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    How do you keep people alive as Holy PvP?

    I mean 20k to 25k Flash of Lights (with Mortal strike on you)??? Is this a joke? And that crap cost 37,8% of your base mana?? Holy Shock must be even lower then: 18k non crit? Do you have any heal which can reach 50k in PvP with Mortal strike on? WoG, maybe? I know that 30 or 40% (depends on how much mastery do you have) of amount healed are added as protective shields but does that help you to keep people and yourself alive?
    I'm a bit confused beccouse on my Resto Shaman I see much bigger numbers. Resto Druids Rejuvenation ticks for 11k +, Regrowth heals for twice as much as FoL and costs less mana.
    Can someone enlighten me and explain it to me, what benefits do I get, if i choose Holy Paladin over other healers for PvP? I alredy have resto shaman off spec/ele main spec. Now I would like to start leveling with my lvl 40 Ret Paladin with Holy offspec mainly for PvP, but when i see those low numbers I'm wondering, is it worth it? Would holy be a decent choise for PvP: mostly for BGs, RBGs?
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    This isn't WotLK, you can't use FoL, its an emergency heal. You want to mostly use Divine Light with Holy Shock procs. Build up to 3 holy power and use Eternal Flame if you have specced into it (which I personally recommend). You shouldn't run into major issues healing, just don't get locked out and LoS, don't rambo in, keep at distance.

    Yes Holy is very viable, specially in Arena compared to the other two specs. However for BGs, any spec will do.

    I gem/chant into int/mastery and reforge haste into mastery since most of the times I am able to get off fast heals with Holy Shock procs + instants. I also use Holy Prism.

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    No idea if this is still how holy does pvp but it used to be:

    Stack crit
    Holy shock critical
    Cast really fast divine light
    Many hps were had

    You shouldn't be using FoL as your base heal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Imperviable View Post
    No idea if this is still how holy does pvp but it used to be:

    Stack crit
    Holy shock critical
    Cast really fast divine light
    Many hps were had
    You shouldn't be using FoL as your base heal.
    And how do you plan to build 3 hp for a WoG, eh? By giving out 3 shocks or may be cast FoL for 2 hp beaconed?
    Thinking of trying SS at 3s atm, cause sacrifice damage hurts a lot.
    Can anyone tell me what is its absorb after battle fatigue being full grievous and how is SS absorb effect calculated - from current SP or from SP at the moment of application for 30 sec duration?
    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evida View Post
    And how do you plan to build 3 hp for a WoG, eh? By giving out 3 shocks or may be cast FoL for 2 hp beaconed?
    Thinking of trying SS at 3s atm, cause sacrifice damage hurts a lot.
    Can anyone tell me what is its absorb after battle fatigue being full grievous and how is SS absorb effect calculated - from current SP or from SP at the moment of application for 30 sec duration?
    Thanks
    It is my understanding of the ability that SS functions like a HoT with its "tick" being the absorb. Since HoTs do not dynamically update each tick( at least, I can't think of one that does), all that should matter is your stats at the time of application.

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    Paladins are probably one of the worst healers for PvP situations right now but mainly due to weakness against CC and over-relying on casting as far as I know. That said most classes will have poor healing due to battle fatigue now. Basically your priority is:

    Shock > Proc Divine Light > Flash of Light, all with Word of Glory as needed based on how much HP you have.

    And yes, FoL on Beacon gives 2 HP so you can get a pretty sizable WoG with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vyndir View Post
    It is my understanding of the ability that SS functions like a HoT with its "tick" being the absorb. Since HoTs do not dynamically update each tick( at least, I can't think of one that does), all that should matter is your stats at the time of application.
    Ok, yes, SS absorb depends on SP at the cast time, means the best SS absorbs are out if double trinket is up (I'm human), Battle Fatigue srsly nerfs it, 23 k SP (501 iL) = about 19 k absorbs without procs on a battleground. On one hand it makes it easier n faster to pre-shield all 3 memebrs on arena with SS, on the other hand EF can crit and heals more the paladin herself + EF doesnt demand additional globals (and keybinds:P)...

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    Quote Originally Posted by voidspark View Post
    Paladins are probably one of the worst healers for PvP situations right now but mainly due to weakness against CC and over-relying on casting as far as I know. That said most classes will have poor healing due to battle fatigue now. Basically your priority is:

    Shock > Proc Divine Light > Flash of Light, all with Word of Glory as needed based on how much HP you have.

