As always i’m here to help if your a fellow priest with any questions. You can reach me at munchies at themunchland.com or make a level 1 ally on US-Bronzebeard and look me up.

Farewell for now.

Site will be back up soon.

Last night I was trying to make all the changes, but themunchland.com would not redirect to the proper host and everytime I’d go into the admin panel it would take me to the old hosts.

Most holy specs listed below have many similarities with a few points shifted around to help optimize an ability. Many say that the Holy tree is flexible and from what we will see you may agree that this is a true statement.

The first spec listed here is an ideal renew spec with focus on raid healing (for reference we will call this the Raid-Renew spec). You will notice that any ability that enhances greater heal is not chosen as with this spec your focus will not be to use greater heal. Now I’ve put 4 points into Divine Fury which some prefer to place them into Spell warding (reduce damage taken from spells by 8%) and that is perfectly fine. However there are situations where a greater heal may come in handy. This doesn’t mean we want to modify the spec to enhance our greater heal, but having a quicker greater heal may come in handy. An example of the use would be in ToC on Lord Jaraxxus when a Mistress of Pain spawns and casts Spinning Pain Spike on a raid member (inflicts 50% health damage). Having the ability to dish out a quick greater heal might be the best choice in spells. Without having Divine Fury we could still achieve this but timing would need to be adjusted.

Again, anything that has to do with greater heal has been removed from this spec and instead all of our talent points are placed into talents that will increase our raid healing ability. Aside from the basic raid healing abilities we have also selected Improved Renew & Empowered Renew. Based on my personal experience renew is a great spell and every holy priest should learn to properly use it. Some may argue that renew isn’t worth the talent points and if you are not use to healing with renew that stay clear from it. Based on the talents chosen I would consider this a heavy raid healing spec as non raid healing specs have been excluded.

One thing I did not mention is the reason to choosing Blessed Resilience over Empowered Healing. In the WotLK Healing Compendium 3.3 (point 12) you will find some mathematical reasoning to how the combination of BR & ToF can be stronger then Empowered Healing towards Flash Heal. Aside from this you also need to realize that BR will increase the output of all of your spells and in theory increasing your overall throughput.

The next spec we are looking at is one intended for raid healing but with the ability to use greater heal more frequently (for reference we will call this the Raid-GH spec). This spec is picking any ability that will make our greater heals faster, stronger, and more mana efficient. This spec also includes talents to improve our raid healing abilities and is more ideal for those who do not wish to use renew. With this spec you are more then capable of raid healing and provide sufficient assistance with tank healing. In order to achieve this spec we have taken points from talents such as Blessed Resilience and Empowered Renew, and shifted these points into those greater heal friendly talents. We could also argue about the choice of BR over Test of Faith, 3% overall healing or 12% on targets at or below 50%, but the choice is up to you.

With this spec we are picking up Empowered Healing which could be considered better for Flash heal since we have also picked up Test of Faith, but of course we are loosing talents such as empowered renew and blessed resilience. Overall this is still a strong raid healing spec and gives us the ability to use Greater heal.

Now if your like me and can’t let go of Renew but need greater heal then this may be your choice  (for reference we will call this the GH-ER spec). This spec will pickup both talents to improve Renew and those talents needed to make GH viable. Now in order to do this we must sacrifice a few raid healing talents such as Holy Reach and Healing Prayers, but neither of which are mandatory for raid healing. This would be a spec I’d consider if I needed to pickup GH for a raid such as ICC10 man where only 2 healers are in the group. Having the ability to toss out strong raid heals and strong tank heals will make most encounters easier. Now the good thing about say 10man ICC is that you don’t have a lot of raiders in the group and range shouldn’t be too much of an issue (making it more reasonable to not spec into Holy Reach). Now there are other specs which we could choose from but this spec will give us the benefits to renew and unless your a non renew user then this is a spec to consider.

Finally with this spec (which for reference we will call our GH spec) we are of course grabbing those talents to make our greater heals move viable but we are also taking Blessed Resilience for the 3% additional healing overall. This will make all of our spells stronger but at a cost of Holy Reach & Healing Prayers. Again HR & HP are not mandatory for a holy priest and if you want to have stronger heals then as always a sacrifice needs to be made. Comparing this spec to the previous we simply moved points away from Empowered Renew and place those into Blessed Resilience.

