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Re: Approaches to healing

BobTurkey — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:59:44 -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.

Re: Approaches to healing

Isiene — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:15:56 -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! :)

Re: Approaches to healing

caladein — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:54:03 -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.

Re: Approaches to healing

Tsark — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:39:55 -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.

Re: Approaches to healing

tom jones — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:09:19 -0000

A little more:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Glyp...

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.

Re: Approaches to healing

tom jones — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:07:28 -0000

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