Holy priest gearing input

[Syph0n]

If you've ever played as a healer (I suppose it's the same for any class) you'll know that you have to make some tricky gear decisions when it comes to balancing +healing with mp5. The problem is that all too many people see spellpower as the be-all and end-all of healing. To please these people I'm having to sacrifice spirit and mp5 gems/gear for pure spellpower gems/gear. Then they qq when I go oom 40 seconds into an encounter...

Any other healers out there care to share gearing tips?

 

[PsyWulf]

Spirit,Spirit,Spirit,Moar Spirit,even with the nerf to Spirit-regeneration it gives you regen and spellpower vs spellpower gems that only give spellpower

My holydin is at 1600 SP and i've 2man healed 10mans with a little stress on some fights but more than capable on most,anybody who complains won't get a heal

 

[Pitbull]

If you've ever played as a healer (I suppose it's the same for any class) you'll know that you have to make some tricky gear decisions when it comes to balancing +healing with mp5. The problem is that all too many people see spellpower as the be-all and end-all of healing. To please these people I'm having to sacrifice spirit and mp5 gems/gear for pure spellpower gems/gear. Then they qq when I go oom 40 seconds into an encounter...

Any other healers out there care to share gearing tips?

Spirit,Spirit,Spirit,Moar Spirit,even with the nerf to Spirit-regeneration it gives you regen and spellpower vs spellpower gems that only give spellpower

My holydin is at 1600 SP and i've 2man healed 10mans with a little stress on some fights but more than capable on most,anybody who complains won't get a heal

This is a little tricky.

Remember there is 2 things you need to worry about in a raid.

1. Mana regen
2. The size of the heals

To hit a balance between the 2 is very important. Jase will be able to answer you a little better. Now MP5 and Spirit = Mana regen. This should keep your mana pool up while doing boss fights. Then you have the size of the heals (Spell power). Now if you heal a warrior for 12k a pop and that mana just about regenerates before the next heal then you should be in the sweet spot.

I made up the figures I have no idea how big the heals are

But the balance is important. There is no use you do BIG heals but run out of mana 1/2 way into the fight. There is also no use if you can't keep the Tank up but stay full mana.

I think it's rather hard to hit the sweet spot

 

[Esea]

Spirit and mp5 geared priest will out heal and last a pure spell power priest. I'M shadow spec and have started putin +16 spirit gems in all my new gear cos I has 1700 sp and round 2100 sp buffed and 3000+ sp when my spec and trinkets proc since I started

 

[Esea]

Stacking spirit I have lasted much longer in fights

 

[TraXeL]

Actually there's a relationship between spirit and intellect. If your spirit are more than your intellect then the +10 intellect gem/item will give you a more mp5 gain than a +10 spirit gem/item at that particular time, and vicar verse. The key is to stack on both intellect and spirit keeping in mind your own self buff gains.

Spell power gains should be considered second to the spirit/intel balance.

Experiment with it.

 

[3Y3W17N355]

What TraXeL said. If you have someone in the raid/instance that gives the replenishment effect, intellect gives slightly higher mana regen so you want to stack both.

 

[Jase]

I would go with what TraXel stated and look at a mixture of INT and Spi over +spellpower / healing (But do not neglect it altogether).

What you stated was that you go oom 40 secs into a fight and that indicates a problem with all three (+SP, Int, Spi).

You'll need to elaborate a bit more though. Are you referring to HC's (Trash or Bosses, Raid trash, Raid Bosses)?

Play style and spell rotation also play a key factor (I know it does for me) and there I have limited knowledge when it comes to priest heal rotations.

Personally I have opted for more Spi to try boost my mana regen.
So for ME it is +Spi then +Int and then +SP.

I have noticed with our raids (limited to 10 mans thus far) that our priests are struggling more with their mana pools than their ability to heal. In other words they most likely have the +spellpower but do not have enough +Int and +Spi.

Here is a link I found on the priest forums. It is a bit dated but wade through it and you might find something useful: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=125452547&sid=1

You could also use the armoury to compare your gear to others on your server and / or use a site like www.warcrafter.net to get a sandbox breakdown of your gear and what effects adding other gems / enchants will have on your gear.

I have only started with the whole theorycrafting aspect but will post a bit more a bit later as I research a bit deeper into priest healing.

 

[Syph0n]

Thanks Jase; will do that. And it's mainly 5-man heroic bosses I'm reffering to.

 

[Major Boredom]

For 5 mans I would even spec Disci over Holy to be honest.

PoH is really imb for 5 mans
10 & 25 man holy is better imo

 

[Pitbull]

Listen to Jase

He is by far the best healer we have in our guild. He plays a Druid but he knows healing. I mean he level'd with me doing DPS and the majority of the time he would end up having to heal like a Medic on steroids with all the ninja pulls I caused and aggro I took and and and. He has never failed. He knows his healing pretty damn well