Discipline Soul Warding now reduces the mana cost of your Power Word: Shield by 15%. (Down from 30%) Holy Divine Hymn now heals for 3024 to 3342 every 2 sec. (Down from 4320 to 4774) Glyphs Glyph of Mass Dispell now Reduces the mana cost of Mass Dispel by 35%. (Down from 50%) Glyph of … [Read more of this article]

While patrolling the Plus Heal forums earlier, I ran into this thread. In it, the original poster laments the reduced healer requirement in order to achieve Ulduar’s hard modes. And why not? Let’s take a quick look at some of Ulduar’s heroic hard modes. Hodir – 32.5 million health, 2 minutes. 270834 DPS required Thorim … [Read more of this article]

Should I hold you in suspense or should I just get down to it? Ah heck, I’ll let you guys know right away. I’m going to let you in on a secret. World-class healing has absolutely nothing to do with talent. Think about it. No one is innately born with the skills of being really … [Read more of this article]

For Holy Priests interested in capturing a glimpse of how and what top end players do push themselves to the limit, one of Ensidia’s Holy Priests has written a guide to specs, gems, gear, and spell casts. Quick Notes One of the suggested specs is a 13/58/0 build which does not have Mental Agility nor … [Read more of this article]

Guys, I have a theory. I want to write about the perceived “easiness” of Ulduar. Random conversations with other WoW players on Twitter and reading of blogs inspired today’s post. Here’s the theory. “Ulduar’s easy mode wasn’t cleared because it was easy. It was cleared because the top guilds raid way more than you and … [Read more of this article]

I’ve been reading a great book called Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else. I’ve learned a lot of great lessons and many of the stories are some I’ve found to be inspiring to me online and in the real world. Hopefully you’ll feel the same way. Former CEO of General … [Read more of this article]

As I’m sure you’ve seen yesterday, MMO-Champion put up the stats for Val’anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings. As of the time of this writing the link is gone. Here’s the link go ahead and click it. Val’anyr Armory Poof! Searching for the item on armory as well has yielded no results. This comes at a … [Read more of this article]

For other bosses in Ulduar, check the Ulduar Healing strategy page. Here’s a rather unconventional approach to killing Ignis which utilizes the side of the instance. Using this method does appear to be rather cheesy, but it takes a lot of pressure off many players. Credit this to Kimbo for figuring this out. Ignis is … [Read more of this article]

If you didn’t know already, Emalon is the new boss in the Vault of Archavon in Wintergrasp. Unlike his cousin though, he’s got a bit of a kick to him and look out because he brought friends! The encounter starts with Emalon in the middle of the room and four tempest minions surrounding him. Generally … [Read more of this article]

This is a guest post by Adgamorix with some tips for Holy Paladins working their way through Ulduar. 3.1 and Ulduar are upon us, and the tears of Healadins fill the forums, feeding Yarg-Saron and keeping XT’s joints lubed. Bloggers and forum goers alike lament the death of Flash of Light as a useful heal, … [Read more of this article]