tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592230822295048656.post6810326629350972920..comments2023-12-29T03:23:58.600-06:00Comments on dwarven battle medic: Holy Paladin Basics: Getting StartedFannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113088072985141570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592230822295048656.post-59851587612657557132011-08-31T05:37:53.668-05:002011-08-31T05:37:53.668-05:00Ok, done with the first article. Where's the ...Ok, done with the first article. Where's the next???<br /><br />I just started healing at 84 on my pally and find it wholly unlike the other healers I've played (Druid & Priest); it's much more...active.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163970891615204620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592230822295048656.post-44686479607483427142011-08-02T13:32:06.391-05:002011-08-02T13:32:06.391-05:00I also wanted to get this linked for anyone coming...I also wanted to get this linked for anyone coming over from another healing class:<br /><br /><a href="http://joeego.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/notes-for-any-other-class-learning-to-paladin-heal/" rel="nofollow">Notes For Any Other Class Learning to Paladin Heal</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592230822295048656.post-41696202140514276362011-07-25T16:33:53.703-05:002011-07-25T16:33:53.703-05:00Lower level Holy Paladins function a lot like Prot...Lower level Holy Paladins function a lot like Protection Paladins. The main difference is healing yourself with Concentration aura.<br /><br />Denounce provides even more of your greatest strength: longevity. The damage reduction from removing crits is nice, too, but you can do a lot more damage with Exorcism spam than waiting for Shock to come off cooldown all day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592230822295048656.post-72611690985063195542011-07-24T18:10:34.260-05:002011-07-24T18:10:34.260-05:00I agree with everything you've said about how ...I agree with everything you've said about how awesome holy paladins are, the gear, etc... but I disagree big time about the questing.<br /><br />I never played a holy paladin before Cata because I tried leveling a druid resto once and decided questing as a healer was just masochistic. So I don't know how hard it was then. However, I've found holy paladins to be nearly immortal in a questing environment in Cata. I tried a ret pally for comparison. My ret paladin does great damage, but I'm screwed if I accidently pull too many mobs. And since they added a cooldown to Word of Glory (which is removed if you spec Holy), I can't rely on that too much in those situations.<br /><br />My holy paladins kill mobs slightly slower that ret... a couple of seconds. They can heal themselves anytime they have the charges of Holy Power, especially since a Holy Paladin doesn't have anything except Word of Glory to spend that Holy Power on. If I pull too many mobs, or find myself in a place like Corrin's Crossing in the Plaguelands (where mobs will call other mobs to come help them) I'm mana efficient enough to keep fighting and healing myself so that I can survive those large groups that I see kill other players of the same level. My deaths tend to happen around level 8 or 9 when I get to those wendigo in Dun Morogh, and I find myself wanting to put it off just one more level because I know speccing Holy will make the difference and allow me to surivive it.<br /><br />Judgement, Crusader Strike, and Holy Shock work nicely for me until about a level or two before I can take the Denounce talent. I feel the strain just a little bit there, but it's not too difficult. Once I take Denounce, Exorcism becomes my best friend. On both of my holy paladins it seems to proc the free, instant cast Exorcism rather often. As much as the rotations have become very priority and proc based, I can pretty much count on using Exorcism in each combat once I have that talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com