Post by Curva on Aug 18, 2013 14:25:21 GMT -8
Holy Paladin
1. Intro
The paladins got few improvements and few disadvantages in Cataclysm. Now you get out of mana sooner but you are one of the best single-target heal, and now also in AoE heals. This tutorial is for Holy Paladin Healing in 4.0.6.
2. Stats
Same as WotLk, our most important stat is Intellect-ul
So we have :
Intellect > Spirit > Haste > SpellCrit >Mastery
Spellpower is only on the Weapon.
With 5% Plate Spec, 5% Kings, and 10% Spellpower buff, 100 Int we will have :
Code:
1653.75 Maximum Mana.
121.275 Spell Power.
~0.17% Spell Crit.
~8.27 Mp5 from Replenishment.
~8.27 Mp5 from Divine Plea.
3. Spec
Base spec is:
Link in-game :
Code:
/run t,p,a={1,23,33,43,51,81,92,102,111,121,133,141,153,161,172,183,201,2,13,3,23,}SetPreviewPrimaryTalentTree(t[1],GetActiveTalentGroup())for i=1,#t do a=tif a<9 then p=a else AddPreviewTalentPoints(p,floor(a/10),a%10)end end
Enlightened Judgments - More hit, more heal recieved from judgement which transfers to beacon.
Eternal Glory - Offers more chances for Word of Clory to not consume Holy Power.
Blessed Life - Generates Holy Power when you recieve direct damage.
Last Word - Higher Crits with WoG for targets with less than 35% hp.
Improved Judgment - More range for Judgement.
Pursuit of Justice - More movement speed and chances to regen holy power when you have stun / fear / immobilize.
4. Healing Spells
Single Target Heals:
Besides Flash of Light, Holy Light and Holy shock a new spell have been introduced, that is Divine Light. These spells varies by mana cost, casting time and healing power. The only spell that always generates Holy Power is Holy Shock. The other spells generates Holy Power only with this talent: Tower of Radience
Holy Power Heals:
1. Light of Dawn - Aoe heal
2. Word of Glory - Single Target
5. Cooldowns
We have some good spells but with big CD:
1. Avenging Wrath = 20% more heal. Lasts 20 sec . 3 min cd
2. Divine Favour = 20% more haste and crit. Lasts 20 sec. 3 min cd
3. Aura Mastery = Increases paladin auras with 100% for 6sec. 2 min cd
4. Lay on hands = imbauberomgheal , i think everyone knows what LoH does. 10 min cd. Provokes Forbearence.
5. Guardian of the Ancient Kings = This is very interesting. Summons an incontrollable pet which casts the same spells as the paladin ( Flash of light, Holy light, Divine light, Word of Glory, Light of dawn). This angel is invulnerable and lasts 30s or until 5 heals have been casted.
6. Divine Plea = Base spell that regenerates mana.
6. Enchants, Glyphs & Consumables
Glyphs
Prime glyphs : [Glyph of Divine Favor], [Glyph of Seal of Insight]. These two are must have. Also [Glyph of Holy Shock] si [Glyph of Word of Glory] ,which can be used by your necessity.
Major glyphs : [Glyph of Divinity], [Glyph of Light of Dawn], [Glyph of Divine Plea]. Other glyphs looks fake & gay.
Minor glyphs : Insight, Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings.
Enchants
Back [Enchant Cloak - Greater Intellect] / [Enchant Cloak - Intellect]
Chest [Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats] / [Enchant Chest - Mighty Stats]
Feet [Enchant Boots - Haste] / [Enchant Boots - Lavawalker]
Hands [Enchant Gloves - Haste] / [Enchant Gloves - Greater Mastery]
Shield [Enchant Off-Hand - Superior Intellect]
Wrist [Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect] / [Enchant Bracer - Greater Speed]
Head [Arcanum of Hyjal] / [Arcanum of Vicious Intellect]
Shoulder [Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone] / [Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect]
Legs [Powerful Ghostly Spellthread] / [Powerful Enchanted Spellthread]
[Enchant Weapon - Heartsong] 20s ICD, 25% proc chance
[Enchant Weapon - Power Torrent] 45s ICD, 30-35% proc chance
Gems
Meta:
[Ember Shadowspirit Diamond]
[Insightful Earthsiege Diamond]
[Revitalizing Shadowspirit Diamond]
Red:
[Brilliant Inferno Ruby]
Blue:
[Purified Demonseye]
[Sparkling Ocean Sapphire]
Yellow:
[Reckless Ember Topaz]
[Artful Ember Topaz]
[Potent Ember Topaz]
Food
[Seafood Magnifique Feast]
[Severed Sagefish Head]
[Delicious Sagefish Tail]
[Basilisk Liverdog]
Potions and Flasks
Flasks:
[Flask of Battle]
[Flask of the Draconic Mind]
[Flask of Flowing Water]
Potions:
[Volcanic Potion]
These looks very usefull.
