Quote Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=155783#post 155783
When I theorycrafted, I thought that a shaman would be the best healer for a hunter group due to chain heals and imp Grace of Air (which is now more accessible in the Enh tree if you want to buff it). Of course, I have 5 shaman and I have a priest so I decided to level with druid healer after having already leveled my #1 (shaman) and #2 (priest) choices
I think Shaman are a fantastic choice. Bloodlust on boss fights would be great to shorten the most difficult part of boxing, and chain heal is a great tool as well (that won't get nerfed!). Totems are also fantastic buffs, as most of us know.

I would consider running one of my shamans with my team if it didn't require another account and a character move.


Glyph of Rejuvenation is really very damn good (+50% heal if target is <50% health). Glyph of Regrowth is another fantastic one (20% more heal if regrowth is already on target). The way these glyphs add to the already insane +heal% a BM+Tenacity pet gets is wonderful...

Biggest issue I can see in heroic is simply boosting the hunters' stamina up high enough to get the pets raw health numbers up to avoid getting 2-shot quickly. Their health tank is a little small, even if the +heal% is enormous.

A couple of solo BM hunters have used their pets to tank heroics, so we'll see...