The following spec has been brought to my attention by Zusterke and I can clearly see how this spec could be yet another ideal spec for those who don’t use greater heal and wish to focus more on raid healing. Based on personal experience flash heal is definitely one of our primary spells and having a spec which enhances that spell is not a bad choice at all. The new tier 10 2pc bonus also adds a little punch to the use of our flash heals, making the use of flash heal more beneficial. Below is Zusterke’s comment on this spec:

The allround FHeal spec. The very same WotLK compendium should explain why you’d pick 2/5 EH + 3/3 BR over 5/5 ER. What’s unique about this spec is that it still delivers strong single target healing but has all the goodies for superior AoE healing. The Renew, while not fully talented, is still strong enough to make Renew heavy strategies work, but you can switch to FHeal strategies should the situation call for it. If I would not be taking a Renew heavy spec, this would be my preferred spec. Its weaknesses are slim, and a good mix of Renew and FHeal is all you need to overcome that… something an experienced priest could enjoy

Now if we look at all of the previous specs shown you will see that the majority of them are similar. Some specs place points into a certain ability to help optimize it for a certain situation. As far as Holy Reach is concerned I don’t feel that it’s a mandatory talent to have however this really depends on the types of raids you are doing. If your simply running 5mans then its by no means necessary and could possibly be a loss of points. If your focus is 10mans then you could see it as not mandatory to have but wouldn’t hurt to have. For a 25man raid you now have to realize that there are a lot more raid members in an area and chances are they need to be further spread out. This is where having HR would benefit us if our main purpose is to raid heal. Healing prayers is another story and will depend on how often you cast PoH and PoM and whether you find yourself having mana issues or not. The spec you choose will be dependent on your healing style. Also if you never cast renew then you may consider moving the points I’ve placed into Improved Renew (tier 1) into Healing Focus and you would be left with 1 point to play around with.

To quickly summarize lets take a look at all 4 specs listed.

Raid Renew

- Optimal for Raid Healing

- Strong Renew

- No Greater Heal support

Raid-Greater Heal

- Optimal for Raid Healing

- Full GHeal support

- Limited or no use of Renew

Greater Heal w/Empowered Renew

- Full GHeal Support

- Strong Renew

- Shorter range AoE heals

- Less mana efficiency with PoM + PoH

Greater Heal

- Full GHeal Support

- Stronger overall heals (BR)

- Weak Renew

- Shorter range AoE heals

- Less mana efficiency with PoM + PoH

Last but not least the Cookie cutter Disc spec. There isn’t much wiggle room in the discipline tree as there is for holy and trying to move points around may not be a great idea. Some disc specs try to incorporate Improved Healing by removing points from Focused Will, but the crit you gain is vital to proc those bubbles if you don’t have the sufficient gear for it. My best advice is to stick with the spec listed above as it has all the important parts for a disc priest. One thing you could change is the points from Improved Renew and Desperate Prayer into either Spell Warding or Divine Fury.

As far as Glyphs are concerned here are my recommendations (with the Holy choices being a little more flexible then the Disc choices):

Holy

- Glyph of Flash Heal – Reduces mana cost by 10%.

- Glyph of Circle of Healing – Heals an additional target.

- Glyph of Guardian Spirit – Resets the CD on GS if the target does not activate the spirit.

- Glyph of Fading – Reduces mana cost on fade.

- Glyph of Shadowfiend – Receive 5% of max mana if fiend dies.

- Glyph of Levitate (or something else) – Fun Fun Fun

Disc

- Glyph of Flash Heal – Reduces mana cost by 10%.

- Glyph of Penance – Reduces the CD on Penance by 2 secs.

- Glyph of Power Word: Shield – Heals the target for 20% of the absorb amount.

- Glyph of Fading – Reduces mana cost on fade.

- Glyph of Shadowfiend – Receive 5% of max mana if fiend dies.

- Glyph of Levitate (or something else) – Fun Fun Fun x2

Well that is all, if you have any comments/questions leave a comment. If you have your own spec which you feel is better then drop me an email or comment with some reasoning and I’ll include it here. Good luck =)

/Cheer

Head || Neck || Shoulders || Back || Chest || Wrist || Hands || Waist || Legs || Feet || Finger || 2 Hand || Main Hand || Off Hand || Wand

Head

1. 393.46 Corp’rethar Ceremonial Crown Gunship – ICC25 Heroic
2. 389.38 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Hood Token – ICC25 Heroic
3. 380.98 Cowl of Malefic Repose Queen Lana’thel – ICC10 Heroic
4. 357.50 Thaumaturge’s Crackling Cowl Saurfang – ICC10 Heroic
5. 349.26 Corp’rethar Ceremonial Crown Gunship – ICC25
6. 345.18 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Hood Token – ICC25 or ICC10 Heroic
7. 337.04 Cowl of Malefic Repose Queen Lana’thel – ICC10
8. 323.35 Velen’s Cowl of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToGC25
9. 319.21 Aurora of Transcendence Onyxia 25
10. 316.68 Thaumaturge’s Crackling Cowl Saurfang – ICC10

