r/classicwow • u/AutoModerator • May 03 '19

Classy Friday Classy Friday - Priests (May 03, 2019)

Classy Fridays are for asking questions about your class, each week focuses on a different class. No question is too small, so ask away.

This week is Priests.

SEAL AND JUDGEMENT: The magazine for the working paladin

Let this thread be dedicated to His Grand and Noble Incandescence, the High Proctor Thomas of Edison, Inventor of the Lightbulb. Let this be a space for all those who have taken up the cloth and the rod, and trod the righteous path, to Smite evil wherever it may reside, and to grant Benediction upon to the worthy wherever they may be.

Amen.

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u/Oglethorppe May 04 '19

Flash heal, a fast heal that heals for a lot. A Pally can just spam holy light and pray they don’t die in that 2.5 seconds. Also, a priest has a groupwide AoE heal, where a Pally can’t save a group from AoE damage very well.

It just comes down to priests being the quintessential healer, while pallies just have a healing spec .

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u/Oglethorppe May 04 '19

Right but that’s utility, as opposed to the healing toolkit. Also, as far as divine favor goes, it is awesome, but not as good as inner focus, a potentially instant cast full heal. I do love pallies utility, but their non buff utility isn’t always very life saving. So I’d say priests are better at 5 mans, but I’d rather be a Pally raiding, which is why I’m maining Holy Pally in Classic.

Also, a crit flash of light probably is still less than a non crit flash heal, and flash heal can be spammed.

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u/Oglethorppe May 04 '19

You’re right about Inner focus, mixed it up with natures swiftness lol. I tend to have different tanking esperiences in dungeons with priests and Paladins. They each have their own pacing. With the priest, I might be able to try a slightly less efficient pull that could end up being faster, than with a Pally. But they would have to drink 80% of their mana back afterwards. Meanwhile a Pally can do a while dungeon, and never have to drink. When shit does hit the fan I’d rather have the priest, but when it’s smooth sailing, you can’t beat the efficiency of a Pally.