{"id":812,"date":"2010-03-31T01:14:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T06:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kurn.apotheosis-now.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2010-03-31T01:14:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T06:14:25","slug":"kurns-qa-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/kurns-qa-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurn's Q&A #12"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really relish my Tuesdays off. I get to watch Lost<\/em> and the newly-returned V<\/em> and get to do WoW stuff that *I* want to do. Which includes writing on the ol’ blog. :)<\/p>\n

1) best way to heal heroic falric with a shammy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I don’t know if it’s the best<\/em> way, but this is how I do it.<\/p>\n

The real problem with Falric is the Defiling Horror<\/a> for two reasons. The first is because it’s a horror effect, so Tremor Totem does nothing. The second is because everyone takes 16k damage. So what I do is endeavour to keep everyone topped up as close to max as possible before he casts the horror.<\/p>\n

To recover from it, I cast Riptide on the tank and, using my hasted Healing Waves from Tidal Waves<\/a>, I heal myself and a caster. Then I’ll Chain Heal off the Riptided tank, which will hopefully hit the tank and 2 melee. Then I’ll RT\/HW anyone else who still needs health. Total time, with my crappy haste (400 haste + Wrath of Air) is about 8-9 seconds. I usually have enough time to get everyone to full, or close to it.<\/p>\n

Apart from that, try to stay close together and bunched up for Chain Heal to get the maximum use possible from it.<\/p>\n

2) choker of filthy diamonds or soulcleave pendant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choker of Filthy Diamonds<\/a> has more haste and mp5. Soulcleave Pendant<\/a> has more crit. I definitely prefer the Choker for a holy paladin or possibly a resto shammy and likely a resto druid, since the nerf to Gift of the Earthmother, leaving the crit to priests. Maybe? I’m not sure how crit is for a holy priest these days, but I know crit is still awesome for a disc priest.<\/p>\n

However, the Choker is off Rotface and the Pendant is off Saurfang. Really depends how far you’re getting into 10-man ICC, I think.<\/p>\n

3) divine plea timer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, I’m assuming you want a timer to tell you when Divine Plea is back up. For this, and any other cooldowns, I use OmniCC<\/a>. It was my first-ever addon, as I recall. And it’s the one addon I cannot play without.<\/p>\n

If you were looking for a timer to tell you how much of the 15 seconds your Divine Plea is still up for and such, I recommend Power Auras Classic<\/a> to monitor if the buff is active on you or not.<\/p>\n

4) hos divine shield holy macro wow<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven’t actually tested this out, but this ought to work:<\/p>\n

\/cast Divine Shield
\n\/cast [@target] Hand of Sacrifice
\n\/raid Hand of Sacrifice is up!
\n\/in 10 \/raid Hand of Sacrifice is done!<\/p>\n

That’s four lines and should work with two button clicks or presses. I highly recommend that your shield come FIRST in the macro, lest you be ruined in the face by whatever insane damage is hitting your target. Also, your @target could be @focus as well or even this:<\/p>\n

[@mouseover,help,nodead]<\/p>\n

5) paladin group buffs how to<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oof. Okay. The first thing to know here is what buffs other classes give that are equivalent.<\/p>\n

Warriors: Battle Shout<\/a> is equivalent to unimproved Blessing of Might. Improved Blessing of Might (2\/2) requires the warrior to have 5\/5 Commanding Presence<\/a> to be equivalent. That’s in the third tier of the Fury tree. This is not part of a typical warrior build, as I understand it.<\/p>\n

Shamans: Mana Spring Totem<\/a> is equivalent to unimproved Blessing of Wisdom. Improved Blessing of Wisdom (2\/2) requires the shaman to have 3\/3 Restorative Totems<\/a> which is the fourth tier of the Restoration tree. However, it leads to Mana Tide Totem<\/a> which virtually all restoration shammies take.<\/p>\n

This is the general order that I, personally, recommend for pally buffs:<\/p>\n

Death Knights (DPS): Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings
\nDeath Knights (tank): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Might
\nDruids (bear): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Might
\nDruids (kitty): Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings
\nDruids (moonkin): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nDruids (trees): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nHunters (survival\/marks): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Might, Blessing of Wisdom
\nHunters (BM): Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nMages: Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nPaladins (prot): Blessing of Sanctuary, Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Might, Blessing of Wisdom
\nPaladins (ret): Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nPaladins (holy): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nPriests: Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nRogues: Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings
\nShaman (enhancement): Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nShaman (elemental\/resto): Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nWarlocks: Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Wisdom
\nWarriors: Blessings of Kings, Blessing of Might<\/p>\n

Of course, if you have a warrior in the group, it’s likely more beneficial to have them pop Battle Shout and you do kings than it is for no kings and your might, even if it’s improved. Same deal for wisdom and mana spring.<\/p>\n

Alternately, you can buff everyone with Drums of Forgotten Kings<\/a> and then give physical DPS might and healers and casters wisdom.<\/p>\n

6) dk tanking halls of reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: I am not a death knight, nor am I a great tank. However, if you’re going to do the LOS method on Falric and Marwyn, just drop Death and Decay and hide around the corner. For any casters or the riflemen, Death Grip is great. For the chase scene, D&D is still awesome to use and you’ll want to Death Grip or Strangulate the Witch Doctors to bring them close if they’re a little far out. Blow your cooldowns when you can, saving Army of the Nub<\/span> Dead for the second spawn of adds at the fourth wall on the chase scene.<\/p>\n

7) list of cuts a purple gem can be cut to<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a list of epic, level 80 purple gems<\/a>. And here’s the list of rare-quality ones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8) melee dps toravon guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hit boss. Don’t touch Frozen Orbs unless there are basically no ranged. Collect loot.<\/p>\n

9) shammy tanking gear 3.3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay. You can equip a shield. This does not make you a tank. There is no mail gear out there at level 80 that has any kind of defense on it and very little leather, due to the druid changes. You would basically have to stack resilience. The major problem with shaman tanking, apart from the fact that you’re squishy as all get-out, is that a key to tanking is avoidance, like dodging, blocking and parrying. Your parry talent, Spirit Weapons<\/a>, also reduces threat. Bad combo.<\/p>\n

I don’t advise shaman tanking unless you’re doing it for fun with friends OR your tank on Lady Malande<\/a> on the Illidari Council in Black Temple DROPS and your resident enhancement shaman thinks quickly, throws on a shield, pops Shamanistic Rage<\/a> causing your raid leader to shout out over vent “ALL HEALS TO DUPER, ALL HEALS TO DUPER!”, which never had been heard before and never would be heard again. Ever. ;)<\/p>\n

10) soul shriek aggro reset<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nope, there’s no aggro reset associated with Soul Shriek, as far as I can tell. It IS, however, a silence. Make sure someone is assigned to cleanse this magic effect off your tanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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