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Addons: Neav UI
This isn’t the first time I’m going to highlight an UI compilation and it certainly won’t be the last time. I love UI compilations as a starting point for my own UI. Most of the time guys who upload decent looking UIs have a) better understanding of addons in general and b) ...
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Addons: (De)Buff Tracking
In my last post , I talked about ways to become a better healer. Some points were about proper spell selection, others were very basic tips about healing in general and well, I also advised every Shaman to very closely watch specific buffs to maximize his output. Why is this important?  ...
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Mastering Shaman Healing
shieldsup.ch — Shamans are in a strange place right now. We are both good tank healers and good group healers, but we shine at none of those two tasks. We have no good long cooldown panic button like guardian spirit or pain suppression and in many situations we ... (more) Mastering Shaman Healing
WTB: Blogroll
I like linking to other sites. It’s a good way to direct traffic to places I want people to go, be it very nice people, be it informational sites, be it good and critical blogs. At the very beginning, the links on my blogroll pointed to some big names in the blogging world, like ...
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It all comes back to haste
If I had to recommend one source of information to any resto shaman, it would be the Theorycrafting Think Tank entry Shaman: Restoration . Skyhoof, Daidalos and Stassart do a absolutely terrific job at providing a complete shaman healing guide, always up to date, always adapting to new patches ...
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Drug explains: Why too much damage mitigation is bad but Ancestral Healing is great.
This is an answer to Llyra’s post on the topic of Damage prevention and Ancestral Healing . You should absolutely head over to Healing Way and read the post and its comments, but here’s a quick summary anyway: His main point is, that shamans don’t provide enough damage ...
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One Year of Shields Up!
It is exactly one year since the very first post on this blog. Now, some 85 posts and a little over 100k visitors later, I still enjoy writing on a regular basis very much. That’s also why I’d much rather get to writing the next real post than celebrating this one year anniversary. ...
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TotC – The Verdict
I have now seen my fair share of the Trial of the Crusader Instance. If this isn’t the first time you’re reading this blog, you might have noticed that I don’t like this dungeon. I never got around to explain why though. I always felt that I hadn’t seen enough of the ...
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Addons: Why DXE is better than DBM and BigWigs
Yes, DXE aka Deus Vox Encounters is the best Bossmod out there at this very moment. Like most players, the first Bossmod I used was DBM . It is still a good addon. I only left it for BigWigs , because back in the time, the WoW Ace Updater was so cool and switching to Ace addons was kind of ...
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Addons: Little Helpers - Addendum
A post of mine, which is still rather popular is Addons: Little Helpers . If you haven’t read it, please do so. All addons should still absolutely work and make your life in WoW just a tiny bit easier. Before I post some more little addons you might find useful, please head over to ...
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This is a short, random Post. Enjoy.
In my last post , I was wondering if this site is really meant to stay online. I reckon it is. It was also very nice to hear some people would like to see my keep on writing. Even my ego doesn’t mind a little attention from time to time. Thank you. The ego is happily purring on a warm ...
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