Introduction:
Right, I'm working on updating this list to include a selection of good armour pieces for every slot. This is a slight deviation from the original idea, but from the input I've recieved it seems to be what people want. The gear marked with an asterisk (*) is what I consider to be the best item for that slot. The other items in each section are all very good for their respective slot, but some are easier to get than others.

Note, this list relies on the Ancestral Knowledge and Nature's Guidance talents for stat increases.

The List

Helm:
Headdress of the Tides
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27759
Source: Drops in Heroic Underbog from Ghaz'an. In order to enter this instance you must be Revered with
Cenarion Expedition.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard (Requires well-geared 5 man group).

Metallic Headband of Simm'onz
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25820
Source: Quest reward from the quest Forge Camp: Annihilated (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25820) in Nagrand.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Living Dragonscale Helm*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29508
Source: Your local Leatherworker.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium (Materials are expensive, but not difficult to come by).

Tidefury Helm
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28349
Source: Drops from Warp Splinter in The Botanica.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Stylin' Adventure Hat
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25681
Source: Your local Leatherworker.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Shamanistic Helmet of Second Sight
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31107
Source: Quest reward from the quest Teron Gorefiend, I am... (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10645 Alliance / http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10639 Horde).
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Enchant:
Glyph of Renewal*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29190
Source: Buyable from Thrallmar/Honor Hold upon reaching Revered with said faction. Costs 90g.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Lesser Arcanum of Rumination
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=11622
Source: Quest reward from a quest started by the Libram of Rumination (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=11732), obtainable from the Auction House
Difficulty to obtain: Easy (though the quest requires a visit to Blackrock Depths).

Vodouisant's Vigilant Embrace
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19786
Source: Quest reward from a quest of the same name(http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=8188) inside Zul'Gurub.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium (Persuading level 70's to run Zul'Gurub could be a problem).

Necklace:
Sethekk Oracle's Focus*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29334
Source: Quest reward from the quest Brother Against Brother (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10097) in Sethekk Halls.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Adal's Recovery Necklace
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31749
Source: Quest reward from the quest Harbinger of Doom (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10882) in The Arcatraz.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Necklace of Resplendent Hope
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28233
Source: Drops from Epoch Hunter in Heroic Old Hillsbrad.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Gezzarak's Fang
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32531
Source: Drops from Gezzarak the Huntress, a summoned boss in Skettis in Terrokar.
Difficulty to obtain: ???

Natasha's Guardian Cord
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31691
Source: Quest reward from the quest The Hound-Master (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10912) in Blade's Edge Mountains.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Living Ruby Pendant
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24110
Source: The Auction House or your local Jewelcrafter.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Necklace of Eternal Hope
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29374
Source: Purchasable from G'eras in Shattrath City. Costs 25 Badge of Justice (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29434), obtainable from all Heroic instance bosses.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Shoulder:
Mantle of the Sea Wolf*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27826
Source: Drops in Heroic Mana-Tombs from Tavarok. In order to enter this instance you must be Revered with
Lower City.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard (Requires well-geared 5 man group).

Tidefury Shoulderguards
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27802
Source: Drop from Warbringer O'mrogg in the Shattered Halls. In order to enter this instance you must have the Shattered Halls key.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Pauldrons of Surging Mana
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31294
Source: Random world drop; purchasable from the Auction House.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

High Warlord's Ringmail Shoulderpads / Grand Marshal's Ringmail Shoulders
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31650 / http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31644
Source: Purchaseable from Lady Palanseer in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Captain Dirgehammer in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 10,098 Honor Points and 20 Arathi Basin Marks of Honor (obtained from fighting in Arathi Basin).
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Enchant:
Greater Inscription of Faith
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28887
Source: Buyable from an NPC in the Aldor bank in Shattrath upon reaching Exalted reputation. Costs 8 Holy Dust, which is obtained from
turning in Fel Armaments at Aldor Rise.
Note: Scryers players should use Greater Inscription of the Oracle (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28912).
Difficulty to obtain: Medium (requires a lot of reputation farming, but the reputation items are purchasable from the Auction House).

