New Priest talents, Glyph of Dark Binding, and Tier 14 healing bonuses

Mists of Pandaria - Panda by the lake

Mindbender is the third level 45 talent. It was a giant question mark before, but it looks like it’s another pseudo-Shadowfiend. On a 4 minute cooldown, the Priest creates a Mindbender to attack the target and the Priest receives 6% mana back when Mindbender attacks. It’s only up for 15 seconds. Glyph of Dark Binding: …

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Suggested Healing Priest Specs, Glyphs, and Addons for 3.1

Not sure how to spec or glyph for 3.1? Here are my suggestions. Feel free to modify accordingly. WoW Insider has a great roundup to everything 3.1 related. No Stock UI has a great list of updated and compatible 3.1 addons for you to peruse. Discipline Priest Specs 57/14/0 Soul Warding: Reduces the cooldown of …

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Order of Operations: Surge of Light, Clearcasting, Improved Holy Concentration

A question was posed this morning on the two articles I wrote on Spiritual Guidance this morning. A number of talents have been modified for Priests in the Holy tree. If Surge of Light, Clearcasting, and Improved Holy Concentration proc, will Flash Heal eat all 3? (Not the exact question, but the exact question was …

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The Mana Efficient Priest

 Image courtesy of Xanderalex What do you think mana-pots taste like, anyway? I vote for blue-raspberry kool-aid. Note: I wrote this piece BEFORE the news announcement about down-ranking spells in WotLK. I anticipate that this will make a tremendous impact on mana-regen, along with the possibility of debuffs like Potion Sickness, and I look forward …

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