Gearing up for Heroics

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Whats up fellow druids!
(resto mostly )

Yesterday I was working on list of items you should aim for before You march in Heroic dungeons.
This is a first part. When I actually got -if not all then at least- most of these items, and will start doing Heroics, I will update the list for items You should aim for before marching in first Raids.
All spells are expensive as fuck atm and we dont really have any "cheap & fast" strong heal, so we need to use fast - expensive ones to keep our tank alive during high spikes.

Gear I chose is according to these priorities:
1) Intellect
2) Haste Rating
3) Critical Strike Rating & Spirit
- Stamina just comes along with the gear..
- I just cant find Mastery any interesting except for healing tank, which doesnt really put the priority of this stat amongst first three. Unfortunately, many of our items have mastery as main stat, so You will just need to get them and reforge the Mastery to Haste.

Head:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/66921/h...reorigination/ - Quest reward: Doing it The Hard Way / Halls of Origination
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/58150/cluster-of-stars/ - JP Vendor in SW Magatha Silverton / 2.200 Justice Points <--- Preferred

Neck:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55840/a...tender-breath/ - Vortex Pinnacle / Altarius
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/62354/p...ental-balance/ - Earthen Ring Quartermaster Provisioner Arok - Honored reputation Rquired
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/57934/celadon-pendant/ - JP Vendor in SW Magatha Silverton / 1.250 Justice Points <--- Preferred
Here I personally would prefer first neck from Altarius. Yes, it has lower stats then JP one, but Critical Strike Rating as a base stat still sounds better to me then Mastery. However most ppl would prefer JP one just cause it has higher Sta/Int/Spi,

Shoulders:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/57858/m...-soft-shadows/ - Halls of Origination / Anraphet
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/58151/somber-shawl/ - JP Vendor in SW Magatha Silverton / 1.650 Justice Points <--- Preferred
Again. Myself I would prefer first shoulders due to Crit in it, but most ppl would go for JP ones.

Cloak:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/56107/solar-wind-cloak/ - Halls of Origination / Rajh <--- Preferred
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/56126/azureborne-cloak/ - Grim Batol / Dragha Shadowburner

Chest:
http://www.wowhead.com/item=65741 - Quest reward: The Fall of Neferset City / Uldum
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/56113/cursed-skardyn-vest/ - Grim Batol / General Umbriss
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/58139/r...forgetfulness/ - JP Vendor in SW Magatha Silverton / 2.200 Justice Points <--- Preferred

Wrist:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/65846/b...erdant-cradle/ - Quest reward: The Curse of the Tombs / Uldum <--- Preferred
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55882/oasis-bracers/ - Lost City of the Tol'vir / Zone Drop
This is a tough one. First bracers are green, but stat-wise not so much worse then the blue ones. Plus there is Haste.

Gloves:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55798/deep-delving-gloves/ - The Stonecore / Slabhide <--- Preferred
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/66934/gloves-of-baleflame/ - Quest reward: Closing a Dark Chapter / Grim Batol
Same as Wrists. First one has worse stats but it has Haste, so Id go for it.

Waist:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/56094/underworld-cord/ - Halls of Origination / Earthrager Ptah
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/57919/thatch-eave-vines/ - JP Vendor in SW Magatha Silverton / 1.650 Justice Points <--- Preferred

Pants:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/66894/l...he-lost-child/ - Quest reward: Wayward Child / Deepholm
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55877/l...s-of-the-path/ - Lost City of the Tol'vir / Siamat
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/62358/l...utching-roots/ - Earthen Ring Quartermaster Arok - Revered reputation Rquired <--- Preferred
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/67236/b...-furious-kilt/ - Rare Drop / Blazewing (MH - 81 lvl Rare mob)

Boots:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/65826/s...rrupted-water/ - Quest reward: Trespassers in the Water / Uldum
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/67245/t...scarred-boots/ - Rare Drop / Tarvus the Vile (TH - 84 lvl Rare mob) <--- Preferred
Second boots are just way better with stats, so I close my eyes and overlook that they have Crit instead of Haste.

