[Resto] some questions about resto

**crunk** · 2013-01-15, 06:58 AM

My GM just suprised me with the fact that I will be healing heroic sha tomorrow. I play main spec moonkin and haven't seriously healed progression content since WotLK when it was a "lolrejuv party".

over the last couple of months I've collected a hodgepodge of gear for both resto and feral but I can't decide what I should be using. i was hoping some clever resto druid could give me some advice.

first, i have fully upgraded heroic moonkin pants (haste/mastery) which seem pretty good if I reforge the haste into spirit. however, i can get 4p by taking a signficant ilvl hit and equipping LFR resto pants. now, there aren't many opportunities to use abuse efflorescence on heroic sha, so my first intuition is to go with the iLVL, but I wasn't sure.

Next, my cloak, I have 489 Sagewhisper's Wrap (spirit/haste) which I can swap out for 509 Stormwake Mistcloak (hit/crit). This seems like a no brainer since hit is useless however the item level disparity is so huge it gives me a pause.

Now, as far as gems go, I'm aiming for about 9.5k spirit and stacking as many green spirit/mastery gems as I can get away with. This is what I see most top end druids doing, even though they've got about six item levels on me. Does this sound right to you guys, or should I be doing something else?

For trinkets I have the heroic tsulong trinket and I can get the Cutstitcher Medallion tomorrow before raid. Cutstitcher is int with on-use spirit and 496 ilvl. is this good enough or should I really just cave and buy myself a DMC (they are really, REALLY expensive on this server and this is the only fight I'll ever heal this tier). If I don't get DMC trinket, will these 2 trinkets be good enough in the regen department, or do I need more than 9.5k spirit? Alternatively I have 471 Price of Progress and Empty Fruit Barrel. I can't imagine those being the better options, but I have them.

On the subject of cooldowns. Is NV good enough on its own to be considered a "raid cooldown" meaning could i stagger it with Incarnation and Tranq to heal through 3 big bursts of damage, or, is it like moonkin where it only works well when paired with other 3 minutes.

Finally, whats the best way to track lifebloom? does anyone have a good weak aura for it they wouldn't mind sharing? i'm not too keen on learning a new raid frame as I've used default blizz raid frames for just about 3 years now and have found that it shows all relevant buffs and debuffs i need. But, I'm pretty bad at lifebloom uptime and could use an obnoxious in-your-face alert for it.

I know thats a lot of questions, but I really appreciate the help <3

Deleted · 2013-01-15, 02:37 PM

Dunno bout rest of it as I havent done heroic Sha, but as for lifebloom an "easy" mod to track it with is TellMeWhen, can set it up to show on your target, focus, whatever with most conditionals you might want, either as a timer bar or an icon. Thats assuming you dont want a new raidframe addon such as VuhDo, which makes LB tracking very easy too

I personally tend to pair NV with incarnation as I dont find it strong enough for most burst healing situations on its own (seeing as our burst healing is as amazing as it is anyway) but guesd its a judgement call on how it works out for you, again, I havent done heroic Sha, but it seems to work fine most heroics in HoR and MsV.

And whatever you end up gearing the 2 set bonus for resto is defo worth getting, even if it means the loss of some ilevel. I like the 4 set a lot personally, its a nice boom heal as a 9sec cd, even if not on a grp, often you can position yourself next to the person you SM anyway, giving the benefit to at least two ppl.

**Thalur** · 2013-01-15, 03:49 PM

I haven't done Heroic Sha either, but I think I can give you a few pointers.