Priest Spec.

[Mac]

I went with a Spriest and never have looked back.

I see you have shadow priest and resto shaman. Can you explain how you are using your sp, and what your reasoning was for going with the resto shaman for heals, instead of the other way around, holy priest and ele shaman dps?

I have a sp at 80 that is in blues at this point but is duel spec'd shadow / holy. I was considering bringing up my 70 shaman and was trying to decide between the two who would be best boxing the groups heals.

TIA

[Rocky Rhode]

I see you have shadow priest and resto shaman. Can you explain how you are using your sp, and what your reasoning was for going with the resto shaman for heals, instead of the other way around, holy priest and ele shaman dps?

I have a sp at 80 that is in blues at this point but is duel spec'd shadow / holy. I was considering bringing up my 70 shaman and was trying to decide between the two who would be best boxing the groups heals.

TIA

The reason I went with Shaman to heal and Spriest for DPS was personal preference really.

My Spriest is simply fire and forget; her VT/VE pumps so much HP back that she never requires spot heals, is always the last one standing when things go crazy, and she adds a smallish HoT to the entire team. ((When fighting Eadric the Pure I laugh when he targets my Spriest…she takes the full 15k hammer; back to full health before his next Radiance)) I have her set up on a priority casting sequence; trash mobs she is usually at the bottom of the dps meters, but boss fights she blows all my toons off the charts. Once the Spriest gets the DoT’s in place Mind Blast/Mind Flay inflicts massive damage, and gives back to the team a percentage of mana and life.

Shaman resto provides fantastic tank management; Pre-fight Earth Shield with Riptide/LHW rotation is the only two spells I ever need to use on the MT in normal encounters. Boss fights I will drop the Healing Stream totem while keeping the Mana Tide for mid-fight encounters. For group heals I have a Chain Heal spam rotation that I use on fights that have lots of splash damage.

Would changing the Shaman to Ele and the Priest to Holy or Disc make it easier?
/shrug…I have yet to find an encounter that I cannot overcome by changing my positioning and/or movement. All and all, I personally find the Spriest with Resto Shaman a winning combo, your mileage may vary.

[aboron]

The reason I went with Shaman to heal and Spriest for DPS was personal preference really.

My Spriest is simply fire and forget; her VT/VE pumps so much HP back that she never requires spot heals, is always the last one standing when things go crazy, and she adds a smallish HoT to the entire team. ((When fighting Eadric the Pure I laugh when he targets my Spriest…she takes the full 15k hammer; back to full health before his next Radiance)) I have her set up on a priority casting sequence; trash mobs she is usually at the bottom of the dps meters, but boss fights she blows all my toons off the charts. Once the Spriest gets the DoT’s in place Mind Blast/Mind Flay inflicts massive damage, and gives back to the team a percentage of mana and life.

Shaman resto provides fantastic tank management; Pre-fight Earth Shield with Riptide/LHW rotation is the only two spells I ever need to use on the MT in normal encounters. Boss fights I will drop the Healing Stream totem while keeping the Mana Tide for mid-fight encounters. For group heals I have a Chain Heal spam rotation that I use on fights that have lots of splash damage.

Would changing the Shaman to Ele and the Priest to Holy or Disc make it easier?
/shrug…I have yet to find an encounter that I cannot overcome by changing my positioning and/or movement. All and all, I personally find the Spriest with Resto Shaman a winning combo, your mileage may vary.

What kind of macros are you using currently on the spriest? I have 3 of them and any little bonus i can find for their macros gets me 3x the benefit.

My current macros are:

Start boss fight:

/castsequence [nochanneling] reset=14/combat/target ,,, vampiric embrace, mind flay, mind flay, shadow word: pain

(the blanks are to give my tank macro time to get agro)

Sustained DPS:

/use 13
/use 14
/castsequence [nochanneling] reset=combat/target Mind Blast,Mind Flay,Mind Flay,Mind Flay,Mind Flay,Mind Blast,Mind Flay,Mind Flay,Mind Flay,Mind Flay,Vampiric Embrace
/castrandom Devouring Plague,Devouring Plague

Check my sig for their current gear/specs.

[Rocky Rhode]

Currently at work...will check and post my macro's when I get home...

Using the /click spam method; however, mixing in castsequence rotation since I need to get 7 spells up and running with a single spam key.