My mage is fire spec, warlock is affliction:
1: Tank - Judgement; Seal
2: DPS - pally=holy shield; mage=fireball; warlock=shadowbolt
3: DPS - pally=holy shield; mage=scorch; warlock=CoS, Corr, UA, Siphon Life, CoA
4: PBAoE - pally=consecration; mage=arcane explosion; warlock=hellfire; priest=Holy Nova
5: Finisher - pally=Hammer of Wrath; mage=fireblast; warlock=deathcoil
6: CC - sheep;banish;shackle
7: De-aggro: pally=taunt; mage=mana shield, iceblock (should change to invis); priest=fade
8: Heal: biggest heal on pally
9: AoE Heal: prayer of mending
0: Heal hunter pet
-: follow
=: assist
Then I have shift+1 to shift+5 bound to decurse/dispel/cleanse the relative target and I have numpad 1-5 to renew the relative party member.
Tanking:
My pally has retribution aura on at all times except when I need resists against a boss. I usually click seal before a fight and judge the first mob I engage. I cast 1x consecration at the start of the fight if there are 3 or more mobs. If there are only 2 I usually don't bother. I only judge when I switch targets or after a taunt. On a boss I will consecrate more and Judge whenever it is up to allow heals and dps to go balls to the wall without pulling aggro.
I also keep Blessing of Wisdom on the entire group and only switch to Kings and Salvation on bosses.
Healing:
I always use my biggest heals on the tank and just use Prayer of Mending and Renews on the rest of the group.
I can remember having mana problems on the pally early on but you can downrank consecration to save mana. My pally is now starting to have mana problems again as I focused on defensive gear and lost a lot of mana regen and have a much smaller mana pool. My pally is also getting hit a lot less so less healing which means less mana. Usually not an issue against hard hitting bosses.
It is all about finding a balance. You want to use as little as possible mana on the tank while still being able to keep aggro which is why I don't have my consecration or seal/judgement bound to keys being used to DPS. I only use consecration and seal/judgement when I really need to for aggro purposes.
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