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Neck

1. 244.64 Blood Queen’s Crimson Choker Queen Lana’thel – ICC25 Heroic
2. 235.78 Holiday’s Grace Festergut – ICC25 Heroic
3. 228.40 Bone Sentinel’s Amulet Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
4. 224.02 Soulcleave Pendant Saurfang – ICC10 Heroic
5. 223.98 Blood Queen’s Crimson Choker Queen Lana’thel – ICC25
6. 211.36 Choker of Filthy Diamonds Rotface – ICC10 Heroic
7. 210.41 Holiday’s Grace Festergut – ICC25
8. 209.48 Wail of the Val’kyr Twin Val’kyr – ToGC25
9. 203.07 Bone Sentinel’s Amulet Marrowgar – ICC25
10. 188.02 Choker of Filthy Diamonds Rotface – ICC10

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Shoulders

1. 299.61 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Shoulderpads Token – ICC25 Heroic
2. 274.12 Stiffened Corpse Shoulderpads Trash – ICC25
3. 267.46 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Shoulderpads Token – ICC25
4. 265.22 Bloodstained Surgeon’s Shoulderguards Festergut – ICC10 Heroic
5. 252.76 Velen’s Shoulderpads of Triumph Token – ToGC25
6. 238.01 Crimson Acolyte Shoulderpads 60 Emblems of Frost
7. 236.03 Bloodstained Surgeon’s Shoulderguards Festergut – ICC10
8. 225.94 Pauldrons of Revered Mortality 45 Emblems of Triumph
9. 225.94 Velen’s Shoulderpads of Triumph Token – ToC25 or ToC10 Heroic
10. 201.86 Velen’s Shoulderpads of Conquest 30 Emblems of Triumph

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1. 252.24 Frostbinder’s Shredded Cape Valithria – ICC25 Heroic
2. 245.93 Jaina’s Radiance Tribute Chest – ToGC25
3. 229.03 Bolvar’s Devotion Tribute Chest – ToGC25
4. 228.40 Greatcloak of the Turned Champio Saurfang – ICC25 Heroic
5. 220.63 Heartsick Mender’s Cape Blood Princess – ICC10 Heroic>
6. 217.52 Drape of Bitter Incantation Tribute Chest – ToGC10
7. 204.25 Drape of the Violet Tower Emblems of Frost
8. 203.51 Volde’s Cloak of the Night Sky Emblems of Frost
9. 203.07 Greatcloak of the Turned Champion Saurfang – ICC25
10. 202.70 Shawl of Fervent Crusader Tribute Chest – ToGC10

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Chest

1. 423.85 Sanguine Silk Robes Blood Princess – ICC25 Heroic
2. 415.73 Robes of Azure Downfall Sindragosa – ICC10 Heroic
3. 413.65 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Robe Token – ICC25 Heroic
4. 408.83 Meteor Chaser’s Raiment Emblems of Frost
5. 395.43 Bloodsoul Raiment Blood Princess – ICC10 Heroic
6. 375.11 Ermine Coronation Robes Emblems of Frost
7. 371.33 Sanguine Silk Robes Blood Princess – ICC25
8. 369.45 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Robe Token – ICC25 or ICC10 H
9. 360.66 Flowing Vestments of Ascent Northernd Beasts – ToGC25
10. 345.57 Merlin’s Robe Crafted

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Wrist

1. 221.80 Death Surgeon’s Sleeves Rotface – ICC25 Heroic
2. 197.39 Bracers of Dark Blessings Deathwhisper – ICC10 Heroic
3. 192.85 Death Surgeon’s Sleeves Rotface – ICC25
4. 192.04 Armbands of the Ashen Saint Anub’Arak – ToGC25
5. 184.70 Bejeweled Wizard’s Bracers Crafted
6. 171.65 Bracers of Dark Blessings Deathwhisper – ICC10
7. 167.20 Armbands of the Ashen Saint Anub’Arak – ToC25
8. 166.25 Grasps of Reason XT-002 – Ulduar Hardmode
9. 166.20 Royal Moonshroud Bracers Crafted
10. 147.08 Unsullied Cuffs Sarth2D – Obsidian Sanctum H

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Hands

1. 314.17 San’layn Ritualist Gloves Blood Princess – ICC25 Heroic
2. 302.47 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Gloves Token – ICC25 Heroic
3. 301.96 Gloves of False Gestures Emblems of Frost
4. 286.76 Gloves of Broken Fingers Rotface – ICC10 Heroic
5. 282.34 Gloves of the Lifeless Touch Anub’Arak – ToGC25
6. 278.34 San’layn Ritualist Gloves Blood Princess – ICC25
7. 274.12 Gloves of Ambivalence Emblems of Frost
8. 263.20 Velen’s Gloves of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToGC25
9. 254.03 Pharos Gloves Algalon – Ulduar 25
10. 253.95 Gloves of Broken Fingers Rotface – ICC10

