resto druid or shammy
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Esotra
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I'd go with whichever you are better at/with, But overall, Restoration shaman would fair better, usually.
If memory serves, Druids still lack burst healing, which hurts, when people drop from 100% to <20% instantly, whereas shaman have more bursty, pick-up healing, Ability to interrupt, grounding totem, buff totems, bloodlust (Outside the arena, of course.), Offensive and defensive dispells, and so on. As druids are already lackluster, even at 85, in this bracket they are also lacking things like cyclone, which i've found can make getting a kill.. Tricksy.
Overall, Restoration shaman are a tad stronger then Druids in this bracket, But hey, that's just my opinion, just play whichever you'd prefer.
Armory of best Restoration druid that comes to mind; Mittensqt @ Argent Dawn - Game Guide - World of Warcraft
Armor of best Restoration shaman that comes to mind; Vuxi @ Thrall - Game Guide - World of Warcraft
If memory serves, Druids still lack burst healing, which hurts, when people drop from 100% to <20% instantly, whereas shaman have more bursty, pick-up healing, Ability to interrupt, grounding totem, buff totems, bloodlust (Outside the arena, of course.), Offensive and defensive dispells, and so on. As druids are already lackluster, even at 85, in this bracket they are also lacking things like cyclone, which i've found can make getting a kill.. Tricksy.
Overall, Restoration shaman are a tad stronger then Druids in this bracket, But hey, that's just my opinion, just play whichever you'd prefer.
Armory of best Restoration druid that comes to mind; Mittensqt @ Argent Dawn - Game Guide - World of Warcraft
Armor of best Restoration shaman that comes to mind; Vuxi @ Thrall - Game Guide - World of Warcraft
crossaqsing
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Id go Rdruid at 70 and shaman to 85. Shaman beats druid on 85.
And if u learn druid at 70 its quite good.
But like like esotra said they lack burst healing, so when ur rogue with prolly minimal resi dont have cheat death anymore, u gotta be hotting like a freak.
Just as a druid not neglect dots/tree of life dmg.
bear stun/bear interuppt or cat.
And if u really need a cc chain, stack up 5 combo point and main and such. giving druids quite some cc, tho the maim thingy is tricky to the hots/positioning.
Id lvl shaman if i wanted a viable class on 70 and a strong class on 85.
//Otrolig
And if u learn druid at 70 its quite good.
But like like esotra said they lack burst healing, so when ur rogue with prolly minimal resi dont have cheat death anymore, u gotta be hotting like a freak.
Just as a druid not neglect dots/tree of life dmg.
bear stun/bear interuppt or cat.
And if u really need a cc chain, stack up 5 combo point and main and such. giving druids quite some cc, tho the maim thingy is tricky to the hots/positioning.
Id lvl shaman if i wanted a viable class on 70 and a strong class on 85.
//Otrolig
Esotra
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A'ight, where to start,
For one, I think this was about what would best suit at 70-74, not at 85. And for 70s, Rsham > Rdruid, As for 85s, Rsham > Rdruid, in the majority of scenarios.
As for crowd-control and what-not, Restoration druids are hands-down the weakest healers in the bracket, Where paladins have HoJ, Priests have physic scream, fear ward, etc. And shaman have grounding totem, a slightly-nerfed ranged interrupt, Grounding totem, etc. Druids need to shift in/out, bash, or as you said, build up combo points, which any decent team should be able to stomp on you while you are unable to cast.
As for burst healing, you've got Nature's swiftness, and swiftmend on a 12-15 (?) or so second cooldown, Between these, you, or you're partner'll drop like a brick.
Yes, the class/specialization can work, just not as well as the others, really.
S pr uo
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actually nature's swiftness is a 3 min cooldown D:
Esotra
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Ack, apologies, didn't phrase that the way i intended to phrase that.
I meant to say, You've got swiftmend, and than you've got swiftment, the latter of which is on a 12-15 second cooldown, more or less. Can't recall.
Manaki
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Id go Rdruid at 70 And if u really need a cc chain, stack up 5 combo point and main and such. giving druids quite some cc
Id lvl shaman if i wanted a viable class on 70 and a strong class on 85.
//Otrolig
Oh. Em. Gee. Goodluck getting 5 combo point in cat before his rogue gets killed.
crossaqsing
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it's actually very possible if u tell ur dps to go defensive
And Y esotra, was just thinking cause he wanted one on 85 and one on 70.
I druids are so dull to play at 85, so i would go 70 druid and 85 sham. ^^
//Otrolig
And Y esotra, was just thinking cause he wanted one on 85 and one on 70.
I druids are so dull to play at 85, so i would go 70 druid and 85 sham. ^^
//Otrolig
Sharlindra
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just wanted to tell you that people cant burst hotted player from 100% to 20% instantly, and also as a druid i feel myself very good on arenas at all, mages cant down me in the deep, priests cant catch me to fear, priests cant mana burn me, rogues cant stun lock me to the dead as a shaman, also i never cast on the arenas, never oom (shamans go oom)
its all about play style id say.
i have a shaman and a druid, and i dont play shaman at all lol cuz i just dont like them.
if you are playing with a frost dk, you dont have to cc almost at all, all you have to do is kite the mage/priest/rogue/any shi, keep dk hoted, los the shi, dispell all the novas and watch 6+6+6 from your dk
about the lack of burst healing, swiftmend have like ~10 sec cd, heals for 7k non crit.
topic started if you want you can check out my druid in my armory
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Esotra
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just wanted to tell you that people cant burst hotted player from 100% to 20% instantly, and also as a druid i feel myself very good on arenas at all, mages cant down me in the deep, priests cant catch me to fear, priests cant mana burn me, rogues cant stun lock me to the dead as a shaman, also i never cast on the arenas, never oom (shamans go oom)
its all about play style id say.
i have a shaman and a druid, and i dont play shaman at all lol cuz i just dont like them.
if you are playing with a frost dk, you dont have to cc almost at all, all you have to do is kite the mage/priest/rogue/any shi, keep dk hoted, los the shi, dispell all the novas and watch 6+6+6 from your dk
about the lack of burst healing, swiftmend have like ~10 sec cd, heals for 7k non crit.
topic started if you want you can check out my druid in my armory
What.
When people are squishy enough, No amount of hots can stop a 12k lance + 11k frostbolt, Double 8k obliterates from a niffle Deathknight, A 16k chimera from a synapse hunter, etc.
My point is; Restoration shaman are stronger than restoration druids, overall, in the bracket. What is this about not playing a shaman and playing with a death knight? You've typed out a third of the word.
Swiftmend is on a 15 second cooldown, as it were.
I've seen your druid, You link it every time somebody asks a resto-druid related question, along with a "thiz is howz so lissun gud check out da armory".