Comments on: Approaches to healing

By: BobTurkey

BobTurkey — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:59:44 +0000

I've found that spamming PW:S at a T7.5 gearing level I have pretty much unlimited mana. I did it over the weekend on OS 25 1D and I was amazed that my mana bar didn't move.

By: Duct Tape and a Prayer » More on PW:S and speed healing

Duct Tape and a Prayer » More on PW:S and speed healing — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:36:56 +0000

[...] tom jones: Glyph of PW:S is definitely useful, but it’s actually not as geared to this play style as it looks like it ought to be. The trick is that we’re using PW:S largely for mitigation and for the speed bonus; a lot of the time, we’re going to be shielding people who aren’t actually taking damage, so the glyph isn’t going to be useful. However, when we do shield someone who’s taking damage, that 20% healing is going to be handy. As for PW:S and DA being rage sinks, they’re not anymore; at least according to some early patch notes, damage mitigated by magical shields now counts for the purposes of rage generation. (Original comment) [...]

By: Isiene

Isiene — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:15:56 +0000

Thank you for the great article! It gives me a lot to think about. I think I'll try this shield-prep approach the next time I'm healing, and see how it goes! :)

By: caladein

caladein — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:54:03 +0000

I think one of the big new things in Ulduar is how it handles “raid healing” usually this has meant dealing with large areas of damage, but fights like Mimiron and Kologarn are more about dealing with a succession of spikes on random members of the raid. These encounters are really well suited for this style of Discipline play. (This is more true in 10-man than 25-man, but not by much.)

Penance and Improved/Glyphed Flash Heal are super-efficient for bursts, and the randomness of his damage in Phase 2/4 makes all the Aegis procs sure to be of use.

By: Tsark

Tsark — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:39:55 +0000

When I switched to Disc healing (after a career in vanilla and BC as holy), I felt haste was my best friend – basically, trying to cram in as many heals as I could in-between cooldowns of penance and shield. Even with the changes in 3.1 (or perhaps even more so), I feel you're on to something. At the very least, it may be a good idea to have a crit set and a haste set available, to swap around as needed – especially in 10-man raiding, which requires more flexibility and adaptability from one fight to another. I wonder if there's any way we can test the difference conclusively, or whether we're stuck with either approach being viable depending on fight and healing style.

By: Gearing Your Discipline Priest (in 3.1) « Shadow Weaving

Gearing Your Discipline Priest (in 3.1) « Shadow Weaving — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:26:38 +0000

[...] play, it takes very little haste to hit the magical one second GCD — only 66, according to Duct Tape and a Prayer. That’s a cloak enchant (+23 haste) and an elixir (+45) and some food (+30). Buffs [...]

By: tom jones

tom jones — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:09:19 +0000

A little more:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Glyph_of_Power_Word:_Shield

and is devine ageis a rage canceler like pw:s? This is fine in pugs, but once you get to instances with warr tanks, they might not like all the shields (damage = rage)

By the way, this is my playstyle, lots of shileds and instants.

By: tom jones

tom jones — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:07:28 +0000

Dont forget Glyph of Power Word: Shield, +20% to pw:s