How to bring a tank back from Hell

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Hi dear Holy Priests Friends,

I wrote this thread because in every guides i rode about how to heal as a priest, I never found something like 'the best way to save a dying tank'.
As a Holy I am totally aware that guardian spirit is the Obvious spell to cast to save my Tank (thank you captain obvious).
But what I don't know is what do I do if I don't have it?

Today I use a sequence like Holy word: serenity, Flash heal*2, Greater Heal. that can basically heal something like 70K heal in 4 GCD but do you think this way is the best?
should I use Power word : shield in my desperate sequence? or PoM?

what's your opinion?

[Kelesti]

Power Word: Shield is too weak to make a difference, as Holy. It won't even buy you time for one melee swing from the boss.

Mending is a little meh. You can toss it out on the tank after the Greater, to help top/keep him up. But if he's low HP, including a move that requires him to be hit to trigger is pretty silly

Serenity, 2xFlash, and Greater is about the best you'll get in "zomg" burst recovery.

[Ynna]

Don't be afraid to pop your Guardian Spirit.
Without GS I think Serenity, two Flash Heal followed by a Greater Heal is probably the best. If he's still in danger after that he's standing in stuff he shouldn't be standing in .

[KhameleonN]

I miss the GS cooldown reset. But yeah, serenity, 2x Flash, GH probably your best bet.

[Danner]

Guardian Spirit is a great tanksaver. Whether the tank "dies" or lives with GS on it don't really matter, you kinda saved his life by popping the cooldown. Like all other priests, I very much miss the old 1 min cooldown, but don't be afraid to blow it when needed.

For maximum possible throughput, go for a 2x Flash Heal, 1x Greater Heal combo like already suggested. You WILL blow a lot of mana by doing this, but desperate times calls for desperate measures. Ultimately, the best option is to never end in a situation where the tank is about to die. This means being on your toes at all times, and ensuring that noone ever drops too far. It's better to blow a Greater Heal at an early stage than to blow twice the mana on Fheals trying to cover the lost ground.

[zenkai]

Yeah what they said, 2xFH 1GH (if you already blew serenity)
Pray your tank is smart enough to know when to use his CDs too... sometimes when I heal a pug I seen holy pallys really get nervous and blow LoH when they where in no danger to dying

[Ynna]

I miss the GS cooldown reset.

Everyone misses the cooldown. Even people who didn't know what Guardian Spirit is.

[Deleted]

Don't be afraid to pop your Guardian Spirit.
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I am never afraid to use my GS, that's maybe why I do need to know the best way to save a tank a second time^^.
I play Goblin and I never felt My RP attitude that much in the past. pulling with the rocket, dying alone stupidly while laughing, asking PO for my Buffs, using everything looking like a gadget (my CD, trinkets, potions,...)
I've forgot(forgotten?) my professions to learn engineering, and every turbo boots who fails or TP missings are an enormous part of FUN.

I was afraid that goblin and engineer would be not suiting priest correctly but I now think that a Little weird malefic and stupid creature using some infernal mechanics to try to keep people alive or not, is the way I ever wanted to play.

thank you blizzard