Holy/Disc Priest Advice (Gear and Talents)

[bluestofangels]

I was just wondering if you could give any advice in general as to my gear/spec. Aggro management really isn't a problem for me. I am one of two or three holy/disc priests in my guild.

Our content progression thus far is regular clears of Karazhan and Gruul's Lair, and attempts on Mag. In the next week or two we should be starting on Serpent Shrine. The pieces I plan on collecting that I currently have access to the offhand Moroes drops and the healing cloak off prince.

Thanks in advance,
-M.

My armory link:
http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Deathwing&n=Madelynn

[Gilg]

Your gear is pretty much top notch, personally I like the offhand you use over Moroes, I use it as well. The only thing I would change is switch out the scarab for something like a rejuv gem or bangle. But you may not have seen one drop as I dont think very many people like Botanica. :( I dont like the scarab very much because it only procs off spells with a casting time(flash heal, greater heal, PoH) and it never procs when I want it to lol.

People will argue all day on forums ect over what is and isnt useful for specs. Myself, I think imp renew is "almost" useless in PVE because people heal over your HoT anyways like fags :( , there will be a few encounters where you are assigned a tank alone to heal where imp renew would be nice. But I would put those points in spell warding myself if I was PVE specced for raiding.

[bluestofangels]

Mana management isn't really a large issue for me in raids unless something has gone terribly wrong to begin with and even then I just pop my shadow fiend, which I seldom even have to do even while using unstable mana potions if I'm in a shadow priest group. Thats why I use the scarab because most times its more important to get off a heal after a crushing rather than that out of casting mp5 and inconsistent healing power, which I utilize at most 3 or 4 times during a long fight.

I am trying to minimize the number of stam pieces I have so I can just have a few stam pieces in my bag instead of a set and Moroes's offhand has a fair amount of stam and nice stats so I feel like I'm gimping myself less.

The renew talent is one I have been mulling over and in all honesty I like it because its something that gives me a buffer when incidentals occur and also it is a nice time saver in terms of casting time if I just decide to help someone else out on cross healing when tank healing.

Thanks for the thoughts,
-M.

[Sindir]

Only thing I suggest is that you get the Bishop's cloak from badge turn-ins and get a couple new trinkets. These trinkets could include: Bangle of Endless Blessings, Ribbon of Sacrifice, Warp-Scarab Brooch or Heavenly Inspiration.

[bluestofangels]

Hrm thanks for the advice. I'll look into the scarab though I already have the ribbon. I'm not entirely worried that about my mp5. The only other reason can I think of imp'ed renew being useful is the encouters where casting for a duration is enabled and only HoTs still tick (Maiden, Mag, etc). Perhaps its the way I heal as well.

-M.

[anakanemison]

I dreaded going to see the OP's armory profile, because I could guess what it was going to look like, and indeed: five pieces of epic tailoring gear. What does a high-end priest do if he/she isn't a tailor?

I'd love to see armory links for healing priests who are in Karazhan+ raiding guilds who aren't tailors. I definitely know that, if the option is available to become a tailor and craft those epic pieces, that's the thing to do, but what about those of us who weren't lucky enough to predict the usefulness of tailoring pre-tBC or who can't afford the re-talenting?

[legend]

I dreaded going to see the OP's armory profile, because I could guess what it was going to look like, and indeed: five pieces of epic tailoring gear. What does a high-end priest do if he/she isn't a tailor?

I'd love to see armory links for healing priests who are in Karazhan+ raiding guilds who aren't tailors. I definitely know that, if the option is available to become a tailor and craft those epic pieces, that's the thing to do, but what about those of us who weren't lucky enough to predict the usefulness of tailoring pre-tBC or who can't afford the re-talenting?

Well the 2 profs which might be worth keeping from TBC are alch & enchanting, which don't necessarily need a 2nd prof so you can grab tailoring anyways. Unless you are a skinning/lw priest?

