LAZY RESTO SHAMAN BUILD! Healing Stream Totem FINALLY VIABLE? World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2

[@forbidtuna]

Zuco did a good build with healing totem and with our set bonus he got deep roots and it works about 60% of the healing shaman do is just passive healing

[@GrumpsyTV]

Deeply Rooted Elements is definitely what to use in raid, but I think the RNG of it makes it less useful in keys - if you don't get it to proc when you need it then it's some wasted talent points

[@nthnthms1212]

Zuco is trash

[@lohuune9627]

That guy's build actually sucks. Especially his m+ one watch his actual streams not just his yt videos he falls behind almost every pull/boss while healing because he doesn't like chain heal.

[@lohuune9627]

Why would ALL of the top players run chain heal builds if it was a "bad button" like he always says

[@NemXX2]

​@@lohuune9627lol a resto shaman that doesn't like chain heal? He may as well reroll. Chain heal is the most iconic ability of a resto shaman.

[@gFDSjvKbndKJcbdjv]

I run healing stream in keys (like 16s) cause sometimes cloud burst doesnt get the use when packs die fast and its another thing to track. I like it cause it keeps thing steady in the background and then from there I can just focus on healing. Makes it a lot easier to keep the group around 3qtr health and then hit with a riptide to keep steady and saves mana.

[@delighted2849]

I have ADHD so remembering to use cloudburst effectively always begets me. Either I use it, get a lot of healing but its waste, or I forget to use it. With healing stream its just popping it down in a raid, and it becomes my third highest output of healing, so I can instead focus on more pressing things

[@Sajxi]

Glad to have you back!

[@keats27]

Merry Christmas Grumpsy

[@GrumpsyTV]

Merry Christmas!

[@guffels]

Saw this on Zuco's channel a while back and been using it. It's wild fun.

[@zepp1337]

Is this for raid or m+?

[@turbo2763]

I feel like Shaman already has a lot of easy passive ways of healing small incidental damage in dungeons. I think there are too many situations where not going cloudburst just isnt viable in higher keys/aoe burst windows.

[@MrSjanten007]

with Healing Stream Totem build. i wonder if haste becomes really good

[@Hvnreign]

I'm new to DF shaman. I'm curious why we don't use earthen wall or stone skin totems in any of the builds I've seen online? a short CD DR seems like it would be super worth

[@Fallingmedic]

Don’t worry about that. Use earthen wall. Always take it.

[@GrumpsyTV]

You’re welcome to take earthen wall, it feels a bit underwhelming in 5-man content is all, but I’ve taken it before. I also spec into Stoneskin sometimes, especially for high tyrannical keys with big physical hits. The general theory is that the one talent point plus the one global you would spend on either of these is often better spent just firing off a healing surge. You only need DR when you need DR.

[@Zhantzher]

Stoneskin works against bleed damage. I like using it in dungeons with dangerous bleeds like Throne of the Tides.

[@ibbatta]

Just for info: why don't u take the weapon buff on the right tree? For passive inc healings is amazing (give u 2 - 5% more healings)

[@GrumpsyTV]

Hi! The Earthliving Weapon, although it can be good passive healing, costs one to two talent points for a minor passive, and is not really the type of healing I like in mythic plus, where you need active and responsive heals. So I and many others prefer to use a buzzing rune instead, and spend those talent points somewhere else. In raid I’ve used Earthliving before on certain fights though.

[@ibbatta]

@@GrumpsyTV fair, you are right

[@nosferhatu]

Tip: you can get Creation Core under Totemic Recall and with that you can drop 4 x HST at the same time for some "oh shit" moments, it does wonders !

[@gpm135]

Noob question, how do u use totem recall to get 4 x hst?

[@nosferhatu]

@@gpm135 Talent into Creation Core under Totemic Recall which resets the last 2 x totems used: put 2 x HST down press totemic recall and you get 2 more HST = 4 x HST at the same time

[@gpm135]

Thank you. @@nosferhatu

[@zaldinfox]

With Living Stream builds, it's definitely worth picking up Call of the Elements or Creation Core (vs. more burst profiles); the extra totems is insane value. Stoneskin is also massive, as is Thundershock, which has got to be one of our largest HPS buttons in higher keys (preventing spellcasts with knockups). I think u can even drop Healing Wave and the whole Primordial Wave kit, never chain heal, and just pick up both DRE and Asc; if you are good with Projection, EWT also is excellent for this sort of build (esp. with Call of the Elements) since u can just move your Earthen Wall and not lose value in keys. All we need to cast are HST, Riptide, and Surge to triage, keeping Earthshield up ofc. Really fun and lets us cast a ton of Chain Lightning/Acid Rain. Thanks for the vid!

[@keeehlan]

Mana Tide Totem is much, much more than "I need mana"

[@Zhantzher]

Cloudburst may be better, but it's clunky to use in dungeons.

[@elout680]

I've been running with a similar build the last weeks. It uses healing stream totem and riptide and you basically never cast chain heal. It's crazy strong and after a bit of practice, i've been having 0 problems up to 25 at least. BgQA7dFHISiZRvWu4x4NMgmZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIhEJJHgQKJRJhUSKSKBBlkoFBi0OQAkokkEJBC

[@0grdt]

Same here. The spotheal that you now have with riptide is insane. Wanna push higher witht this build

[@elout680]

@@0grdt I'm pretty confident that this just might be the new way to go. Also because it's almost impossible to go oom.

[@0grdt]

@@elout680 I tried HST before the buffs and was really surprised how good it was 😃

[@Fallingmedic]

For raid I don’t know if I would ever recommend it. You can watch your timers to pre plan your “totem savings account”, then boom. BUT, in a 5 man… healing stream will definitely allow us to dps in some currency farming in mid level keys. Our dps can be pretty insane as heals go if we get the time.

[@Barkebain]

You said this isn't the RS build for high keys, but I believe high keys are out of reach for RS this season anyway.

[@GrumpsyTV]

There are a couple people pushing high, but for the most part I agree with you :P

[@ethanmcclelland8672]

Depends what you mean by “high keys” but I’ve done 23’s and 24’s pretty smoothly with a chain heal build.

[@lohuune9627]

29s being completed by rshams. Without bis gear and sockets and with hardly any dungeon tuning yet lol

[@NemXX2]

The problem with this is Blizzard nerfed healing stream into not being a smart heal anymore, which means it may go into someone at max hp and overheal rather than someone that needs it.