Mosg2's DK Manifesto

[Boylston]

I ran 4xBlood plus my priest in a few instances last night. I didn't glyph anything, since I was a little lazy, and it was still Faceroll time through the instance. Huge difference. Killing speed was a bit slower on trash, but it was completely safe. Glyphed Rune Tap would be even more healing...

I think the way to go may be to just flip flop back and forth between frost and blood depending on difficulty of the boss/fight.

[Mercbeast]

I ran 4xBlood plus my priest in a few instances last night. I didn't glyph anything, since I was a little lazy, and it was still Faceroll time through the instance. Huge difference. Killing speed was a bit slower on trash, but it was completely safe. Glyphed Rune Tap would be even more healing...

I think the way to go may be to just flip flop back and forth between frost and blood depending on difficulty of the boss/fight.

For even more faceroll, switch to DW when using blood x4. You have so many blood worms out it gets a little silly.

[Kromtor]

i was thinking druid at first just cause for some reason they're harder for me to kill in 5's than pallies, but im leveling my pally again now that they're gonna nerf bear juv.

[Ualaa]

I'd say Disc, because this is PvP.

And while the mitigation + healing of Disc is roughly equal to the healing of Holy, for PvE.
The mitigation tools, let you survive a lot of stuff that a Holy priest would be lost on.



*Edit*

Had not really looked at the Spirit of Redemption thing.
That is a nice tool for Holy, especially if we can down a significant portion of the team in that window.

With Death Grip, if they were in the open to kill the Priest.
They're probably going to be vulnerable too.

I'd still look at Disc as much higher chance to stay alive.
But really, aside from Mass Dispel to break immunities for the team.
The priest doesn't bring a massive amount to the table, compared to another healer; they all heal a decent amount, but we don't need a large window to take out a lot of opposition.
We put out a lot of DPS, so no need for say Mana Burn or what not.

[genghiskhan]

@ualaa Thanks. And what healer do you feel would be best? From reading this thread i havent found a clear cut favorite...

[genghiskhan]

I finally finished reading this thread. And have come to the current conclusion that i also will be *gasp* running 4x frost dks. Lol. In my head 5x frost dks or 5x ret or prot pallys sounds AWESOME. Theres just nothing that points to it actually working

[Ualaa]

I went with a Disc Priest, but can see a strong argument for any healer type.
With this composition, you cannot really go that wrong.



Druid:
- Hots, Thorns, Battle Rez, Cyclone, Instant root, Tree of Life, initial Stealth until you need healing.

Paladin:
- Hammer, Bubble, Resistance Aura, Beacon, Word of Glory, Hand of Sacrifice.

Disc Priest:
- Pain Suppression, PW: Shield, Fear, Mass Dispel, Power Infusion, Drain Mana, PW: Barrier, Smite healing.

Holy Priest:
- AoE heals, Chakra, Spirit of Redemption.

Shaman:
- Tremor/Grounding totems, Healing Stream with resists, Reincarnation, Earth Shield, Heroism/Bloodlust.

[Mosg2]

@Ualaa:

I think you can go wrong--Druid They bring virtually no offensive buffs, very little survivability while still being able to heal, no offensive dispel, and no Mass Dispel.

I think for Arenas you want the Paladin but for BG's you want the Shaman or the Priest. That's my experience so far.

Today I will probably put up another Manifesto that's updated. No promises. I'm thinking time for a new thread too?

[Slats]

Yeah I think at least a summary of this one is in order. It has been a most excellent discussion so far with alot of good theory and testing and debate.

My kids got me up at 5:45AM and I wnt to bed at 1:30AM.

Don't they know we all want a sleep in for New Years Day? *sob*.

[genghiskhan]

@mosg2 I vote yes on new manifesto and thread @mercbeast Thanks. Ill go 4x frost dks + healer, id like to reach as high a rating as possible.