Shaman Totems vs Paladin Blessings

[Skandranon]

The only reason to drop multiple mana tides would be to cover the whole raid if it was spread out some.

Not quite. Same totems don't stack, fine: the result is a baseline 25 mp5 from one mana spring. That doesn't mean that shaman can't drop Mana Tides end-to-end to get the most out of their cooldowns. Inside five minutes, five shaman dropping five mana tides chained end-to-end generate 5800 mana for the raid; losing 60 seconds of Spring (300 mana) to get it.

Across five minutes, each caster would get 116 2/3 mp5. It's not as crazy as the numbers in my original post, but it's still about three times what Blessing of Wisdom offers. Plus, the four shaman not with Spring or Tide out at any time can throw in Fire Resistance, Healing Stream, Poison Cleansing, whatever.