Rank healer options for Healer+4 Warlock team for PVE & PVP

[Apatheist]

Thanks again. Your posts in the various threads have been very enlightening.

Regarding the concerns of Priest+4 Locks with no Focus to manage pet targets and aggro, would the swap of a Lock for a Tanking character (like Druid) help?

Regarding a Warrior+Paladin group, if I recall correctly you had mentioned both 3 Warrior + 2 Pally and 4 Warrior + 1 Pally groups. Did you decide which composition you think you will start with?

I assume that means you will be rolling Alliance for Paladins and was curious what races you planned for your Warriors and Paladins and why (I assume Human for both but wanted to confirm)?

Having a tank would make warlocks viable but I still wouldn't play warlocks without /focus, personally. I use it for off tanking with pets, CC with succubus, etc. Boxing warlocks without focus just seems like a headache to me but it depends on your playstyle. If you don't use focus as much it might not be such a big deal for you.

I'll be playing with two paladins. 3 Warriors is enough damage to kill any class in a few seconds, plenty of cleave in PvE and the extra survivability of the paladins being able to heal/bop each other and dispel CC is worth the DPS loss to me.

Gnome's escape artist is pretty mediocre since I'll have two freedoms and dispels in group. Dwarf's stoneform again, pretty mediocre with two dispels in group already. Human for sword/mace specialization is the only real option for Alliance. Might not seem like much but +5 weapon skill is a pretty big deal in PvE. Edgemaster's is a level 44 item that sells for hundreds of gold and is BiS until C'Thun just because of the +7 weapon skill.

Orc is actually the best warrior race by a fair margin. 25% Stun resist +5 axe skill and a damage cooldown is pretty broken -- but Horde don't get paladins.