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Starting to heal "seriously"
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Aldones
As healers, we generally call this pre-loading a heal. There are two times you should pre-load; the first being when known AoE damage is coming, you can pre-load a PoH and have it hit almost immediately after the damage takes place. The second is when you have a slow heal and there's a chance someone could take damage, if they don't take the damage, cancel the heal: move, jump, do whatever you choose as long as the heal doesn't go off and waste mana.
If your not using DBM, get it. Most of the time any and all raid (or group) damage will be notified via this addon, giving you ample time to pre-load any spell you feel the desire to use.
As disc, however, you don't use to many slow heals (apart from PoH). Penance and FHeal are your two main heals, Penance having instant healing and FHeal fairly quickly. You should also be using, PoM. This instant cast, heal on damage spell is extremely useful. Not only will the spell heal on contact, but it bounces around and can be very useful as a group healing utility.
I'd also recommend implementing your Healbot or going with Grid+Clique, both are fine, and both will help you notice someone took damage sooner. On both addons you have the option to track aggro, something that can be very beneficial for knowing when someone is about to take damage. Generally in this situation, I'll throw a PW:S on them and ignore them unless the potential damage burns through the shield.
Edit: I just took a look at your talent build, and everything seems to be fine except you need to take up
Renewed Hope
. Optimally, I'd respec to move your two pts from Imp Renew over, but if you don't feel like spending the gold, just put your next two pts there. As a disc healer, the tank should always have Weakened Soul up on them; not just b/c of this talent, but it means you're casting PW:S as often as possible, a very powerful mitigation spell.
Edit: spelling correction, thanks sebelas.
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ZoraLink
Good post Aldones,
I assume u mean pre-load a PoH, cos you said CoH :)
healbot or similar is good and can speed your healing up, but it wont let you think ahead hehe. DBM does that for you :P
as u have a main that has done all instances on normal and HC, i also assume you know when certain things will happen, like aoe damage, incoming adds etc. keep that in mind when thinking ahead of the fight...
like aldones says start casting a big heal like greater heal or PoH and cancel it at the last moment if noone needs it is a form of thinking ahead.
last thing is to have a priority list who to heal:
1= you
2 = tank
3= the rest ( i keep track with recount of who is doing good dps and save that person first...)
so if your tank is taking damage, stop healing a dps and start healing the tank right away!
further try to increase your mana, crit and SP and your doing fine :)
I would make the priority more of:
1 = you + tank (Via binding heal. A very underappreciated spell, even in PvE)
2 = everyone else.
3 = Pets (If you have the mana and are feeling generous)
EDIT: Durr, binding heal. Not binding healer.
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ande9249
Pain suppression is your friend, when tank goes "Dooowwn" the first spell If fire is that, then the quickest heal i can get, then the healing to bring him back up...
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Aldones
Tanks going "waaaay down!" is usually b/c at that level they aren't def capped. Even a tank if critically hit, will see a notable difference; generally that's more predictable once you start doing heroics+. Furthermore, if it was a DK tank, you may have just had bad luck w/ avoidance.
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Raleandris
Tanks going "waaaay down!" is usually b/c at that level they aren't def capped. Even a tank if critically hit, will see a notable difference; generally that's more predictable once you start doing heroics+. Furthermore, if it was a DK tank, you may have just had bad luck w/ avoidance.
Or a pally tank sitting down so they can take a crit and regenerate more mana off your healing.
I would never do that! *cough*
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Hellpriest
One nice way of keeping tank go down is to have renew on him during all fight from the moment he was first hit. Also you can keep up shield on him, but don't forget to ask if it's war or dru if they have argo-rage problems. Also shielding people who over chro a lot is a good thing. If you choose disc as healing, you can actually see that penance is almost 0 mana cost with pre-pre last tier talent and if you crit it sometimes will even give mana back:) PoM is a must on tank BEFORE if pulls, so it heals initial damage and goes to someone other. Btw, if you are bored during fight, and have it on you you can SW:death to make it in somewhere. I. Myself was lucky pretty frequently to get it tank-me-tank-me-tank. Good luck in healing:) Try serious disc/holy(52.19.0) for more fun or advanced tank heal.
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Robgar
that would be a threat issue.
especially with warrior tanks and multiple mobs. they have a harder time holding aggro.
make sure they have vigilence on you instead of a dps, since you are healing before the dps really kicks in.
plus your fade ability helps with that.
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