which is better for icc cata raids

 

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What is an icc cata raid?

 

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can never have to many holy priests, you only really need 1 disc in a raid

plz explain

 

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No such thing as an ICC Cata raid - ICC is a WOTLK raid... and nobody really runs it anymore except for acheivements.


Discipline priests main "power" is their shields... but you cannot have two shields on a target at the same time, hence you only really need one per raid. They are good single target healers but have limited AOE heal's. Personally... I loved Disc, but I found mana a real issue during intensive fights.


Holy on the other hand is more flexible... you still have a shield, but you have a much better AOE arsenal... It takes a lot more getting used to and requires more thought on how to react to each situation. The main ability is the ability to increase your crit on single target heals or output some big AOE heals - but there is a cooldown on using this. The reason why I think it takes more getting used to is that I STILL haven't got used to healing with it (despite it being me 2ndry spec)... i usually end up never using my AOE abilities as I probably should.


Holy is probably more powerful overall IMO, just from a pure felxibility prespective. But for a raid (which I don't do) Disc would probably be preferred as a tank healer. As a Main Tank healer you are also competing with Pally's (which as I understood it, were exceptionally good MT healers), whereas Holy priests have a lot less competition for AOE healing... I think Shammies would be the next best AOE healer, but I know a lot of shammies complain about their abilities compared to Holy Priests.

 

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thnx thats what i waa looking for

 

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for healing holy is the best choice at the moment for Cata raids. Disc isn't bad but is harder to heal as you are focued on damage reduction as opposed to healing with the spec. Disc is good for pvp or a 3rd healer in a 10 man raid.

 

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Blizzard really changed the way Disc works in Cata, and it took me a bit to get used to, and I'm probably not fully capable at it yet either.

Shields aren't spammable anymore, so you have to be more judicious in their usage; Disc isn't as good at single target healing as they were in ICC, but the AoE healing has been upped some (through the Atonement skill, we get to spam smite while we heal the group). Cooldown usage is much more important (as it is with most classes in Cata I think).

Both Holy and Disc are capable when played well, you have to find out which style suits you best and play that one.

 

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