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Post by
oddbrown
Probably a very noobish question, but something I'd like to get straight in my mind.
As a holy priest new to lvl 70, but quite an experienced healer, is there any need for spell haste for endgame healing?
At the moment I am working on getting my PMC set together and getting enough stam from other items (including the PvP mace) to survive the raiding scenario well enough to improve my gear with raid drops.
So my priorities are +heal, spirit and stam (in that order). Should I add spell haste to the list for faster heals/shorter GCD or is it a waste of gem/enchant slots?
Thanks in advance for the words of wisdom :D
Post by
Lappa
get up to 2k +healing and 700-800 spirit before worrying about haste, its a 'last to worry about' stat for holy priests
Post by
OscarDivine
Depending on your role end game, you may want to have a good amount of haste. In fact, my primary healing set is a haste set. I still have 2100 unbuffed healing with 650 unbuffed MP5 but now almost 10% spell reduction.
Sunwell requires FAST healing because damage goes out FAST and hits hard. If you're the MT healer, haste might just make the difference between success and a wipe.
HOWEVER, if you're still making your PMC set, you're wayyyy off from sunwell content, so don't worry much about it. play with it if you like though.
Post by
murakaz
Most holy priests stack haste for the last 3 fights in Sunwell, but by the time your at that content your gear has so much haste you don't really need to gem for it at all.
Post by
Maradin
Yeah.. I'm running at 2,685 healing buffed, 1,190 mp5 buffed, and I'm only now starting to gem for haste. I'd just ignore it until Sunwell - well, maybe get a bit on your rings and neck, but don't bother sacrificing the other stats for it really.
Post by
oddbrown
Cheers guys. That was pretty much what I thought, but I have overheard a few priests talking about their haste, and as the only priest healer in my guild (so many resto druids/shammys and holy palas these days thanks to arena) I wanted to check I wasn't going to screw things up while gathering gear.
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Post by
Fawful
I'd like to see how the 60% casting speed buff in the holy tree for wrath of the lich king plays out in raids and pvp, might make holy slightly more useful in arenas than it used to be since they'll be able to get heals off quicker when it procs.
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