Here’s part 2 featuring the favourite class that everyone loves to hate on: Paladins! Paladin talents Matt’s picks Level 15: Speed of Light. 1 minute cooldown but at least as Holy they have a personal defensive ability. Level 30: CC abilities. Repentance, but otherwise there’s nothing that directly affects healing here. Level 45: Appears to … [Read more of this article]

Expecting an imminent patch drop! How are healing Priests stacking up? Pretty darn good actually. No significant nerfs to Holy anywhere in 4.1. Some of our mechanics have changed slightly. Discipline suffered a slight nerf but gained buffs in other areas to the Atonement specs. Power Word: Shield duration has been reduced to 15 seconds, … [Read more of this article]

In patch 4.0.6, the mana cost of Renew has dropped drastically. Is it enough to warrant a return to the Renew spamming style of healing that was prominent during Tier 9 and Tier 10 raids? No, not exactly. But it looks like it’s heading in that direction. [Read more of this article]

“I am only one, but still I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I still can do something and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” – Helen Keller Holy priests have always had a reputation for being extremely versatile healers.  Somewhere down the line … [Read more of this article]

This is a guest post from my friend Synysta about breaking stereotypes and enjoying the game. -Lodur My main Synysta is a Priest. She’s been many races and factions, but currently she is a Blood Elf. I think I can see the rotten tomatoes flying in my direction from the Alliance- I must duck! /cast … [Read more of this article]

Here’s a quick glance at my healing and questing specs on the grind from 80 to 85. My mentality behind this was to select talents that would give me an edge in either survivability or efficiency. I went for talents that helped reduce mana costs or gave me mana back. I also opted for talents … [Read more of this article]

This is not a gear guide for your best in slot list. This is a gear guide which lists how to fill in your gear slots as fast as possible via reputations, crafting or quest rewards. You’ll notice each gear slot has a number of items. The fact is, I can’t tell you what’s the … [Read more of this article]

It’s slightly different playing Holy at 85 compared to 80. As a Holy Priest, do not get yourself locked into the idea of sticking to a set rotation.  For DPS players, a rotation is often necessary as it helps them maximize their DPS output (usually). Being a healer though, you need to be both proactive … [Read more of this article]

Note: the tooltips in the quoted text boxes do not reflect the current changes to the abilities they describe. Since 4.0.1 changes were even announced, I was overwhelmed with anticipation to try a Holy spec. Now, I’ve been Discipline since before Wrath of the Lich King dropped, and I’ve loved the entire playstyle (minus that … [Read more of this article]

Not quite sure where to go or what to read? Feeling overwhelmed? Yeah, I feel the same way too. Don’t worry though. I’ve got all the healing related stuff right here for you to brush up on. Next few weeks will be exciting with all the new systems. Druids Lissanna’s restoration healing guide (Restokin) Keeva’s … [Read more of this article]