1. #1

    Disc - Help me improve my play

    I raid Heroic and normal with my guild. We're pretty casual and raid 2 nights a week basically. Have played Disc since Cata launched and feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the spec.

    Feel like I'm underperforming. Outside of failing mechanic s on Kargath I'd like to get an idea of what I can do to improve. Our Resto shaman plays at a much higher level than me and I'd like to feel like I'm contributing at that level too.

    Logs from Tuesday

    https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports...Y7AJpM#boss=-2

    Armory

    http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...ebald/advanced

    Missing neck enchant because I logged after twins kill and receiving loot.

    Thanks in advance for any help.

  2. #2
    Low Solace uptime means less mana to cast spells leads to lesser healing done overall.

    https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports...-done&source=7
    26 casts out of ~39 possible casts

    Clarity of Will shouldn't be used on Butcher especially when there's a holy paladin to handle tank healing demands. Net loss in throughput overall for no real benefit.

    Spell usage not controlled to properly oom at the end of the fight, see example here and here.

    Running oom too early or not at all causes stress to other healers/is detrimental to your own throughput respectively.

    Otherwise, you are close to the HPS cap as disc for your ilvl.

    tl;dr

    Improve Solace uptime.
    Improve mana management(don't oom too early or end the fight with more than 20% of your mana).
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  3. #3
    Looking at your logs things seem pretty solid from my point of view. The only thing that really stands out is the lack of PoH in most of the fights. I tend to only cast it when I have empowered arch angel, as it's not really worth it otherwise. Some of the fights you can get some real benefit out of it, Brackenspore AoE phase, Tectus stomp, Butcher soak groups. Maybe try to keep cascade on cooldown more frequently, as it's not too terrible if it has the chance to bounce all the way without overhealing.

    Obviously if you're raid heals are competent enough to where you don't really need the extra raid heals then forgo it altogether I guess. The group I raid with usually fills up to 30 so we run with more than 4 healers so my priorities are a bit different than would be in your comp. Take my advice with that in mind.

  4. #4
    Thanks for the notes. Have a weak aura set up for solace, but obviously still missing casts. Would explain why I went oom at the end on butcher.

    And I think I could definitely get more mileage out of EAA and PoH.

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