Fingers:
Many choices here. I took best stats ring with haste + best stats ring with crit.
If you take two rings both with haste, you loose a lot of stats from the best stats ring with crit.
Crit rings:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55851/ring-of-frozen-rain/ - The Vortex Pinnacle / Asaad
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55869/veneficial-band/ - Lost City of the Tol'vir / Lockmaw
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/56000/band-of-life-energy/ - Halls of Origination / Ammunae <--- Preferred
Haste rings:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/66893/h...estess-signet/ - Quest reward: Followers and Leaders / The Stonecore
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/65864/eye-of-the-stars/ - Quest reward: Do the Honors / Uldum <--- Preferred

Trinkets:
Now this was interesting since there are so many new trinkets!
I was looking for trinkets based on priorities. Priority 1 is Intellect.
Then I was looking for one trinket that gives Intellect + some mana preservation and second with intellect + some throughput. First one was easy, second one wasnt. But still 234 intellect isnt something to be ignored..so here we go!
Trinket 1:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55819/tear-of-blood/ - The Stonecore / High Priestess Azil
Trinket 2:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/65804/t...inister-order/ - Quest reward: Firing Squad / Uldum
(the Equip proc doesnt show in mmo database, just go to wowhead link)

Weapon:
Either You will go after Staff, or MH with OH. Personally I will go for Staff for the haste, but suit yourselves. Best 1H weapons are maces, cause daggers dont have any spirit.
Staff:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/56097/soul-releaser/ - Halls of Origination / Earthrager Ptah <--- Preferred
Mace:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/57865/scepter-of-power/ - Halls of Origination / Setesh
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/63790/g...arish-gorebat/ - Quest reward: The Crucible of Cornage / Twilight Highlands
Offhand:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/62235/divine-companion/ - Inscription (Auction House)
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/57924/apple-bent-bough/ - JP Vendor in SW Magatha Silverton / 950 Justice Points <--- Preferred
They are pretty much the same, but second has more Haste, a lil less Spirit = win.

Libram:
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55821/b...rk-prophecies/ - The Stonecore / High Priestess Azil <--- Preferred

So summary. A lot of stuff are from Uldum quests and Halls of Origination dungeon.
Make sure You got the quest rewards and few HoO runs and You are pretty much set.
Best things to buy for JPs are Helm and Belt (3.850 JPs streight after ding if You are JP capped) is the best boost.
If there is Critical Strike Rating or Mastery Rating on the item, just go and reforge it to Haste asap.

Even with this gear "especially" tank healing will be pain. Just a little tip for You:
Have Lifebloom on tank ALL the time. If tank gets lower on HP and rejuv + LB just dont cut it, let LB go off. It can crit for almost 40k now, which is basically by far the biggest heal we have so far. After that stack LBs up to 3 stacks again and keep refreshing it in last second (until tank gets low on HP again to let it bloom for the big heal). Lifebloom is our cheapest heal so lets use it as much as we can.

Take care and good lag in heroix!
Looria
Restoration druid of Kul Tiras

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One suggestion -- if you change those to http://db.mmo-champion.com links, they'll come up with the name, color, and tooltip on mouseover all automatically!

[url]http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55819/tear-of-blood/[/url]

turns into:

http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55819/tear-of-blood/

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One suggestion -- if you change those to http://db.mmo-champion.com links, they'll come up with the name, color, and tooltip on mouseover all automatically!

[url]http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55819/tear-of-blood/[/url]

turns into:

http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/55819/tear-of-blood/

Cheers for that!
I might change it, the question is if ppl rather have straight wowhead link, where they can find useful comments that might help in obtaining the gear (or some discussion regarding the item) or just see the name, color and the item without any comments.

Just let me know what feels better for you guys and ill change it

Loo

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Well there is the wowhead link on the mmo champion db page, you just have to click one more time if you want the comments ^^

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Well there is the wowhead link on the mmo champion db page, you just have to click one more time if you want the comments ^^

Oh, right you are, thought its just link to base wowhead.com, not the item page.
Rite then, lemme change it

EDIT: Okey all wowhead links changed to mmo database ones. Only chest piece Wrap of the Fallen City isnt in mmo database, so i left wowhead link there. (and second trinket doesnt show the equip proc..)

Have fun

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Only chest piece Wrap of the Fallen City isnt in mmo database, so i left wowhead link there.

It's here, apparently:

http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/65741

Not sure why there's a naming difference.. I'll look into it

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It's here, apparently:

http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/65741

Not sure why there's a naming difference.. I'll look into it

Mmmm weird. I got this chest myself and Wrap is actually the correct name