    And yes, FoL on Beacon gives 2 HP so you can get a pretty sizable WoG with it.
    I agree with everything else besides the part I have bolded.. Ihmo, Holy Paladins are one if not the best Arena healers in this game. They very rarely go oom, they can get out of a lot of situations (Clemency is your absolute best friend here) Combined with speed of light, HPalas are just.. Trucks. If things get bad, bubble. Heal back to full, it's really a fun class/spec to play in Arena. c:

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    Quote Originally Posted by voidspark View Post
    Paladins are probably one of the worst healers for PvP situations right now but mainly due to weakness against CC and over-relying on casting as far as I know. That said most classes will have poor healing due to battle fatigue now. Basically your priority is:

    Shock > Proc Divine Light > Flash of Light, all with Word of Glory as needed based on how much HP you have.

    And yes, FoL on Beacon gives 2 HP so you can get a pretty sizable WoG with it.
    I think you have Hpaly confused with MW monk. Hpaly have WAYYYYYY more slips than monks do. Those that say holy palys are worst atm either havent played holy paladin in PvP or they havent played a MW monk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laqweeta View Post
    I agree with everything else besides the part I have bolded.. Ihmo, Holy Paladins are one if not the best Arena healers in this game. They very rarely go oom, they can get out of a lot of situations (Clemency is your absolute best friend here) Combined with speed of light, HPalas are just.. Trucks. If things get bad, bubble. Heal back to full, it's really a fun class/spec to play in Arena. c:
    Not really, for instance priests (which are actually the best arena healers atm) pretty much hard counter. All Clemency Hands can be purged, and bubble is usually instantly dispelled. Not disputing MW isn't great either though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by voidspark View Post
    Not really, for instance priests (which are actually the best arena healers atm) pretty much hard counter. All Clemency Hands can be purged, and bubble is usually instantly dispelled. Not disputing MW isn't great either though.
    In an average setting, priests won't do this perfectly but, at the highest level of play yeahhhh. I don't PvP much, just follow talks/streams and it seems to be that priests are antipaladin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Regen View Post
    In an average setting, priests won't do this perfectly but, at the highest level of play yeahhhh. I don't PvP much, just follow talks/streams and it seems to be that priests are antipaladin.
    Because spamming Fear and Dispel and Mass Dispel takes sooooooooo much skill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by voidspark View Post
    Because spamming Fear and Dispel and Mass Dispel takes sooooooooo much skill.
    Youd be surprised
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    Quote Originally Posted by Regen View Post
    In an average setting, priests won't do this perfectly but, at the highest level of play yeahhhh. I don't PvP much, just follow talks/streams and it seems to be that priests are antipaladin.
    Priests aren't the only one paladins have to worry about. Yea they and warriors may be the only one to get bubble, but the hands can be purged off by any purge(hunters, dks, shaman, etc). Paladins are really hurt by purges. Holy paladins really only do ok in arena while playing high pressure comps designed to get kills really fast(which other healers can be swapped in pretty easily), usually if it goes past the point where the paladin has to bubble the game will likely be a loss.

    And not in the average setting? Yea paladins are good against teams that have no clue what they are doing. Not really an achievement because the same can be said for any class.
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    These things.
    Are why I don't heal in PvP anymore.

    I used to. I used to enjoy it. At this point though I'd rather be fricken awful as a pvp ret than heal pvp.
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    rdy to deal with a lot of said above...
    but dispels vulnerability (especially for HoS) and 45 sec cd torpedo mobility with no actual mobility choices among the tier in 3s situation....
    well, apply (glyph, talent, anything) dispel immunity to HoS, HoF and HoP and hpaladins will get balanced for 3s...
    reduce this 45 sec cd to 30 one with like 5 sec speed buff, I anyway don't need 7 seconds of this anyway...
    Might. Permanent mastery and spell damage buff for shamans. why bother play with hpala at all?

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    I would just like to see higher healing numbers in PvP. Now dmg > healing. My heals never crit for 100k + like some dmg spells can do it (my highest crit in PvP was something around 80 k on my Resto Shaman): Pyroblast, CB, LS ...

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