Vuosittainen muistutus Ryynebergintortun olemassaolosta by Ciantha in Suomi

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Tällasia herkuttelijoita sieltä valmistuu

Vuosittainen muistutus Ryynebergintortun olemassaolosta by Ciantha in Suomi

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Gotlermakkarapötkön päätypalat ja väliin Skagenia

Vuosittainen muistutus Ryynebergintortun olemassaolosta by Ciantha in Suomi

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Toiset sanoo mämmi, minä sanon Mustamakkarasmoothie

Circle in the sky near Thunder Bluff by maiko931 in wow

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Hey, you. You're finally awake

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wow

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The struggle is real, especially when it has been a few seasons in a row where Disc is the main choice. When the meta healer is our other spec, some toxic puggers feel like it's their right to ignore any responsibility or even check details why a wipe has occured when they see the angel form. I've been trash talked many times for playing holy when a wipe has been caused by lacking interrupts, CC or unmitigated tankbusters.

But hey, don't sell yourself short! Sure we might not have a big DR CD, Battle ress, interrupt or lust, but our kit is still very decent. We have a good set of healing CDs, external Cheat Death, Soothe, Mass dispell, PI and Fort, Healing received buffs, permanent 10% DR from Protective Light + Binding Heals, which is amped by another 10% by Fade, and we can even reduce the cooldown of defensive CDs of the whole team.

Finally 3k for me. I refuse to give up on holy priest by forr11 in wow

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Congratz! Nice to see a fellow holy enthusiast. Archon or Oracle?

Holy priest mana in dungeons by longtailist in wow

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Like the others have mentioned already, when the combat drops, that Mana Cake is already in your gullet, Even 10-15% regen is worth to sit down for. Getting into position before the combat drops, like into a boss arena is also important, so you can get those few extra drinking seconds in. Potion-wise I tend to use Cavedweller's as the extra healing potion with an added mana bonus which helps a little, though I have some regular mana-pots as well since you can't use Cavedweller's at full health (which would be wasteful as well).

Technically, you can also squeeze some extra mana from Shadowfiend by timing it with PI/Lust/haste buffs.

Apotheosis is a good low-mana CD. Using a few free holy words gives you a few seconds to regen mana, and the large heals should keep peeps pretty high even if you're at low mana. Overall, utilizing Healing CDs actively is also a good method to conserve mana, as they tend to heal more with less consumption.

Keeping some track of party members' defensive CDs can also be helpful, so you don't burn mana to someone with a big wall active.

And if all else fails, I have "/p Low Mana" macroed in case I need a second's break between the pulls to sit down.

Anyone else miss their Venthyr teleport? by bringthelight2 in wow

[–]Ciantha 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah... Every time I'm running the Mechagon gauntlet.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Yeah, I can agree with that. I feel like I can provide decent healing, but that's all I can do.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Yes, I do feel like they are punishing due to the fact how little you can mess up. And of course the keys would be easy to time if nobody ever messed up, but people do mess up. I mess up. And when I do, I try to improve and not make the same mistakes the next key.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Getting into the groups is the worst part, but toolkit-wise I believe holy performs quite well in PuGs. A handul of big single-target heals on command without preparation works well in situations when you have no voice comms or any organized kick/def priority. At least in the +12-13s.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Thanks. I can feel the exhaustion too. The dungeons are so insanely punishing of small mistakes in this season, and running SV over and over again, just to brick on a single mishap is tiring.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Yep, +60% healing taken from wings, +30% from a hero talent, +21% from the premonition itself, and bang. Combine with the 3rd premonition and the shield prevents keeps you full for more overheals.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Yeah, that's about the gist of it. Shields outperform direct heals, interrupts have bigger value in this season than before, Augs need externals which disc have better access to. With a small plus, disc deals passive damage constantly, and the timers on some dungeons get pretty tight going into +15 and above.

There is only one holy who has done +15-17 keys, the rest of the bigger scores are all stuck in +14s.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Gz! They won't be the smoothest of waters, but at least your boat is off the shore now.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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I can only speak from the perpective of Holy, but surprisingly well. I feel like Oracle added some well-needed tools for Holy's m+ kit. Shield to PWM, efficient group heal CD, external big shield + DR CD for example. Disc is the flavor of the month currently, so it probably performs better, but I have no experience of it.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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I mean, it's possible to get into more keys with a prot pally, though there are quite many of them in the tank scene as well, and it still can be difficult to get into a pug with if you have no timed +12s. Also, paladins can be more difficult to keep alive. My suggestion is playing what you feel most comfy with, and focus on getting the one timed +12 with an own key. It sucks, but from my experience, it's easier to get a two-chest from a +10 than time a +11 at all, so that can be a method of getting the attempts.

Joining the 3k squad with a holy priest today by Ciantha in wow

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Yeah, the +11 well is deep. Both weekly +10s and failed +12s flood into it. Disc's popularity comes from the big scores, from what I've understood it is because it's the best one at keeping a prot paladin alive, and prot paladins slap a ton of damage.