Discussion about the Priest class.
Expecting an imminent patch drop! How are healing Priests stacking up? Pretty darn good actually. No significant nerfs to Holy anywhere in 4.1. Some of our mechanics have changed slightly. Discipline suffered a slight nerf but gained buffs in other areas to the Atonement specs. Power Word: Shield duration has been reduced to 15 seconds, …
Sanctuary could definitely use a buff. I stopped using it a while ago because it wasn’t cost effective. At least its nice to know that it’s being acknowledged as weak. I had a talk with the devs about this very issue yesterday, and they are well aware of this subject, and tend to agree with …
I haven’t been able to verify this on the PTR yet, but Atonement healing might be a go when 4.1 lands. For the past few months, I’ve observed that Atonement was simply too gimmicky. The relationship between that ability and Smite just kept going up and down, left and right, hot and cold, and all …
In patch 4.0.6, the mana cost of Renew has dropped drastically. Is it enough to warrant a return to the Renew spamming style of healing that was prominent during Tier 9 and Tier 10 raids? No, not exactly. But it looks like it’s heading in that direction.
This post is intended for post 4.0.6 and is meant as a bunch of guidelines to help keep players alive as discipline. Several notable changes are arriving with the patch which will slightly alter the play of Discipline Priests. The two biggest changes revolve around the boost to the strength of Power Word: Shield and …