Classic WoW Restoration Shaman PvE Guide

[@jorgefierro8241]

Timestamps resto shaman -Restoration Shaman fantasy: 0:50 -Course Prerequisites" 1:32 -Syllabus: 2:35 -Instructor Introductions: 2:59 -Course Introduction: 4:17 -Race Selection: 4:42 -Talents - Standard Deep Resto Spec: 5:48 -Talents - Melee Buffer Spec: 6:41 -Talents - Magic Mitigation Resto Spec: 7:21 -Gearing: 7:42 -Enchants: 9:34 -Stat Priorities: 10:09 -Intellect VS. Mp5: 13:24 -Spell/ Heal Crit: 14:19 -Spirit: 15:12 -Healing Equilivalance Points (HEP) System: 15:59 -Standard Consumables: 17:33 -Unique/Extra Consumables: 18:03 -Introduction to Totems: 18:33 -Totem Tips: 19:28 -Totem Twisting: 19:54 -Earth Totems: 20:22 -Fire Totems: 21:05 -Air Totems: 21:53 -Water Totems: 22:21 -Primary Professions: 23:19 -Secondary Professions: 24:13 -Addons and UI: 24:41 -Addon Suggestion: 25:49 -Keybindings: 26:35 -Heal Keybind Priority: 27:53 -Consumable Keybind Priority: 28:27 -Air Totem Keybind Priority: 28: 50 -Earth Totem Keybind Priority: 29:18 -Water Totem Keybind Priority: 29:33 -Fire Totem Keybind Priority: 29:58 -Utility Keybind Priority: 30:05 -Resto Shaman Styles : 30:18 -Chain Heal: 31:39 -Healing Wave: 34:11 -Lesser Healing Wave: 35:47 -Consumable Rotations: 36:27 -Nature's Swiftness: 37:39 -Threat Output: 38:22 -Know the Mechanics: 39:01 -Recap: 40:20 -Other Shaman content (playlist in description): 41:35

[@Zephyrus34]

Underrated

[@SirDodinasLeSavage]

Thank you, Melderon. As someone who played vanilla as an 8 year old kid, it feels great to play Classic again and be able to experience actual raiding and the game to its fullest, with the addition of understanding actual English. Excellent guide as always, Melderon. I love your content and I think it is of the highest quality found on the internet in video form. I'll be taking a peek at this guide and the others again, once I hit 54 and go from Ench to Resto to get my BiS. Keep on rocking, salute from Hydraxian Waterlords & Iceland.

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

You are most welcome. I'm very glad that so many people enjoy these guides because I enjoy making them! Have fun out there in Classic Azeroth!

[@Waersted]

YESYES YES YEEEEEEES!!!!!!" PERFECT TIMING! I'm just about to hit the lvl, where I will grind my way to lvl 60 (from 55) via dungeons as resto shaman. You guys are, once again, so freaking awesome! I've been using your Enhancement guide, and it's really helpful :) Though only challenge is getting new weapons since the Ravager from SM arms. My luck has not been the best...

[@saw141]

Your guides are incredible and have helped me level as Enhancement SO MUCH, thank you for working so hard on these.

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

Thanks so much! Glad I can help in any way!

[@ghostedbones6478]

Enhancement needs no guide.

[@earlybirdrogue6392]

I may be alliance through amd through, but have nothing but respect for shamen in any spec. Great video.

[@ozgar9332]

Another amazing video! Thanks for doing what you do, so we can sit back and just get all this information handed to us! Great work Melderon and Egregious!

[@sombrego2260]

Tauren Shaman all the way! I'm speccing resto Shaman so I'm really glad to listen to that guide as I was curious what were doing the big boys.

[@truepowerking]

Melderon’s guides and guests have really helped me dive into Classic after showing up late to the party. As a fellow numbers nerd, I can appreciate the thoughtful explanations as much as the simplified TLDR examples you guys provide. Thank you for your obvious passion for the game and its intricacies!!

[@RonMartinJr]

I freaking love the class fantasy stuff you do for shamans. It's the reason I chose Shaman over warrior

[@thewizardofcroagz394]

Word, after rolling rogues,priests and huntards. Shammy was the dankest for me 💪🇺🇸🖖

[@MrJosh6889]

I healed as resto originally on vanilla, and currently leveling to do it again. After seeing your earlier leveling guide, I'm sure this one will be great :D I figured it out last time, but I'm sure I was far from optimal, so this will help a ton :D

[@jppitre]

Your guides are freakin amazing guys, keep it up. Love your attention to detail and even putting in class fantasy. Great job!

