how much do you have to heal in arena?

[Void]

well topic says it all. i have a shaman healer for arena and it seems like i do more healing than he does to keep myself alive. When i have to heal so much not only does it drain my mana super quick it stops my dps and lets other team catch up on heals. so i ask you how much healing do you actualy do in an arena match. cause im tired of losing and me getting the blame by my healer for not healing myself.

[magwo]

A lot with my new resto shaman.....zzzz..

With holy pala it's smooth cruisin, until you meed the 4dps teams with casters and start dying.

[Kaynin]

It depends on the situation. If my healer is temporarily cc'd, a heal or two can help.

But if I have to heal because my healer isn't able to keep up, there's really no point, better try to kill off dps then. :P

Honestly, you shouldn't -have- to heal ever. The few situations it can help are rare. And you should just kill off dps so your healer can keep up by himself.

[Ellay]

little to no healing against 2 dps, medium against 3 dps, and omg wtf bbq you better be healing on 4-5 dps

[Kaynin]

4-5 dps I just tend to blow my nuke sooner, with no healers backing them up, they're usually very easy kills.

If you'd heal and they have any form of cc, you're royally fucked. I'd suggest just nuking the shit out of them before they can do a thing. :P

That's how I win pretty much all four/five dps fights (Unless they keep lossing and I screw up at the start of the fight. But that happens more rarily every time I do arena. xD )

Seriously tho, healing against 4/5 dps teams? :s In the few secs you're healing, one will be counterspelled, another deathcoiled, another cyclowned and prolly one earthshocked as well! (Well, probably not all four, but I'd say it's easy for any opposing team to quickly cc two of your four shammies, which against a 4/5 dps team would surely mean game over in mere seconds? :P )

Just questioning your tactic. I don't see it working for me. :P

edit: Besides, you REALLY don't want to run oom before at least 3 people are dead in such comps. Too much healing would ruin your chance to win. O_o

[Dominian]

What type of healing do you guys use btw? I tend to use lesser healing wave..

[Kaynin]

Me too, if it's aoe damage I need to heal I use chain lightning. But mmh.

In arena I don't see how anything more then an occasional heal is a good idea. If the others are lossing or something, sure heal. But if they're all on you, I'd say kill some people first. Because healing won't do you good. Keep tunnelviewing the other teams, forcing them defensive with dps instead so you don't have to heal? *shrug*

Then again, I'm not 2.2k rating. :P

[merujo]

i just know this...
if i throw 4 or more times in a row a lesser healing wave, chances are, im going to loose. because im in a static position, and they are adapting themselves, and last thing i know, i've got a warrior putting ms's, a rogue applying poisons...a hunter doing dps at will..so... i KNOW how hard it is, but u gotta push it really hard, and sometimes take a choice: let one die, to kill 1/2 opponents, because if u start saving one, most likely u'll lose.
If the one being nuked is ur partner, i always heal him, specially if hes on front of me, cause after 1/2 quick heals i just send a CL and LB to one target and they will get scared, if not dead.

dunno what u guys think about this...

[Dominian]

I struggle ALOT with meele teams atm alot due to having 7-8k hp,200 resillience and 650 spelldamage. Ive done about 30 matches with my paladin and the first match he swapped to pve gear he was attacked! Its also hard to tell if hes a good healer or not but 1800 with ench shaman,warrior and holy paladin must put him above the average and atleast he got decent gear.

Will be fun too see now with thunderstorm!

Any ideas if 4 fire novas,4 thunderstorms and 4 shocks can kill a target?

I personally have doubts but 4 novas,CL,4 thunderstorms and 4 shocks seems cool, Even if i wasted 3 thunderstorms its worth it if i can blow up the warrior.

[Kaynin]

I struggle ALOT with meele teams atm alot due to having 7-8k hp,200 resillience and 650 spelldamage. Ive done about 30 matches with my paladin and the first match he swapped to pve gear he was attacked! Its also hard to tell if hes a good healer or not but 1800 with ench shaman,warrior and holy paladin must put him above the average and atleast he got decent gear.

Will be fun too see now with thunderstorm!

Any ideas if 4 fire novas,4 thunderstorms and 4 shocks can kill a target?

I personally have doubts but 4 novas,CL,4 thunderstorms and 4 shocks seems cool, Even if i wasted 3 thunderstorms its worth it if i can blow up the warrior.

With your spelldamage you will always struggle with the first kill. I know I did. :P I'm at 1k spelldamage now and stuff drops much easier.

Anyhow, yeah, with 650 spelldamage, I'd try to soften targets up before blowing instants. :P