Coming from an rdruid, I’m trying MW for fun. I’m at 370ilvl without any good traits yet if that matters. The first thing I noticed is MW spells cost ALOT! 3.5k vivify, ~5k enveloping, ~7k font. As a former hotter, maybe I envelop too much.
doing M0-3 dungeons I go oom a lot (tyrannical doesn’t help). Are there some tips to save mana in dungeons and raids? I like soothing mist but maybe I shouldn’t cast that if I just want to vivify someone? What’s your main spell (and Azerite setup) for raid healing I.e. what do I cast when font is on cd? Is fistweaving good? I feel like it could be cool with the t100 talent? But may rank low on hps meters?
I plan to pvp but it seems like it will be reallly bad with the recent mana regen fix. What’s the strat?
I am but a mere amateur MW, but i’d advise not slapping enveloping mist on everyone. It’s most a big single target HoT sort of spell. Keep Renewing Mist on CD and spread it everywhere so your vivifies will have a broader reach.
As for mana saving tips, spec mast/ver, you could talent mana tea or life cycles, or if you’re feeling really ambitious u could get the mana regeneration talent. Avoid using essence font too much because it’s the follow up heals u throw out after on ppl that have the essence font HoT that does a lot of healing.
IMO, MW has always felt like it goes through mana like copy paper, but it’s got decent ways to manage.
- Dont use EnvM unless the tank is at like 20% that is your big save heal. It wastes way too much mana. Vivify is fine.
- Always have a Renewing mist up. You will heal everyone with it on them with Gust of Mist.
- I cant tell if you are using Jade Serpent totem but use that and keep it on the tank especially on boss fights.
- Just use soothing mist on the tank during the fight and vivify if big tank dmg is going out. In dungeons use soothing mist because it procs gust of mist. In raids you can spam vivify. Really no need to spam vivify in dungeons not too much dmg is going out and if you use Soothing mist and vivify it is an instant cast.
- In dungeons you should rarely use Essence font unless you know group dmg is going out.
- Chi burst is a great group heal and crit really big.
- There is really only 2 good AZ traits and that is the Essence font one and vivify with revival cooldown. (Cant remember the names).
- You can use other traits as well but they are not going to make or break you. They wont help you with mana.
As for mana problems. In dungeons take thunder focus tea and try and use it on Vivify (No Mana) and Renewing mist (30sec hot) using it on vivify will help with mana usage.
Always use your mana tea and spam and try and use all your heals in that 8 sec span.
I dont know if you are Blood elf but use arcane torrent as well it gives back mana.
As far as mana tips. Use soothing mist doesnt cost really any mana and procs gust of mist so you get an extra heal. Dont use Enveloping mist unless you feel like the tank is getting trucked. Do not use it on the other party members. Dont use essence font unless everyone is really low or group dmg is going out.
Jade serpent statue is great to leave on a target its like a nice 30sec HotS.
Also good practice with mana usage and getting more confident in knowing you can keep people up without spamming your spells.
Stats
1.Int
2.Vers
3.Crit
4.Mastery/Haste
Dont need haste because you have soothing mist.
Only fistweave once you are confident in keeping people up.
I dont really pvp but when I have I usually have more mana than the other healers I am against.
Bubble trait and pvp talent makes my CD 60 secs lol.
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MW is a great spec to learn to be mana efficient as a healer, its good to practice using your other spells as filler. You will eventually get used to how heavy MW mana is. It just comes as you play more and of course as you get more gear your heals will heal for alot more.
Mana is a huge deal with mw. Part of being a good MW is mana conservation.
I came from being a Restodruid in Legion to a MW and the difference is huge.
Resto is spammy and busy while MW is channel-y. It took me a while to get used to the different rhythm. But the MW healing throughput is pretty intense.
I find that unless you are running the secret infusion azerite trait and want a certain stat from your thunder focus tea, taking the talents focused thunder and mana focus tea are critical if you are having trouble with mana. You will during easy heals save more with lifecycles over time, but mana focus tea doesnt have much downtime and is more useful in tough boss encounters. I also had trouble initially and wondered why I was always OOM until switching to the above referenced talents. Making vivify free twice with focused thunder is a huge boon. Even changing over to my recommendations does not totally alleviate the fact the MW is a mana heavy healing class with not many ways to avoid it. You need to be cognizant of everyones health at all times. As above posters have said the most critical part is having renewing mist on cd all the time as it is high mana efficiency and will bounce around after fully healing targets.