05-18-2006, 08:51 PM
From http://www.wowhead.com/ it appears that Swiftmend, the new 31-point Restoration talent, will work like this:
Swiftmend
254 mana, 40 yard range, instant cast, 15 secs cooldown
Consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on a friendly target to instantly
heal them by an amount equal to 12 sec of Rejuvenation or 15 sec of Regrowth
"Pssh, rejuvenation and regrowth are worthless spells," you say. "No druid would ever use them - the mana efficiency is horrible!"
Well, let's take a look at the numbers. I'm going to assume that I, the hypothetical druid, have some +500 healing, and the AQ20 Rejuvenation and Healing Touch books. (in fact Tufty falls a little short of this, at around +400 or so)
Using Swiftmend with Regrowth:
Rank 9 Regrowth costs 880 mana and heals for 1003 to 1119, plus 1064 over 21 seconds.
+healing is split between these parts: thus the direct-heal part should heal for 1311. The HOT should heal for 1314 over 21 secs, or 187.7 health per 3-second tick. By itself, therefore, it has a HPM (heal per mana) of 2.98.
Swiftmend should cost at least one tick of healing (187.7), but heal your target for a base of 938.5 health (5 ticks). At this time, it's believed that it doesn't benefit from +healing, which makes sense since that would be double-application of +healing.
Total: 1115 mana, 3375.8 healing
HPM: 3.02
Using Swiftmend with Rejuvenation:
Rank 11 Rejuvenation costs 360 mana and heals for 888 over 12 secs (4 ticks) without the Stormrage 8-piece bonus. It receives 80% of your +heal, so this would heal for 1288 total, or 322 per tick. By itself, it has a HPM of 3.58.
Swiftmend should cost at least one tick of healing (322) but heal your target for 1288.
Total: 614 mana, 2254 healing
HPM: 3.67
Using Healing Touch Alone:
Rank 11 Healing Touch costs 800 mana and heals for 2267 to 2677. It receives full benefit of +healing, so it should heal for 2872 on average.
Total: 800 mana, 2872 healing
HPM: 3.71
Rank 5 Healing Touch costs 270 mana and heals for 572 to 694. It receives full benefit of +healing, so it should heal for 1133 on average.
Total: 270 mana, 1133 healing
HPM: 4.196
Conclusion:
It's an emergency spell. The intention seems to be that a resto druid should be on the MT, constantly casting Rejuvenation and then using Swiftmend whenever the MT's health spikes downward. Since it has a rapid cooldown (15 secs), this could be decent for keeping the MT up on Firewing. (we all know how suddenly the MT can be sitting in the red zone)
At first I was going to dismiss Swiftmend as worthless and respec feral, but after considering this, I have to admit that it may not be so bad as that. I may stay 31 resto/20 feral and start rejuvenating more.
Swiftmend
254 mana, 40 yard range, instant cast, 15 secs cooldown
Consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on a friendly target to instantly
heal them by an amount equal to 12 sec of Rejuvenation or 15 sec of Regrowth
"Pssh, rejuvenation and regrowth are worthless spells," you say. "No druid would ever use them - the mana efficiency is horrible!"
Well, let's take a look at the numbers. I'm going to assume that I, the hypothetical druid, have some +500 healing, and the AQ20 Rejuvenation and Healing Touch books. (in fact Tufty falls a little short of this, at around +400 or so)
Using Swiftmend with Regrowth:
Rank 9 Regrowth costs 880 mana and heals for 1003 to 1119, plus 1064 over 21 seconds.
+healing is split between these parts: thus the direct-heal part should heal for 1311. The HOT should heal for 1314 over 21 secs, or 187.7 health per 3-second tick. By itself, therefore, it has a HPM (heal per mana) of 2.98.
Swiftmend should cost at least one tick of healing (187.7), but heal your target for a base of 938.5 health (5 ticks). At this time, it's believed that it doesn't benefit from +healing, which makes sense since that would be double-application of +healing.
Total: 1115 mana, 3375.8 healing
HPM: 3.02
Using Swiftmend with Rejuvenation:
Rank 11 Rejuvenation costs 360 mana and heals for 888 over 12 secs (4 ticks) without the Stormrage 8-piece bonus. It receives 80% of your +heal, so this would heal for 1288 total, or 322 per tick. By itself, it has a HPM of 3.58.
Swiftmend should cost at least one tick of healing (322) but heal your target for 1288.
Total: 614 mana, 2254 healing
HPM: 3.67
Using Healing Touch Alone:
Rank 11 Healing Touch costs 800 mana and heals for 2267 to 2677. It receives full benefit of +healing, so it should heal for 2872 on average.
Total: 800 mana, 2872 healing
HPM: 3.71
Rank 5 Healing Touch costs 270 mana and heals for 572 to 694. It receives full benefit of +healing, so it should heal for 1133 on average.
Total: 270 mana, 1133 healing
HPM: 4.196
Conclusion:
It's an emergency spell. The intention seems to be that a resto druid should be on the MT, constantly casting Rejuvenation and then using Swiftmend whenever the MT's health spikes downward. Since it has a rapid cooldown (15 secs), this could be decent for keeping the MT up on Firewing. (we all know how suddenly the MT can be sitting in the red zone)
At first I was going to dismiss Swiftmend as worthless and respec feral, but after considering this, I have to admit that it may not be so bad as that. I may stay 31 resto/20 feral and start rejuvenating more.