38/33 disc/holy

highlights in build
power infusion to give me quicker and cheaper spellcasts on use
improved mana burn and mass dispel
spirit buff + spirit talent from holy for meni spellpower
30% mana regen while casting when i previously had 0
quicker casting holy fire/smite
desperate prayer which is 2 min cd free heal on me
increased range on holy fire/smite



best parts about this spec
spirit of redemption which makes me the ghost priest after i die, means i can basically heal nick to 100% for at least 20 seconds after i die guaranteed, if he stays within my range once i die

blessed resilience - 60% chance when getting crit to be crit-immune for 6 seconds
+
blessed recovery - automatically heals me a percentage of crit damage taken
+
focused will - increases my healing, reduces my damage taken after i get crit
^ will keep me alive much much longer




losses from shadow priest - only 2 dots now, they are considerably weaker, no silence, no blackout stun, no more dispersion, longer fear cooldown, no more fear damage debuff

overall i think this will help us in arena once i get used to playing healer again

cons from disc build
no pain suppression
no penance
no grace/aegis

cons from holy build
less pure healing power
no guardian spirit
no clearcasting procs

all priests get desperate prayer now? i remember when dwarf priests were the only priests you'd see, because they got fear ward + dp, and who gives a shit about starshards

all priests have fear ward as a base skill
all priests can get desperate prayer as a 11 pt holy talent
starshards was removed in wotlk

note to self, meta gem from stone keeper shards

lol, everyone gets fear ward

lol

oh man

currently
500 resil 1844 spellpower
18760 HP with fort


+80 spellpower +20 resil when i get helm glove bracer chants
meta will give me 250 HP
chest chant will give me 275 HP
azjol-nerub trinket is 1250 HP

its hardly useful for anything PVE
3 min cooldown 1 use
BGS its pretty useless
2v2 arena its NB as just a 1 time fear trinket

there used to be a couple bosses in old raiding content that would fear, and for some reason alliance always got through those first

i guess no bosses fear now/it's not an issue, but it was a big point of whining way back, thats why i laughed

no fear bosses in current wotlk content
BC had only a couple bosses, but a number of trash pulls could fear and attract more mobs

but theres plenty of ways to counteract fear, totems, stancedances, dispels, trinkets, etc