kinda a noob question here haven’t played healer or anything with a mana bar since TBC.
So what do i do if i run oom in a dungeon? am i supposed to bring my own food? if so, what food should i buy to eat and regen mana
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Buy the best mana drinks you can from an inn keeper in any of the “new” world content.
Don’t buy any food from other players or the AH unless for stat buffs. Don’t use that stuff for mana. Water and other products from innkeepers will suffice.
i see, thanks!
As the other guy said… go to the innkeeper for whatever expansion you are in and buy the best mana regen water you can find. Its usually fairly cheep. Buy 2 stacks. Try to keep at least 5 when queued up.
In speed rush dungeons where tanks are mass pulling and your dropping low on trash just drink when you can - don’t worrying about finishing the full thing or getting to full. 3-5 seconds will get you back over 50%
You also may want to get the best mana potions you can for your level for emergency use. Unlike water you can use these in combat - though there is a long cool down on use. But if your on a boss or big pull and you go oom, this is the quickest way to add a bit more to your pool.
If you don’t have alchemy leveled to get good enough mana potions buy on auction house - try to keep 3-5 for emergency use.
Also if there is a mage in your party get them to make food - mage food restores mana and works similar to water.
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100% if you can find a mage get the food. 5% Mana/HP is better than anything.
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The innkeepers sell the basic mana regen you can use, but there is better if you want to find it.
The turtles sell a scroll that can restore the same mana but also restore health as well.
Mage food is better for healing specs as it does 100% of mana/heath. For hybrid classes (boomy, ret, spriest, etc) scrolls will restore mana faster as your base mana is only 20k so scrolls/ water will be faster.
But the very best food for restoring mana hands down is fish feasts from the Darkmoon fair. It restores mana and health super fast and is great for grievous weeks.
I’d also add… the goal is to keep as much mana available as you can while keeping everyone alive… this means making use of all the tools you have to make that happen.
I don’t know what spec you playing, but check the talents you are selecting that impact mana regen against what’s suggested for dungeons in places like icyviens and wowhead.
If your playing a Druid make sure you are using ample use of inveterate when you get it - on big pulls and bosses with group damage - same for monk mana tea talent and shaman one that drops mana to 50% of cost
When not casting heals use whatever crowd control you have available on big trash packs - this will save you mana. For monk that’s leg sweeping the pack, for shaman shock totem and earthbind totem, for Druid vortex - and if you talent into typhoon use it as an interupt.
And download a dps meter like details that lets you change the meter to heals & over heals - there is a good chance you have too muchover healing
probably shouldve posted on my shaman
yea i just leveled it to 120 and started doing dungeons.
first 2 dungeons i do the tank just goes and aggros multiple groups
my efficient heal isn’t enough to keep him up so i was spamming the faster heals and my mana pool started dipping, then i realized shamans dont have mana stream totems anymore eh so i started wondering what am i suppose to do about mana
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Actually - I forgot we were in the shaman forum…
I’m still learning, esp. shaman, but what’s above is the little I’ve figured out/found from others that helps…
Don’t forget if aint got crit ignore it philosophy :D.
Resurgence plays a HUGE roll in your mana regen. So if all four parts of your chain heal crits you earn back 1% of your mana.
Healing Wave = 1%
Healing Surge = .6%
Riptide = .6%
Chain heal = .25%
Make good use of your Totems as well, 1 - 3 mins goes by much faster then you would realize. Especially Capicator Totem, it can be a great way to buy you 4 secs to get the tank back up in a suitible state.
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Id say most of this is true, but not every spec needs to run the most efficient mana regen talents for dungeons. Those talents are usually more for raiding and maybe higher keys where fights will last a long time. I usually always have time between packs to drink my mana up to full.
I usually just stock up on those in waters and drink between every pull if i have around < 75% mana.
I can see how druids may need more mana regen tho.
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So resurgence still puts us at a net loss in mana, correct?
Healing wave is 1800 - 1000 = 800 cost
Healing Surge 3200 mana
I do not understand your response?
Classing spells will always result in a mana lose. The divining difference being that unlike other healing class’s who’s mana regen is based in a flat MP5 shamans is stepped in get mana back from criting, so if you gear a shaman ignoring crit you are going to run dry very fast.