grauhase 1 Report post Posted July 29, 2017 Hi! I'm thinking about start a new toon to be a healer (prob a Troll), BUT... I really don't like the idea to level as shadow...I know, everybody says its easier to level as shadow, but i just don't like it. Besides that, leveling as a holy and/or disc priest will help me to get familiarized with the healing spells/process all the way up to level 60 since I'm new to this healing stuff and wanna heal dungeons in the way. So, any idea about leveling builds? Thanks in advance. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Invictuslol 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2017 To be honest priests don't have that many offensive spells so you'll be using pretty much everything except Smite on a regular basis. Unfortunately you will definitely get the most benefit out of being shadow for this due to Holy fire doing dot damage and long cast time. Your rotation will be > Mobs your level or higher: Holy fire > SW:P > Mind Blast > Renew > Wand til dead. Mobs lower than your level: Mind Blast > SW:P > Renew > Wand til dead. The benefits you gain from shadow are undeniably better and it's the spec of choice for a reason. Also healing in instances as shadow is just as easy as Holy however you won't be able to run as a dps if your holy spec so you'll be putting yourself out of a dps roll option for instances. That being said, you can level as Holy with damaging talents but you will still want Spirit tap from shadow and Wand spec from disc. It'll just be slower for an already slow class and a lot more casting and mana breaks. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaPriest 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2017 You don't need to level as holy/disc to familiarize yourself with the healing spells you'll use at 60. Even shadow specced, you can easily heal instances up to say level 55-58 and you'll use the exact same spells. In terms of levelling, both shadow and holy/disc rely on wand damage and Spirit Tap. Your rotation is almost the same except you swap Mind Flay for Holy Fire/Smite. The latter is just slower. If you're truly set on going holy/disc, then get Wand Specialization and Spirit Tap, then work your way down the Holy tree until you've maxxed Spiritual Guidance, then spend the rest in Discipline. Read my guide if you want more tips on levelling and healing: https://vanillapriest.wordpress.com 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
