Good Healing Gear for the non-raider

Post by GaelicGirl

What would be some good +healing gear for those people who haven't had a chance to do a lot of raiding?

Obviously, Primal Mooncloth for waist, chest (robe), and shoulders. Whitemend is also good for the head and legs but the nethers require instances. I have Pants of the Naaru and have tried looking up good things but am overwhelmed by the choices.

Mostly I am looking for craftables, quest rewards, and non-heroic dungeons (as I am only attuned for some heroics and don't get many invites for 10- and 25-mans).

Anyone willing to give a little advice?

* Head - ? (Whitemend Hood)
* Neck - ? (Necklace of Bloodied Feathers?)
* Shoulders - Primal Mooncloth Shoulders
* Chest - Primal Mooncloth Robe
* Waist - Primal Mooncloth Belt
* Cloak - ? (White Remedy Cloak?)
* Wrist - ?
* Gloves -
* Legs - Pants of the Naaru
* Boots - ? (Shattrath Jumpers?)
* Ring -
* Ring -
* Trinket - Lower City Prayerbook
* Trinket - Lower City Prayerbook
* Wand -
* 1-H -
* Offhand -

(Will finish updating later...wowarmory is down and wowhead's currently being updated. Sorry.)

-Aoeife

Post by DSitC

Head: Whitemend Hood is a very good choice. You can socket it with three Lustrous Stars of Elune for a nice 20MP5.
Prior to this, you could go for the Watcher's Cowl, which is available at Revered status with the Cenarion Expedition. (Thanks Aylia for this out :-) )
If farming reputation bores you, try to get the Hallowed Crown from Harbinger Skyriss in The Arcatraz.
If you have the Reputation, you can also add a Glyph of Renewal to it. ;-)
Neck: You can easily get Sethekk Oracle's Focus that is a quest reward from Brother Against Brother. If you have the time, you can one day upgrade to Necklace of Eternal Hope, which is available for 25 Badges of Justice.
Shoulders: If you are a tailor, go for the Primal Mooncloth Shoulders, they are quite easy to craft and are very good. If you aren't you could go for Hallowed Pauldrons or Vestia's Pauldrons of Inner Grace, whatever you prefer.
If your reputation is high enough, you should acquire either a Greater Inscription of Faith from the Aldor, or a Greater Inscription of the Oracle from the Scryers.
Chest: Once again, go for the Primal Mooncloth Robe if you can create it. If not, the Hallowed Garments are a decent alternative. I would go with a +15 Spirit enchantment on the Robes, it's very cheap and easily the best for a healing priest.
Waist Ah, you guessed it, Primal Mooncloth Belt. Otherwise, belts are a difficult slot for a holy priest. If you are able to run heroics, go for Cord of Belief or Cord of Sanctification.
Cloak: You have quite a lot options here. You can craft yourself a White Remedy Cape, or venture into some instances for either Cloak of the Everliving, Cloak of Scintillating Auras or Avian Cloak of Feathers.
If you want to enchant your cloak, i would go for the Subtlety enchant.
Wrist: This is a wasteland. You have to go into heroics for the decent drops actually. You can try to get the Light Scribe Bands from heroic Hellfire Ramparts, or Bands of the Benevolent from heroic Sethekk Halls.
As for enchants, you can get 6 MP5 or +30 Healing, whatever you prefer, both are not very costly.

Post by DSitC

Gloves: Try to get either Prismatic Mittens of Mending or the Hallowed Handwraps.
If you want to enchant them, i would recommend a +35 Healing enchantment.
Legs: Try to grad the Pontiff's Pantaloons of Prophecy, or the priest set, Hallowed Trousers.
If you want to enchant them, you have to look for a tailor who can create either Silver Spellthread or Golden Spellthread, depending on how much money you want to spend.
Boots: There are a lot of nice healing boots available. You can easily get Light-Woven Slippers, Jeweled Boots of Sanctification or the Curate's Boots from the quest Fel Embers. If you can get into heroic Mechanar runs (everyone is doing them ^^) you can also cross your fingers for Boots of the Pious.
If you want to enchant your boots, go for the Vitality enchant. It's quite rare, but not very expansive mat-wise.
Rings: There are a lot of options, my personal two favorites are Keeper's Ring of Piety, available from the quest Hero of the Brood, and Cosmic Lifeband.
If you are an enchanter yourself, you can enhance your rings with a +20 Healing enchant each.
Trinkets: The Lower City Prayerbook and the Scarab of the Infinite Cycle are what i still currently use. They are quite potent.
If you want a bit more mana regeneration, you could go for the Bangle of Endless Blessings.
Wand: Soul-Wand of the Aldor is easy to get and easily the best wand before raiding.
Weapon: If you go for Staves, you have the Staff of Divine Infusion as a World Drop, that is easily bought at the auction house. If your rep with the Scryers is high enough, you can buy yourself a Seer's Cane later on. If you are hunting for drops, either try to the the spirit-based Serpentcrest Life-Staff, or the MP5-based Epoch-Mender.
If you want a smaller weapon, The Essence Focuser is a very cheap world drop you can get from your neighbourhood auctioneer. Questing may get you the Ceremonial Kris. On the side of drops there are Runed Dagger of Solace, Hammer of the Penitent and Shockwave Truncheon from heroic Shadow Labyrinth. If you are lucky, and know a nice crafter you could also be able to get your hands on a Hand of Eternity. Last, but not least, if you manage to get your Sha'tar reputation to exalted you can buy the Gavel of Pure Light, which is very nice.
If you want to enchant your weapon, go for +81 Healing or the Spellsurge enchantment.
Offhand: If you do the questchain that ends with Ally of the Netherwing you will get Netherwing Spiritualist's Charm, a very good healing offhand. If you can't complete the quest i would recommend the Lamp of Peaceful Repose.

