Hey guys! I decided to switch it up a bit and play mage on Elysium. But I've been maining a human holy priest for over a year in progression on VanillaGaming and my guild is currently in Naxx.
First off I'd just like to say this guide is great! As a priest class leader and officer, I've written some priest healing guides in the past for guildies but none of them have been this comprehensive. I absolutely love healing, especially as a priest, and I really enjoy discussing the theorycraft and math behind a lot of the decisions we make as healers during raids. There a few things I would like to point out though.
For alliance it is Dwarf all the way. Fear Ward is ridiculously strong and Stoneform helps a lot especially in AQ.
Maybe it's just because I hate dwarves in general, but I disagree with this. Fear ward is strong for certain fights and stoneform has uses in AQ but I think you are undervaluing the benefit of 5% spirit from humans. Your tanks should be good enough to handle stance dancing and not need your fear ward. Spirit is just so op for priests, why pass up the opportunity to get a free 5% bonus?? You also don't mention Desperate Prayer at all which I think is strange. I can't tell you how much I love having that instant cast self heal. It has saved my life too many times to count.
On 11/26/2016 at 3:52 PM, Shayss said:
As far as talents go, they are pretty cookie cutter but I would recommend something more like this: http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#bxT0sV0oZdxtcc0Vx
Personally, I see no value in having 3/3 Imp PW:S. I have found that there are very few fights that I make good use of it and have moved those points into Silent Resolve. You can generate an enormous amount of threat during trash and some boss fights through GH, PoH, and spamming max rank FH once you've got some good gear. Fade just doesn't cut it sometimes. 4/5 SR plus threat reduction enchant on your cloak does wonders.
It's generally accepted to have 1 priest in the raid be your designated "Renew Priest." This guy should be using 3/3 Imp Renew. I'm always partial to having 1 or 2 points in it though because most people are doing dungeons and what not outside of raid.
Holy Nova is also completely preferential. I enjoy using it as kind of like a down ranked / instant cast PoH. But you don't use it very often so it is completely up to the player.
Every priest should have Divine Spirit imo. There's no reason not to get it simply because there is no other worthwhile talent to replace it with. It saves mana and raid time if all priests have it.
Consumables:
Don't forget Blessed Sunfruit Juice and Sagefish Delight as alternative cheaper food buffs. I tend to save Nightfin Soup for healing intensive fights / long fights / progression. Blessed Sunfruit Juice can be bought from Argent Dawn vendor at Light's Hope Chapel. I like using that and Sagefish Delight for farm content.
Here is a link to a Pre-BiS list that just has more options: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j81TgG0p_HrYKajiUiQfYIoSUx1culzy2u_Fc4wtiS8/edit#gid=1672142728
Edited by Brem 