[@denyspalii6800]

The best and the most detailed guide I've ever seen + some other useful websites and resources. Maybe some will find it too long, in this case just watch the part you need. Personally i watched all of it and found some small useful features and mechanics that i didn't know. Thank you

[@amiyrachel]

Love these videos! Level 50 right now, levelling as Restoration.. it's an experience. 6 days 7 hours played since release, grindy.

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

WoW! Good job, dude

[@anthonymentalewicz5143]

As someone who took a forced break from classic and just got back into my guilds official raids (all raids including ubrs first, we full clear and mind control the fire buff giver) I shit the bed, I was very low on healing, totem twisting and couldn't figure it out. Turns out I was just relying on chain heal during mc and bwl and got away with good parses. Well I parsed between 5-30 this week. Turns out relying on chain heal spam isn't good enough and as a returning player (work load lightened up to get back to raiding) Thank you for this video, it is exactly what I needed after a bad showing. I'll be sharing it with my guild shamans as well.

[@Jackaroo.]

Awesome! I'm going to come back to this to refresh once I begin raiding.

[@Zibol8]

Amazing, you guys have put so much work in it. I started playing resto shaman and I really like my class.

[@JiF28]

I honestly think you guys should do a video on the holidays in wow classic, cover which holidays are and arent in classic, and what goes on in them

[@magerquark5487]

By far the best classic content out there. You deserve more viewers. Especially your video on instance cleaving. So many Channels rise to ridiculous viewer numbers by clickbates and shitty videos. I hopped you would put up more Paladin content, still watching though.

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

Thanks so much. Eventually I likely will as I am intrigued by them

[@danieltacken]

100% agree mate. These videos are perfect for me as I love some crunch and talking about optimisation. Best guides ever

[@manowartank8784]

Melderon: "If you are not dropping totems..." me: "THEN YOU ARE NOT PLAYING SHAMAN"

[@Drakshl]

@@a_name662 if your playing resto shaman without cloudburst or spirit link no wonder your not enjoying retail

[@manimal9871]

Drakshl imagine playing retail, LOL.

[@DeKAPPYtator]

Melderon, love the guide videos that you have put up for all variants of Shaman. Do you have, or plan to have, a video on how to make macros for Shamans? I've watched all of your Shaman content, but I think that is where I am lacking as I do not have macro making experience.

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

To be perfectly honest, I do not use macros really unless I am using a /stopcasting macro or /startattack. Personally, I find that effective keybinding is the "key" here. But I will try to compile some that Shaman use and see what I can figure out

[@abarbar06]

“Wind fury 100% uptime no exceptions, except when your melee is pulling aggro or you need nature resist”

[@neruhsetz]

no exceptions, except

[@ghostedbones6478]

I never use it, ever, no excepting exceptions from the exceptor

[@curiousfishie]

Very well done, as always. Thanks for the upload! ✌

[@nippuckz]

Malderon made a new guide. Let me pause my life for 45 mins

[@johnhandcock3242]

Yah, they're so shit, they're always good for a laugh.

[@espinozajuan8591]

Hello, excellent guide, I believe the forum does not exist anymore. All are broken, is there another place where I can find the information???

[@MrModerate_kane]

Your guides really do help, great content.

[@Hifcrea]

Lol as a first time trying healing on a shaman at this point in classic cycle this guide was fucking SWEET

[@Sharpypus]

The 1 dislike is the Shaman who expected to raid as Enhancement end-game.

[@Sharpypus]

Great video by the way Malderon! (as always!) level 29 Troll Shaman here!

[@MrDeathricky757]

What wrong with enhanced end game

[@Sannesch]

@@nyarlahaiyore Same here!

[@MrDeathricky757]

@Rockar35 I actually did made a raid guild as enhanced with totem and nightfall

[@MrDeathricky757]

@Rockar35 no in a guild where they wanted a enh shammy fir that purpose and I am a alchemy herb so I provide flask and stuff

[@mikaelforsberg1272]

great guide, have seen it several times!

