Streams and Springs

Shaman have two water totems that are a staple of the class. The first is Healing Stream. The second is Mana Spring. You can only use one at a time, so it's good to know which to use when.

Let's first figure out what they do:

Healing Stream (Party\Group-only): Summons a Healing Stream Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that heals group members within 30 yards for X every 2 seconds.

Mana Spring (Raid-wide): Summons a Mana Spring Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that restores X mana every 5 seconds to group members within 30 yards.


They key to which one you'll be using is the number of Paladins in your group\raid:

0 Paladins: You will have no pally buffs, so drop your Mana Spring totem for the Mp5

1 Paladin: You should take Blessing of Kings from the paladin (10% increased stats) for the larger mana pool. You can then drop Mana Spring for the Mp5.

2 (or more) Paladins: You should take both Blessing of Kings and Blessing of Wisdom. This will give you both the mana pool and Mp5. You can then drop the Healing Stream totem.

It should be noted that Mana Spring and Blessing of Wisdom do not stack. There is no benefit to dropping Mana Spring while BoW is active.