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The Basics
Priest healers are doomed to wear cloth, and as such tend to be a little squishier than Shaman or Druid healers who can outfit themselves in leather or mail. But don’t let this discourage you;, while you will need to be a littletiffany jewelry ,buy wow gold;more aware of the damage you take,wow gold, Priest healers have an arsenal of spells that make it easy for them to keep themselves and others alive.

Unlike most other healing classes, as a Priest healer you will have the option to spec into one of two talent trees:; Discipline or Holy. Each spec brings a different type of healing style. to the table and while both specs value the same basic stats on gear, the way the stats are ranked varies slightly. Choosing which talent tree you wish to spec into will depend on your personal play style. and how you feel most comfortable healing.

Discipline Priests are very powerful tank healers, relying more on mitigating the damage from the target than directly healing it. Power Word: Shield is the Discipline Priest’s best friend and will probably become one of your most used spells if you choose this spec. With recent changes Discipline Priests have also become viable raid healers, once again using their Power Word: Shields and then jumping ability of Prayer of Mending to avoid most of the damage then heal whatever damage is actually taken. However Discipline Priests really shine as tank healers and as such should do this job as often as possible. While they will never top the damage meters (shields are not picked up on most damage meters) do not underestimate the power of the Disc Priest.

Item Stats

Holy
Even with the most recent regen mechanics which brought a nerf to Spirit, and caused Intellect to be a much sought after stat, it may seem that Spirit should be knocked off the top of the list for Holy Priests. However, with Holy Concentration it is still worth maintaining a high amount of Spirit to make this talent worthwhile. Keeping this talent up will allow the Holy Priest to enjoy almost the levels of mana regen seen pre Spirit nerf, while also gaining some spell power along the way.

While Spirit is still the be all end all for Holy Priests, the usefulness of Intellect cannot be ignored. Almost all regen is based off of your final mana, so the more mana you have, the more regen you will see. Even your Shadowfiend now restores mana based on your overall mana, therefore picking up as much intellect as you can is a good idea. It’s always valuable and you can never really have too much.

Not the most important stat for Holy Priests, but still pretty important, as gaining more Crit will allow your Holy Concentration to proc more, thus allowing you to regen more mana. More mana equals more heals. After you reach 30% raid buffed, Crit becomes less important and you can worry about other stats.

As a Holy Priest you will need about 12-14% haste. Sit down and consider what spells you use, and take into account which buffs and talents you have available.  If you don’t have Enlightenment, or you cast a lot of heals with longer cast times (Greater Heal) you should probably pick up slightly more haste than the recommended 12-14 percent.

Spellpower is always a good idea to look for. The more spell power you have, the harder your heals hit making it so you can heal less, and regen more. Not with Mp5 though, while not a useless stat for the Holy Priest, Spirit is stilltiffany a much more valuable stat and should not be a substitute for Mp5 unless no other options are available.

Fade and You

As a healer you will find that very rarely will you ever have to worry about threat (unless you have a really terrible tank). But you will still find yourself in situations where threat is a concern for healers, especially when there are many mobs spawning that cannot be picked up quickly. An ill timed heal can bring these newly spawned mobs down on you, easily wiping you out.

To avoid getting splattered all over the ground by rampaging mobs, making use of the Priest’s Fade ability is imperative.  Fade temporarily reduces all threat for 10 seconds, and gives your tanks time to pick up the mobs you have gained aggro on. Keep in mind that after the 10 seconds is up all your threat will instantly come back and any mobs that are not picked up by a tank or another player will make a bee line for you.

Raiding as a Holy Priest
 
Holy Priests are made to be Raid healers, and as such the spells they will use in a raid situation are spells that are quick, and do vast amounts of group healing. The primary spells used by a Holy Priest will normally be: Prayer of Mending, Flash Heal, Circle of Healing, and Prayer of Healing.

Since damage now commonly comes in bursts with lulls in between you should attempt to start the burst phase with three stacks of Serendipity up, then once the burst hits follow it by two hasted Prayer of Healing, and then finally Circle of Heal. Finish up with some Flash Heals all around and possibly and extra Prayer of Healing or Circle of Heal if needed. Don’t be afraid to throw out some Renews or Prayers of Mending to help heal those taking minimal damage while you focus on others who may need your healing more. Regen during the lulls in damage,wow gold, and then get Serendipity back up to prepare once again for the burst of damage. If only one target is taking damage in the raid, simply throw a Renew, and Flash Heal the target to full.

Holy Priests should almost never heal tanks. They cannot touch a good Paladin Healer, or even a Druid. If you really feel the need to tank heal, I would suggest respecting into Disc. But if you find yourself forced into tank healing keep Renew up on your tank, along with Prayer of Mending. Flash Heal and Great Heal as needed, but really, leave the tank healing to the Disc Priests.

Raiding as a Discipline Priest

Disc Priests (if you haven’t caught on yet) are excellent tank healers and as such this should be their assigned job in any raid. Like a Holy Priest, knowing what spells you have up your sleeve is very important as what you use will depend on the situation.

The most commonly used spells by the Disc Priest are Power Word: Shield, Flash Heal, Prayer of Mending, and Greater Heal. Use Penance on every cool down and use your Power Word: Shield to keep up Borrowed Time if you have down time, having 20% additional haste on your next spell is seriously never a badbuy wow gold thing and could save your tank’s life. Stack Power Word: Shield and Prayer of Mending on everything around you if your tank manages to dodge a string of attacks, mitigating any damage may mean life or death for your tank.

Regardless of whether you choose to heal as Holy, Disc, or as a Druid, or Shaman, healing is all about keeping a cool head, assessing a situation, and knowing your spells well enough to use the correct one. This is something that is learned with time and experience and no amount of written words can make it go any faster. So keep at it, don’t get discouraged, and eventually you will find that healing will become as easy as breathing, and you will join the ranks of those excellent healers that are so often the unsung heroes of the raid.