[@Jhamantheshaman]

another fantastic video!

[@capslockfrank3995]

Love the guide keep up the work

[@confidential5743]

Watching this so I can figure out how my healers work

[@ghostedbones6478]

Dps scumbag! Get lost

[@ghostedbones6478]

"Eye eye bee perched up like a Gah-Goyull, berby mammy spoiled, wrap my fish bake um in tin FoyuLL" -ShaMaNisTiC RaGeBoneRz

[@DontHearNoEvil]

WHERE DID THE TIMESTAMPS GO

[@jorgefierro8241]

Timestamps resto shaman -Restoration Shaman fantasy: 0:50 -Course Prerequisites" 1:32 -Syllabus: 2:35 -Instructor Introductions: 2:59 -Course Introduction: 4:17 -Race Selection: 4:42 -Talents - Standard Deep Resto Spec: 5:48 -Talents - Melee Buffer Spec: 6:41 -Talents - Magic Mitigation Resto Spec: 7:21 -Gearing: 7:42 -Enchants: 9:34 -Stat Priorities: 10:09 -Intellect VS. Mp5: 13:24 -Spell/ Heal Crit: 14:19 -Spirit: 15:12 -Healing Equivalence Points (HEP) System: 15:59 -Standard Consumables: 17:33 -Unique/Extra Consumables: 18:03 -Introduction to Totems: 18:33 -Totem Tips: 19:28 -Totem Twisting: 19:54 -Earth Totems: 20:22 -Fire Totems: 21:05 -Air Totems: 21:53 -Water Totems: 22:21 -Primary Professions: 23:19 -Secondary Professions: 24:13 -Addons and UI: 24:41 -Addon Suggestion: 25:49 -Keybindings: 26:35 -Heal Keybind Priority: 27:53 -Consumable Keybind Priority: 28:27 -Air Totem Keybind Priority: 28:50 -Earth Totem Keybind Priority: 29:18 -Water Totem Keybind Priority: 29:33 -Fire Totem Keybind Priority: 29:58 -Utility Keybind Priority: 30:05 -Resto Shaman Styles : 30:18 -Chain Heal: 31:39 -Healing Wave: 34:11 -Lesser Healing Wave: 35:47 -Consumable Rotations: 36:27 -Nature's Swiftness: 37:39 -Threat Output: 38:22 -Know the Mechanics: 39:01 -Recap: 40:20 -Other Shaman content (playlist in description): 41:35

[@strawberrylion548]

All healers are good boys.

[@violetbliss4399]

I appreciate the perfection with detail by E, though I must wonder to what degree some of it it is not simply inefficent effort for the average player, worth spending more on visual info etc. I guess we will find out in the last raids? Nevertheless, it's a fun watch with lots of good information. :)

[@1987Eddie1987]

Can't stand people who feel talking at 1000 mph is cool. It makes it hard for someone, who doesn't know what your talking about to get it.

[@abstractdaddy1384]

I wish there was an explanation for why MP5 is valued so highly. Running the math on examples using your ratios just leaves me scratching my head. For example let's look at intellect vs mp5. 5 intellect is 75 mana. 1 mp5 (which is supposedly equal to 5 intel) would take 6.25 minutes to generate 75 mana. This just seems like the kind of numbers that would make sense if you were leveling or cruising through trash with a relatively strong group. It seems pretty terrible for "oh shit" situations or boss fights (the stuff that really matters imo). It's very similar when you run some examples with +heal vs mp5 (situations would need to go on for many, many minutes for MP5 to finally overcome the value +heal gives). What am I missing?

[@ryannmerrell]

No one seems to have any guides on using the 8 piece tier 1 set. I'm looking everywhere for information about the healing style and relevant details to maximizing that bonus. Also curious about the comparison between the 8 piece and chain heal etc. @Defcamp & Melderon TV

[@glorytoukraine2760]

8 pieces t1 can be very good in some situations. For example, in BWL when you fight against the 3 dragons.

[@deusaiurs1669]

Because it's not worth it. 3 pieces t2 for chain heal (1 piece you need to wait for bwl release) + and that's the point, leather shoulders/legs from MC are so powerful. I tested by myself in MC and Onyxia (Ony - split as 20 every week). I use 5 pieces T1 atm +leather legs/shoulders from MC and gloves blue from DM. Nothing is better atm.

