Being the Shaman Behind the Meat Shield

Back on the 13th, Mera asked a question that I felt deserved a post to fully answer it. “Can shamans make good MT or OT healers, as in to the same standard of other healing classes?” I provided a short answer of yes on the 13th, but I’m going to try to flesh it out …

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Resto Shaman: Best in Slot

  Lodur here again, this time I’d like to talk a bit about the Restoration Shaman’s Best in Slot items. Syd’s post from the other day got me thinking that it would be good to toss this up for everyone to peruse. For those of you who don’t visit Plusheal often or at all there …

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Healing Assignments for Resto Druids

Perhaps more than any other healing class, Wrath of the Lich King has revolutionized the way druids heal. I’m going to take a bit of a look back to where we came from as a way to help understand any troubles druid healers might face at present when we try to figure out what our …

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A Healing Druid’s Naxx-25 Shopping List

As many of you longtime readers are now aware, I have joined forces with Matticus and Conquest for Wrath of the Lich King. Matt is a hard taskmaster–even before we started raiding, he gave us homework! The nerve! However, as a veteran of too many years in graduate school, I LOVE homework. Here is my …

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Will You Be Dual Spec-tacular?

Less than two weeks out from the Wrath of the Lich King release, I find that one of the upcoming changes I am most excited about will hit not with the expansion itself, but with an upcoming content patch. At some future point, many of us–particularly hybrid classes–will have the flexibility we’ve always dreamed of. …

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