[Iluminati]

20 spirit on your weapon imo. Given your level of +heal (1700? jesus I dont even have that on the test server in full t5, hooray for tailoring!) that 81 healing is just superfluous. As for your talents, I'd find a way to squeeze in healing prayers. Prayer of mending is so ridiculous and reducing the mana cost of it and poh with the same talent is amazing. Personally I'd drop 2 points from spiritual healing but it's up to you. Silent resolve vs. imp shield - if aggro is not a problem for you go for it. Your chest needs 6mp/5 too.

[lambach]

Spellsurge ftw. always.

[bluestofangels]

Ok, as for the guy talking about tailoring. Alchemy or enchanting is another way to go and have the same outcome as stated above.

To buff my spirit I'm going to do 15 to chest once I get the Moroes offhand and I plan to get the hammer off Prince after we gear out the rest of our healers. I was planning on doing +6mp5 but presently there is a bug (its in the Euro forums with a blue post) where the benefit doesn't work if you have like any of 20 items (of which I at least have two - heroic ring and mooncloth shoulders).

I like the +healing on my trinkets honestly. If I could get rej gem I would snatch it up in a second, but presently that isn't the possible. I like to look for upgrades that will bolster my mp5 and my healing and unless the change is significant and/or needed I do not feel inclined to gear out of it was this setup works pretty well. Giving up one for the other is kinda moot to me.

If they fixed the enchant to chest bug I would put in a Teardrop Ruby in place of a royal nightseye on my PMC set and enchant 6mp5 to chest in a heart beat, but until I see proof that its fixed I'm not feeling inclined to make many changes that aren't better than side grades. I feel if you're giving up more than 2.5 the healing for the mp5 it isn't a decent trade. Especially, given I don't have an issue with mana conservation. My healing power will make up for others and my own screws ups more so than my mp5.

I appreciate the feedback especially since it has been very thoughtful and insightful.

Thanks much,
-M.

[Iluminati]

Ah, well if you're not experience mana troubles I guess sticking with 81 healing is the better choice. As you progress farther you will need to output higher and higher hp/s which no amount of mp/5 can help you do.

[Polyamorous]

Don't let your raid die.

Best priest advice.

[Coblobstoy]

I dreaded going to see the OP's armory profile, because I could guess what it was going to look like, and indeed: five pieces of epic tailoring gear. What does a high-end priest do if he/she isn't a tailor?

I'd love to see armory links for healing priests who are in Karazhan+ raiding guilds who aren't tailors. I definitely know that, if the option is available to become a tailor and craft those epic pieces, that's the thing to do, but what about those of us who weren't lucky enough to predict the usefulness of tailoring pre-tBC or who can't afford the re-talenting?

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/?#character-sheet.xml?r=Kalecgos&n=Coblobstoy

Ask and you shall receive. I am not a tailor unfortuantely. So my gear is limited to the raid content my guild has reached. We've full cleared Karazhan and downed High King Maulgar.

In my regen set, I have +1445 healing and 177 mp/5 while casting.
In my healing set, I have +1555 healing and 141 mp/5 while casting.

[Octavissi]

Well the 2 profs which might be worth keeping from TBC are alch & enchanting, which don't necessarily need a 2nd prof so you can grab tailoring anyways. Unless you are a skinning/lw priest?

And for those of us who do have Alchemy / Enchanting as our professions you should beworking towards gear that looks kind of like this : http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Stonemaul&n=Octavissi#character-sheet.xml?r=Stonemaul&n=Octavissi

My guild is currently working on Magtheridon. I am still looking to pick up Light's Justice. Now if you want to get geared up and don't want to wait for drops out of Kara you can get a Helm from CE rep, Bracers from KoT rep, Mace from Sha'tar rep, Offhand / Cloak / Trinket / Ring from heroic badges.

As for spec I normally spec 31/30/0 for PI but I swapped to CoH because I figured I would see how the spell works instead of blindly following the WoW Priest forums. Well I hope this helped more than it hurt. :boob: :boob: and there are your tits.