For PvE healing, in most cases you will no longer be able to “roll” triple-stacks of lifebloom on more than one target, because you will spam yourself OOM without doing enough healing to be worthwhile to your raid. So, these lifebloom strategies are intended for one tank target, in addition to using your other heals on that target (see Tank healing part 1).
While rolling lifeblooms on multiple targets used to be the best strategy, the doubling of mana cost makes this less favorable for PvE healing now. There are a couple lifebloom strategies you can use, though lifebloom (in general) is a lot less popular PvE heal now.
Strategy A: Traditional rolling lifebloom triple-stacks:
This is the strategy most healers have been using lifebloom for in Burning Crusade. What you do is get three lifeblooms on the target, and then refresh it before it falls off the target. This is now a rarely used healing strategy, as it costs too much mana – though some still use it on a single tank target. You will still sometimes let it bloom, but you would also generally stack it back up faster after a bloom.
Strategy B: Slow rolling & let it fall off
This is the “slow rolling” strategy. How it works: Slowly stack it: cast 1st LB, cast 2nd right before it falls off, then cast 3rd right before it falls off. Once it has 3 stacks, let it bloom and return mana to you. Then, slowly stack it over time again, let it fall off after third application. Rinse and repeat. NOTE: You can sometimes refresh it before it falls off if you want to have more timing control of the bloom. Strategy C: Less stacking strategy
Some people may put up 1 or 2 before it falls off. This is more likely when you are assigned to raid healing and don’t want to spend a lot of time focusing on the tank. You may also want to only apply one as a way to buff nourish. You may also only cast lifebloom on the tanks when you get an Omen of Clarity proc, so that you can take full advantage of the mana return.
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2. Tank healing – Lifebloom strategies
2. Tank healing – Lifebloom strategies:
For PvE healing, in most cases you will no longer be able to “roll” triple-stacks of lifebloom on more than one target, because you will spam yourself OOM without doing enough healing to be worthwhile to your raid. So, these lifebloom strategies are intended for one tank target, in addition to using your other heals on that target (see Tank healing part 1).
While rolling lifeblooms on multiple targets used to be the best strategy, the doubling of mana cost makes this less favorable for PvE healing now. There are a couple lifebloom strategies you can use, though lifebloom (in general) is a lot less popular PvE heal now.
Strategy A: Traditional rolling lifebloom triple-stacks:
This is the strategy most healers have been using lifebloom for in Burning Crusade. What you do is get three lifeblooms on the target, and then refresh it before it falls off the target. This is now a rarely used healing strategy, as it costs too much mana – though some still use it on a single tank target. You will still sometimes let it bloom, but you would also generally stack it back up faster after a bloom.
Strategy B: Slow rolling & let it fall off
This is the “slow rolling” strategy. How it works: Slowly stack it: cast 1st LB, cast 2nd right before it falls off, then cast 3rd right before it falls off. Once it has 3 stacks, let it bloom and return mana to you. Then, slowly stack it over time again, let it fall off after third application. Rinse and repeat. NOTE: You can sometimes refresh it before it falls off if you want to have more timing control of the bloom.
Strategy C: Less stacking strategy
Some people may put up 1 or 2 before it falls off. This is more likely when you are assigned to raid healing and don’t want to spend a lot of time focusing on the tank. You may also want to only apply one as a way to buff nourish. You may also only cast lifebloom on the tanks when you get an Omen of Clarity proc, so that you can take full advantage of the mana return.