wotlk: spirit tap for healing?Follow

the improved spirit tap... 100% on mind blast/sw-death crit to gain a half-spirit tap effect

now.... im planning on a full disc healing build, since i have pvp and pve interests

to synergize with divine aegis, im gonna probably go for a lot of spirit/healing/crit gear

now... in a pve run, what do you guys think of throwing out rank 1 mind blasts as often as possible just hoping for the crit

high crit gear = better chance of it happening
rank 1 = no threat caused basically, for the same effect as rank 14 or w/e lol
triggering spirit taps while stacking spirit = basically a 50% meditation talent, and possibly clutch mana regen


sound good, or talent points wasted? cuz id hafta choose between that, or goin holy enough for the reduced mana cost greater heal

I think it'd be a waste. Going disc/holy spec you'll be healing in instances. MB is a long cast time with a recast timer. I think you'll be more occupied with heals and other things than to keep trying to crit MB for imp spirit tap. You might find yourself canceling mid-cast in order to get a heal off. In cases where you wouldn't would be when the group is basically overgeared for the instance. Even in those cases though would you really need the bonus effect? I doubt you'll find yourself OOM in those situations or even close.

I think you're better off in the long run going with the mana-efficient heals.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=bNM0bsciRbugcstfLhZG

i had something like that in mind

some points i aint sure on (think anything not maxed out lol)

basically, for solo or dps roles i can do mind blast/penace rotations

for pvp im full disc, and should my mana get low... or if my holy school is locked out, a quick mind blast might RNG me some game-breaking mana in a group format... or for solo pvp, i use mind blast for damage anyways, why not gain mana from it?

for pve, its a utility healing build... regenning mana for the group, shields on crit heals make that a perfect time to try a MB and grace helps all the other healers.. plus imp DS too


if i didnt get spirit tap and such, id get the imp healing in holy.. and drop one point in the disc tree (reflect shield or mental agility prob)

just remember too: im planning on stacking spirit and crit gear along with +heals... so while the MB isnt gonna have a super high crit chance.. it wont be that horrid

not meant to be a main raid healer role.. but kinda the healing version of the shadow pri mana battery

disc pri/shadow pri/resto shaman/2 other healers(coughhealadinscough) in a healing group for a raid = gross mana battery skills plus my grace = even extra mana battery



Edited, Jul 14th 2008 2:50pm by mongoosexcore