Holy Paladin Guide by DiamondTear

[DiamondTear]

The recommendation for the off-set piece was for 372 items. I haven't looked at what the best item would be for 359 tier. Don't worry about it too much.

[Calethal]

thanks for that basicly grab what i can until HC >_<

[Matsuflex]

Hi DT, been following you for some time now. Thanks for this post, very useful info. I wanted to get your opinion on trinket choice as the discussion on ej leads me to believe that the archaeology trinket is next bis after shard. And after that it is dark moon card tsunami. Do you agree with that table on ej. Why Or why not? Are you using fall of mortality simply because the arch trunk is a pain to get and dmc requires gold, or is heroic fall of mortality that much superior? Or do you use all of them and switch depending on encounter.

I can see the doll being very powerful, but requires manual activation whereas fall of mort is process based fire and forget.

Thanks gain

[DiamondTear]

@Matsuflex I'm not sure whether heroic FoM is better or worse than Tyrande's, but I'm sure that it's not worth the effort of trying to get tyrande's. The posts I've linked in my guide are somewhat old and FoM has been buffed since then. It's probably the second best and I know at least some people agree with me on that.

[served]

I was just wondering why after 4.1 do you choose to go with set peices over offset but not before?

[DiamondTear]

Before the spirit bonus required you to use HR, which I didn't do on cooldown.

[Corruo]

Thanks for making this guide! It may be worth mentioning that Lay on Hands also does not transfer with Beacon of Light.

I just got back from a three month break. I've noticed a few major changes in the 4.1 patch notes, specifically the changes to the 4-set and Mastery. Is Mastery still crap and do these things have significant impact on our play style? I'm also looking at getting back into raiding. I was 12/12 when I left but I'd imagine most people are there now. How would you recommend I go about starting up again?

[DiamondTear]

Yes, mastery is still crap. It will be even worse than crit after 4.2 because crits will be 200% instead of 150%.

[Calethal]

I have a quick question with regards to haste, more so Divine light, what is the casting time you guys aim for based on haste before you stop reforging into it? if at all? I've heard a people say sub 2 second casts times is the nirvana for holy paladin haste but I've not actually been able to find that physically written down so I'm starting to wonder where this opinion came from, could you guys possibly shed some light on this for me

Regards
Calethal

[DiamondTear]

When Flash of Light hits 1 second without any haste cooldowns. I'm not sure if this is achievable in this expansion.

The only question you really have is if you want to trade some spirit for haste to get 1860 haste for the extra HR tick. Usually this is done by switching items.