Archive for the 'Holy Paladin Healing Guide' Category

Holy Paladin Healing in Patch 3.2

Most of the tips in my previous guide to Holy Paladin healing and my comments about paladin versatility will still apply in Patch 3.2.  However, if all of the Patch 3.2 changes do go through, there are a few changes that will need to be made to most Holy Paladin’s healing strategy.  I’ll go over those changes below.
1.  No more solo tank healing [...]

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Holy Paladin Changes Patch 3.2 - Beacon, Flash, SS, Illumination

Eyonix has posted a description of the proposed changes upcoming for Holy Paladins in Patch 3.2 and have also released the full Patch 3.2 notes.  Here is a condensed version related to Holy Paladins with my thoughts and the full post below.  Of course, everything is subject to change.  First, the most important change:

Beacon of Light:   The healing amount on [...]

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Holy Paladins are almost overpowered - Changes incoming in Patch 3.2.

There’s been a lot of discussion going down on the official Paladin forums about the problems with Holy Paladins.  Now, most of these problems have existed for as long as the paladin has existed and Holy Paladins have been complaining about it for just as long.  Paladins have always excelled at single target healing and our strategy when [...]

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Tank Stats - Mitigation, Avoidance and Stamina

As a healer, you’re going to be running with a number of different kinds of tanks.  Druids, paladins, warriors and death knights each have their own flavor to tanking  and you can even find a big difference in tanking styles between tanks of the same class, depending on their gear, spec, and skill.  Its always good as [...]

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Is 10-man Ulduar difficult for Holy Paladins?

Now that Ulduar is out, we’ve been seeing a ton of QQ, whining and complaining discussion throughout the Internet about the difficulties Holy Paladins are having, especially in 10-man Ulduar.  Here is the jist of the complaints:

There is too much raid damage that we can’t handle.
There is too much movement required.
Flash of Light is too weak to [...]

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Holy Paladin Healing Guide

Note:  This post has been updated slightly for Patch 3.2 and the new Beacon.
Although I’ve always been planning to do it, I have yet to write a general guide to Holy Paladin healing.  So, here it is.
How I Heal 99% of the time
I personally think I have a very unique (bad?) healing strategy, but it works very well for [...]

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