[@schwann145]

5/8 tier 1 is good enough to get you a "priority healing" spot but the 8/8 is just a tiny bonus not worth considering. Otherwise stick to 3/8 tier 2 (at phase 3 onward) and enjoy your "raid healer" spot instead.

[@chillcraft5143]

Breakfast with Melderon

[@WhiskeyBobb]

Why not create few sets of macros for totems? I have castsequence macros for ranged/melee/pvp and I just swap depending on the situation with all totems being on a side bar just in case I need to emergency click one.

[@kokfesk4432]

resto shamans are awesome!!

[@starlily6397]

Hello. Does anyone know of a raid frame this shows when Healing Way is active? I use Vuhdo and it doesn’t appear possible using that add on. Thank you.

[@strawberrylion548]

Yes dude!

[@stuartnewman6968]

I need to ask something. My guild that u am in now are "obsessed" with +healing on my gear. As opposed to mana pool and armour lvl. As stats say I do alot less healing but I am always standing at the end of a long fight. So I am confused is it bis or mana pool?

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

You may want to watch my Mana management guide. It's totally right dependent and I have two gear sets

[@full_metal2452]

Updated Info: 1: Stack +healing gear 2: Tier 1 is shit (pre bis/offset is better) 3: Get 3 piece tier 2 asap 4: Spam CH rank 1 or 3 where needed 5: Use LHW 1,4,6 to snipe heals and top meters 6: Nature Swiftness max rank HW or Rank 3 CH on cool down to top meter 7: repeat

[@Morbidt123]

-"Trash is boss." Egregious

[@kegdoty]

Pog new vid

[@afk4dyz]

What is mp5? isnt it based on shamans mana regen and their spirit? trying to figure out if plus 9 healing spells is better than 4 int in general...

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

Mp5 regens outside the 5 second rule. Therefore, you Regen regardless of your casting frequency

[@Jethro0815]

In my opinion Vuhdo is the best Healer UI there is. It's simple, offers a lot of costumisation and works in classic aswell.

[@johnborthen1468]

I’m healing on a Druid in classic. An I’m jelly now lol

[@Mazzini11]

Shaman end-game healing is NOT ez mode.

[@usernaames]

except it totally is

[@Hardivh]

So, about Tauren having more range to heal the tank... is it real? Because if his hitbox is also wider, doesn't that mean that if any mechanics would hit an orc healign at max range (lets say 40 yards) wouldn't it also hit the tauren healing at 42.5 yards as well since Tauren also get hit from further away?

[@Egregious_]

Yes, Tauren get an extra 2.5 yards added to the range of all of their spells. However, people can hit you from 2.5 extra yards as well.

[@Hardivh]

@@Egregious_ So, is this really a Tauren "pro"? Os is it basically the same as other races?

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

@@Hardivh in PvP it's an issue but it's a benefit in PvE

[@doomzx8284]

ASMR starts 4:14 for those who are interested. GachiBASS

[@morlu8281]

Is there a spec to main heal/enh at 60? So I can solo world content?

[@Half_Finis]

not really xD

[@xxMurmaiderxx]

Wait... Tauren have increased range on healing spells? How did I never know of this?

[@Stuucky]

Billdozer Tauren have increased range on everything. 2 yds increase melee, ranged, and spell casting

[@joeyp978]

Where is the Downranking guide

[@thevlaka]

lmao @ censoring comments

[@joeyp978]

@@thevlaka wat

[@Sodacacik]

what about totem twisting?

[@Zutraxi]

THE DISCORD audio in this clip is actually frustrating, consider having guests mute all audio on their pcs in the future, thank you :)

[@daquemasquieren]

Too much talking to just use 2 spells

[@thevlaka]

keybindings is so limited. instead of WASD use ESDF. You have far more many available keys instead of being jammed into the left side of your keyboard. Also how does this guide not have any macros lol

[@jeffjacob5479]

Back in the day I never used different ranks of my heals. I always used my highest ranks available & I was an excellent healer in both pve & pvp. And in hearing you guys talk about using all kinds of different ranks, I remain unmoved on my past experiences. Also, this whole blow your load every fight thing.....yeah no.

[@garneroutlaw1]

30:15 mp5 builds are pointless, for bosses die less than 90 seconds this time around. mp5 will get you one, maybe two chain heals. It's better to stack int up front and +healing in almost every scenario I've seen so far.

