Resto into the portal!Follow

Valithria Dreamwalker is an interesting raid boss. The first time I healed her was as a priest and wound up respeccing into a Holy single target build for it. Now that I am getting to this boss with my shaman, I am considering speccing back into Healing Way for the big single target heals.

A couple of questions for those who have been there. It did not occur to me to try it, but I assume that Earth Shield can be put on the boss. Pally's Beacon and Priest's Guardian Spirit work, I assume that Earth Shield will also work. Will Earth Shield's healing amount change as you collect orbs or will it need to be refreshed? I had left it on the Abom tank, it might be better to just leave it there to help the outside healer.

In addition to speccing for Healing Way, I am thinking about the glyphs to use for it. Earth Shield seems like a good choice if the idea stands up. Lesser Healing Wave may be a good choice, just not sure how often I would get to that depending on the rotation that I use.

I'm thinking something along the lines of RT,HW,HW,CH,HW,HW and then RT should be off cd again.

Any suggestions?

LHW glyph adds 20% if target has ES, I just don't see getting to LHW in a healing rotation on the boss, using Tidal Waves from RT and CH for hasting the HW rather than boosting the crit of LHW.

I can only see a benefit by using CH in the rotation. It might seem like you want to avoid it and concentrate on RT and HW, but burning your RT for the +25% CH and getting the 30% haste for two HWs should more than make up for the loss of the hot. Plus, any CH that bleeds into the raid can't be bad, and that boss has a pretty big footprint to chain from.

Toward the end of the fight, it might change. You might want to start using LHW spam for the crit effect to proc Ancestral Awakening. I know it can get a bit dicey towards the end for the raid healer(s).