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greywolfsage
So, I'm trying to gear up my shaman to heal, did alright with him in WotLK. Nothing progression really, but the one night I was healing beside a really superb Bubble Priest might have been the most fun I've had playing. It was definitely one of the most challenging nights for me. (10 ICC through to Dreamwalker, where the other shaman went resto for dragon healing.)
So at the moment, I'm deepsing my way through heroic grinding to get the gear, then go back down and practice, heh.
But I've always felt like a weak healer, and I was wondering if you folk have any tips, tricks, advice, or anything that has basically come in handy, especially with respect to how cata changed things in relation to WotLK.
*Side Note*:
One question that has been bugging me is that I deeps as Ele, main is a mage, and I wonder why everyone says Unleash Flame isn't worth it because the damage is too low, but to be honest, it wasn't until like a week ago that I even noticed it dealt its own damage. I just used it for the Flame Spell buff, but no one, even EJ, seems to address that particular part of the ability, except for the note down in movement sections to maybe use it prior to a refresh on Flame Shock.
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greywolfsage
Secondary Spell Section:
This spell causes a small amount of fire damage and (when talented) increases the damage of the next fire spell cast by 30%. Since the direct damage portion of this spell deals such a small amount of damage, it is not typically worth casting while stationary.
Movement Section:
Cast Unleash Elements or recast a shock spell. Get in the habit of casting something while moving, as it's one of the only things you can do. Movement is when Unleash Elements is best used, especially if Flame Shock will need to be recast soon or LvB is coming off cooldown.
But I fail to see anywhere about the buff to damage being good or not good, just the light hit it does on cast. Also hasn't been changed to reflect the 20% that my tooltip reads now, unless i missed a post buffing it.
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Evzal
I just gotta point out that remember that cata involves co-op from every member. If the dps fails, its not ur fault. If the tank fails it aint ur fault. If you cant heal a tank which stands correctly and dodge nasty spells and you cant heal dps that dont stand in fire etc. Its ur fault :P
Riptide should always be used on cd`s. Doesnt matter if u overheal. It procs watershield = win.
So basiclly, Earthshield, riptide, healing wave x2, riptide etc. Use chain heals if the dps gets some extra dmg, Healing rain in mass aoe runs =)
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