current build idea for my upcoming priest :DFollow

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

goals: pve and pvp healing

good healing, rapture and grace, focused will+grace will be make me damn near unkillable in 1v1

planning to value spell crit kind of high, to spam rank 1 mind blast for extra extra mana regen

seems like a very good build at long-haul healing (since penace isnt that exciting for me atm :()

thoughts?

I can't see "spamming" Blast as being worthwhile. Rank 1 Blast is wasting 1.5sec on no damage in hopes of a crit, or wasting lots of mana for an inferior DPS spell in hopes of a crit. Even with high crits rates, you're looking at once every 2 fights at best, netting about 10-15% uptime, and you're sacrificing killing speed to do it. I'd rather have those two points in something I can count on more often, like Reflective Shield. Once you get to level 80, I'd definitely drop those points for something else.

Also, why does no one get the new first-tier talent in Disc? :O Granted, for PvP Unbreakable Will is probably better, but for soloing and healing 5% damage is a lot more useful. If you're worried about gankers, you'll have Fear Ward and your trinket on anywho.

im not sure if the new disc tier 1 talent is just towards your bonus healing/damage, or to the total

i might get if its for the total... but i would need that other talent too... ill hafta think of what to do at that point



i would only use rank 1, just to get the regen effect

its more of a boss fight tool

lets theorycraft some numbers on a long fight

mind blast once every 6 seconds, 50% on crit to get the effect, lets say i got 20% crit (if im aiming for crit i see that being likely number to get)

on a 5 minute boss fight (300 seconds)

50 possible attempts at the effect, 10% effective chance to get it on cast (20% crit rate, 1/2 chance if u crit)

so thatll average 5 procs

now i dont know how strong the spirit regen will get up too... but that sounds like a good amount of added mana if you get it.... only getting stronger with the higher crit

now the purpose of it... since ill be grace as well, is not so much have me at the main healer... but more of the off healer in a raid

and keeping mana flow on me, keeping grace up, and tossing shields/healing the dps/providing the imp ds.... it seems like a possible kinda setup to use

rapture when i shield a tank+in spirit tap mode+outside 5SR = my own mana battery

should easily feed me shield or regen/flash heal mana... while i still got enough strong talents to actually heal too

it might not pan out (gotta see if it adds to meditation, or multiplies into it, or just overrides it) but it seems like a very utility thing in pve

and pvp... well 2v2, critting a mind blast during a fear might give me that extra 600 mana i need to keep my guy alive

plus in pvp, the extra dmg helps a lot more then in a raid setting.... you never know (hell, inner focus+max rank blast = good damage and a possible outside-5SR mana regen, if i get a drink off at the same time... jesus ****** christ thats win :D)

and keep in mind... imp ds... the buff via spirit tap would also grant me a solid amount of free plus healing (so mind blast r1 crit+innner focus+greater heal = bam big crit while outside 5SR by the time it lands lol)


granted im only leveling my priest... but it seems like a whole new dynamic i can add to the healing thing, and it seems like a lot of situational usage (spirit tap+innervate?) that just makes my utility fun that much more fun <3

You're especially not going to be able to cast it every 6 seconds because it's a 1.5-sec cast with an 8 second cooldown. You'll be able to do 9.5sec max (well, a tiny bit more often with haste). Plus, in arena, if the other team is doing their job, you most certainly won't have a spare 1.5sec to waste on the potential for mana.

Been levelling shadow have ye? http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=15316 *Grins*