Yeah there's no real point in dismissing a strategy because you're team is fully decked out in amazing gear, you don't need a strategy then, just brute force everything

I have one toon with sub 14k health still, I think. A single nova does more than that, he would immediately be killed no matter how epic my healing was.

I really want to get some info out there for those who don't use shamans in their groups. I friggen love shamen, and wish I could slot one in without paying an acct-acct transfer fee to do it (on my main account, with my 5 box tank...alas). Four healing streams and a resistance totem would trivialize almost all encounters, as one shaman almost trivializes all encounters in a single box mode, hehe