Super Healing Potions… not worth it.
In my travels across hundreds of guild sites, I’ve always found one common requirement for raiding…
Super Healing Potions.
(Use: Restores 1500 to 2500 health. (2 Min Cooldown))
I have an unfortunate newsflash for all of these guilds. Super Healing Potions are not worth it for a tank. Raiding is not a 5 man. If we need to get health back in a pinch, we have Healthstones and Last Stand.
So, what should I use?
Ironshield Potions.
(Use: Increases armor by 2500 for 2 min.)
On any fight worth chugging potions defensively the pro-active path is the stronger path. If you are struggling to tank Prince, High King, Gruul, Magtheridon, or any number of other hard hitting bosses sucking back an Ironshield Potion every 2 minutes may be expensive, but it pays off big time. Phase 2 of Prince in particular becomes significantly easier for a new guild by chugging one of these as soon as the phase begins.
Try them, then update your guild website when you see the results. 
November 28th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Agreed! I do get the new healing pots from the Ogri’la vendor and the bg ones (I have tons of extra AV tokens) for general use though, because they are pretty much free. Other things I use (I am a miner so these aren’t that expensive for me): greater rune of warding, greater ward of shielding, weight stone/sharpening stone (if no shammies near), and the usual crawdad food and a flask of some sort. I also keep some elixirs handly, so I can use them instead if my flask runs out and we are doing just one more attempt or something.
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November 28th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Just got the pattern last week, so I don’t have to bother people for 4-5 stacks of ironshields a week anymore! Now If only I could find something to do with all the health pots people keep sending me…
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November 28th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I have 120 of these in my bags right now.
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November 28th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
exactly wat u told me on email last time XD, still waiting to try those to see the full effectivness on it
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November 29th, 2007 at 9:33 am
I agree with this… if it is farmed content, I use the cheaper stonesheild potions. The mats on my server are dirt cheap.
I think one giant thing thank many people around me seem to forget are the scrolls. Depending on the fortitude buff from priests, you can normally get 3-4 scrolls on top of any potions and foods that you are already buffed up with. I believe a ironshield stacks on top of a scroll of protection, giving you further mitigation. Hard to confirm this, since I down the pots in pretty stressful times and can’t seem to add it all up at once.
Lastly, I ask for the blessing of kings right before the pull. It seemed as if the math worked in favor of taking all your attribute buffs first, then the kings buffed the higher base rate.
little off topic, sorry…but fun to play with.
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December 1st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
If you want to carry around a healing potion for soloing and/or trash when your not using ironsheilds, grab one of the Engineer Healing Potion Injectors. Its 20 healing pot charges in 1 slot and its not engineer only anymore.
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December 2nd, 2007 at 8:05 pm
I understand that when you have 11 or 12K or more hp that 2500 healing may seem insignificant. But, its enough to keep you alive in a pinch, and perhaps long enough to let your healer regroup and get that heal off to take you up higher. Last Stand, though nice (and I use it a lot), has an 8 minute cooldown so if your group is struggling or moving fast the pots will help when its on CD. If you’re an alchemist, by all means, get revered with the Sha’atar and get the Alchemist’s Stone recipe - that gives you some nice stat buffs plus an extra 40% out of your healing pots.
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December 4th, 2007 at 4:43 am
As skullbasher said, last stand is on and 8 min cool-down unfortunately but there is also a fantastic item called the Nightmare Seed. I try to carry 10 of these items around. They use the same cool-down as health-stones and instead of giving you health they increase your total hit-points by 2000 for 20 sec.
It certainly does help in conjunction with ironshield pots. And you can combine it with last stand too for the last ditch.
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December 7th, 2007 at 11:20 am
To be honest, I found the crystals that drop in ogri’la (the ones you combine with the apexis crystal shards) do a decent job as well. Guaranteed 2K health is better than wondering if you will be getting 1.7k or 2.5k. I drink the health pots if somebody tries to gank me in ogri’la.
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