I appreciate your work. I've thought about starting up a channel similar to yours many times. I too share a passion for vanilla WoW and feel that I have a great deal of insights that I would love to share with the world. The thing is that vanilla WoW has been covered endlessly by so many people to the point where the 'market' for topics like this is so flooded - and I think your current subscriber numbers reflect that fact. It's hard for someone to enter the vanilla wow guide/info/discussion 'market'. The biggest challenge for new starters is going up against many well known, established vanilla WoW channels run by veterans who have also played on private servers for 4+ years (you stated in your first video that you had played vanilla for 4 years). That being said, I wish you luck and prosperity for your channel. You do seem to produce quality - although amateur - content for a new starter to UA-cam. I will subscribe and hope to see some engaging content going forward.
Thanks man! Definitely saving this video closer to vanilla release. Got some discouraging stuff for rolling shaman in vanilla but you gave some new insight through this guide! Keep up the good work :)
Sham is the best healer. At 8/8 t1 they have the best heal per mana. At 3/8 t2 + 5/5 t2.5 they have the highest heal per second output. Yeah you also need a balanced set to put out big heals and not go oom, RIP bag space
Decent guide. Two corrections I would make is to 1) NOT preheal a tank with rank 1 HW to stack up healing way. On a lot of fights, you can pull threat from tanks and wipe the raid (for example, Vael or firemaw). You should let priests bubble and stack healing way after the tank has some threat. 2) Use brilliant mana oils as a consumable now that they’re out. Also, only get enough mp5 to last you through the fight with your consumables. If you have too much excess mana, that’s a waste of throughput. If you feel you have plenty of mana, you can swap some pieces for +healing.
A few more things (although this is for more advanced players): 1) Be mindful of your chain heal targets. I see way too many shamans cast a chain heal on a tank off to the side, wasting the “jumps” of the chain heal. Also, too many shamans spam chain heal to cover 98% of their heals. While chain heal is your go to, get used to downrank healing with HW if just the tank is taking minor damage. Don’t EVER cast a fully ranked chain heal on a tank that is the only one taking damage. 2) Get used to cast canceling rank 10 (or 9) HW. On some fights, like Ebonroc, you’ll only have the main tank taking damage (and it will be in large spikes). You have a cool down on natures swiftness, so start casting a high rank HW even if the tank is at full health, then interrupt if he/she doesn’t take damage. If they take spike damage, let the heal follow through. It will greatly reduce your casting time and potentially save the raid. I saw a healing guide in wrath that went in depth on this technique and I’ve been using it ever since on heavy tank fights.
Awesome content, man. So happy to hear you're making your dreams come true. Subbed! Love these types of Classic videos to help me with the tough decision of picking a class.
Now I feel better as shaman.. I thought I would be useless.. No real dmg.. No real tank.. Feels not being as good as priests. Usually I don't sub.. But this was awesome
Nice video, i would highly suggest grabbing green dragon mail set for any shaman you start raiding, i remember pairing this with 2 mindtap talisman trinkets and surprising my guildies with my healing when i becamea new raider and out healing many vet guildies with my crappy gear. Even got lava dredger my first run for even more mp 5. I always swore by mana regen gear in classic, truely the shaman best stat for spamming our spells.
Okey. I have a question. Resto shaman PvP spec and how good it is compared to other PvP healers? Little backround: I started restoshaman PvP at WotLickKing, ended up as a Rated Battleground leader/healer leader for a long time. But in vanilla time I did not have powerfull enough PC to play wow. Got a computer and got to lv20 before BC came out.
I really wish Classic would have an option for you to use the updated models. They're so nice. I forgot how awesome they were until this video. I hate that there isn't a toggle. It wouldn't hinder anyone else or effect any other player. Just a preference. Hoping there will be an addon so you can rock the new models.
