Complete Resto Shaman Guide for Shadowlands | Mythic+ and Raiding | Basics and Advanced Gameplay

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Published on December 8, 2020 1:16:12 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjanDEHxZFk

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This restoration shaman guide for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands covers all the basic and advanced combos for the resto shaman in Mythic+ and raids, focusing around the basic resto gameplay, cool mechanics from the covenants, new legendaries, conduits, skill expression, doing Torghast, gear stats as well as some general tips and tricks. I go in depth about the basic skills and then also delve deep into some of the resto intricacies.

TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction: 0:00
The basic skills: 0:58
Basic healing rotations: 3:18
Heavy Rainfall Combo: 5:28
Necrolord Combo: 6:42
Ascendance Combo: 9:16
Spirit Link: 11:45
Damage basics: 13:53
AoE damage setup: 14:57
Skill expression - important skills: 16:58
Tips and tricks: 21:31
Talents: 23:53
Gear and stats as resto: 28:30
Legendaries: 30:55
Covenants: 34:00
Conduits: 35:50
Torghast: 38:22







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Here are the details written down:

Spell discussion:
The routine at the start of every fight:
1) Make sure your tank has Earth Shield on and you have your Water Shield on
2) Drop your Cloudburst
3) Drop your Capacitor Totem
4) Flame shock the target that is least likely to die in the next 18 seconds;
REMEMBER YOU HAVE HEROISM - use it during boss encounters, usually done at the start of the fight since there is a short window at which boss is not a big threat at the start

Important passives:
Tidal Waves - Stacks up to 2 via riptide, 1 stack used per healing surge or wave (this is why it's a good idea to combo riptide with healing wave/surge
Undulation - 3 casts of healing surge/wave give you bonus 50% healing on your next surge/wave
Lava Surge - 15% chance per flame shock proc to give you free, instant lava burst

Spell discussion:
The routine at the start of every fight:
1) Make sure your tank has Earth Shield on and you have your Water Shield on
2) Drop your Cloudburst
3) Drop your Capacitor Totem
4) Flame shock the target that is least likely to die in the next 18 seconds;
REMEMBER YOU HAVE HEROISM - use it during boss encounters, usually done at the start of the fight since there is a short window at which boss is not a big threat at the start

How to play:
Basic healing pattern:
1) Riptide (for the Healing Surge crit chance) - Healing Surge
2) with Undulation on: Riptide - Healing Wave

Powerful AoE healing combos when things go wrong:
1) Healing Tide Totem (if you are using the Heavy Rainfall Conduit) - Rainfall
2) Cloudburst - Riptide on 2+ people - Primordial wave - Healing Wave - Pop your cloudburst
3) Ascendancy and roll your face over keyboard
4) Someone drops super low and you know more dmg is coming: Spirit link - spam chain heals or do any of the above
5) Just Chain heal lul - useful when you just want to heal someone up a little bit!

Nice opener with heavy Rainfall Conduit in M+ trash packs:
Capacitor Totem - Heavy Rainfall when mobs are stunned - Healing Tide Totem - Spam chain lighting

Remember, if your healing is high and you have the time to deal damage, help your team with that!
Rule of thumb:
1 or 2 enemies: Flame shock - Lava Burst - Lava Burst - Lightning Bolt
3+ enemies: Flame Shock - Chain lightning spam - Lava Burst on proc

TIPS FOR FIGHTS:
1) Track your cloudburst to ensure it is ALWAYS up; I use a Weakaura for that!
2) Track your Earth Shield to ensure your tank always has it; same for water shield
I use a Weakaura for that!
3) Track your mana, if it is dipping below 70%, use your Mana Tide Totem;
4) If someone gets feared, or an AoE fear is coming, drop your Tremor Totem;
5) Use Purify Spirit to remove dangerous debuffs from allies (DBM helps with that a lot);
6) Spend your Lava Burst when you don't need to be healing someone ASAP;
7) Keep your flame shock on to allow for the Lava Burst procs
8) If no healing is to be done, you can always pre-heal your tank if you predict the damage well!
9) If in AoE, use Ghost Wolf to move out of AoE
10) Use Earthbind Totem to allow your tank to kite if the fight requires that
SKILL EXPRESSION:
Spirit link totem to salvage fights/save players
Astral shift BEFORE you take damage (can't dodge AoE, unavoidable damage soak)
Wind Shear on trash and bosses
Using Ghost Wolf and jumping forward to move out of AoE
Spiritwalker's Grace timing

Covenant Choice - Necrolords have the most satisfying combo AND a really great Signature for healers for both PvP and PvE!
There is a HUGE synergy for necrolord covenant and Primal Core legendary


Gear and stats: ALWAYS use a shield.
It doubles your armor, giving you 10% extra phys damage reduction AND a chance to block
Balance Crit, Haste and Versatility
Crit is great for all content, Versatility is good for raids and haste is better for M+ (you don't run oom in M+ since fights are shorter)

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