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Saw this on Zuco's channel a while back and been using it. It's wild fun.

I run healing stream in keys (like 16s) cause sometimes cloud burst doesnt get the use when packs die fast and its another thing to track. I like it cause it keeps thing steady in the background and then from there I can just focus on healing. Makes it a lot easier to keep the group around 3qtr health and then hit with a riptide to keep steady and saves mana.

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Zuco did a good build with healing totem and with our set bonus he got deep roots and it works about 60% of the healing shaman do is just passive healing

With Living Stream builds, it's definitely worth picking up Call of the Elements or Creation Core (vs. more burst profiles); the extra totems is insane value. Stoneskin is also massive, as is Thundershock, which has got to be one of our largest HPS buttons in higher keys (preventing spellcasts with knockups). I think u can even drop Healing Wave and the whole Primordial Wave kit, never chain heal, and just pick up both DRE and Asc; if you are good with Projection, EWT also is excellent for this sort of build (esp. with Call of the Elements) since u can just move your Earthen Wall and not lose value in keys. All we need to cast are HST, Riptide, and Surge to triage, keeping Earthshield up ofc. Really fun and lets us cast a ton of Chain Lightning/Acid Rain. Thanks for the vid!

Is this for raid or m+?

Just for info: why don't u take the weapon buff on the right tree? For passive inc healings is amazing (give u 2 - 5% more healings)

I feel like Shaman already has a lot of easy passive ways of healing small incidental damage in dungeons. I think there are too many situations where not going cloudburst just isnt viable in higher keys/aoe burst windows.

Tip: you can get Creation Core under Totemic Recall and with that you can drop 4 x HST at the same time for some "oh shit" moments, it does wonders !

I'm new to DF shaman. I'm curious why we don't use earthen wall or stone skin totems in any of the builds I've seen online? a short CD DR seems like it would be super worth

with Healing Stream Totem build. i wonder if haste becomes really good

Mana Tide Totem is much, much more than "I need mana"

Cloudburst may be better, but it's clunky to use in dungeons.

I've been running with a similar build the last weeks. It uses healing stream totem and riptide and you basically never cast chain heal. It's crazy strong and after a bit of practice, i've been having 0 problems up to 25 at least. BgQA7dFHISiZRvWu4x4NMgmZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIhEJJHgQKJRJhUSKSKBBlkoFBi0OQAkokkEJBC

You said this isn't the RS build for high keys, but I believe high keys are out of reach for RS this season anyway.

The problem with this is Blizzard nerfed healing stream into not being a smart heal anymore, which means it may go into someone at max hp and overheal rather than someone that needs it.

For raid I don’t know if I would ever recommend it. You can watch your timers to pre plan your “totem savings account”, then boom. BUT, in a 5 man… healing stream will definitely allow us to dps in some currency farming in mid level keys. Our dps can be pretty insane as heals go if we get the time.