Hi, I remember you since the deep interview with Tips about the lock class. I'm glad you are growing as a content creator channel mate. The only advice I feel to give you is to use the elysium bropack on the ownedcore site, to setup your private server (it's very easy to do), so you can make cutscenes from that since it has the old vanilla models that many prefer to see when watching Classic videos. It's not so affecting tho, just a preference. Keep up the good work, you've gained 1 more sub ;) P.S: always done tauren for my shammy, and I'll prolly do it again for classic, mainly cause of nostalgia and cow camaraderie
can you make a video, about raiding, what you need, do you need minimum gear for a raid? when yes what for gear, what misc. items you need, with what raid to start?
hey friend cool trick @ 14:13 and wanted to see if it will fly on live version for vanilla wow, will it be possible to rotate and switch wind fury totem with grace of air totem to receive both of there buff as long as I keep switching them with out letting my group die, this rotation is only for skilled and geared runs, wanted to know from you is it possible to do this for optimal group dps.
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman actually back in vanilla most staves had high dps/low attack speed. Most classes never considered staves as a melee weapon, but shammy can make use of both the caster stats as well as the weapon damage, no other class benefits as much from that.
As a Tauren Shaman, what about the increased Spirit (for faster mana regen to put out more heals over all) and if you wanna double-down, the increase to Herbalism?
May the spirits bless you, brother. Permit me a few remarks : 1. Once you get a decent mana pool and some mp5 gear, you don't really need Totemic Focus. 25% reduction in totem mana cost is not worth 5 talent points - in raids you rarely, if ever, drop a fire totem, and unless you're in a melee group, an earth totem is also unnecessary. As soon as you start getting ZG/MC gear and moving on from healing 5 mans, those points are better used elsewhere. Tidal Mastery for 5% more crit heals is far better 100% of the time. 2. Healing Focus is situational at best for PvE. You generally should not be taking constant damage - i've never had a problem healing Vael or Rag. I roll mostly the first spec - minus points in Imp. Ghost Wolf, Totemic Focus and Healing Focus. That allows me to get Tidal Mastery, max Healing Grace and get some melee crit for solo play/farming. 3. Consumables - as the most mana ineffcient healer, we need all the mana we can get. Pots, Nightfin Soup, Mageblood...i don't show up even to MC anymore without at least the first two at least. Mana Tide and ST trinket at the ready as well. Flasks...yea they are amazing, but the Black Lotus on my server is insane. Progression only, bringing flasks to ZG and MC at this point is a waste of gold. Even BWL is entirely doable without. 4. Weapons - for melee, we have 2 ench shamans, with shifty raid attendance...guild chipped in to make them both Nightfalls, it's an amazing dps increase for casters raid wide, really no reason to go without it. Annihilator, on the other hand, is bad to bring to raids - 600 armor is far too insignificant of a stat to waste a debuff slot on, and on top of that, it interferes with warrior sunders. Regards, a Tauren Shaman. Edit : I made a mistake, Annihilator debuff does not interfere with sunders.
I played Resto shaman all of vanilla and most of TBC. Chain heal was terrible for all of vanilla. It wasn’t fixed and made into a “smart heal” until TBC. It would literally randomly select targets to jump to with no consideration for anything but range. I’ve yet to see this discussed for classic.
Great content man but the video of the low level shaman and not an end game shaman was very boring and I didn’t see that glorious chain heal casted once. Also that it was modern spells and character model (n)
Good Video not too short not too long. Straight to the point. Been that long since i played Vanilla and WOW in general ive forgotten 95% of the game lol.
Great content, maybe an idea to also recommend an income strategy per class. If you don't want to make the vids to long you can make a separate video/playlist for that.
Yes. Because dumb blizzard doesn't want to change anything from Vanilla. The number of debuff restriction per target will still be there... even though that was a technical restriction in the past. That makes some specs unusable in raids
I agree i tanked many dungeons in vanilla, can be done in just about any spec since shaman can make lots of threat with with earth shock, rock biter, chain lightning and heals.
Well you are essentially using about 350-400 mana every 10 seconds on it. Assuming you have around 5k mana with 22mp/5 (by you get this by having unenchanted pre raid bis) + 8 mp/5 through food + 30mp/5 from your mana totem + some extra mp/5 from stuff such as enchants or elixirs (which I will not count right now) you will be at oom after 3.6 minutes. Which however does not count in stuff such as superior mana potions.
