Question - SHM (only Healing) be replaced by CLR? (1 Viewer)

[staring6]

Hello,there.
This is my first post on RedGuides. I'm not a native English speaker, so please forgive me if there are strange expressions.

My Toon is now a 6box of SK BST ENC MAG WIZ SHM. Bst and Shm's Buff have a lot of overlap, and Slow and Haste are done by ENC.
The role of SHM is almost exclusively Heal. Is SHM better to replace CLR?

From a few posts in the past, I know that SHM's Heal is no less than the CLR. But CLR is a specialist in Heal.

If there is a benefit staying SHM, please tell me why!

Thank you!

 

[Birdman]

Shaman aura will benefit the mage swarm pets a lot. and if you are using CWTN plugins which EVERYONE should be. you could set shaman to hybrid and he will Heal + DPS as the CLR will only heal

 

[Leo]

Sham also adds swarm pets which helps with Mage dps. If you're concerned about the overlap of sham and bst, you could consider swapping the bst for a necro or bard which would synergize better with the casters. Either way it's splitting hairs. You have a good combo if you stay with what you have, or switch shm for clr, or switch bst for something else. Tough to go wrong with what you're already working with.

 

[Doc James]

Cleric is better suited if you raid. Shaman is good otherwise. Especially if you have a high DPS group.

 

[ChamIzland]

sham offers a lil more flexibility over cleric

 

[Wraith6911]

What everyone else has said - but if you are still leveling your group, there are level ranges when the shaman really struggles on it's own to solo heal. I kept a cleric on the side for those ranges and healed outside of group via Xtarget window to keep things going. At 100ish (with AA) the shaman took back over just fine.

 

[dewey2461]

I personally love shaman and I would not switch from a shaman to a cleric for your group.

While you may be doing heals on the shaman, your shaman should be doing aDPS stuff to boost your group DPS and casting DOTs to help with direct DPS.


My shaman used to struggle to heal until I got my hands on a raiding guide which outlines which spells to use.

3x Fast single target heals.
- Reckless Rejuvnation lv:110 - Heals ~19k heal
- Reckless Renewal lv:115 ~24k heal
- Reckless Resurgence lv:120 ~ 27k heal

Mash: Polar Gift - Cast it when it is up - Next heal spell is twin cast
Mash: Spiritual Shower - Especially good after twin cast - Heals 3x pulses of 6522 /ea over ~ 10s

Keep your group HoT going at all times:
- Spirit of Renewel - Heals 14k / tick

 

[B_I_G__D_A_D_D_Y]

Keep that SK as strong as you can and you'll never miss a cleric healer! I mostly use all lifetaps on my SK and the shaman has enough time to do decent dps as well as heal.

 

[reefrash]

Keep that SK as strong as you can and you'll never miss a cleric healer! I mostly use all lifetaps on my SK and the shaman has enough time to do decent dps as well as heal.

Or just flip that taunt on your Mage pet tank with em30 and forget about it!

 

[B_I_G__D_A_D_D_Y]

Or just flip that taunt on your Mage pet tank with em30 and forget about it!

I do that too! The SK fights for aggro and the incoming damage gets split between the SK and the pet!