What's your 5 shaman healing strategy?

[heyaz]

These are my healing keys:

F! is bound to heal self

U is bound to everyone heal the main, since people like to tab target or announace in chat that "Zoobox is the main, kill him and they can't do anything!" - suckers.

T is bound to everyone assist main, so I can heal other people or shaman that are getting focused

F2 is a cross chain heal, every shaman heals another shaman. Also nice for making cool designs in towns.

Y is bound to everyone assist main and chain heal. This is a gimmick to be honset.

Don't use chain heal if you're dying fast, it will never finish. I use it if I'm being slowly aoe'd, or against a paladin who has bubbled. For one trick pony arms warriors I use F1 to heal self, if my elemental mastery is on CD

Also get used to playing the softest class in the game, and don't stress over your healing strategy - there really isn't one. Shaman have more armor than plate (w/o shield) and drop like pre-bc priests. It's ridiculous.

Healing is necessary sometimes, but the quad box shaman strategy in this expansion is kill dps as fast as you can, and heal up after. You simply cannot keep shaman alive with healing, and if you do stay alive a bit longer you're just delaying the inevitable. Find a balance between a quick heal and your nukes to eliminate the DPS that are going to ultimately wipe your whole team.