Raid wanted at least 4 shamans.. totems were not raid wide, only party wide, so you needed least 2 for healer groups and mana tide nad 1 each for melee groups. Prob 6 so your caster groups had 1 each too.
funny how you can tell whos a og shaman and who isnt. Back in vanilla originally chain heal was trash and nobody used it up to about AQ/Naxx everyone used LHW with t1 bonus.
Wow throwing shade at cows. I don't know about other Asian countries, but I know in South Korea being compared to a cow is actually considered a compliment because they view cows as intelligent.
Well, I beg to differ. With my team and my Tauren Shammy had no issue in PvP =-p PvE wasnt too bad ,if Horde wasnt being a mook.=-p Ally cringed when we logged on,then they pull out the big guns for a week or two,then its back to farming . Cheers
Really good, but I wish you guys who are experts would give analysis for non raid pve, I’m a family guy with wife, work, etc not hard core, I’ll play with family and friends but we don’t have the time to get all the way to final raids and such
Enjoyed the info, just need to work on your energy while telling your jokes. They are funny, but the monotone of you reading it out in the same voice as the guide really takes from the humor.
@@IamAliveTv Stay the same mate, this channel is very refreshing, because of you. I dislike the other neurotic over the top top kek edgy kid channels. Stay the same, we appreciate you and your content.
That's subjective. I think it's fine, and actually prefer when people tell jokes like this. The "energy" you're talking about is like the physical form of a laugh track, I don't need a cue to tell when something is funny.
Tauren has more range for heals due to its hitbox, therefore the best class for pve resto. ;)
I appreciate your work. I've thought about starting up a channel similar to yours many times. I too share a passion for vanilla WoW and feel that I have a great deal of insights that I would love to share with the world.
The thing is that vanilla WoW has been covered endlessly by so many people to the point where the 'market' for topics like this is so flooded - and I think your current subscriber numbers reflect that fact. It's hard for someone to enter the vanilla wow guide/info/discussion 'market'. The biggest challenge for new starters is going up against many well known, established vanilla WoW channels run by veterans who have also played on private servers for 4+ years (you stated in your first video that you had played vanilla for 4 years).
That being said, I wish you luck and prosperity for your channel. You do seem to produce quality - although amateur - content for a new starter to UA-cam. I will subscribe and hope to see some engaging content going forward.
I'm gonna be honest. Hearing you thank people actually made me think of you as a person and it was moving.
You sir are criminally undersubscribed!
I'm new! Thank you though. Make sure you get 50,000 of your friends to subscribe
@@IamAliveTv It takes time!
Thanks man! Definitely saving this video closer to vanilla release. Got some discouraging stuff for rolling shaman in vanilla but you gave some new insight through this guide! Keep up the good work :)
If you want to play a healer I feel that shaman is the most fun. Especially if you are a min/max type player
One of the best guide for resto shaman ever made do far!!
Sham is the best healer. At 8/8 t1 they have the best heal per mana. At 3/8 t2 + 5/5 t2.5 they have the highest heal per second output. Yeah you also need a balanced set to put out big heals and not go oom, RIP bag space
Decent guide. Two corrections I would make is to 1) NOT preheal a tank with rank 1 HW to stack up healing way. On a lot of fights, you can pull threat from tanks and wipe the raid (for example, Vael or firemaw). You should let priests bubble and stack healing way after the tank has some threat. 2) Use brilliant mana oils as a consumable now that they’re out.
Also, only get enough mp5 to last you through the fight with your consumables. If you have too much excess mana, that’s a waste of throughput. If you feel you have plenty of mana, you can swap some pieces for +healing.
A few more things (although this is for more advanced players):
1) Be mindful of your chain heal targets. I see way too many shamans cast a chain heal on a tank off to the side, wasting the “jumps” of the chain heal. Also, too many shamans spam chain heal to cover 98% of their heals. While chain heal is your go to, get used to downrank healing with HW if just the tank is taking minor damage. Don’t EVER cast a fully ranked chain heal on a tank that is the only one taking damage.
2) Get used to cast canceling rank 10 (or 9) HW. On some fights, like Ebonroc, you’ll only have the main tank taking damage (and it will be in large spikes). You have a cool down on natures swiftness, so start casting a high rank HW even if the tank is at full health, then interrupt if he/she doesn’t take damage. If they take spike damage, let the heal follow through. It will greatly reduce your casting time and potentially save the raid. I saw a healing guide in wrath that went in depth on this technique and I’ve been using it ever since on heavy tank fights.
