Archive for the 'Are Holy Paladins raid healers?' Category

Beacon of Light and Emblem Changes in Patch 3.2

The more I think over the changes coming in Patch 3.2, the more I start to drool.  Without the mana nerfs, the changes to Beacon of Light would be totally overpowered, there’s no question in my mind.  The only thing stopping it from being overpowered is our own need to conserve mana so we can [...]

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Are Holy Paladins versatile healers?

I’m sorry for the large amount of “paladins can raid heal” posts I’ve been doing lately, but I’m still seeing tons of paladins on the WOW forums and elsewhere insisting that the only thing that Paladins can do is tank heal with Holy Light.  They say our other spells are useless and we are limited to [...]

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Holy Paladins as Raid Healers

Pink Raid Frames posted a guide to Holy Paladin healing today and I’d like to go through their guide quote by quote and give my opinions.  So, stop by their site and read it if you haven’t yet.
There are two strategies to Holy Paladin healing and their guide is a great guide to the most popular and easiest strategy.   Its [...]

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Can Holy Paladins raid heal? Should they?

Paladins have always been known as the best single-target (tank) healers.  Holy Paladins have quick, powerful, and mana-efficient single-target heals, but lack any kind of AoE heal outside of the Glyph of Holy Light.  Priests, druids, and shamans have all been the preferred healers for raid-wide damage.
Despite this, it is very possible for a Holy [...]

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