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Discipline Build Viability
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Post by
razzem
I've been leveling with Discipline and have been loving it. I like the versitility that it gives me. As of now, I'm a level 32 NE priest. I am wondering if a build taking the level 50 talent in Discipline and then filling out with Holy would make me a viable end-game healer and/or useful for dmg and utility in raids, or if I should scrap the idea.
Here's my build:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=bxT0dhxtrbotfxtzc
I'm uncertain as to how many point would be necessary in the talents that are not maxed out: Silent Resolve, Absolution, Force of Will, and Inspiration, but the others I think would be pretty standard.
Anyway, any feedback from any raiders would be appreciated.
Specifically, do you think that this build could fulfill a primary healing roll, or do you think it fits more of the support type roll.
Thanks,
PS
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Post by
Burakkura
Unfortunately Discipline doesn't raid...you get two choices when you hit level 70, do I want to heal or do I want to dps.
If you plan to heal, you spec into disc to 2/2 imp.spirit, and then 3/5 empowered healing. Although CoH is becoming more popular with BT, and such the build differs slightly...but there should always be atleast one priest in the raid with 2/2 imp. spirit.
If you plan to dps, you just get 3/3 meditation...although its not alot, it still helps, and the rest goes into shadow.
Smite dps is alot of dps when paired with the right crit gear, but its mana issues are too severe to raid smiter as you're main.
BUT what discipline really shines in is PvP, full disc is easily the best arena build and very viable for battlegrounds. As a priest in PvP, you are not the support...you are the tank, and the healer keeping you're self up. Pain Suppression and Forced Will are amazing talents for doing just that. And Power Infusion can cause great burst for dropping that 50% of the warrior while the paladin is Mind controlled/Feared.
But, when it comes down to it, you're holy or you're shadow...or you don' raid.
Post by
Bernard
I may only be 62 on my priest but I leveled to 60 Disc at the start of WoW in 04 so I feel I know the tree pretty well. At 60 I raided MC till my guild broke up and I quit, recently starting back up again.
To me Discipline is the only tree I will go into and I don't feel I am gimped as a healer without going deep into Holy. While BT or Hyjal may need some of those talents I really doubt that Kara or even Heroics would require anything that high in Holy. Skill at knowing what spells to use and when to use them is much more important.
I take Power Infusion in my build not to buff me but to buff my friends in the raid/group. The really question is what do you want to do and how do you want to do it, once you answer that build your talents around it. Until you just can't keep up with the damage a decent geared tank is taking you shouldn't worry about doing what others say is the best just do what you enjoy.
Post by
razzem
Thanks for the feedback guys.
I guess I'm not totally sure what I want to do at this point, which is why I started the post. I've really enjoyed discipline up to this point. My mp never runs out, I do decent dmg, I always survive.
I was looking at the rest of the tree, and Power Infusion wasn't something I was planning on using on myself necessarily, but rather on a nuker or the main healer. It seems like it'd be a fantastic buff as long as someone was specced for threat reduction, which it seems like many nukers are, especially Spriests.
It just seems like Imp DS, PI, and PS are all very versitile abilities to bring to the table. So as it is, I was leaning towards primarily healing with this build with lots of mana efficiency as well as some variety with versitile talents. Perhaps it does give up too much as I don't have any point in spiritual guidance and empowered healing and I miss out on the Imp DS combo there.
It's good to hear that someone has gone Discipline. I wonder if some people in this game are too focused on "dps" or "full heal" and so they wont/haven't actually tried bringing someone in a raid who isn't built how they think they should be. And then they get judged by the damage meters. Ultimately, shouldn't a build be judged on whether the guild party/raid continues to "succeed" at their objective? I wonder if there are any guilds out there that have leaders that actually experiment in that way, or if people just demand dps or heal, as is commonly said in forums.
Anyhow, if anyone has been in a guild with a priest that has tried that, I'd love to hear how the experiments went. Thanks again Bernard; I'm sure I'll find out if it is viable if I get a guild that will let me try it :P
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