Hi, i'm a french viewer. And honestly i understand everything and ur content is very good. Keep working like this, that's a fkin great job
I was here ONLY for "stat prio" but didn't see any of it... seems like a pretty big thing in a guide :D
This was the best guide i found thank you
Awesome content, man. So happy to hear you're making your dreams come true. Subbed! Love these types of Classic videos to help me with the tough decision of picking a class.
Imagine picking herbalism to farm black lotus for your guild mates :D LOL... CmonBruh ^^ I can't farm em for myself :D
Alive you're like the most genuinly nice guy man, love your content too!
Thanks for the kind words! It's always nice to see the internet being a friendly place and not just all toxicity
Hey Alive, I’m getting ready to hit Classic. Thinking about shaman. Thanks for the guide.
Best wow guides i Enjoy every video
Just found this channel awesome video with the talent section. Im a total scrub and your info is so different its very helpful thanks my friend
Thank you for the video definitely going resto shaman for classic
Couldnt disagree more. Don't roll a shaman. Leave that to me and only me. Roll rogue, warrior, hunter or mage.
I would like to see a shadow priest guide :D
Easy.... respec Holy.
Now I feel better as shaman.. I thought I would be useless.. No real dmg.. No real tank.. Feels not being as good as priests.
Usually I don't sub.. But this was awesome
Keep it up! No nonsense creator :) Greetings from Claesen Computersystems
This is really helpful! Thanks!
Great guide!
wonderful guide
Nice video, i would highly suggest grabbing green dragon mail set for any shaman you start raiding, i remember pairing this with 2 mindtap talisman trinkets and surprising my guildies with my healing when i becamea new raider and out healing many vet guildies with my crappy gear. Even got lava dredger my first run for even more mp 5.
I always swore by mana regen gear in classic, truely the shaman best stat for spamming our spells.
Ps just subbed gl
Okey. I have a question. Resto shaman PvP spec and how good it is compared to other PvP healers?
Little backround: I started restoshaman PvP at WotLickKing, ended up as a Rated Battleground leader/healer leader for a long time. But in vanilla time I did not have powerfull enough PC to play wow. Got a computer and got to lv20 before BC came out.
Im going SHAMAN" !! i cant wait
I really wish Classic would have an option for you to use the updated models. They're so nice. I forgot how awesome they were until this video. I hate that there isn't a toggle. It wouldn't hinder anyone else or effect any other player. Just a preference. Hoping there will be an addon so you can rock the new models.
I hate so much about the things that you choose to be
Hi, I remember you since the deep interview with Tips about the lock class.
I'm glad you are growing as a content creator channel mate.
The only advice I feel to give you is to use the elysium bropack on the ownedcore site, to setup your private server (it's very easy to do), so you can make cutscenes from that since it has the old vanilla models that many prefer to see when watching Classic videos. It's not so affecting tho, just a preference. Keep up the good work, you've gained 1 more sub ;)
P.S: always done tauren for my shammy, and I'll prolly do it again for classic, mainly cause of nostalgia and cow camaraderie
Do Druid please ! :)
This is a great guide. Thank you!
Thanks man very comprehensive
You are the Best! Thanks for your work!
those shaman running around shooting lightenin bolt looks totally different than classic wow. is my graphics card that bad?
Great video Alive!
Another great video!
can you make a video, about raiding, what you need, do you need minimum gear for a raid? when yes what for gear, what misc. items you need, with what raid to start?
good videos man been watching your guides, keep it up! very helpful
Hey man. Keep up this type of content and you have a sub.
Great vid man! Thanks for the info
hey friend cool trick @ 14:13 and wanted to see if it will fly on live version for vanilla wow, will it be possible to rotate and switch wind fury totem with grace of air totem to receive both of there buff as long as I keep switching them with out letting my group die, this rotation is only for skilled and geared runs, wanted to know from you is it possible to do this for optimal group dps.
How is farming as a healshaman? I am thinking that it can't be too bad if you get a decent 2hander, especially if you take some melee talents.
