Resto Shaman

[meer]

Glyphs

Major Glyphs (in order of importance):
Glyph of Lesser Healing Wave (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41535) (must have)
Glyph of Mana Tide Totem (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41538) (Pure 25man raids)
Glyph of Chain Heal (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41517) (Pure 25man raids)
Glyph of Water Mastery (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41541) (Pure 25man raids)
Glyph of Healing Stream Totem (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41533) (mostly heroics / 10mans)

Minor Glyphs:
Glyph of Astral Recall (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43381)
Glyph of Renewed Life (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43385)
Glyph of Water Shield (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43386)

Specs:



0/16/54 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=hZ0xxIZxceuVxoxkrhRt) (1pt left over ) Cookie cutter build for all around (also what I use)::
-This is the all around build for heroics, 10man, or 25man.
-Last point in Imp Reincarnation or Ancestral Awakening.

0/31/40 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=hZhggIocd00oZxcezVxoxkMh) (pure raid healing spec)
Brings enhanced totems to raid, and gives you about 3k +healing easily. No Earthshield or Riptide. Offhand weapon choice would be something with stats and crit rating. Hand of Nerub or Librarian Paper Cutter. Put Earthliving weapon on both weapons. The +healing stacks but not the chance to proc Earthliving effect.


Addons


www.wowmatrix.com no its not a keylogger

yata
Grid
annoyingbuffreminder
clique



Gems:

Only socket bonuses worth getting is Intellect and Spell power.

Brilliant Autumn's Glow (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40012)
Runed Scarlet Ruby (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39998) Use when socket bonus is Intellect or SP
Luminous Monarch Topaz (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40047) Use when socket bonus is Intellect or SP
Dazzling Forest Emerald (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40094)
Glowing Twilight Opal (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=40025)
Insightful Earthsiege Diamond (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41401)


Enchants:


Helm (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44159)
Cloak (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47898)
Chest (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44623)
Bracer (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60767)
Gloves (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44592)
Legs (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41604)
Boots (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47901)
Weapon (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60714)
Shield (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=60653)


Notes for raid leaders:

Water Totems are Group Based ONLY. This includes Healing Stream, Mana Spring, Disease Cleanse/Poison Cleanse, Mana Tide.
Elemental and Resto shamans should always be grouped with Casters. Mostly Shadow Priests and Mages
Bringing a 2nd resto shaman to a raid makes the 2nd resto shaman about 20% less effective than 1st resto shaman.
-3rd resto shaman is 20% less effective than 2nd shaman. The reason for this is Earthshield and Lesser Healing Wave. (there are also other reasons now in WotLK)
Resto shamans are excellent Single target healers in WotLK. As long as they have Earthshield on the target and use Lesser Healing Wave.
Resto shamans are still good raid healers.




Notes for Resto Shamans:


Always have Earthshield up, always.
Always have Water Shield up.
In heroics, resto shamans use Healing Stream Totem (even without glyph) vs Mana Spring. This mostly depends on your gear, the better the gear the more useful Healing Stream becomes.
The only time you should use Healing Wave is with Tidal Wave or Nature Swiftness
The totems you should drop In order for most PVE content is: Wrath of Air, Flametongue, Mana Spring, Stoneskin(if more than 1 shaman)/Strength of Earth.


Do Not Do:

Put 3 points in Ancestral Awakening (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=51556) The talent sounds great on paper, but terrible in practice. 3 points will earn you about 2-5% of your total healing from this talent. The points are useful elsewhere.
Gem for Mp5
Spam Healing Wave
Spam Lesser Healing Wave on a tank without Earthshield



Macros

/console SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor 3.4
/cast [target=mouseover,help][]SpellName
/castsequence reset=10 Wrath of Air Totem, Flametongue Totem, Mana Spring Totem, Stoneskin Totem



Adding more :
Uber UI
Choosing Gear

[munt]

//Resto

-Head- Thrall's Headpice of Triumph - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48307 - Energized Eye of Zul and Insightful Earthsiege Diamond

-Neck- Cry of the Val'kyr - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47468 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Shoulders- Thrall's Spaulders of Triumph - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48309 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Cloak- Aethas' Intensity - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47551 - Reckless Ametrine x1

-Chest- Thrall's Tunic of Triumph - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48305 - Quick King's Amber x2

-Bracers- Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47586 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Gloves- Thrall's Handguards of Triumph - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48306 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Belt- Binding of the Ice Burrower - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47426 - Quick King's Amber x3

-Pants- Leggings of the Awakening - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47479 - Quick King's Amber x3

-Boots- Boots of Tremoring Earth - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47099 - Quick King's Amber x2

-Ring1- Circle of the Darkmender - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47439 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Ring2- Starshine Circle - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45614 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Trinket1- Solace of the Fallen (Heroic) - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47432

-Trinket2- Solace of the Fallen - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47271

-Weapon- Misery's End - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47206

-Shield- Bastion of Resolve - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47448 - Quick King's Amber x1

-Totem- Totem of Calming Tides - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47665

Resto Notes:

Not much to discuss here. The second ring slot is very close, you could just as easily have Ring of the Darkmender - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47223 instead of Starshine and it's probably easier to get. Nebula Band - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=46046 is also strong but lacks stats. It's a continuing theme with me that I hate using low ilvl items that sacrifice stam/int.

Also worth noting that if you can get the Legendary Mace it is still without doubt the best healing weapon in the game. Many people may also want to consider the Battlemaster trinket that gives haste which is a valid choice for your second trinket slot.

http://www.ensidia.com/community/post/4398/

[Diefje]

The old post says to gem for SP + Int, but your current BiS list stacks the shit out of haste. Just wondering if it's just that the old post is outdated, or if it's a personal preference favoring throughput?

[munt]

its outdated :(

[Uggrukor]

Also, in the glyphs portion of the OP, you completely forgot Glyph of Earth Shield. This is also a MUST HAVE Glyph, especially since Lesser Healing Wave is one of your must have glyphs. The third glyph is usually just whatever fits your playstyle or the fight.

[munt]

wasn't glyph of earth shield added in a patch? if so, it probably wasn't available at the time of the original post. :D

[meer]

if one of the people with admin want to cut and paste my entire post into munt's thread, above his post or whatever and delete mine he can maintain it. I don't have time to keep this thread up to date.


When maintaining it keep in mind shamans now have multiple roles again as opposed to when this post was originally made. They are viable main tank healer and raid healer now, mostly depends on the fight. In togc25 i see resto shaman shift more toward main tank healing than raid healing. as opposed to naxx/ulduar.

the mp5 return with tier9 + gear allows shamans once again to gem for SP again, again mostly depends on the main raiding zone.


and yes glyph of earthshield was not avaliable at the time of original post.

[Uggrukor]

Need more info!