Holy Champion (this is it)

This post is part of a series of posts titled Healing Inspection, which discusses healing abilities and styles.

For the stretch of two weeks, I’ve been rambling about Holy Priests. Truly, I don’t think I have spent as much time on any other class, say the least any other spec. But every ramble (especially royal ones), must come to an end. And the end of this one must be grand.

For the grand finale, I am going to supply you with not one, but two tooltips for this new skill.

You got two eyes (unless you’re a pirate), so pay good attention.

Holy Champion (Solo)

And this is rather interesting, for I am writing between two images. Can’t say this has been done before, or has it?

Nevermind, it’s really not that important.

Holy Champion (Group)

If this is all very new to you, I’d advise checking my previous posts on each concept – the group skill and the solo one.

For those who just returned, or my ardent readers, I advise reading along.

The Champion’s Salvation

Safety First

This post is part of a series of posts titled Healing Inspection, which discusses healing abilities and styles.

It’s a metaphor.

I’m the mentioned champion, my salvation is realizing what is the perfect solution to the Holy Champion dilemma.

A quick replay. Holy Champion is my suggestion for a new skill for Holy Priests. At the moment, it only has a group utility, in the form of damage mitigation through sharing with a party/raid member. I’d like it to have some use in solo or battlegrounds (where it isn’t guaranteed that the Priest can find a champion to stand by his side).

I’ve been thinking about the last point for a few days, but nothing came to mind. Then all of the sudden, it struck me. It came from the big blue beyond. It gave me the best solution.

I have to credit Blizzard for this though, and the Argent Dawn.
For the solution lies within a horn.
The Argent War Horn.

And the Priest’s champion while being alone, will be none else than an NPC Guardian. Hopefully a more courageous one than the one pictured.

More after the hearthstone.

Evading Thoughts

Lost in Thought

Ever tried to think about nothing, but a few seconds later some thought invades your mind in spite of your wish? Well, I’m facing quite the opposite.

I’m trying to think about something, but there’s nothing coming to mind.

My best efforts are put in order to come up with an original idea how to buff Holy Priest survivability while riding solo, but every time I think of something, it soon proves itself to be nothing good.

I am going to keep trying until I do.

Being swarmed by zombies sure doesn’t help though.
Braiiiiiins.

Holy Champion – Further Development

The Holyguard

This post is part of a series of posts titled Healing Inspection, which discusses healing abilities and styles.

I left my last post at a concept. The concept was that Holy Priests should be granted an improved state of survivability, which would be given in a form of some champion. Further discussion of that concept brought a few points, which stated a mechanism of damage sharing, and a boon to healing to compensate for the champion taking more harm overall.

On this post, the idea is to try and construct a working ability. I would like to warn in advance that it might be trickier than previous skills, for a reason that will shortly be revealed.

With no further exposition, I’d like to start with a draft.

Holy Champion – A Concept

For the Holy Cause

This post is part of a series of posts titled Healing Inspection, which discusses healing abilities and styles.

I have had almost a week unobstructed, to enjoy the impact of the latest patch on the game. I have played all my mains (i.e. my 70s) with their new talents, and even experimented a bit with some of my alts.

Truly, Blizzard has come up with some superb talents for most of the classes.

I shall attempt to do the same. This time, last on the series, with the Holy Priests.

As the first step is being aware what the class lacks, our direction would be to improve the survivability of Holy. It is true that as a cloth wearer, they are supposed to be more frail than their fellow healers, yet I believe they still deserve a small improvement in that area.

After all, the new World of Warcraft (post-patch) is about having more fun, and dying too often just isn’t.

The trick however is, not to come up with something that already exists. The Holy’s talented brothers gain their survivability through talents such as Pain Suppression, Enlightenment and Improved Power Word: Shield. My plan is to suggest a new Holy ability, that will serve a similar purpose, yet achieve it in a different way.

Intrigued? It is coming.