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman actually back in vanilla most staves had high dps/low attack speed. Most classes never considered staves as a melee weapon, but shammy can make use of both the caster stats as well as the weapon damage, no other class benefits as much from that.
As a Tauren Shaman, what about the increased Spirit (for faster mana regen to put out more heals over all) and if you wanna double-down, the increase to Herbalism?
man, keep with the good work!
We love you bro!
Late to the video but i subbed!
May the spirits bless you, brother. Permit me a few remarks :
1. Once you get a decent mana pool and some mp5 gear, you don't really need Totemic Focus. 25% reduction in totem mana cost is not worth 5 talent points - in raids you rarely, if ever, drop a fire totem, and unless you're in a melee group, an earth totem is also unnecessary. As soon as you start getting ZG/MC gear and moving on from healing 5 mans, those points are better used elsewhere. Tidal Mastery for 5% more crit heals is far better 100% of the time.
2. Healing Focus is situational at best for PvE. You generally should not be taking constant damage - i've never had a problem healing Vael or Rag.
I roll mostly the first spec - minus points in Imp. Ghost Wolf, Totemic Focus and Healing Focus. That allows me to get Tidal Mastery, max Healing Grace and get some melee crit for solo play/farming.
3. Consumables - as the most mana ineffcient healer, we need all the mana we can get. Pots, Nightfin Soup, Mageblood...i don't show up even to MC anymore without at least the first two at least. Mana Tide and ST trinket at the ready as well. Flasks...yea they are amazing, but the Black Lotus on my server is insane. Progression only, bringing flasks to ZG and MC at this point is a waste of gold. Even BWL is entirely doable without.
4. Weapons - for melee, we have 2 ench shamans, with shifty raid attendance...guild chipped in to make them both Nightfalls, it's an amazing dps increase for casters raid wide, really no reason to go without it. Annihilator, on the other hand, is bad to bring to raids - 600 armor is far too insignificant of a stat to waste a debuff slot on, and on top of that, it interferes with warrior sunders.
Regards, a Tauren Shaman.
Edit : I made a mistake, Annihilator debuff does not interfere with sunders.
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Why does your lightning bolt look like chain lightning?
I played Resto shaman all of vanilla and most of TBC. Chain heal was terrible for all of vanilla. It wasn’t fixed and made into a “smart heal” until TBC. It would literally randomly select targets to jump to with no consideration for anything but range.
I’ve yet to see this discussed for classic.
This does not seem accurate
@@pwnlol2 yet it 100% is..... Chain heal was terrible for all of vanilla.. go back and look at early top tier raid videos.. no shamans chain healed
That helped a lot
Thank you
Great content man but the video of the low level shaman and not an end game shaman was very boring and I didn’t see that glorious chain heal casted once. Also that it was modern spells and character model (n)
Good Video not too short not too long. Straight to the point. Been that long since i played Vanilla and WOW in general ive forgotten 95% of the game lol.
But what if I wanna play elemental?!
Great content, maybe an idea to also recommend an income strategy per class. If you don't want to make the vids to long you can make a separate video/playlist for that.
Nice video. Not only learned a lot about shamans, but also that cows are stupid. Who knew?
That was the real goal of the video all along. Down with the Tauren!
This sounds really scary with all the totems. I better not fuck up my first classic experience with such a nerdy class with 200 buttons.
Macros macros macros... Reduces screen bloat.
Played Resto in Vanilla, remembering that no one played elemental or enhancement really. Do you think that will be the same in classic?
Yes. Because dumb blizzard doesn't want to change anything from Vanilla. The number of debuff restriction per target will still be there... even though that was a technical restriction in the past. That makes some specs unusable in raids
@@ksiazykgregoire767 seems Strange to me aswell 🤔
I'm new here, i dig yo intro
Tauren Shaman is for the Shaman tanks haha
I agree i tanked many dungeons in vanilla, can be done in just about any spec since shaman can make lots of threat with with earth shock, rock biter, chain lightning and heals.
You forgot to say that for aoe healing, chain heal rank 1 is better than 3, because of it mana cost/heal balance.
why is there footage of a lowlvl char killing mobs? Why is there not footage about raids?