7. Professions
Leatherworking - Draconic Embossment - Intellect
Net Gain: +130 Int, -1 Wrist Enchant
Jewelcrafting - Brilliant Chimera's Eye x3
Net Gain: +81 Int with these gems
Alchemy - Mixology
Net Gain: +80 Int
Blacksmithing - Socket Gloves/Bracers
Net Gain: +80 Int with these gems
Enchanting - Enchant Ring - Intellect
Net Gain: +80 Int
Inscription - Felfire Inscription
Net Gain: +80 Int
Engineering - Synapse Springs
Net Gain: +480 Int for 12s / min
Tailoring - Lightweave Embroidery
Net Gain: +580 Int for 15s, -50 Int Enchant
Herbalism - Lifeblood
Net Gain: +480 Haste for 20s / 2min
Skinning - Master of Anatomy
Net Gain: +80 Crit
8. Abreviations
Code:
AW Avenging Wrath
BoK Blessing of Kings
BoL Beacon of Light
BoM Blessing of Might
DF Divine Favor
DL Divine Light
DP Divine Plea
EG Eternal Glory
FoL Flash of Light
GCD Global Cool Down
GoAK Guardian of Ancient Kings
HL Holy Light
HoPo Holy Power
HPS Healing per Second
HPM Healing per Mana
HR Holy Radiance
HS Holy Shock
ICD Internal Cooldown
IoL Infusion of Light
JotP Judgements of the Pure
LoD Light of Dawn
LoH Lay on Hands
SoI Seal of Insight
SoL Speed of Light
ToR Tower of Radiance
WoG Word of Glory
HoF Hand of Freedom*
HoP Hand of Protection*
(Ho)Sac (Hand of) Sacrifice*
(Ho)Salv (Hand of) Salvation*
9. Useful Addons
Clique
Recount
Power Bars
Power Auras
10. Useful Macros
1. Mouseover Macro
2. Focus Macro
11. My rotation:
We have two variants. One for dungeons and the other one for raids (25man).
I. Dungeons
From my own experience, i will tell you that if you have an idiot tank that is kept alive only by the healer, taking all the hits from trash/bosses is ... useless. So if he dies, don't feel guilty. (At least i don't).
First of all you need to know these things :
1. Spamming any spell, excepting WoG / LoD / Holy Light / Holy Shock you will get out of mana. Why ? Because the paladin was nerfed that way so it won't be like it was in WotLK. So be careful with your mana. Very Sigh
2. Using only Holy Light you risk your tank / group life. I preffer to use Holy Light as a filler and Holy Shock every cooldown.
3. Try to use Word of Glory with 3x Holy Power, using my spec (see above). Light of Dawn is not usefull in 5man.
4. Always take advantage of Infusion of Light, when the target has high hp, cast a holy light, if he has low hp cast a divine light.
5. Judgement every Cooldown. And if the encounter lets you, try to stay in melee range. Because melee attacks riplenish your mana.
6. DON'T use Crusader Strike, use it only if you really need Holy Power. Consumes 10% from base mana, so around 2-3k if i'm right.
7. For procs at healing buff, power torrent, etc use Holy Radiance . Since i had 358 ilevel i use it when it's needed, even at cooldowns. So if you know you can, don't hesitate to use it.
8. At low HP, heal with Flash of Light not with Divine Light.
9. Use everytime you need Divine Protection, Aura Mastery (in dungeons, of Resistance), stun.
And now the rotation: Beacon > Judgement > HolyShock > Holy Light ( x as many as needed) > Flash/ Holyshock for WoG > WoG (x3 HP) > WoG (if HP is not consumed) > Flash of light ( Low HP to full hp) > HolyShock (proc) > Divine Light > Judgement CD > Holy Shock > and so on.
If you made yourself an idea about this, all you need is to add Holy Radiance, Divine Favour, Guardian of AK, Avenging Wrath when they are needed.
II. Raid 25 man :
Because you will be uber buffed, you will be able to give up at the fear of remaining out of mana, and you can do some AoE heal too. (Only if you are not assigned to heal the tank)
Must use every CD : Holy Radiance, Holy Shock, Judgement, Divine Favour, Avenging Wrath, Divine Protection, GotAK.
The rotation in raids depends on every boss, so i will give as an example Halfus Wyrmbreaker :
Beacon > Judgement > HolyShock > Flash > Holy Light (as a filler) > WoG / LoD > Divine Light at proc.
Other spells must be used every CD, so there is no need for them to be in this rotation.
1. Intro
The paladins got few improvements and few disadvantages in Cataclysm. Now you get out of mana sooner but you are one of the best single-target heal, and now also in AoE heals. This tutorial is for Holy Paladin Healing in 4.0.6.
