My thoughts on pally healing

[Demetrius]

I am gearing up Demetrius to be a pally healer, a healadin.

I think the balance sets of lightforge and the lawbringer/judgment epic sets are very good balanced sets. However, when healing you only really need intellect/spirit along with stamina. There are better plate and non-plate pieces out there that would make one a better healer.

There are basically 4 types of pure healing builds as I see it:
1. High Intellect and spirit, for a large mana pool and some regen
2. High spell crit % (since pallys can get mana back for a crit heal)
3. High +heals
4. High mana regen

The question is which will make you the best healer? You can go for short burst healing or longer healing for longer fights.

My opinion is that one advantage pallys have over priests and druids is the free crit heal. With 1.9 we will have a talent to give our mana back after a crit heal and also a talent for +5 spell crit.

What if a pally could get his spell crit up to 20%? That would mean one in five heals is free and crit, essentially adding 20% to your mana pool and making your heal for 10% more over time.

Thoughts?
Demetrius (Kevin)

 

[Plankeye]

I thought intellect increased your spell crit rate too?

A pally can spec and gear to be a pretty awesome no threat generating single target healer. With blessing of light, flash of light, +int and +healing you can heal upwards of 700-800 non crit per cast. Throw in a couple of mana free crits and you should only rarely need assistance from other healers.

I can't think of a time I have pulled agro off of anything healing. Plus with whatever gear configuration you go with, you will most likely have enough plate to have double the AC of a regular priest. Even if you are getting beat on, concentration aura and the focus talent can almost guarantee no interuptions from regular melee hits.

I think to get that high of a spell crit rate (20%) you will have to go with cloth for the majority of items since they have higher INT bonuses. I was seriously thinking about starting to roll on devout pieces to get a set too.

 

[Neirai the Forgiven]

Many of the SL guys wear devout pieces in MC when healing...

...however with the new loots and such that have been coming out, I'm strongly against the idea of a pally in cloth when you can get Abyssal Plate Healbot Loot and the healstuff from ZG.