Cataclysm Classic Holy Priest Guide

While Holy does not bring as much utility as Discipline does, it makes up for it in sheer healing output. Holy has a wide arsenal of AoE healing spells, putting out some of the best AoE healing available in the entire game. On fights with heavy raid-wide damage, this spec will shine above the rest with its ability to keep everyone alive nearly entirely on its own.

Holy Priest is one of the strongest AoE raid-wide healers in the game. While they do not bring as much utility as other healing specs, they offer an unmatched amount of AoE heals and can often single-handedly heal up entire raids after taking high amounts of damage. While Holy might not be the most desired pick, the amount of raw AoE healing the spec can put out make it a strong choice in many raid comps.

Strengths

• Extremely high AoE healing, capable of quickly topping up the raid.
• Very diverse healing kit, allowing multiple different playstyles.
• Great flexibility, allowing them cover any healing needs.

Weaknesses

• Overall offers very little utility, only bringing Guardian Spirit as a
• unique cooldown.
• Very mana-hungry, can easily run out of mana quickly without proper management.
• Struggles with single-target healing compared to other healers.

Alliance Discipline Priest'sbest options are Gnomes as they give a 5% maximum mana increase with Expansive Mind and Humans for their The Human Spirit, increasing your total Spirit by 3%. Both of these racials give you a nice boost to your mana regeneration.

Horde Discipline Priest's have a few contenders for the best race. Goblins are a strong choice, offering Time is Money and Rocket Jump. Trolls remain a powerful choice, still having Berserking for high healing situations.

Cataclysm balances most professions to be an equal amount of bonus stats, with most professions giving an average of 80 stats increase. That being said, there are always certain advantages and disadvantages to each profession, making certain professions slightly stronger than others.

1. Engineering — Engineering remains the best in slot profession thanks to the new tinker Synapse Springs. Grounded Plasma Shield, another new tinker, is a decent on use defensive shield that can save your life. Nitro Boosts remain a solid option for movement speed bursts during fights.
2. Tailoring — is a great choice for the Lightweave Embroidery or Darkglow Embroidery unique cloak enchants.
3. Blacksmithing — Allows you to add an additional socket to your gloves and bracers with Socket Gloves and Socket Bracer. While this is about the same stats gain as most other professions early on, once epic gems are introduced this profession becomes much stronger.

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