Shock is an EXTREMELY powerful instant heal that is the basis for the entire holy tree (do to lower cast time on other spells when you shock) so it SHOULD be used every single time its off cool down if you are single target healing and ESPECIALLY if you are throwing heals at group mates on top of single target healing.Originally Posted by HotsPal
It STACKS with haste even if you are haste capped and it also stacks with talents (and is an improvement of http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=53569).C. And the 4 piece t10 bonus is retarded also. Shock gives you a .3 sec less HL cast time. wow, a .3 sec cast time reduction on HL. you could achieve that by socketing one haste gem.
ANY paladin that is JUST spamming holy light is retarded and shouldn't be healing on a paladin. Paladins that can actually heal use the hell out of holy shock and use flash of light when a large heal isn't needed.
HEALERS in general do not have ROTATIONS. However, shock is an instant heal that does some insane healing. Its the most powerful instant heal in the game next to swift mend or nature's swiftness + (shaman/druid large heal). Its on a 6 second cool down as compared to a 15 second timer (swiftmend) or 3 minute timer (ns+heal). In short, you SHOULD be using it every time it is off of cool down.what is with the focus on shock? its useful you need to plop one quick heal, its useless to put into a 'rotation', seeing as how pallys dont have a rotation.
Maybe all this emphasis on it is because its an overpowered spell that any paladin with a brain would be using every single time its off cool down seeing how paladins are meant to be the main tank(s) healer and therefore are CONSTANTLY spamming out heals. Did I mention its also one of your most efficient heals?