Comments on: State of Chain Heal 2:”Hail to The King, Baby!”

By: Casual Raid Leader Â» CRL Interview: Lodur on Raid Lockout

Casual Raid Leader Â» CRL Interview: Lodur on Raid Lockout — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:28:43 +0000

[...] as the resident Shaman poster over on World of Matticus.Â Most recently he’s written about The State of Chainheal.Â With out further ado, lets dive right in on what Lodur had to [...]

By: kata

kata — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:09:49 +0000

Random side note – I’m from the Grand Rapids area

By: Marymoon

Marymoon — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:06:49 +0000

yeah the changes to chain heal are really awesome.
to bad IÂ´m stuck at LHW spam, MT healing because my GM thinks resto shamans are not raid healers…

By: Phix

Phix — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:31:51 +0000

Much better. I would say, much much better. Always loving Resto Shaman despite our pretty bad state before 3.2. It’s refreshing to see ourselves topping the chart while keeping low in overhealing. Unexplainable happiness to see crits over crits & the numbers when Chain Heals land.

Mana isn’t really a problem now, I rarely got to drop mana-tide totem desperately needing the mana. Now that I don’t have to keep refreshing Water Shield, better rotation there. =)

I’m a satisfied panda haha =D
.-= Phix´s last blog ..Double Jaraxxus. =-.

By: Skonged

Skonged — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:00:35 +0000

I simply love the "smart heals" of the Priest and Shaman class. I wonder what othe healing mechanics Blizzard is going to give us. .-= Skonged´s last blog ..Who is healing who? =-.

By: jeffo

jeffo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:52:58 +0000

Funny, I was THIS close to referencing Ash in my post this week!

I really don’t know much about shaman (Holy Paladin main), but as I look at the tooltips for the spells and talents here, it *looks* like Blizz has done a great job with creating a real synergy amongst them. For Holy Paladins, Infusion of Light and Judgements of the Pure are steps in the right direction, but most of our talents are of the ‘Increase spell crit by X/amount healed by Y’. I’d like to see more of this sort of synergy built into our tree going forward.
.-= jeffo´s last blog ..Patch 3.2: the Ten-foot tall Bug =-.

By: Rahana

Rahana — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:22:12 +0000

My shammling was in the works since January and coincidentaly finished her this Sunday, after the great patch hit us (easy to gear, easy to level alts). I always wanted her to be Resto with Ele offspec and although I have never experienced pre-patch shaman healing, I must say now it feels godlike (coming from seasoned pally and druid healer). Having so much fun on the shaman so far.

Coming to the change of Ancestral Healing – I think that is actually pretty smart change, as the old model was subject to armor dimnishing returns. I think that with T9 gear and onwards, the new AH nets more reduction that 10% armor buff.

By: Lodur

Lodur — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:05:46 +0000

Yeah thats my bad (sorry) it is physical damage only. I thought I had put it in I must have missed it when I was editing. Thanks for pointing it out =D all fixed now.

By: Felade

Felade — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:50:17 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Ancestral Healing (and Inspiration) change applies 10% reduction to only incoming *physical* damage, doesn’t it?

I’m pretty sure that’s how inspiration works, being a priest at all, but does the shaman version apply to magical damage as well?

By: Babb

Babb — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:05:11 +0000

First of all, love the changes. I never really felt ‘broken’ before 3.2. I could hold my own against equally skilled healers…. since 3.2, I feel like a rockstar…and it feels good.

I know most people are big on the CH changes, I am too….but I think Shamans really need to give Healing Way and Healing Wave a serious look

I was talented for Healing Way throughout 3.1 and used it regularly with and without Natures Swiftness. Its long been a regular fixture in my arsenal….nearly as much as LHW. With the buff to Healing Way, I plan to use LHW much much less given that a Healing Wave is only .2s slower, but will always heal for more, even if LHW were to crit.
My fellow Shamans, work Healing Wave into your routine, you won’t be disappointed.

As far as Chain Heal, I almost think they went a bit too far.
Riptide + CH combos are able to provide insane levels of healing output. Between the MP5 buff on items, and the fact that it can proc our Water Shield, we can keep it up for quite some time. I wouldn’t be surprised if CH gets a bit of a nerf actually…either going back to 50% reduction, or a reduction in the chance it procs Water Shield.