Originally Posted by
moodawg
Not much of a debate? Not with that lack of logic, I guess. Healing isn't about pure HPS like DPS is. Do you heal often? Mana regeneration is only important until you don't need it any more. The point I made, and the points other people made that say the valor bracers could be better for him, is that if he doesn't need the spirit, the valor bracers are a fair choice.
The difference between the drop versus valor, assuming mastery/spirit gem and no reforge, is: +566 spi / +60 int / -492 mastery. Almost 500 mastery versus 60 int is absolutely no contest; mastery wins. However, if he only raids normals and won't suffer from loosing 566 spirit, then he'll see more throughput from the valor bracers. We don't know how he heals, so without knowing that we won't know what he really would benefit from. If he ever runs dry, the spirit bracers are definitely better. IF he never runs dry and he stacks his mastery shields outside of damage phases, the valor bracers will suit him better.