spell an
instant cast. It has a 90-second
cd.
Ancestral Swiftness also
passively increases your haste and attack speed by 5%. This is
perfect to cast on CD, o make sure to make a Weak Aura on it - I personally don't know how to create them so I use Stoove's Auras (
Stoove's UNconstant Blog Link to Auras ). I like to use this spell with Healing Rain or Chain Heal after
I cast Elemental Blast so that it can be a powerful instant cast when I'm in a tough spot or raid is taking heavy damage.
Rushing Streams – This
is, in my opinion from what I have learned, the most powerful talent on this tier. It
causes your
HST to
heal two targets at once for 15% additional healing. This is why it is super
important to use HST on cd, coupled with CotE on situations where healing is
intensive.
Elemental Blast – If
you struggle with mana, like I have with low ilvls, then you can take
Elemental Blast,
especially on short fights with high damage. It increases spirit by
+1000 for 8 sec, increasing also your mastery, haste, crit, and multistrike by
+500 for 8 sec.
SUPER AMAZING. Make this a weak aura, for sure!
High Tide – A
passive ability that is very efficient. It empowers
Chain Heal to jump to
2 additional
Riptide-
affected
targets and to no longer lose power after each jump. Excellent in any
situation where you make extensive use of
Chain Heal, so when you
have intense raid damage that comes in the form of spikes or short phases.
Currently better than Cloud Burst Totem, and essentially more efficient due to
the complexity of having to juggle HST and CBT CDs/usage. Just better overall...b/c in reality every encounter so far has found use for chain healing and riptide should be used pretty much all the time. So every chain heal will be powerful,
especialllllllly when used with ascendance which causes restorative mists - all healing done is duplicated and distributed evenly between nearby friendlies.
Glyphs
MAJOR:
Healing Wave – I have this as default.
Healing Stream Totem - I have this as default.
Totemic Recall/Spirit Walkers Grace/Purify Spirit – I switch
between these three depending on the encounter and what will be needed, but
usually just have totemic recall on.
MINOR:
These are all aesthetic and not really required. You can choose whichever you want.
I
have :
Spectral Wolf – changes the appearance of your Ghost Wolf
form to a spectral wolf form.
Deluge- Changes the appearance of your chain heal spells
from green to a blueish/watery form.
Elemental Familiars- This is a spell that lets you summon a
random familiar of the fire, water, and earth elements.
Stat Priorities
Current stat priority for resto shamans is as follows:
Int > Spirit > Mastery > Haste >
Multistrike=Crit Strike > Versatility.
These stat priorities are recommended, basically on every
website detailing resto shaman guides.
Enchants
In WoD there are only 4 pieces of gear that can be
enchanted.
Neck: Gift of Mastery gives +75 to Mastery [breath of mastery is cheaper +40]
Cloak: Gift of
Mastery gives +100 to Mastery and
10% speed increase [breath of mastery
is cheaper +100/ no speed increase]
Ring x 2: Gift
of Mastery gives +50 to Mastery [breath
of mastery is cheaper +30]
Weapon: Mark of Shadowmoon that gives +500 to
Spirit for 15 sec / or Mark of Bleeding Hollow that gives +500 to
Mastery for 12 sec
Personally, I use ALL mastery, including my weapon enchant. Mastery, Mastery, Mastery!
Gems
For Resto Shamans, Mastery is the choice.
We should be using
Greater Mastery Taladite
(+50) which is the better choice but more expensive these days. In case you can't afford it, use
Mastery Taladite (+35) which is the cheaper version. But have your sockets gemmed even if its the cheaper version. It is a gain either way.
Consumables
Draenic Mana
Potion, which instantly restores you Mana, or
Draenic Channeled Mana Potion,
which restores your man over 10 seconds.
I personally use the
Channeled Mana Potion while letting my healing team know I won’t be casting for
about 10 seconds.
Also try to time it so that when you cast it you don’t get
interrupted or there isn’t a lot of dmg output going on.
Check me out on Armory @
Mojofosho
Sites where I based my info from:
Icy-Veins: Resto Shaman
MMO-Champion, Shaman Forums
Life in Group 5 - Vixsin's Blog
