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Gear advice (Resto): What should I upgrade?
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Post by
xaratherus
Looking for general thoughts: My Shaman has become my main, and I'm running him as resto for raiding. I'd been saving frost emblems to upgrade my chest, as I was still healing with the Deadly resto piece.
I'm 2 emblems away from purchasing the t10 chest (
Frost Witch's Tunic
). However, last night while in HoR, I picked up
Chestguard of Broken Branches
.
Now, obviously I know that the t10 chest is still an upgrade. However, is it the
best
upgrade I can get right now? For 95 emblems I could also pick up
Frost Witch's Legguards
as an upgrade to
Blackened Ghoul Skin Leggings
, and I
think
that, properly gemmed and enchanted, they might be a bigger bonus.
Any suggestions? Should I stick with the chest, or go with the legs?
P.S. I know I could also pick up the gloves, shoulders, or helm, but the chest and legs are significantly greater upgrades.
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Post by
Eleazer
Get the chest, then the shoulders or helm for the 2pc bonus. The chest you got is not itemized for a shaman (spirit).
Don't get the gloves or legs. Two reasons:
1) The legs you have are itemized well. The upgrade isn't that huge (compared to the chest for example)
2) The T10 gloves and leggings can drop from the new VoA boss in 10 or 25 man for 'free'. Don't waste emblems on gear you can get as a drop.
This.. Plus haste is perhaps the best stat for Resto Shamans.
Post by
xaratherus
Thanks, that's what I thought. Wanted to confirm, though. :)
Now if I can just get into my guild's ICC raid tonight, maybe I can have the chest before the weekend, heh.
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181706
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Post by
xaratherus
Thanks all, picked up the t10 chest last night after downing Marrowgar for the second time in my career. Almost one-shotted Lady Deathwhisper, too - we'll finish her off tonight.
Thanks again!
Post by
tomgc
I don't like that Blizzard puts crit over haste when haste is a stat we want to "cap" like hit rating, only the cap is so high you won't reach it without ToGC/ICC level gear. This is the reason many resto shamans ignored the 4-set bonus on T9 and got gear which was actually useful.
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