How to Gem Your Gear (and why you should)

June 16, 2009

Tonight I hunted LFG to do heroic Violet Hold for a chance at the epic bracers. For some reason my bracers and helmet have been the two most difficult things to upgrade.
It didn’t take long before I was asked to heal and sent an invite.
Upon inspecting the group, I noticed something about two different players… [...]

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A Quick Tip for the Heigan Fight…

June 15, 2009

I’m not a Naxx expert and have only killed Heigan six or seven times, but what I’ve noticed is that the reason raids have trouble downing him is because they try to do too much too soon; rather than be patient and stay alive. Here are my general guidelines for healers:

Stay on the platform for [...]

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Which Professions for a Priest?

June 12, 2009

Back in the olden days of The Burning Crusade, any pre or Kara-raiding priest who didn’t have tailoring as a profession was a silly priest. Tailoring offered a 3-piece set of gear that rivaled 25-man raiding gear and could be crafted easily with a fair amount of gold. You could ding 70 and, with max-level [...]

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“Am I Ready for Heroics? Am I Ready for Naxx?”

June 10, 2009

Healers often ask “I have x amount of spell power, am I ready for heroics? Am I ready for Naxx?” It’s a difficult question because it always depends on the gear/skill of your tank and dps. If the tank is better geared he’ll take less damage thus require less healing or at least give you [...]

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Which Glyphs for a Priest?

June 7, 2009

The short version:
Holy Raid Healing:

Glyph of Flash Heal
Glyph of Circle of Healing
Glyph of Guardian Spirit

Holy Heroic 5-man Healing:

Glyph of Flash Heal
Glyph of Renew
Glyph of Prayer of Healing

Disc Raid Tank Healing:

Glyph of Penance
Glyph of Flash Heal
Glyph of Renew

Disc Heroic 5-man Healing:

Glyph of Penance
Glyph of Flash Heal
Glyph of Holy Nova

With patch 3.1 there are many priests who [...]

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There are good PUGS and there are bad PUGS

June 6, 2009

Tonight I was putzing around on my druid, collecting herbs to mill into Darkmoon Faire cards, and trolling the LFG forums incase something came up that interests me. A group was looking for a healer for the heroic daily which happened to be Draktharon Keep. Since my druid is part resto and I could use [...]

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New 5-man Dungeon Coming with Patch 3.2!

June 3, 2009

Well, my day was made brighter when I finally heard the news that Blizzard is adding another 5-man dungeon to the game, most likely with patch 3.2.
Apparently they are going to open the Argent Colosseum, which will house 5, 10, and 25 man content. The 5-man dungeon is intended to be comparable to what Magister’s [...]

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Healing Heroic Oculus

June 2, 2009

Well, Old Kingdom has its speed bumps. Heroic AN can be nightmarish without clensing for the final boss. Skadi the Ruthless in heroic UP can be an annoyance. But if I had to vote for the most challenging, difficult, and aggravating heroic dungeon in Wrath, I’d check the box next to heroic Oculus.
The instance begins [...]

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An Update

June 1, 2009

I’ve been enjoying a healthy balance of entry-level raiding, heroic 5-mans, and some pvp.
Patch 3.1 has been a huge improvement to healing priests across the board. AOE healing got buffed with the ability of Prayer of Healing to be used on any party. And PvP has been much more enjoyable. I feel like I’m able [...]

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Beginner’s Guide to Priest Healing

April 2, 2009

Prayer of Healing – Priest Guide
This post will cover the absolute basics of playing a healing priest in 5-man heroic/normal dungeons.  It will touch on the difference in Holy/Discipline talent trees, provide a ’shopping list’ of items you should bring to a dungeon run, a rundown of when to use each healing spell in our [...]

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