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Waist

1. 337.91 Crushing Coldwraith Belt Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
2. 310.77 Lingering Illness Festergut – ICC25 Heroic
3. 303.44 Cauterized Cord Putricide – ICC10 Heroic
4. 302.06 Crushing Coldwraith Belt Marrowgar – ICC25
5. 285.42 Circle of Ossus Emblems of Frost
6. 279.30 Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner Marrowgar – ICC10 Heroic
7. 278.62 Lingering Illness Festergut – ICC25
8. 270.77 Cauterized Cord Putricide – ICC10
9. 264.36 Cord of the Tenebrous Mist Northrend Beasts – ToGC25
10. 248.49 Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner Marrowgar – ICC10

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Legs

1. 413.67 Kilt of Untreated Wounds Festergut – ICC10 Heroic
2. 412.57 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Leggings Token – ICC25 Heroic
3. 408.83 Leggings of Woven Death Crafted
4. 380.67 Leggings of the Refracted Mind Valithria – ICC10 Heroic
5. 369.73 Kilt of Untreated Wounds Festergut – ICC10
6. 368.87 Lightweave Leggings Crafted
7. 366.83 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Leggings Token – ICC25
8. 354.19 Leggings of the Soothing Touch Jaraxxus – ToGC25
9. 353.88 Velen’s Leggings of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToC25
10. 326.01 Crimson Acolyte Leggings Emblems of Frost

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Feet

1. 337.91 Plague Scientist’s Boots Festergut – ICC25 Heroic
2. 302.06 Plague Scientist’s Boots Festergut – ICC25
3. 279.08 Boots of the Mourning Widow Faction Champs – ToGC25
4. 274.12 Sandals of Consecration Crafted
5. 272.12 Pale Corpse Boots Blood Princess – ICC10 Heroic
6. 242.67 Pale Corpse Boots Blood Princess – ICC10
7. 240.37 Boots of Fiery Resolution Flame Leviathan – Ulduar Hardmode
8. 236.20 Treads of the False Oracle Yogg-Saron – Ulduar 25 Hardmode
9. 225.94 Boots of the Mourning Widow Faction Champs – ToC25
10. 205.67 Starlight Treads Algalon – Ulduar 10

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Finger

1. 246.08 Ring of Rapid Ascent Gunship – ICC25 Heroic
2. 244.42 Marrowgar’s Frigid Eye Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
3. 234.56 Memory of Malygos Sindragosa – ICC25 Heroic
4. 229.62 Incarnadine Band of Mending Blood Princess – ICC25 Heroic
5. 227.96 Ring of Maddening Whispers Deathwhisper – ICC25 Heroic
6. 223.20 Ashen Band of Endless Wisdom Ashen Verdict Rep – Exalted
7. 218.17 Marrowgar’s Frigid Eye Marrowgar – ICC25
8. 209.23 Memory of Malygos Sindragosa – ICC25
9. 204.25 Incarnadine Band of Mending Blood Princess – ICC25
10. 192.85 Ring of Maddening Whispers Deathwhisper – ICC25

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2 Hand

1. 1120.34 Dying Light Queen Lana’thel – ICC25 Heroic
2. 980.66 Mag’hari Chieftain’s Staff Saurfang – ICC10 Heroic
3. 980.25 Dying Light Queen Lana’thel – ICC25
4. 974.59 Nibelung Deathwhisper – ICC25 Heroic
5. 927.47 Clemency Tribute Chest – ToGC25
6. 869.60 Enlightenment Twin Val’kyr – ToGC10
7. 8644.50 Cold Convergence Anub’Arak – ToGC10
8.864.48 Nibelung Deathwhisper – ICC25
9. 852.89 Mag’hari Chieftain’s Staff Saurfang – ICC10
10. 772.27 Staff of Endless Winter Hodir – Ulduar 25 Hardmode

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Main Hand

1. 940.61 Frozen Bonespike Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
2. 869.80 Trauma Rotface – ICC25 Heroic
3. 859.47 Lockjaw Rotface – ICC10 Heroic
4. 844.59 Midnight Sun Gunship – ICC10 Heroic
5. 825.85 Frozen Bonespike Marrowgar – ICC25
6. 803.96 Misery’s End Anub’Arak – ToGC25
7. 775.45 Trauma Rotface – ICC25
8. 750.18 Hammer of Purified Flame Quest Reward
9. 741.50 Lockjaw Rotface – ICC10
10. 741.25 Midnight Sun Gunship – ICC10