2. Stats
Same as WotLk, our most important stat is Intellect-ul
So we have :
Intellect > Spirit > Haste > SpellCrit >Mastery
Spellpower is only on the Weapon.
With 5% Plate Spec, 5% Kings, and 10% Spellpower buff, 100 Int we will have :
Code:
1653.75 Maximum Mana.
121.275 Spell Power.
~0.17% Spell Crit.
~8.27 Mp5 from Replenishment.
~8.27 Mp5 from Divine Plea.
3. Spec
Base spec is:
Link in-game :
Code:
/run t,p,a={1,23,33,43,51,81,92,102,111,121,133,141,153,161,172,183,201,2,13,3,23,}SetPreviewPrimaryTalentTree(t[1],GetActiveTalentGroup())for i=1,#t do a=tif a<9 then p=a else AddPreviewTalentPoints(p,floor(a/10),a%10)end end
Enlightened Judgments - More hit, more heal recieved from judgement which transfers to beacon.
Eternal Glory - Offers more chances for Word of Clory to not consume Holy Power.
Blessed Life - Generates Holy Power when you recieve direct damage.
Last Word - Higher Crits with WoG for targets with less than 35% hp.
Improved Judgment - More range for Judgement.
Pursuit of Justice - More movement speed and chances to regen holy power when you have stun / fear / immobilize.
4. Healing Spells
Single Target Heals:
Besides Flash of Light, Holy Light and Holy shock a new spell have been introduced, that is Divine Light. These spells varies by mana cost, casting time and healing power. The only spell that always generates Holy Power is Holy Shock. The other spells generates Holy Power only with this talent: Tower of Radience
Holy Power Heals:
1. Light of Dawn - Aoe heal
2. Word of Glory - Single Target
5. Cooldowns
We have some good spells but with big CD:
1. Avenging Wrath = 20% more heal. Lasts 20 sec . 3 min cd
2. Divine Favour = 20% more haste and crit. Lasts 20 sec. 3 min cd
3. Aura Mastery = Increases paladin auras with 100% for 6sec. 2 min cd
4. Lay on hands = imbauberomgheal , i think everyone knows what LoH does. 10 min cd. Provokes Forbearence.
5. Guardian of the Ancient Kings = This is very interesting. Summons an incontrollable pet which casts the same spells as the paladin ( Flash of light, Holy light, Divine light, Word of Glory, Light of dawn). This angel is invulnerable and lasts 30s or until 5 heals have been casted.
6. Divine Plea = Base spell that regenerates mana.
6. Enchants, Glyphs & Consumables
Glyphs
Prime glyphs : [Glyph of Divine Favor], [Glyph of Seal of Insight]. These two are must have. Also [Glyph of Holy Shock] si [Glyph of Word of Glory] ,which can be used by your necessity.
Major glyphs : [Glyph of Divinity], [Glyph of Light of Dawn], [Glyph of Divine Plea]. Other glyphs looks fake & gay.
Minor glyphs : Insight, Blessing of Might, Blessing of Kings.
Enchants
Back [Enchant Cloak - Greater Intellect] / [Enchant Cloak - Intellect]
Chest [Enchant Chest - Peerless Stats] / [Enchant Chest - Mighty Stats]
Feet [Enchant Boots - Haste] / [Enchant Boots - Lavawalker]
Hands [Enchant Gloves - Haste] / [Enchant Gloves - Greater Mastery]
Shield [Enchant Off-Hand - Superior Intellect]
Wrist [Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect] / [Enchant Bracer - Greater Speed]
Head [Arcanum of Hyjal] / [Arcanum of Vicious Intellect]
Shoulder [Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone] / [Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect]
Legs [Powerful Ghostly Spellthread] / [Powerful Enchanted Spellthread]
[Enchant Weapon - Heartsong] 20s ICD, 25% proc chance
[Enchant Weapon - Power Torrent] 45s ICD, 30-35% proc chance
Gems
Meta:
[Ember Shadowspirit Diamond]
[Insightful Earthsiege Diamond]
[Revitalizing Shadowspirit Diamond]
Red:
[Brilliant Inferno Ruby]
Blue:
[Purified Demonseye]
[Sparkling Ocean Sapphire]
Yellow:
[Reckless Ember Topaz]
[Artful Ember Topaz]
[Potent Ember Topaz]
Food
[Seafood Magnifique Feast]
[Severed Sagefish Head]
[Delicious Sagefish Tail]
[Basilisk Liverdog]
Potions and Flasks
Flasks:
[Flask of Battle]
[Flask of the Draconic Mind]
[Flask of Flowing Water]
Potions:
[Volcanic Potion]
These looks very usefull.
