MOP Resto Shaman change.

[Lovestotwink]

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/talent-calculator#Wb!

we are losing totems, earth shield, at 10 but gaining riptide

so i have never played a shaman higher than my 10, can i plz get some advice from someone with a high lvl shaman, thank.

 

[Augerecasa]

I have an 85 shammy, riptide is pretty much a insta cast heal that heals decently straight away, and then gives a hot for like 12seconds.. its more of a top off, it has about an 8sec cd.



Its alot better at 85 because it makes your next spells cast faster. At level 10, I would say it would just slightly be a downgrade. Earth Shield and Riptide are about equal, but u also lose totems.



Hope this helps

Fluffeh

 

[Lovestotwink]

I have an 85 shammy, riptide is pretty much a insta cast heal that heals decently straight away, and then gives a hot for like 12seconds.. its more of a top off, it has about an 8sec cd.



Its alot better at 85 because it makes your next spells cast faster. At level 10, I would say it would just slightly be a downgrade. Earth Shield and Riptide are about equal, but u also lose totems.



Hope this helps

Fluffeh

So is its a effective FC healing spell? cause there no random procs just instant heals.

 

[Mrcer]

Seeing how haste affects Riptide, I think this is a major buff.

 

[Kirise]

Seeing how haste affects Riptide, I think this is a major buff.

Was thinking the exact same thing, especially after the serious (2X) buff that the Riptide HoT got from this last patch. In addition, because Riptide is instacast, shamans can heal on the run. That's a tremendous benefit, and a prime target for the nerfbat in MoP.

 

[Mrcer]

The only issue I see with this at all is that it can overheal, while Earth Shield rarely overheals; It only procs when you take dmg and has no CD so you can freely change targets depending on who is getting focused. Aside from that, this is a decent trade off.

 

[Lovestotwink]

earth shield just didnt cut it though as a FC heal, hopefully Riptide steps up and shamans can become a good off heals maybe.