Cloak:
Vicar's Cloak (Horde)/Mantle of Vivication (Alliance)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25810 / http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25805
Source: For Horde, quest reward from the quest The Will of the Warchief (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9495) in Shattered Halls.
For Alliance, quest reward from the quest Turning The Tide (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9492). Requires a party
member with the Shattered Halls key.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Cloak of Whispering Shells
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27789
Source: Drops from Hydromancer Thespia in the Steam Vaults.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Bishop's Cloak*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29375
Source: Purchasable from G'eras in Shattrath City. Costs 25 Badge of Justice (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29434), obtainable from all Heroic instance bosses.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Avian Cloak of Feathers
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27946
Source: Drops from Talon King Ikiss in Sethekk Halls.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Cloak of the Everliving
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27448
Source: Drops from Watchkeeper Gargolmar in Heroic Hellfire Ramparts. Requires Revered with Thrallmar/Honor Hold to enter.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Enchant: I would personally choose the Subtlety enchant, reducing threat done by your healing.
(http://www.wowhead.com/?item=20735) Other options include various resistance enchants.

Chest:
Void Slayer's Tunic*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30298
Source: Quest reward from Dimensius the All-Devouring (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10439) in Netherstorm.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Harness of the Deep Currents
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27912
Source: Drops from Murmur in the Shadow Labyrinth.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Earthpeace Breastplate
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23527
Source: Crafted by Blacksmiths.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Tidefury Chestpiece
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28231
Source: Drops from Harbinger Skyriss in The Arcatraz. Requires a group member with the Arcatraz Key to enter.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium (personally I found this boss encounter quite difficult, but I haven't run it for a long time).

High Warlord's Ringmail Chestguard / Grand Marshal's Ringmail Chestguard
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31646 / http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31640
Source: Purchaseable from Lady Palanseer in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Captain Dirgehammer in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 16,524 Honor Points and 30 Arathi Basin Marks of Honor (obtained from fighting in Arathi Basin).
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Enchant:
Exceptional Mana
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27958
Source: Your local enchanter.

Restore Mana Prime*
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=33991
Source: Your local enchanter.

Exceptional Stats
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27960
Source: Your local enchanter.

Bracers:
Primal Surge Bracers*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28194
Source: Drop from Aeonus in the Black Morass. In order to enter this instance you must have completed the Durnholde
instance in the Caverns of Time.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Veteran's Ringmail Bracers
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32997
Source: Purchaseable from Sergeant Kien in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Lieutenant Tristia in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 11,794 Honor Points and 20 Warsong Gulch Marks of Honor (obtained from fighting in Warsong Gulch).
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Enchant:
Major Intellect
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=34001
Source: Your local enchanter.

Restore Mana Prime*
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27913
Source: Your local enchanter.

Superior Healing
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27911
Source: Your local enchanter.

Gloves:
Fathomheart Gauntlets*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27806
Source: Drop from Warlord Kalithresh in Steam Vaults.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Stormfront Gauntlets
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27428
Source: Drop from Captain Skarloc in Caverns of Time: Durnholde.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy.

Tidefury Gauntlets
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27510
Source: Drop from Warlord Kalithresh in Steam Vaults.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

High Warlord's Ringmail Gloves / Grand Marshal's Ringmail Gloves
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31647 / http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31641
Source: Purchaseable from Lady Palanseer in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Captain Dirgehammer in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 10,098 Honor Points and 20 Alterac Valley Marks of Honor (obtained from fighting in Alterac Valley).
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Enchant:
Major Healing*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28273
Source: Your local enchanter.

Belt:
Tarren Mill Defender's Cinch
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29319
Source: Quest reward from Return to Andormu (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10285) in Caverns of Time - Durnholde, the last step of the Durnholde
quest event.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Netherfury Belt
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25694
Source: Your local leatherworker.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Belt of Flowing Thought
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30708
Source: Drops from Blood Guard Porung in Heroic Shattered Halls. Requires Revered with Thrallmar/Honor Hold and the Shattered Halls key to enter.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Stillwater Girdle*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27835
Source: Drops from Nexus-Prince Shaffar in Heroic Mana Tombs. Requires Revered with Lower City to enter.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Veteran's Ringmail Girdle
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32998
Source: Purchaseable from Sergeant Kien in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Lieutenant Tristia in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 17,850 Honor Points and 40 Arathi Basin Marks of Honor.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Legs:
Oceansong Kilt*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27458
Source: Found inside the chest at the end of Heroic Hellfire Ramparts. This instance requires Revered with Thrallmar/Honor Hold to enter.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard (Requires well-geared 5 man group).

