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I will need a mix of intelligence, spirit and stamina, as a Resto Shaman, with +healing and MP5 gear becoming more important.
I read a guide for enhancement specs, that had one really useful bit. It listed the characteristics (Intelligence, spirit, strength, etc) and placed a value beside them. You would then multiply the number of points on the item, for whatever characteristic, by that value. That made it very easy to see what was good
1) In which order do those stats, I mentioned, go?
2) Is there a table of values for each characteristic, so that they can be multiplied and compared to other items?
Otherwise, are there any tips / tricks for comparing items (I'd hate to take something with a massive amount of one, only to find it not as good as an item with a bit of several things)?
Thanks.
At 70 I would say +Heal, Int, mp5, stam spirit.
I'll let a resto pro do the breakdown though.
I'll let a resto pro do the breakdown though.
It's all good.
Would you have them in that order?
I remember checking out the elitistjerks site, for Enhancement Shaman theorycrafting, and the various attributes had been given points values.
I am no mathematician, but it certainly helped - to see agility being worth 1.43, strength as 2 and ap as 1 (amongst many stats, for that particular sort of Shaman).
Is there such a list, to help the less numerically gifted amongst us, with numbers?
Thanks.
First off, ignore Spirit. That's for the classes lucky enough to enable spirit mana regen while casting (priests and druids), a luxury we don't have. As a result, we're almost always within the 5-second rule wasting those spirit stat points.
For PvE, it's something like +healing > m/5 > INT > STA.
The key stats are +healing and m/5, with a conversion ratio of about +9 healing worth about +1 mana/5. That's a very rough number though, as some fights will require more of one or the other; LHW fights prefer +m/5 while Chain Heal spams do best with more +healing, for instance. You may want to start collecting 2 partial-sets of resto gear: 1 for regen and 1 for burst.
Intellect actually loses in priority as you progress, so is harder to quantify. For a standard 5-minute fight, 3-4 INT is worth about 1 m/5, but those numbers are also a little misleading. Heroics are more about burst healing--for which you'll want +heal and INT. However, raiding shifts the emphasis to longevity: a smaller mana pool and decent m/5 will get you much further than a stacked mana pool without regen. "OOM" acts like an enrage timer; to continue the metaphore, INT will make for a longer clock, but m/5 adds time to the clock during the fight. The longer the fight, the more m/5 is worth over INT.
As for stamina, I don't even prioritize it anymore since it always seems to be on the gear in appropiate amounts anyway. When comparing pieces, I rarely see STA off by more than a few points, which I only use as a tie-breaker. "As needed" would be the best description.
PvP is a whole different ball game, of course. I like resilience > STA > +heal > INT > m/5 > +spell crit, but I'm certainly no expert (my 5v5 finally cracked 1600 last night! Woo!!)
For PvE, it's something like +healing > m/5 > INT > STA.
The key stats are +healing and m/5, with a conversion ratio of about +9 healing worth about +1 mana/5. That's a very rough number though, as some fights will require more of one or the other; LHW fights prefer +m/5 while Chain Heal spams do best with more +healing, for instance. You may want to start collecting 2 partial-sets of resto gear: 1 for regen and 1 for burst.
Intellect actually loses in priority as you progress, so is harder to quantify. For a standard 5-minute fight, 3-4 INT is worth about 1 m/5, but those numbers are also a little misleading. Heroics are more about burst healing--for which you'll want +heal and INT. However, raiding shifts the emphasis to longevity: a smaller mana pool and decent m/5 will get you much further than a stacked mana pool without regen. "OOM" acts like an enrage timer; to continue the metaphore, INT will make for a longer clock, but m/5 adds time to the clock during the fight. The longer the fight, the more m/5 is worth over INT.
As for stamina, I don't even prioritize it anymore since it always seems to be on the gear in appropiate amounts anyway. When comparing pieces, I rarely see STA off by more than a few points, which I only use as a tie-breaker. "As needed" would be the best description.
PvP is a whole different ball game, of course. I like resilience > STA > +heal > INT > m/5 > +spell crit, but I'm certainly no expert (my 5v5 finally cracked 1600 last night! Woo!!)
ya I love how well shamans work with +healing now, back pre bc i used nothing but mana regen and int but now +healing excites me since it works so much better with Chain Heal and Earthen Shield now.
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