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Off Hand

1. 242.46 Shadow Silk Spindle Blood Princess – ICC25 Heroic
2. 224.78 Sundial of Eternal Dusk Sindragosa – ICC25 Heroic
3. 215.05 Shadow Silk Spindle Blood Princess – ICC25
4. 199.45 Sundial of Eternal Dusk Sindragosa – ICC25
5. 182.15 Chalice of Searing Light Twin Val’kyr – ToGC25
6. 161.70 Chalice of Searing Light Twin Val’kyr – ToC25
7. 135.69 Ironmender Kologarn – Ulduar 25
8. 128.02 Antediluvian Cornerstone Grimoire Onyxia – Onyxia Lair 25

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Wand

1. 143.04 Corpse-Impaling Spike Rotface – ICC25 Heroic
2. 131.94 Nightmare Ender Valithria – ICC25 Heroic
3. 121.73 Corpse-Impaling Spike Rotface – ICC25
4. 109.15 Nightmare Ender Valithria – ICC25
5. 105.83 Lana’thel’s Bloody Nail Queen Lana’thel – ICC10 Heroic
6. 92.41 Lana’thel’s Bloody Nail Queen Lana’thel – ICC10
7. 86.73 Rod of Imprisoned Souls Northrend Beasts – ToC10
8. 86.73 Rod of Imprisoned Souls Northrend Beasts – ToGC10
9. 86.65 Scepter of Lost Souls Gen Vezax – Ulduar 25
10. 77.92 Scepter of Creation Ignis – Ulduar 25

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For those of you who are curious how I came up with the winners, well its simple. I logged into wow and rolled 1-22 (22 being the number of comments left) and there you have it. Below is a screenshot as well showing the winning rolls (comments in this case).
(Sadly someone’s account got hacked…… apparently)

]]> http://themunchland.com/?feed=rss2&p=247 0 http://themunchland.com/?p=222 http://themunchland.com/?p=222#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:25:51 +0000 Munchies http://www.themunchland.com/?p=222 The following list is intended as a guide line to help you choose which gear is ‘better’. Please note I’ve inserted a -500 value to hit rating in order to exclude +hit gear. The higher the value the better the gear is considered. However if you are lacking on a certain stat then you should gear to fill the stat you are missing. There is also a great application called Rawr that will help you optimize and choose your gear. This list will be updated accordingly as new items are discovered. If you notice an item not on the list please leave a comment and I will insert it into the list. The stat weights used are those provided by BobTurkey, the majority of these were calculated by hand and some filtered using GuildOx LootRank. Finally the following list contains items from mainly ICC 10/25, ToC 10/25, ToGC 10/25.

Head || Neck || Shoulders || Back || Chest || Wrist || Hands || Waist || Legs || Feet || Finger || 2 Hand || Main Hand || Off Hand || Wand

Head

1. 368.33 Corp’rethar Ceremonial Crown Gunship – ICC25 Heroic
2. 365.69 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Hood Token – ICC25 Heroic
3. 324.29 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Hood Token – ICC25 or ICC10 Heroic
4. 327.13 Corp’rethar Ceremonial Crown Gunship – ICC25
5. 321.93 Thaumaturge’s Crackling Cowl Saurfang – ICC10 Heroic
6. 307.24 Velen’s Cowl of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToGC25
7. 303.28 Cowl of Malefic Repose Queen Lana’thel – ICC10 Heroic
8. 287.86 Crimson Acolyte Hood 95 Emblem of Frost
9. 295.76 Thaumaturge’s Crackling Cowl Saurfang – ICC10
10. 275.74 Helm of Clouded Sight 75 Emblem of Triumph

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Neck

1. 209.01 Holiday’s Grace Festergut – ICC25 Heroic
2. 204.61 Bone Sentinel’s Amulet Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
3. 193.58 Blood Queen’s Crimson Choker Queen Lana’thel - ICC25 Heroic
4. 186.20 Holiday’s Grace Festergut – ICC25
5. 182.19 Bone Sentinel’s Amulet Marrowgar – ICC25
6. 179.03 Choker of Filthy Diamonds Rotface – ICC10 Heroic
7. 174.95 Soulcleave Pendant Saurfang – ICC10 Heroic
8. 174.29 Blood Queen’s Crimson Choker Queen Lana’thel - ICC25
9. 164.08 Wail of the Val’kyr Twin Val’kyr – ToGC25
10. 159.57 Choker of Filthy Diamonds Rotface – ICC10

