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Can a Ret Paladin heal WotLK Regular Instances?
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Post by
svirve
Ofcourse you
can
heal you got the spells in your spellbook.
As very many people pointed out in this thread you'd need a proper tank if you're gonna do this.
And as you said you might as well have a fury warrior tanking or a ret tank.
Which is like healing as a ret paladin.
You rely to much on the rest of the group to be properly geared/talented/skilled in order to pull this off.
Ofcourse you
can
do this but it's not to be recommended and dont expect any great deeds.
And as i said if you're gonna try this in any heroic or raid, prepare to be either laughed at or have an extremely hard time healing.
My best advice for you is to either get dual specc or specc holy all together.
Post by
Lorkin
And as i said if you're gonna try this in any heroic or raid, prepare to be either laughed at or have an extremely hard time healing.
Hmm, I thought I made it clear this is for the easy Normal runs and while leveling up. Of course I wouldn't even dare heal heroics as a Ret spec. I guess I should bold or underline that part in the OP as clearly you have missed that point entirely.
If you ever intend to heal anything above VH Normal you'll be the laughing stock of the server
And I think you included "Normal" runs, not just Heroics or Raids.
Post by
svirve
Hopefully this list is somewhat easy to attain, and prepare me for some Naxx runs etc
Tell me this doesnt imply you're gonna run Naxx?
Even though i only quoted your post partially you never mention switching to holy.
And I think you included "Normal" runs, not just Heroics or Raids.
Yes i highly doubt you'll be able to heal any of the following as ret: HoL, HoS, Oculus, UP, Gun'drak
Which are all above VH normal as far as difficulty and entry level goes.
Edit: If you get unlucky with bosses in VH i doubt you'll be able to do that as well.
When i say "you" i dont refer to you as a player since i know nothing about you more than that you want to heal as ret.
I refer to you as a paladin that is specced ret and that wants to heal instances.
Post by
Arannia
Healing as ret in holy gear is fine, do not listen to Svirve. Just dont go to heroics or raids, and you -will- be fine.
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Post by
lemele
Contrary to popular belief, YES this can be done... I've healed Northrend *heroics* as a ret spec paladin - with ret only gear. Doing this makes you a good healer because you have to watch out for lack of mana and spell crits! But yes, very doable if you know how to play.
Exceptionally difficult/impossible with harder heroics such as HoL, but I'm sure that goes without saying coz of the multi-target healing necessary on certain bosses.
Post by
Lightrain
I healed EVERY WotLK normal instance as ret with level 70 holy gear. That's PvP and kara/ZF gear.
The answer is, if you have holy gear, know how to play, and have a tank that isn't horribly squishy, you can easily heal normal WotLK instance content with a ret spec.
Post by
Bruenor80
No
Why?
A ret paladin in holy gear is not a retadin or holydin.. It's a reta
r
din.
If you want to heal why are you specced ret? Holy is great for leveling.
What do you do during AoE encounters? Divine Storm heal?
Read #1
You will have way less: crit, sp, haste, int than a normal healer (even with proper gear).
What if you get aggro? 100% pushback and bubble/LoH aint always available.
Read #2
If you ever intend to heal anything above VH Normal you'll be the laughing stock of the server
I healed everything up until UP with no issues as ret. As long as you don't have a completely failed group it not an issue(this was long before dual specs) Sure certain bosses can be a pain but just let any hybrids know that they might have to/want to pitch in on certain fights.
That being said with dual specs out there is really no reason not to get it. 1000g is nothing anymore.
Post by
havtor
Yes i highly doubt you'll be able to heal any of the following as ret: HoL, HoS, Oculus, UP, Gun'drak
Which are all above VH normal as far as difficulty and entry level goes..
i have had a ret pala heal Gun'drak Heroic we did wipe like 3 times on last boss but we where able to do it.
but personaly if you want to heal go holy you do not lvl mutch slower
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