04-10-2005, 04:34 PM
Ghostiger,Apr 10 2005, 08:59 AM Wrote:I dont expect to match a healing focused priest, but can a paly heal as well as a druid if you build for it?
If you focus on Holy talents and gear that will help you heal can a paly be a primary healer for 5 man groups?
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From what I can tell, a properly specced and equipped paladin can primary heal for a long, long time. No, you can't heal every 1.5 seconds, but you *can* heal constantly without ever having to worry about aggro.
Current healadin builds centre around tossing Blessing of Light on everyone (at level 60, +400 to Holy Light spells) and then using Holy Light (rank 4) as your primary heal. With three points in Improved Holy Light, you'll be able to heal for something like 760 to 814 every 2.5 seconds...at a cost of 190 mana. Rank seven Flash heals only a little more for 380 mana, double the cost, but does it in 60% of the cast time.
Obviously, without Renew and Shield and PoH, paladins will never be healers on a par with priests. However, it looks like paladins can spec to be extraordinarily efficient healers, with the bonus that they'll basically never draw aggro.