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Shoulders

1. 276.49 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte ShoulderpadsToken – ICC25 Heroic
2. 253.21 Stiffened Corpse Shoulderpads Trash – ICC25
3. 249.94 Bloodstained Surgeon’s Shoulderguards Festergut – ICC10 Heroic
4. 246.93 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Shoulderpads Token – ICC25
5. 233.20 Velen’s Shoulderpads of Triumph Token - ToGC25
6. 223.53 Bloodstained Surgeon’s Shoulderguards Festergut – ICC10
7. 219.47 Crimson Acolyte Shoulderpads 60 Emblems of Frost
8. 208.12 Velen’s Shoulderpads of Triumph Token – ToC25 or ToC10 Heroic
9. 202.29 Pauldrons of Revered Mortality 45 Emblems of Triumph
10. 186.03 Velen’s Shoulderpads of Conquest 30 Emblems of Triumph

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1. 204.61 Greatcloak of the Turned Champio Saurfang – ICC25 Heroic
2. 197.24 Bolvar’s Devotion Tribute Chest - ToGC25
3. 196.37 Frostbinder’s Shredded Cape Valithria – ICC25 Heroic
4. 187.77 Jaina’s Radiance Tribute Chest – ToGC25
5. 187.52 Volde’s Cloak of the Night Sky Emblems of Frost
6. 184.53 Drape of the Violet Tower Emblems of Frost
7. 182.54 Heartsick Mender’s Cape Blood Princess – ICC10 Heroic
8. 174.62 Greatcloak of the Turned Champion Saurfang – ICC25
9. 174.24 Maiden’s Favor Anub’Arak – ToGC25
10. 174.22 Shawl of the Refreshing Winds Northrend Beasts – ToGC25
10. 174.22 Shawl of Fervent Crusader Tribute Chest – ToGC10

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Chest

1. 373.69 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Robe Token – ICC25 Heroic
2. 373.63 Sanguine Silk Robes Blood Princess - ICC25 Heroic
3. 337.04 Ermine Coronation Robes Emblems of Frost
4. 334.16 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Robe Token – ICC25 or ICC10 H
5. 332.22 Bloodsoul Raiment Blood Princess – ICC10 Heroic
6. 327.18 Sanguine Silk Robes Blood Princess – ICC25
7. 317.20 Meteor Chaser’s Raiment Emblems of Frost
8. 315.10 Flowing Vestments of Ascent Northernd Beasts – ToGC25
9. 314.48 Robes of Azure Downfall Sindragosa – ICC10 Heroic
10. 314.27 Velen’s Robe of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToGC25

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Wrist

1. 208.83 Death Surgeon’s Sleeves Rotface – ICC25 Heroic
2. 184.27 Bracers of Dark Blessings Deathwhisper – ICC10 Heroic
3. 178.84 Death Surgeon’s Sleeves Rotface - ICC25
4. 172.55 Armbands of the Ashen Saint Anub’Arak – ToGC25
5. 164.05 Bracers of Dark Blessings Deathwhisper – ICC10
6. 156.89 Royal Moonshroud Bracers Crafted
7. 146.59 Grasps of Reason XT-002 – Ulduar Hardmode
8. 146.36 Armbands of the Ashen Saint Anub’Arak – ToC25
9. 146.08 Bejeweled Wizard’s Bracers Crafted
10. 129.40 Unsullied Cuffs Sarth2D – Obsidian Sanctum H

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Hands

1. 271.74 San’layn Ritualist Gloves Blood Princess - ICC25 Heroic
2. 269.05 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Gloves Token – ICC25 Heroic
3. 253.21 Gloves of Ambivalence Emblems of Frost
4. 240.19 Gloves of Broken Fingers Rotface – ICC10 Heroic
5. 240.13 San’layn Ritualist Gloves Blood Princess – ICC25
6. 237.05 Gloves of False Gestures Emblems of Frost
7. 226.69 Velen’s Gloves of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToGC25
8. 221.39 Gloves of the Lifeless Touch Anub’Arak – ToGC25
9. 213.58 Gloves of Broken Fingers Rotface – ICC10
10. 213.36 Crimson Acolyte Gloves Emblems of Frost

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Waist

1. 282.77 Lingering Illness Festergut – ICC25 Heroic
2. 261.65 Crushing Coldwraith Belt Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
3. 253.21 Lingering Illness Festergut - ICC25
4. 243.58 Circle of Ossus Emblems of Frost
5. 241.92 Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner Marrowgar – ICC10 Heroic
6. 236.25 Cauterized Cord Putricide – ICC10 Heroic
7. 234.25 Crushing Coldwraith Belt Marrowgar – ICC25
8. 233.59 Cord of the Tenebrous Mist Northrend Beasts – ToGC25
9. 215.31 Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner Marrowgar – ICC10
10. 210.66 Cauterized Cord Putricide – ICC10

