Originally Posted by
Humbugged
Its a more effective tool than just spamming a heal. Smite hits for 90k, which directly transfers into an absorb, capping at what? 20% of the priests health? When you're dealing with a single mob, no adds. So you're now healing for 90k right off the bat, plus for 40k-50k for each party member with your absorb. And you can get 3 of these out in 5 seconds. I'm not saying this is da sooper most OP mechanic ever, but its just as effective as rolling multiple HoTs over the raid + tank. AND you're contributing to as much DPS as an extra tank. I'm not buying the argument that Discs are only effective at farm content, I roll with a resto druid and hpal and I'm only the bottom healer in Nightmare dragons and Il'gynoth (where im assigned to mass dispel anyways and im mana-starved)