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Class Codex => Priest => Topic started by: Daemus on Tue, 2009-07-14 : 11:22

Title: Raid Healing Spec
Post by: Daemus on Tue, 2009-07-14 : 11:22
I'm looking at tweaking my spec (again) for pure raid healing...This is what I have come up with:

http://www.wowarmory.com/talent-calc.xml?cid=5&tal=0503203100000000000000000000235500032002152530005311351000000000000000000000000000 (http://www.wowarmory.com/talent-calc.xml?cid=5&tal=0503203100000000000000000000235500032002152530005311351000000000000000000000000000)

Thoughts?  yes, I dropped lightwell (I might pick it up again, not sure...I never really had a chance to use it either).  Moved some points out of Divine Fury and Improved Healing since I find I'm not using GHeal hardly at all (unless I'm doing 10m naxx or something and I'm assigned to a tank, I'll drop a GHeal with 3x Serendipity).

I'm picking up Spell Warding, and Test of Faith.  I fell like Test of Faith is an overlooked talent and I believe it can be very powerful.  I dropped Empowered Renew back to 1/3 so I can just use it to get Surge of Light Procs.  Even when I was 3/3 renew, 3/3 Emp Renew, I still never glyphed for it.

Glyphs will still be Flash Heal, Circle of Healing, and Guardian Spirit for majors.

The only part I fear is being sub-par now with single target healing, albeit holy spec isn't great for that to begin with but I want to try and improve my raid healing more.  Maybe I will just have to change my offspec back to Disc for those times when it's a 2healer 10man and we both are raid healers.
Title: Re: Raid Healing Spec
Post by: Goull on Tue, 2009-07-14 : 14:38
Were I to go to holy, I'd probably go with something like the following:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#bVcbuZcxtcdMqih0ekAo

I realize you might not be using GHeal much now, but as you start to spend more time in Ulduar, I think you will find it quite helpful.  Especially with Serendipity, once you get 3 stacks, it should have about the same casting time as a flash heal.  There will be times, I would think, where you'll be thankful you can hit a raid member with a GHeal.

As for Spell Warding, I think it's a really cool talent, I've considered grabbing it myself.  However, I think, for PvE, it's real value is going to come into play for Hard Mode attempts, not so much for regular boss modes.  But that could just be a style preference.

I dropped healing focus awhile ago and I've never missed it, I think it's more of a PvP talent now.   
Title: Re: Raid Healing Spec
Post by: Daemus on Tue, 2009-07-14 : 15:04
Thanks for the tips !  I've been running a few weeks now without healing focus and I haven't missed it, but I still do notice the pushback (more so healing myself through a mob beating on me while I try to get it back to the tank or the tank gets it off me).  DP would more then make up for that I think.

Not having the Ulduar experience makes me think that spell warding might come in handy, but if it's not worth the 5pts until hard modes then I won't bother.  I think I'll give your spec a go after I get home tonight and see how that works out.
Title: Re: Raid Healing Spec
Post by: Daemus on Fri, 2009-07-17 : 22:17
Maybe move one point out of Empowered Healing to get Inner Focus back?

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#bVcbhZcxpcrMqqh0euAo (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#bVcbhZcxpcrMqqh0euAo)
Title: Re: Raid Healing Spec
Post by: Goull on Fri, 2009-07-17 : 22:22
What about this?

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#bVcbuZcEzcdMqih0IuAo