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Legs

1. 367.39 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Leggings Token – ICC25 Heroic
2. 340.53 Lightweave Leggings Crafted
3. 338.70 Leggings of the Refracted Mind Valithria – ICC10 Heroic
4. 333.65 Sanctified Crimson Acolyte Leggings Token – ICC25
5. 319.71 Kilt of Untreated Wounds Festergut – ICC10 Heroic
6. 317.19 Leggings of Woven Death Crafted
7. 313.43 Leggings of the Soothing Touch Jaraxxus – ToGC25
8. 307.66 Velen’s Leggings of Triumph Regalia of Triumph – ToC25
9. 291.59 Crimson Acolyte Leggings Emblems of Frost
10. 285.88 Kilt of Untreated Wounds Festergut – ICC10

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Feet

1. 261.65 Plague Scientist’s Boots Festergut – ICC25 Heroic
2. 253.21 Sandals of Consecration Crafted
3. 248.01 Pale Corpse Boots Blood Princess – ICC10 Heroic
4. 242.04 Boots of the Mourning Widow Faction Champs – ToGC25
5. 234.25 Plague Scientist’s Boots Festergut – ICC25
6. 220.55 Pale Corpse Boots Blood Princess – ICC10
7. 205.46 Boots of Fiery Resolution Flame Leviathan – Ulduar Hardmode
8. 202.29 Boots of the Mourning Widow Faction Champs – ToC25
9. 188.57 Starlight Treads Algalon – Ulduar 10
10. 187.18 Treads of the False Oracle Yogg-Saron – Ulduar 25 Hardmode

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Finger

1. 210.51 Ring of Maddening Whispers Deathwhisper – ICC25 Heroic
2. 207.34 Incarnadine Band of Mending Blood Princess – ICC25 Heroic
3. 206.28 Memory of Malygos Sindragosa – ICC25 Heroic
4. 203.23 Marrowgar’s Frigid Eye Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
5. 194.70 Ring of Rapid Ascent Gunship – ICC25 Heroic
6. 189.63 Ashen Band of Endless Wisdom Ashen Verdict Rep - Exalted
7. 184.53 Incarnadine Band of Mending Blood Princess – ICC25
8. 183.86 Memory of Malygos Sindragosa – ICC25
9. 180.98 Marrowgar’s Frigid Eye Marrowgar – ICC25
10. 178.84 Ring of Maddening Whispers Deathwhisper – ICC25

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2 Hand

1. 813.12 Dying Light Queen Lana’thel - ICC25 Heroic
2. 714.17 Dying Light Queen Lana’thel – ICC25
3. 708.92 Mag’hari Chieftain’s Staff Saurfang – ICC10 Heroic
4. 683.77 Clemency Tribute Chest – ToGC25
5. 648.03 Nibelung Deathwhisper – ICC25 Heroic
6. 624.82 Mag’hari Chieftain’s Staff Saurfang – ICC10
7. 582.91 Enlightenment Twin Val’kyr – ToGC10
8. 581.22 Cold Convergence Anub’Arak – ToGC10
9. 575.81 Staff of Endless Winter Hodir – Ulduar 25 Hardmode
10. 568.83 Nibelung Deathwhisper – ICC25

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Main Hand

1. 636.92 Frozen Bonespike Marrowgar – ICC25 Heroic
2. 564.19 Trauma Rotface – ICC25 Heroic
3. 562.70 Lockjaw Rotface – ICC10 Heroic
4. 557.16 Frozen Bonespike Marrowgar – ICC25
5. 556.68 Midnight Sun Gunship – ICC10 Heroic
6. 516.02 Misery’s End Anub’Arak – ToGC25
7. 491.72 Trauma Rotface – ICC25
8. 488.72 Midnight Sun Gunship – ICC10
9. 488.29 Lockjaw Rotface – ICC10
10. 481.96 Hammer of Purified Flame Quest Reward

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Off Hand

1. 197.04 Sundial of Eternal Dusk Sindragosa – ICC25 Heroic
2. 187.13 Shadow Silk Spindle Blood Princess – ICC25 Heroic
3. 174.62 Sundial of Eternal Dusk Sindragosa – ICC25
4. 168.99 Chalice of Searing Light Twin Val’kyr – ToGC25
5. 165.87 Shadow Silk Spindle Blood Princess – ICC25
6. 149.88 Chalice of Searing Light Twin Val’kyr – ToC25
7. 124.69 Antediluvian Cornerstone Grimoire Onyxia – Onyxia Lair 25
8. 122.08 Ironmender Kologarn – Ulduar 25