[@Half_Finis]

only bosses right now u need mp5 for is Garr, Ragnaros and onyxia. The other fights are over like u say in under 90seconds.

[@biggen5697]

Your intro is way to long man , just get right into it

[@LayllasLocker]

You sound like Chris Pratt. :D

[@Fuegojugg]

You should do a progressive BiS for enchancement🤧😤

[@schwann145]

Equip Nightfall > be in the melee group > totem twist > profit The rest of your gear? Doesn't matter, you're there for totems and Nightfall procs.

[@ChodeMaster]

i need more shaman aids other than totem timers

[@christianweibrecht6555]

2:57 Where are the timestamps?

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

pinned comment

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

and they're gone

[@ryanmichel2808]

i had to play this vid in 0.75 speed because he talks soooooooo fast

[@bannor123]

We're supposed to use every single point of mana in every encounter? That's just silly. Shouldn't the ideal amount of mana to be used be the amount that ensures every member of the raid or group survives? Should we start overhealing near the end just to make sure we don't "waste" mana?

[@bannor123]

@@danielsepulveda6601 It would be best if you stayed with retail

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

@@bannor123 if you aren't close to oom after a boss encounter, there are three possible explanations, 1.) You aren't healing enough, 2.) You aren't doing damage when you can, 3.) You have too many healers

[@bannor123]

@@DefcampMelderonTV 1. Assuming the raid doesn't wipe (and assuming you're helping other healers if necessary) you're healing enough. The amount of remaining mana doesn't seem relevant at all, 2. But when does "damage when you can" begin? My entire reason for being in the raid is to heal. I'm not going to run the risk of oom'ing because I start casting flame shocks at the beginning to ensure that I have no mana at the end. Nor will I do it at any point if other healers are low on mana. My utility to assist another healer far outweighs the puny dps I'm capable of. The point is, I won't know for certain what my or any other healer's mana situation will be at the end, until we're actually at the end, and I always want to have a small reserve. Therefore, it makes no sense to dps prior to that. That narrows potentially "doing damage when you can" to the very end of a fight. What I don't understand is the large stress on not wasting mana. How is the raid harmed if I didn't spend that last 200 mp? 3. Agreed. Far better to bring another dps than having healers messing around with weak dps and overhealing just to burn mana so it isn't "wasted". Btw, thanks for all the work you guys do.

[@DefcampMelderonTV]

@@bannor123 I think in essence, it comes down to playstyle and guild type. I think this strategy is mostly delegated to "try-hards" and min maxxers. For 90% of guilds, this strategy may not be needed. However, I think it's good to strive for improvement any way you can. That being said, I'm not one of those people. Egregious most definitely is. Different strokes

[@KC-py5vq]

So the goal is to go oom? That’s new

[@Jamezzzuh]

What a deaf comment. The goal is to be oom or close to when the boss is dead. Context is important. And yes if you're not low on mana it means the content you're doing is too easy for your gear, you did a poor job, you stressed your other healers, or you could have contributed DPS.

[@KC-py5vq]

Daniel Sepulveda I don’t raid at a high lvl? Funny because I’m a mythic raider, and have downed all heroic content since warlords..don’t you look like an idiot now. The the goal was never to go oom in live wow, because the fights are way more complicated than in classic..so stfu and stop acting like you know what you’re talking about

[@KC-py5vq]

Jamezuh I’m not an expert at classic ive never played it, but all I know is In retail the goal sure as hell ain’t to go oom and I’m a mostly heroic to some mythic content raider in retail. The only fights I go oom is in mythic content

[@Jamezzzuh]

@@KC-py5vq In raiding the goal has always been to be OOM by the end of the fight. That's literally never not been a thing. Either heal more or contribute via utility or damage.

[@Jamezzzuh]

It's just harder to do on retail since they simplified mana management so much. But it still is a sign of a good raider.

[@mbarrett99]

It's pronounced "MAYlay" not "Mealey"

[@mbarrett99]

@O K Just because a regional accent causes it to be pronounced differently does not mean it is the correct pronunciation.

[@shankqt2115]

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[@DefcampMelderonTV]

I can't edit the ads

[@sebastiansvensson382]

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[@shankqt2115]

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