7. Professions
Leatherworking - Draconic Embossment - Intellect
Net Gain: +130 Int, -1 Wrist Enchant
Jewelcrafting - Brilliant Chimera's Eye x3
Net Gain: +81 Int with these gems
Alchemy - Mixology
Net Gain: +80 Int
Blacksmithing - Socket Gloves/Bracers
Net Gain: +80 Int with these gems
Enchanting - Enchant Ring - Intellect
Net Gain: +80 Int
Inscription - Felfire Inscription
Net Gain: +80 Int
Engineering - Synapse Springs
Net Gain: +480 Int for 12s / min
Tailoring - Lightweave Embroidery
Net Gain: +580 Int for 15s, -50 Int Enchant
Herbalism - Lifeblood
Net Gain: +480 Haste for 20s / 2min
Skinning - Master of Anatomy
Net Gain: +80 Crit
8. Abreviations
Code:
AW Avenging Wrath
BoK Blessing of Kings
BoL Beacon of Light
BoM Blessing of Might
DF Divine Favor
DL Divine Light
DP Divine Plea
EG Eternal Glory
FoL Flash of Light
GCD Global Cool Down
GoAK Guardian of Ancient Kings
HL Holy Light
HoPo Holy Power
HPS Healing per Second
HPM Healing per Mana
HR Holy Radiance
HS Holy Shock
ICD Internal Cooldown
IoL Infusion of Light
JotP Judgements of the Pure
LoD Light of Dawn
LoH Lay on Hands
SoI Seal of Insight
SoL Speed of Light
ToR Tower of Radiance
WoG Word of Glory
HoF Hand of Freedom*
HoP Hand of Protection*
(Ho)Sac (Hand of) Sacrifice*
(Ho)Salv (Hand of) Salvation*
9. Useful Addons
Clique
Recount
Power Bars
Power Auras
10. Useful Macros
1. Mouseover Macro
#showtooltip Spell Name
/cast [@mouseover, help] [help] [@targettarget, help] [@player] Spell Name
/cast [@mouseover, help] [help] [@targettarget, help] [@player] Spell Name
2. Focus Macro
#showtooltip Spell Name
/focus [@focus,nohelp] [@focus,dead]
/cast [@focus,help] [help] [@targettarget,help] [@player] Spell Name
/focus [@focus,nohelp] [@focus,dead]
/cast [@focus,help] [help] [@targettarget,help] [@player] Spell Name
11. My rotation:
We have two variants. One for dungeons and the other one for raids (25man).
I. Dungeons
From my own experience, i will tell you that if you have an idiot tank that is kept alive only by the healer, taking all the hits from trash/bosses is ... useless. So if he dies, don't feel guilty. (At least i don't).
First of all you need to know these things :
1. Spamming any spell, excepting WoG / LoD / Holy Light / Holy Shock you will get out of mana. Why ? Because the paladin was nerfed that way so it won't be like it was in WotLK. So be careful with your mana. Very Sigh
2. Using only Holy Light you risk your tank / group life. I preffer to use Holy Light as a filler and Holy Shock every cooldown.
3. Try to use Word of Glory with 3x Holy Power, using my spec (see above). Light of Dawn is not usefull in 5man.
4. Always take advantage of Infusion of Light, when the target has high hp, cast a holy light, if he has low hp cast a divine light.
5. Judgement every Cooldown. And if the encounter lets you, try to stay in melee range. Because melee attacks riplenish your mana.
6. DON'T use Crusader Strike, use it only if you really need Holy Power. Consumes 10% from base mana, so around 2-3k if i'm right.
7. For procs at healing buff, power torrent, etc use Holy Radiance . Since i had 358 ilevel i use it when it's needed, even at cooldowns. So if you know you can, don't hesitate to use it.
8. At low HP, heal with Flash of Light not with Divine Light.
9. Use everytime you need Divine Protection, Aura Mastery (in dungeons, of Resistance), stun.
And now the rotation: Beacon > Judgement > HolyShock > Holy Light ( x as many as needed) > Flash/ Holyshock for WoG > WoG (x3 HP) > WoG (if HP is not consumed) > Flash of light ( Low HP to full hp) > HolyShock (proc) > Divine Light > Judgement CD > Holy Shock > and so on.
If you made yourself an idea about this, all you need is to add Holy Radiance, Divine Favour, Guardian of AK, Avenging Wrath when they are needed.
II. Raid 25 man :
Because you will be uber buffed, you will be able to give up at the fear of remaining out of mana, and you can do some AoE heal too. (Only if you are not assigned to heal the tank)
Must use every CD : Holy Radiance, Holy Shock, Judgement, Divine Favour, Avenging Wrath, Divine Protection, GotAK.
The rotation in raids depends on every boss, so i will give as an example Halfus Wyrmbreaker :
Beacon > Judgement > HolyShock > Flash > Holy Light (as a filler) > WoG / LoD > Divine Light at proc.
Other spells must be used every CD, so there is no need for them to be in this rotation.