Ok I just wanted to try Heroic Ramparts on my 5 box team since I heard that is one of the easier Heroic dungeons.

My Tank has 490 def, 9.9k health, 11.5k armor, and 41% avoidance (very low still but uncrush is not needed in 5m heroics).
My Shammy team is sitting at +635 spell damage and 14% crit.
I have no dedicated healer.

I got totally destroyed by the first trash pull in ramparts. I was not expecting them to hit me for 3000+ on plate :cursing:
I mean holy crap, that is amazing. I thought being 490 def was all I needed for some of the easier heroics. But I was wrong.

What do I need to do heroics and get badges?
What is the min +healing I should have on a dedicated healer - I see I need one now
How do you play with dedicated healer? Does he just spam Healing wave 1 or Lesser healing wave 3 or do u just wait for big heals, or what?
Do I have enough +dmg if I have only 3 DPS shammy team?
What more does my tank need to hold up better in Heroics? Got any easy to get gear suggestions for me?