1. #1

    easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    at 80 im switching from enhance to resto and so far this is my plan for gear to grab to start

    helm: stormhide crown leatherworking
    neck: amulate of the crusade http://thottbot.com/i44034
    shoulder: stormhide shoulders leatherworking
    back: bloodbane shroud http://thottbot.com/q13164
    chest:stormhide hulberk leatherworking
    wrists:stormhide wristguards leatherworking
    main hand:screw sprung fixer uper last ampiatheter of anguish quest
    offhand (if no good 2h): witching grimoir http://thottbot.com/q13142
    totem:totem of the planes nagrand nersingway quests or totem of the bay 30 venture coins
    trinket 1:Cannoneer's Fuselighter http://thottbot.com/q13086
    trinket 2:Mendicant's Charm http://thottbot.com/q12453
    ring 1: newt eye ring http://thottbot.com/q13279
    ring 2:Ring of the Northern Winds http://thottbot.com/q13285
    feet:stormhide stompers leatherworking
    legs: stormhide legguards leatherworking
    belt:stormhide belt leatherworking
    hands: stormhide grips leatherworking


    good luck to anyone who uses this
    p.s this was researched for horde side

  2. #2

    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    I would suggest staying enhancement and just run a crazy amount of heroics. You can almost complete an entire set from badges alone. Or have friends drag you through toc10/25.

  3. #3

    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    off the top of my head some healing shoulders drop off trash in CoS, and a healing mace drops off someone in H ToC
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  4. #4

    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    Since 3.3 is due out very soon, I'm going to work off the assumption that you'll hit 80 when 3.3 is out, and the new Battlegroup pug system is implemented.

    Your first strategy should be to beef up on your resto shaman knowledge, what macros help, when to use which heals, what totems, etc.

    If you have the skill factor locked down, you can carry most any pug heroic 5-man you jump into, thus riding the gear gravy train quickly. Your first goal, badge-wise, should be either the 245 resto relic, or else the new 251 relic, if the new one winds up being 25 badges like the old ones.

    After that, save 60 triumph badges for 2 pieces of level 232 T9 resto gear - this will be gloves and shoulders. After that, spend the next 100 triumph badges on the other 2 pieces of 232 T9, and/or 35 badges on the circle of the heartmender (35 triumph badges). Save your new (frost?) badges for the most easily-obtained (cheap) upgrades, like rings, neck, cloak. Weapon/sheild-wise, you want the healing mace from nexus, after the level 75 mace, then the healing mace from 25 champions seals, followed by the level 219 mace from 5 man heroic ToC. You also want the healing shield from (35?) heroic badges, or else just stick with one of the blue level 200 healing shields (can't remember what instances). A shield will serve you better in pugs, than a higher-SP offhand, due to occasionally getting whacked when the pug tank has trouble keeping aggro, imo.

    If your guild is helping you, have them drag you through regular toc5 until you get the healing trinket, and then heroic toc5, until you get the resto pieces from there. In no time, you'll be able to hop into quick ToC 10 groups for even easier loot, then 25 ToC regular runs for 245 gear. Again, if you bring the skill, the gear will flow pretty quickly, simply by virtue of you being a good healer.

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    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    Quote Originally Posted by Embermoon
    Since 3.3 is due out very soon, I'm going to work off the assumption that you'll hit 80 when 3.3 is out, and the new Battlegroup pug system is implemented.

    Your first strategy should be to beef up on your resto shaman knowledge, what macros help, when to use which heals, what totems, etc.

    If you have the skill factor locked down, you can carry most any pug heroic 5-man you jump into, thus riding the gear gravy train quickly. Your first goal, badge-wise, should be either the 245 resto relic, or else the new 251 relic, if the new one winds up being 25 badges like the old ones.

    After that, save 60 triumph badges for 2 pieces of level 232 T9 resto gear - this will be gloves and shoulders. After that, spend the next 100 triumph badges on the other 2 pieces of 232 T9, and/or 35 badges on the circle of the heartmender (35 triumph badges). Save your new (frost?) badges for the most easily-obtained (cheap) upgrades, like rings, neck, cloak. Weapon/sheild-wise, you want the healing mace from nexus, after the level 75 mace, then the healing mace from 25 champions seals, followed by the level 219 mace from 5 man heroic ToC. You also want the healing shield from (35?) heroic badges, or else just stick with one of the blue level 200 healing shields (can't remember what instances). A shield will serve you better in pugs, than a higher-SP offhand, due to occasionally getting whacked when the pug tank has trouble keeping aggro, imo.

    If your guild is helping you, have them drag you through regular toc5 until you get the healing trinket, and then heroic toc5, until you get the resto pieces from there. In no time, you'll be able to hop into quick ToC 10 groups for even easier loot, then 25 ToC regular runs for 245 gear. Again, if you bring the skill, the gear will flow pretty quickly, simply by virtue of you being a good healer.
    this should be useful but 1 flaw is that the goal is to
    get cheap gear
    and get gear wheilst leveling
    goal basicly is to be a healer to get into heroics faster to get gear and you can do that most of the time if you leveled as enchance and ele might be abit of a far shot

  6. #6

    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    Consider picking up DMC:Illusion. It's cheap on most realms and a very nice mix of throughput and mana.

  7. #7

    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    You want cheap? Buy whole Stormhide set (leatherworking) and you're ready to do heroics.

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    Re: easy/cheap to get level 80 healing gear

    Quote Originally Posted by warlocked
    this should be useful but 1 flaw is that the goal is to
    get cheap gear
    and get gear wheilst leveling
    goal basicly is to be a healer to get into heroics faster to get gear and you can do that most of the time if you leveled as enchance and ele might be abit of a far shot
    Okay, so you're wanting to pick up gear to be ready to heal at level 80. All you have to do is pretty much take all the caster mail you can from quest rewards. The stuff you linked looks like you're on the right track.

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