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Wand

1. 120.96 Nightmare Ender Valithria – ICC25 Heroic
2. 114.48 Corpse-Impaling Spike Rotface – ICC25 Heroic
3. 106.57 Lana’thel’s Bloody Nail Queen Lana’thel – ICC10 Heroic
4. 101.21 Nightmare Ender Valithria – ICC25
5. 93.86 Corpse-Impaling Spike Rotface – ICC25
6. 88.39 Lana’thel’s Bloody Nail Queen Lana’thel – ICC10
7. 76.99 Rod of Imprisoned Souls Northrend Beasts – ToGC10
8. 74.19 Scepter of Creation Ignis – Ulduar 25
9. 68.47 Rod of Imprisoned Souls Northrend Beasts – ToC10
10. 67.35 Scepter of Lost Souls Gen Vezax – Ulduar 25

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Icecrown Citadel: Well we only get to see a total of four bosses and are unable to do the heroic mode until the Lich King himself has been put to rest. So in the mean time we get to play around with these four new bosses which haven’t been too difficult. We went in and in about 2 hours killed all four bosses without a great knowledge of the encounters. The encounters weren’t difficult at all, infact trash was more exciting (in terms of difficulty, since we pulled like 3 groups at once on accident). I suppose on a positive note we’ll be able to learn these encounters well enough to make the heroic modes go smoother. They just seemed really easy as  I was hoping for ICC to be the new BT/Sunwell dungeon as far as difficulty goes. /sigh, but at least the boat ‘boss’ was really fun and I won’t mind doing it over and over in the weeks to come. Too bad you can’t keep the jumper pack.

12/11 – I must edit my post and give credit to Blizzard for the new features implemented. Been using the new LFG system and I’m impressed. There has been some complaints about some awful pugs, but I’ve been fortunate enough to get good groups. The new dungeons are also quiet interesting and I like the idea with the 3 dungeons being tied into each other with a little story behind them. Plus we got to smack the Lich King as well! Then we ran for our lives . As far as ICC difficulty, well I guess this will allow more ‘casuals’ to get in the action, but I wish it would have been more of a challenge.

On a side note, I am working on creating a gear list for Holy & Disc and should be up soon. All of the gear isn’t listed yet so holding off for a bit longer. Also don’t forget to leave a comment on my giveaway post if your interested in a free authenticator. With the release of 3.3 you now get a Core Hound Pet for having an authenticator on your account! /cheer =)

Some of us don’t have a quick reaction time, but that will come with practice (How to improve reaction time). However being able to quickly get those spells out will help you in the long run. Of course each go hand to hand, but changing the little things early on will help you adapt and improve overall. When I first switched my style of healing I didn’t notice much improvement, but when you think about how much time your saving yourself in the long run you’ll thank yourself. There are several ways to achieve this, and if you find yourself needing to have a target frame prior to healing then consider one of the following.

The first option, my preference, is to setup several ‘mouseover’ macros. Each macro will be its own spell and will replace your default spell. What this mouseover macro does is allow you to heal the target your mouse pointer is over rather then having to select a target first. The difference in time is only a fraction of a second, but as I stated before all of this will add up. This is an ideal setup for someone who isn’t entirely a clicker (someone who clicks on abilities) and allows you to use a combination of your mouse & keyboard. An example of such a macro is as follows (note that Flash Heal can be replaced with any spell of your choice):

#showtooltip
/cast [target=mouseover, exists, nodead] Flash Heal; Flash Heal

The #showtooltip will display the tooltip information for the name of the spell used in your macro. This gives the macro a better feel when you mouseover it on your action bar. The next portion of the macro will cast (in this case) Flash Heal on your mouseover target as long as one exists and they are not dead. If you do not have a mouseover target or they are dead it will then select your current target and if your current target does not exists or is dead it will then cast it on yourself (as long as self cast is enabled) or will queue the ability to your next click target. Meaning the spell will be casted on the next person you click on or you can either select a new ability, right click, or hit esc to unqueue the spell. If this sounds complicated then type in the macro and give it a shot.

The next option is to setup a mod called Clique. It has the ability to setup your mouse to certain abilities, ie. Right mouse button casts Renew, and should be a preferred method for those who consider themselves clickers. It has the ability to recognize modifiers to allow you to use multiple setups for a single mouse button, and is easily configurable through its custom UI. Using clique will also allow you to setup your own preferred raid frames, like Grid, but there is also Healbot which comes with its own click setup and raid frames. I personally am a big fan of Grid and I don’t consider myself a clicker, but none the less Healbot is a very popular raid mod which again has its own ability to bind spells to your mouse alike clique.

In the end there’s only one goal, and that’s to improve your healing style to dish those heals out quicker. There are probably other ways out there to get you to heal quicker but make sure to choose one that fits your healing style. If your a clicker by heart, then don’t try to switch your entire way of healing but instead find a method that works for you.

P.S. I am also looking for guest posts and possibly a co-blogger. If your interested send me an email at munchies@themunchland.com