I just started playin a resto shammy and got thrown into raid healing right off the bat. When single target healing its best to use healin wave right. And if so what rank of healing wave is best to use most often cause i found that if I used the highest rank of healing wave then i ran out of mana too fast. Or if this is wrong whats the best rotation for single target healing?
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Restoration shamans, as far as I know, do not have a "rotation".
The trick is to keep several ranks of heals out on your bars, and use the exact right one for however much damage has been taken--a little bit more is all right, but there's really no point in constantly overhealing.
If there's melee dps close to the tank, and all are taking minor amounts of damage, spamming Chain Heal is quite effective.
Try to save Lesser Healing Wave for when dps takes a hit so that you can get back to healing the tank quickly, or use it if the tank has taken massive damage and you need a bit more time to cast a full Healing Wave.
Nature's Swiftness is your friend--use it wisely. (ie, for tank heals below 50% when he's taking heavy damage.) Also, leave Earth Shield on the tank if you can, at the beginning of fights at least, to help him build aggro right off the bat and so you don't get healing aggro right away.
The trick is to keep several ranks of heals out on your bars, and use the exact right one for however much damage has been taken--a little bit more is all right, but there's really no point in constantly overhealing.
If there's melee dps close to the tank, and all are taking minor amounts of damage, spamming Chain Heal is quite effective.
Try to save Lesser Healing Wave for when dps takes a hit so that you can get back to healing the tank quickly, or use it if the tank has taken massive damage and you need a bit more time to cast a full Healing Wave.
Nature's Swiftness is your friend--use it wisely. (ie, for tank heals below 50% when he's taking heavy damage.) Also, leave Earth Shield on the tank if you can, at the beginning of fights at least, to help him build aggro right off the bat and so you don't get healing aggro right away.
One thing on Nature's Swiftness, don't save it for just the right moment. The cool down is short enough that you can practically use it every other trash pull. When in doubt pop it and get the tank back up.
Isyris is spot on. I haven't mucked about with downranking yet as I've only been healing heroics, but my +healing is getting high enough that overhealing is costing me more mana than I want. I think I may try downranking on the next 'easy' heroic I run and see how it feels.
Oh, and Healing Stream is very nice for when party members take minor to moderate splash/AOE damage. Many times my HS totem has them back to full health before the next AOE or multi-target damage comes in.
Cheers!
Tiq
Isyris is spot on. I haven't mucked about with downranking yet as I've only been healing heroics, but my +healing is getting high enough that overhealing is costing me more mana than I want. I think I may try downranking on the next 'easy' heroic I run and see how it feels.
Oh, and Healing Stream is very nice for when party members take minor to moderate splash/AOE damage. Many times my HS totem has them back to full health before the next AOE or multi-target damage comes in.
Cheers!
Tiq
Along with Isyris and Tiq said, don't continue to spam Healing Wave, especially since it'll use up your mana quickly (unless you're using a really low rank one). While in raids, if I'm assigned to group heals, I just use chain heal.
Most of the time (if the tank is doing their job, not include aoes), the groups shouldn't be taking a lot of damage. When this happens and I'm just sitting there twiddling my thumbs, I'll throw a few LHWs on the tank(s).
but the above are correct, downrank your heals if needed. It'll save you a lot of mana and from over healing.
Most of the time (if the tank is doing their job, not include aoes), the groups shouldn't be taking a lot of damage. When this happens and I'm just sitting there twiddling my thumbs, I'll throw a few LHWs on the tank(s).
but the above are correct, downrank your heals if needed. It'll save you a lot of mana and from over healing.
I have max rank healing wave and rank 8 as the two I have bound to my mouse with clique. I think I have another 2 ranks on my bars as well, but I forget which. I also have max rank chain heal and rank 4 chain heal bound to my mouse as well. These days my +healing is high enough that I usually just spam rank four. If I'm assigned to heal the raid I use almost 100% chain heal unless I know for sure the person I am healing isn't in range of anyone else for it to jump to (depending in the fight of course). I rarely use LHW, but on a fight like Supremus for example where everyone is constantly moving I use it a lot to top people off quickly before I need to move again.
If you do get assigned to heal the main tank get used to always having a heal on the way. If you see they are at 100% with about 0.5 seconds left on the heal, cancel it and start a new one. This helps save your mana and ensures a heal is always incoming when it's needed.
If you do get assigned to heal the main tank get used to always having a heal on the way. If you see they are at 100% with about 0.5 seconds left on the heal, cancel it and start a new one. This helps save your mana and ensures a heal is always incoming when it's needed.
Khalane wrote:
If you do get assigned to heal the main tank get used to always having a heal on the way. If you see they are at 100% with about 0.5 seconds left on the heal, cancel it and start a new one. This helps save your mana and ensures a heal is always incoming when it's needed.
This is an excellent point, Khalane. I know a lot of people usually wait until the tank is getting low on health to start throwing a heal, but sometimes, they could all of a sudden get hit really hard an lose quite a bit of health.
Having a heal on it's way already, just saves a lot of time if you're needing to throw a big heal on.
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thx for the tips because i healed gruuls for the first time and got assigned to healing the main tank with other healers. I was just spamming healing wave rank 8 pretty much the whole time or whenever needed and the tank never dropped that low in health along with all the other heals from different healers. I was just worried because out of all the healers i was at the botton in total heals but i really didnt see a need to throw up huge heals. I guess i just have to get used to healing a bit more.
Double post.
Edited, Jun 5th 2008 6:31am by Gaudion
Edited, Jun 5th 2008 6:31am by Gaudion
arladys wrote:
I was just worried because out of all the healers i was at the botton in total heals but i really didnt see a need to throw up huge heals. I guess i just have to get used to healing a bit more.
Ignore the meter. Yes, you heard me. Ignore it. Completely. Don't be like bad DPS and get a hard-on for the top of the meter, for that is the path that leads to the dark side.
What's better than healing a lot? Healing efficiently. If you don't need to heal then don't heal. Conserve your mana and apply it when and where it's needed the most. Knowing how much your heals hit for at X, Y, or Z rank, when they're going to be needed, who they're going to be needed on, and ultimately when to cast them is going to make you a far better healer than someone who just stands there and spams the most mathematically efficient heal for the duration of a fight. Our heals are, on the whole, slow and inefficient, so you really need to be surgical on your delivery if you want to be a really good Shaman healer.
There is no substitute for experience and application.
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I use lesser healing wave. It uses less mana, you can pop them off alot quicker, and it draws less sggro. I save my natures swiftness for when i need to use healing wave.
'I use lesser healing wave. It uses less mana'
Gotta comment on this.
It uses less mana in the sense equal ranks of LHW cost less mana than HW.
HOWEVER, it is FAR less mana efficient because you are spending more mana per point of healing by using LHW.
LHW is great for a quick heal if the tank gets dangerously low and you need to get him to a place where you can safely start a HW. Its also great for quickly healing a group member before going back to the tank. Also, it rocks in PVP.
Cheers!
Tiq
Gotta comment on this.
It uses less mana in the sense equal ranks of LHW cost less mana than HW.
HOWEVER, it is FAR less mana efficient because you are spending more mana per point of healing by using LHW.
LHW is great for a quick heal if the tank gets dangerously low and you need to get him to a place where you can safely start a HW. Its also great for quickly healing a group member before going back to the tank. Also, it rocks in PVP.
Cheers!
Tiq
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