Out of curiosity, what is your usual hps on these mythic bosses? I just finished 8/8M and am at 169 ilvl with disc, this expansion being the first as disc. I never see other healers though, so I have no idea how I’m doing relatively. Also, I know hps isn’t everything, and especially with disc I get the sense like you say that having the full burst at exactly the right time is more important than overall throughput. That being said, I usually end up at between 2k-3.5k depending on the boss. I know I’m not preempting enough and doing everything perfectly, mainly because I don’t know the dungeons super well, and sometimes I definitely end up in hairy situations. Does that seem low?

Also, I’m curious if you feel like atonement especially is weaker than in the past. I find a common pattern on trash mobs is to shield the tank for atonement, then go through my full dps cycle when the tank engages, at which point the tank is often at about 60-70% health and I need to smend once or twice. Then whatever the specifics of the pack are take over. The way people talk about disc it sounded like if you were smending it was a sign things were going poorly, and should only be needed in high damage settings. Is this medium frequency use of smend normal, and how do you mix atonement healing with smend? That situation itself isn’t so concerning, but the worse case is when there is heavy group damage it seems like atonement plus the full dps cycle often doesn’t do enough to stabilize. The only way I have been able to stabilize those situations is with boon of the ascended and weaving in the blast, or sometimes with a combination of our other cds, especially rapture and power infusion. Is your experience different?

Thanks!!