Post by DSitC

*phew* That grew a bit larger than i thought. ;-)

If you have questions, just ask. ^^

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Post by GaelicGirl

Hi ^^
first of all, excellent work here DSitC.. really helpful.

Yes, thank you so much!!!!!

Post by Aylia

Watcher's Cowl is another decent option for a head piece, since you mentioned that getting primal nethers is a potential concern for you. Other than that, I think DSitC covered it all. Nice post.

Post by DSitC

I have Oshu'gun Relic and Auslese's Light Channeler. Is it better to replace them or are they still good?

They are decent. But given the opportunity, i would suggest to upgrade them. I personally prefer trinkets without an on-use effect. Mainly because i always forget them in the stress of a boss encounter. ^^

Getting Revered with the Lower City shouldn't be too hard, and you can then grab the Lower City Prayerbook.

Like mentioned, you can go for the Scarab of the Infinite Cycle by running the Black Morass in the Caverns of Time, and The Botanica for the Bangle of Endless Blessings.

Post by Zequel

Nice reply DSitc, your contributions to this forum are valued.

Here's the bad news though. I think the this thread has listed the best of pve priest blues. Once my priest got these, he hit a gear wall. Unlike my casters, there are no real PVE upgrades through PVP/badges. They either emphasis stamina or resilience with some +healing/mp5. Pally/PVP stuff imo.

My recommendation is once you gather a nice blue set, find a guild that'll let you do Karazhan with them 1 or 2 nights a week. Trust me, holy priests are extremely valuable in karazhan for healing/cc. There's a *ton* of holy priests upgrades in Karazhan, pretty much every boss. There's a learning curve involved so find a guild that is a bit forgiving/doesn't mind teaching you it.

If you do Karazhan, I'll give you one piece of advice: Use a shackle focus macro! You can find it at wowwiki.com under macros but it allows you to shackle without changing your target. Incredibly useful with Moroes and trash pulls.

Post by DSitC

Yes, i recommend to try Karazhan out, too.
We have a very fun time there, and we are very casual in my opinion. ;-)

Consigering Shackle Macros, i have it split up.

I use a separate macro to set and unset my focus target:

/focus
/clearfocus

Pressing the left mouse button will make my current target my focus, while pressing the right mouse button on the macro will unset my focus entirely.

Shackling is done by this macro:

#showtooltip
/cast Shackle Undead; Shackle Undead

This will check if i have a focus target set, and if it is alive. If so, it will shackle it. If not it will try to cast Shackle Undead on my current target. Very useful if you forget to set your focus. ^^

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Post by Aylia

Don't want to stress you, but could you suggest a couple of the best blue gems for sockets? I'm a bit confused and i can't really decide between +int, +mana/5sec, or +healing.
I saw the Purified Shadow Pearl and it seems very nice even if it has that +spell damage on it.

For blue sockets, I generally go with Royal Nightseye. I'd only go with the shadow pearl if you're really into stacking spirit--I know some people are, I'm just not one of them.

Post by DSitC

Don't want to stress you, but could you suggest a couple of the best blue gems for sockets? I'm a bit confused and i can't really decide between +int, +mana/5sec, or +healing.
I saw the Purified Shadow Pearl and it seems very nice even if it has that +spell damage on it.

Well, that +spelldmg comes from the normal re-evaluation of +healing items Blizzard did in Patch 2.3, so it's a healers gem for sure.

To answer your question, if you have the money, you could go for Royal Nightseyes, Purified Shadow Pearls, Lustrous Stars of Elune or Sparkling Stars of Elune. It depends what you want to stockpile most.

Good Healing Gear for the non-raider

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