1.11 Shaman Raid/Healing Builds

[Treesh]

Bah! You crazy kids and your wacky specs. /waves paw

The question wasn't "What spec is great for when you throw a rock and can't hit a warrior LFG" or what spec makes Tresh or Mav feel warm and fuzzy. The question was what spec is good for healing and raids. And the answer is not 30/21/0 or 0/21/30. The answer is 0/5/46, 0/14/38, or 0/29/22. Or something close to those.

Not sayin you guys are wrong for playing the way you want to play, but those specs didn't answer the question.

The hell they didn't. I can heal in the 40 mans just as well as our full-on resto spec shamans. Yes, sometimes I miss mana tide (Mogo grew up with it) and it can help out your healers, but it is not the "OMG MUST HAVE" skill that so many folks claim for raiding. It still only gives back 1160 mana to each party member if they aren't spread out and manage to get all 4 ticks (wasn't there a bug listed somewhere that mentioned folks only getting three ticks out of mana tide and not all 4?). That's barely better than a greater mana potion once every 5 minutes. Sure, it's better than nothing and yes it can help, but now all druids, not just the resto druids, have innervate which is far superior to mana tide if your main healers are out of mana and need a recharge so it's not as crucial. There's nothing that says you can't have a spec that's good for both raiding and smaller groupings. That's what my build is - good no matter what I'm doing in PvE. You may have your "correct answer", but it's not the only correct answer.