Comments on: Beginner’s Guide to Priest Healing

By: Zejus

Zejus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:38:19 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Nick. Glad you’re digging the priestly ways!

And I wouldn’t call it ’selfish’. It was probably more of a case of being oblivious. I played my first character, a warrior, to level 58 (in Vanilla WoW), volunteering to tank by just charging..in battle stance, while dual-wielding and concentrating on a single target. It wasn’t that I was a selfish tank, I just didn’t know any better.

Playing a healer made me a better tank, and I’ll bet it makes you a better DPS player.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:23:05 +0000

Thanks for the great info. My priest just hit level 80 a couple days ago and I’m loving it. My main is a warlock and I’ve come to realize what a selfish and unaware player I’ve been as a DPSer…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:15:24 +0000

I’m a new Priest (only level 29) and this guide was very, very helpful. I printed it out and have it tacked up on the board next to the computer. It’s nice to know where I will be going in the future and what I have to look forward to. Thank you very much!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:59:57 +0000

I’ve raided a good bit as holy undead and am now bringing up a human disc/holy dual spec. This is a great guide for beginners and I wish way back when I learning how to heal I’d had access to it. Take all these tips to heart and then build your own personal style based on various situations and preferences. Thanks for putting this together. I’ll be sending new priests here to read up on the basics.

By: Zejus

Zejus — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:33:14 +0000

Hey, I just noticed your comment now. Sorry about the delay…

I’ve found that Disc priests have slightly more trouble dealing with AoE damage than Holy since Holy has an extra tool (CoH), and talents that increases the radius of their AoE heals, and the mana cost.

With that said, I’ve had VERY little problems healing every heroic as Disc, including the nasty poison in AN. With the Glyph of Holy Nova, and/or a well-timed Prayer of Healing, we do just fine.

I haven’t done anything past 25 man Naxx, but at end game if you’re a Disc priest you’ll be healing a tank anyway so the AoE raid damage will be healed by the shaman/holy priests.

By: sodapop

sodapop — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:42:22 +0000

Hi Enlighten me more priest.
Would a disc priest have trouble Aoe healing? As compared to being Holy.
And how would it fare for end-game raiding?