Molten Earth Kilt
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28266
Source: Drops from Pathaleon the Calculator in the Mechanar.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Haramad's Linked Chain Pantaloons
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29344
Source: Quest reward from the quest Undercutting the Competition (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10165) in Mana-Tombs.
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

High Warlord's Ringmail Legguards / Grand Marshal's Ringmail Legguards
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31649 / http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31643
Source: Purchaseable from Lady Palanseer in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Captain Dirgehammer in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 16,065 Honor Points and 30 Warsong Gulch Marks of Honor.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Enchant:
Silver Spellthread
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24275
Source: Your local tailor.

Golden Spellthread*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24276
Source: Your local tailor.

Boots:
Auchenai Boots
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28177
Source: Quest reward from Into the Heart of the Labyrinth (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10095), a quest in Shadow Labyrinth.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Wavefury Boots*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27549
Source: Drop from Rokmar the Crackler in Heroic Slave Pens. Requires Revered with Cenarion Expedition to enter.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Veteran's Ringmail Sabatons
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32999
Source: Purchaseable from Sergeant Kien in the Hall of Legends in Orgrimmar for Horde, or Lieutenant Tristia in the Champion's Hall in Stormwind for Alliance. Costs 17,850 Honor Points and 40 Eye of the Storm Marks of Honor.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Enchant:
Vitality*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=22542
Source: Your local enchanter.
Note: You may choose to opt for a bit of stamina on the boots in order to increase your survivability.

Ring:
Celestial Jewel Ring
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29814
Source: Quest reward from Hitting the Motherlode (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10293) in Netherstorm
Difficulty to obtain: Easy

Ancestral Band (Horde)/Ring of Convalescence (Alliance)*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29168 / http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29169
Source: Buyable from Thrallmar/Honor Hold upon reaching Revered with said faction. Costs 18g.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Cosmic Lifeband
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28259
Source: Drops from Nethermancer Sepethrea in the Mechanar.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Keeper's Ring of Piety
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29322
Source: Quest reward from the quest Hero of The Brood (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10298) in the Caverns of Time. Requires the completion of Black Morass.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Band of Halos*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29373
Source: Purchasable from G'eras in Shattrath City. Costs 25 Badge of Justice (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29434), obtainable from all Heroic instance bosses.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Trinket:
Scarab of the Infinite Cycle*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28190
Source: Drops from Aeonus in the Black Morass.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Lower City Prayerbook
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30841
Source: Purchasable from Nakodu in Shattrath after reaching Revered with Lower City. Costs 17g 60.
Difficulty to obtain: Medium

Warp-Scarab Brooch*
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27828
Source: Drops from Nexus-Prince Shaffar in Heroic Mana-Tombs.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard.

Essence of the Martyr
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29376
Source: Purchasable from G'eras in Shattrath City. Costs 41 Badge of Justice (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29434), obtainable from all Heroic instance bosses.
Difficulty to obtain: Hard

Gems:
Some of the items above have sockets which should be filled with gems, preferably of the appropriate colour to gain the socket bonus. Below is a list of appropriate healing gems for each colour socket. Note that in order to gain the benefits of a meta gem your gear must meet the right gem criteria. All of the gems below can be obtained from the Auction House or from a jewelcrafter.

Yellow Socket:
Brilliant Dawnstone
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24047

Luminous Noble Topaz
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24060

Dazzling Talasite
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24065

Red Socket:
Teardrop Living Ruby
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24029

Luminous Noble Topaz
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24060

Royal Nightseye
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24057

Blue Socket:

Royal Nightseye
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24057

Dazzling Talasite
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24065

Lustrous Star of Elune
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24037

Meta Socket:
Bracing Earthstorm Diamond
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25897
Requires more Yellow gems and more Red gems than Blue gems

Insightful Earthstorm Diamond
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25901
Requires at least two Red gems, two Yellow gems and two Blue gems

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There may be some items that I've missed, if so please feel free to post them here and I will try to add them. Other than that, I hope that it's useful, and good luck my fellow restoration shaman!

Nice guide but how about http://thottbot.com/i27549 for boots

And http://thottbot.com/i29508 for head slot if you're including leatherworking items.

Yes, I also love these on the pala forums, but there they started as prot guides. Prot has a threshold, a limit where if one is below it, we're not ready to tank, and if one is above it, we are.

