Clash of the Titans.....how to resolve?

Holy vs Discipline.


My character Liyhe is currently specced for healing only, PVE only.


Both specs have very different requirements in regards to what to gear up for. And this causesme a huge headache sometimes. Especially when getting new gear.


Discipline (bubbles and more bubbles, and lazer healz)


Stat priority (as far as I look at gear) - Spellpower > Int > Haste/Crit > Spirit/MP5 > Stamina (i guess)



Nomnomnomnom...Spellpower...this is like a great medium rare steak....as disc this is always a primary concern. Discipline's bread and butter spell: Power Word:Shield, is dependant on your spellpower (well in conjunction with Borrowed Time (increase your haste by 25% after casting PW:S and also increasew the amount of damage absorbed by the shield equal to 40% of the caster's spellpower). Another reason as to why this is important is disc priests do not have a talent to increase their SP from spirit. (while every other spec class does.....)


Intelligence - more int more mana - simple right? Maybe. Int also increases crit hit chance, so int is very important (more crits means more Divine Aegis bubbles). There are some disc priests who gem for more int then SP....I really cannot say if this is good or bad.

Haste vs Crit - 2 very important considerations. Crit of course helps with heals and Divine Aegis procs. Haste is nice as it lowers casting time and GCD. Most agree that shooting for about 10% is good (as disc has a talent which adds to haste which does not show up in the stat screen). I am at about 15%. Crit i have seen it stated 25-30%.

Spirit vs MP5 - although spirit does beat MP5 for disc as well, only by a little though. Disc priests do not benefit from a SP bump from spirit like holy priests do. So as far as if a piece has MP5 on it or spirit...not a huge difference for disc priests in my opinion. But one will still need some spirit for mana regen.

http://zusterke.orderoftheathanor.eu/ is awesome calculator to find a balance.

Right now i am sitting at 1670 int, 865 spirit. (to make sure this balance is ok...i campared my stats to a lot of popular disc priests across the game, this appears to be ok for disc)

Stamina....duh more HP...means you can survive longer...sometimes...


Discipline Gemming


Gemming for the most part is easy for disc. follow sockets and gem accordingly. Except for freakin blue sockets....i guess meh could use Purified Dreadstone (+12 SP and +10 spirit), i prefer Runed Cardinal Ruby (red gem, +23 SP) for those slots. (Although, with a holy spec...I may have to use those Dreadstones....eventually....meh.)

An exception...for blue sockets (for me at least)...if the SP bonus is +7 i will go ahead and match...not a huge difference between +19 vs 23 in my opinion. (also makes me less annoyed...I do admit...I hate not matching socket bonuses.)

Although, some may gem for crit and haste..i do not think it is really needed; as haste and crit will come from gear.


Discipline Spells of note.

Flash Heal (1.5 second cast, affected by haste rating)"Heals a friendly target for X"Probably your most common healing spell (also common for holy as well :).

Flash heal (along with Greater Heal and Penance) will also activate Grace.


"Your Flash Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance spells have a 100% chance to bless the target with Grace, increasing all healing received from the Priest by 3%. This effect will stack up to 3 times. Effect lasts 15 sec. Grace can only be active on one target at a time."

Tip - Binding Heal will not remove grace from your main target. ^^

Penance

Use it, love it, glee as it hits people. pewpewpew!!!

"Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 375 Holy damage to an enemy, or 1484 to 1676 healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec."


Power Word: Shield

Should be self-explanitory. Shield targets as appropriate. Predict incoming damage, rather then react to it, if possible. For example, 4th inhale on Festergut, you know raid wide dmg is going to happen, pop a shield on members if you can. Remember tank must stay stay living.

"Draws on the soul of the friendly target to shield them, absorbing 2230 damage. Lasts 30 sec. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage. Once shielded, the target cannot be shielded again for 15 sec"

Another thing tied to PW:S is Borrowed Time.


"Grants 25% spell haste for your next spell after casting Power Word: Shield, and increases the amount absorbed by your Power Word: Shield equal to 40% of your spell power."

If you need to cast Greater Heal or Prayer of healing try it after casting a PW:S and triggering Borrowed Time. (I don't like really using either of those spells in disc spec...but I will do as needed - With Holy, 3 stacks of Serendipity, and it seems I can power out a Greater heal or Prayer of healing a lot faster - for me at least.)


Prayer of Mending (instant cast)

"Places a spell on the target that heals them for 800 the next time they take damage. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time."

This an awesome spell, it a lazy man's spell, let is go and watch it bounce around. Combined with T9 gear you can get it to heal for 20% more. On fights like Festergut, Twin Valkyrs, Marrowgar, it helps a lot, in my opinion.I recommend using it on every cool down. Cast on a tank or someone you know that is about to take damage....Zug....tanks.....


Discipline Glyphs

Again glyph to your own tastes and playstyle. But I recommend the following Glyph of Flash Heal (lowers cost on FH by 10%), Glyph of Penance - reduces cooldown by 2 seconds, and Glyph of Power Word: Shield - Heals the target for 20% of the absorption amount.