Wow didn't know Wil Myers played a resto shaman
Any chance of suboptimal builds like elemental?
tauren are actually good as enhance for pvp because of their increased hit range
3:44 But Tauren males have by far the best casting animations. This is much more important than min-maxing racials.
Nice content. Subbed. :)
Not sure whether to play alliance or horde :(( either dwarf priest or troll/orc shaman
Just found your channel. You've earned a new like and subscriber. Good stuff man!
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When is the best time to use chain heal rank 1?
Never really, the mana and healing done for it isn’t good compared to rank 2
I feel like totem twisting is a great way to go oom in 30 seconds :P
Well you are essentially using about 350-400 mana every 10 seconds on it. Assuming you have around 5k mana with 22mp/5 (by you get this by having unenchanted pre raid bis) + 8 mp/5 through food + 30mp/5 from your mana totem + some extra mp/5 from stuff such as enchants or elixirs (which I will not count right now) you will be at oom after 3.6 minutes. Which however does not count in stuff such as superior mana potions.
I would love to see an enhance shaman guide.
beg to differ, priest is the most used healer on horde side! At least, when i was playing vanilla it was.
Raid wanted at least 4 shamans.. totems were not raid wide, only party wide, so you needed least 2 for healer groups and mana tide nad 1 each for melee groups. Prob 6 so your caster groups had 1 each too.
flashing the hickey haha
Sadly it's just a pimple
lmfao 😘😫
@@jessersrmendez2695 bust down Thotiana
i hid in the closet for 30 minutes after he Forcefully told me not to twist totems
Great resto guide. Waiting for PvP Guide from You. ;-) SUB
Better light ,action figure on the back, Patreon ... and you are set ;D
I'm really broke right now but new mic, better light, and getting my own apartment are the goals at the moment
funny how you can tell whos a og shaman and who isnt. Back in vanilla originally chain heal was trash and nobody used it up to about AQ/Naxx everyone used LHW with t1 bonus.
Wow throwing shade at cows.
I don't know about other Asian countries, but I know in South Korea being compared to a cow is actually considered a compliment because they view cows as intelligent.
Its a pity You didnt mention anything about NS and Mana Tide, when to use correctly etc. But over all nice vid!
Well, I beg to differ. With my team and my Tauren Shammy had no issue in PvP =-p PvE wasnt too bad ,if Horde wasnt being a mook.=-p
Ally cringed when we logged on,then they pull out the big guns for a week or two,then its back to farming . Cheers
Really good, but I wish you guys who are experts would give analysis for non raid pve, I’m a family guy with wife, work, etc not hard core, I’ll play with family and friends but we don’t have the time to get all the way to final raids and such
Great guides! pls do druid:D
Herbalism and engineering?
Why?
How i will making the engineering things without mining?
U forgot mana oils as consumables.. Cuz shams havent own enchant for healing till wotlk ;)
You are just straight up reading up from the wowhead guide...
I love chain heal spam :D
Chain heal is so good 😍. Get scarab brooch from viscadus, 3 pc t2, and go crazy
@@IamAliveTv ye, t2 looks good(so do trinket)
this summer
soon™
Tauren are better than orc for pve cuz better range on heals
but what about pvp RIP
Alrdy done this when you were just a kid
I just subscribed at0:21
Enjoyed the info, just need to work on your energy while telling your jokes. They are funny, but the monotone of you reading it out in the same voice as the guide really takes from the humor.
I agree. I always talk very monotoned. I am trying to work on it
You should have a look at some british comedy for comedic influences, your voice would suit rather dry humor.
@@thecolumbopause4961 my humor is very dry, harsh, and sarcastic. I'm trying to keep it tamed though so people don't get offended
@@IamAliveTv Stay the same mate, this channel is very refreshing, because of you.
I dislike the other neurotic over the top top kek edgy kid channels.
Stay the same, we appreciate you and your content.
That's subjective. I think it's fine, and actually prefer when people tell jokes like this. The "energy" you're talking about is like the physical form of a laugh track, I don't need a cue to tell when something is funny.
warstomp is the best pvp racial out of the bunch you madman
Background footage is retail. Wtf
war stomp is nice on some naxx trash.
imp wf totem does almost nothing
Druid Please!