There is not similarity here for resto, enhancement or elemental. Having a bit more heal and less mana regen can pay off, same vice versa, as there is no obvious minimum limit...

I was gonna do the same post about enhancement, but simply... Nah, it's just not worth it.

Those prot guides, however, are 110% worth it, as getting to that limit of 102.4% "avoidance" (using the broad sense of avoidance, including partial blocked hits) can be tricky, and without it, tanking is not such a good idea.

Snorkle

*sticky*

HA HA HA HA..... 100 m/5 sec....

I have 235 with my healer set.... 100 is totally unusefool.

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HA HA HA HA..... 100 m/5 sec....

I have 235 with my healer set.... 100 is totally unusefool.

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either u have some imba very imba healer gear or your lying through your teeth i go with the latter

Would there be any idea for Shaman to make the Primal Mooncloth set and/or Whitemend?

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Would there be any idea for Shaman to make the Primal Mooncloth set and/or Whitemend?

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Ye, primal mooncloth is a really really good set.

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HA HA HA HA..... 100 m/5 sec....

I have 235 with my healer set.... 100 is totally unusefool.

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think is mp5 while casting not mp5 while not casting

Couple of things...

MP5 chants > + mana/ int (for longer duration fights).

EG chest you have +150 mana Personally 6mp5 would be more beneficial if the fight lasts longer than 2mins 10 secs (which most boss fights do)

Same for bracers, if + heals is relativly good, then go for MP5 on bracers, if not then get the +30 heals chant over int.

Also trinket wise, http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27828 (Heroic Mana Tombs) http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29376 (41 Badgers of Justice)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29376 (Eye of Hakkar) (for double ES trinket boosting)

These are all achievable outside of Kara and offer a better benefit than chosen trinkets (imo ofc)

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HA HA HA HA..... 100 m/5 sec....

I have 235 with my healer set.... 100 is totally unusefool.

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1: 235? you got like 150 spirit?
2: You're obviously new at the shaman class, mp/5 is refered to as Mana regen per 5 seconds while casting.
3: If you get 235 mana while casting, you must have about 100 to 200 +Healing, and around 4000 mana. (which is utter crap)


Enchants; Get +6 mp/5 on Bracers enchant, +6 mp/5 on Chest enchant, and +35 healing on gloves enchants. And ofcourse; the +81 healing on weapon enchant. Get exalted with the Sha'tar, and enchant your gavel; It should last you untill you kill the Maiden of Virtue ;)

My Favorite gem is the Royal Shadow Draenite (+9 healing spells and +2mp/5)
I strongly advise it.

ps: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE USE A STAFF

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I was gonna do the same post about enhancement, but simply... Nah, it's just not worth it.

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Snorkle, I see where you're coming from with the idea that this balance of gear is not required to be an effective healer, whereas getting uncrushable and full avoidance with Holy Shield is more of a necessity for tanks.
Still, I think it is worth making such posts, and I would encourage you to make your enhancement one, since hopefully it will give lots of shaman who are wondering about which gear balance to go for a few pointers for items that they could obtain relatively easily. I chose the numbers just as a benchmark to see if I could find gear pre-Kara to surpass them. Obviously in some situations the shaman will benefit from more mp/5 and less +heal or vice versa, but this seemed like a good all round balance that you could rely on for effective healing.
Even if such things are not a necessity for healing, the items in my list are both useful and not that hard to get, so a resto shammy who'd just hit 70 could come to the forums, have a look and say "Ok, I'm going to aim for this item from the list to improve my healing."

Anyway, like I said, this is not the be all and end all of Pre-Kara healing, but I hope some of you find it useful :)

Vanquish, as to your point about trinkets I'm sure that Essence of The Martyr is a stronger healing trinket, but as I mentioned I decided to leave out Badge rewards for the reason that they take quite a lot of farming to get. It may be that in obtaining some of the items in the list above the shaman gets enough Badges to spend on such a trinket, but in those circumstances he might choose a variety of the other items on offer, for example Light-Bearer's Faith Shield, Bishop's Cloak, Band of Halos or Necklace of Eternal Hope, all good healing items. If I included one of these items on my list then I'd have to include them all, making the list somewhat harder to obtain.

As for the Warp-Scarab Brooch, it definitely is a good trinket, but it didn't fit in with the balance of stats that I was trying to achieve, so I opted for Lower City Prayerbook instead.

Finally, I assume the last trinket you were trying to link was Zandalarian Hero Charm. This is an extremely good trinket and I have one myself, but I'm not sure how easy it is to find a group to run ZG these days, when most of the items there are obsolete.

Still, thanks for the advice :)

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either u have some imba very imba healer gear or your lying through your teeth i go with the latter

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troo

I have pretty decent healing gear and with 4/5 unrelenting storm I only have about 160ish mp5 (and im still missing the head enchant and my bracers are !#@@ also need to upgrade my shield), I only manage to get 235 when raid buffed

either that or youre gimping your +healing and only using mp5 items

hai clobber


edit: oh and I giggled at "badgers of justice" :P

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HA HA HA HA..... 100 m/5 sec....

I have 235 with my healer set.... 100 is totally unusefool.

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LOL, you are a complete jackass, and you are Enhancement too.... Almost any Resto Shaman knows that when we are talking about mana/5 we are referring to our ability to regenerate mana while casting, and not when we are out of combat. But ofcource there will always be idiots like you who doesnt have a clue. Your 235 mana/5 is your mana regeneration while out of combat. While casting, you probably got around 100-110. Pretty "unusefool", hah? In order to get 235 mana/5 while casting, you need to be dressed up in the best god damned epic Resto gear that drops in Karazhan and in 25 man raid instances, and you still may not make it unless you sacrifice some of your mana pool and your +healing...

Shameless bump.

Tbh I think this list, while much nicer organized, and potentially also updated, is less useful than the sticky.
Just listing one alternative per slot is no good. I saw that helm from underbog drop yesterday.... Many many weeks after exalted, and, well I have the tier 4 helm now. It's about alternatives, and one setup isnt useful.

Feel free to make a list for each slot, and replace the sticky that isnt maintained very well.

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Vanquish, as to your point about trinkets I'm sure that Essence of The Martyr is a stronger healing trinket, but as I mentioned I decided to leave out Badge rewards for the reason that they take quite a lot of farming to get. It may be that in obtaining some of the items in the list above the shaman gets enough Badges to spend on such a trinket, but in those circumstances he might choose a variety of the other items on offer, for example Light-Bearer's Faith Shield, Bishop's Cloak, Band of Halos or Necklace of Eternal Hope, all good healing items. If I included one of these items on my list then I'd have to include them all, making the list somewhat harder to obtain.

As for the Warp-Scarab Brooch, it definitely is a good trinket, but it didn't fit in with the balance of stats that I was trying to achieve, so I opted for Lower City Prayerbook instead.

Finally, I assume the last trinket you were trying to link was Zandalarian Hero Charm. This is an extremely good trinket and I have one myself, but I'm not sure how easy it is to find a group to run ZG these days, when most of the items there are obsolete.

Still, thanks for the advice :)

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1stly i didn't intend to sound condecending, so apologies if the post came across that way.

From my experience the need for MP5 is on a par with + heals. Ideally 120 should be minimum target. 150+ MP5 should be a long term goal. I switch gear dependant on the situation. Trash healing i have + heal and + heal trinkets for re-applying ES between pulls. Boss fights i equip my 'MP5' gear.

The items from Heroic rewards can, in most respects, be equaled or bettered from heroic, and even normal lv70 instance drops. 2 items from Badges i would say are highly reccomended are the trinket and the Necklace of Eternal hope (next on my shopping list) The rest i wouldn't personally bother with, as better/ less time consuming alternatives are available outside of Kara.

Shammy's heading into kara may need to have a greater priority on MP5 than + heals/ + int. Have noticed this with new shammys that join the guild, although excellent healers, they are sometimes hampered by their low MP5.

I only recently obtained the ZHC, a group of around 10-15 drunken lv 70's can tear through it in an hour or so, and it's most definatly worth it as ZHC is by far the best companion to Essence of the Martyr for boosting ES.

If someone doesnt have ZHC, I imagine it would be simple to arrange a guild trip for fun and nostalgia, state their need for the trinket in advance and i'm sure their guildies will have a laugh and they get the best +heal/dmg trinket available.

Don't get me wrong, your guide is on the whole very good, and a job well done, just my experience suggests some tweaks to improve raid viability, and help those shammies have an easier transition into kara and beyond.