Shaman healer Vs Priest Healer

[JamesMay]

After playing with my 20 pally over the weekend I think we need healers. I want to make an ally shaman or Priest healer. anybody have any experience with either class which is better at 20?

 

[Earlwing]

Allright, so I play holy pally. IDK which spec yours is now, but if it isnt holy, I reccomend giving that a whirl. I've yet to play shaman (lvling one now) but compared to my lesser geared pally, my basically BiS preist (magicians mantle included) feels a little lackluster. my heals don't hit as hard as i'd like them too, though BoA would help them a bit, and my survivability is just too low with all the melee DPS and the prevalence of rogues in the bracket. I recommend sham or pally. Priest is still very viable and fun, but I believe it's just a bit lower on the totem than shaman (HEHE)

 

[JamesMay]

thanks for the info. My pally is ret.



What about resto druids are they any good at this lvl?

 

[Wrats]

Resto druids are prolly one of the weakest healers at this level, just because it's difficult to counter large burst damage with healing over time spells.

 

[Shft]

It can be played successfully, good luck if you wish to roll it, you have a lot of mobility and utility in exchange for losing healing output, regrowth costs as much as a flash heal and heals for as much as a 'heal', hot people up, folow the fc or be the fc, throw roots for your melee, peel melee for your team

 

[earthpig]

Resto Druid is viable, as shfthappens proves.

 

[Pookums]

Resto droods are teh suck, no makey healie bear.... Oh wait



Check the sig, cept for AGM and BoA trink I'm Bis. Basically what shift said, you sacrifice raw healing power for mobility and utility. To be effective I'd say there is a fairly decent skill cap. Holy pally and sham however can stand there and heal through nearly anything.

 

[Parfait]

Idk why the OP can't re-spec holy.

 

[Earlwing]

Idk why the OP can't re-spec holy.

Guess he didn't get my hint.

 

[kablam]

Resto Sham >> Holy Pally > Priest >> Resto Druid

 

[Shft]

Resto droods are teh suck, no makey healie bear.... Oh wait



Check the sig, cept for AGM and BoA trink I'm Bis. Basically what shift said, you sacrifice raw healing power for mobility and utility. To be effective I'd say there is a fairly decent skill cap. Holy pally and sham however can stand there and heal through nearly anything.

Until someone convinces me with facts, i'll take the consistency of spirit over your crit gear

 

[subpar]

dorf resto shaman, Stoneskin healspam all day erry day

 

[Spryness]

A priest's strength is in their offensive pressure; they can DPS fairly well. Shaman are a hard counter to a priest with their quick interrupts and purges.

 

[Guccidevil]

never played a twink priest but did level one in bgs till 30 ish. Make a 20 sham pretty good (not bis) and he was a beast, took like 5 guys to kill me. My only complaint is lack of mobility. I found myself falling behind fast moving groups b/c surge can eat mana and wave is so slow. i guess it is just a blance, earthshield is da shit too

 

[Shft]

never played a twink priest but did level one in bgs till 30 ish. Make a 20 sham pretty good (not bis) and he was a beast, took like 5 guys to kill me. My only complaint is lack of mobility. I found myself falling behind fast moving groups b/c surge can eat mana and wave is so slow. i guess it is just a blance, earthshield is da shit too

need mobility? i herd u liek 200 crit rejuv ticks and instant heals with swiftmend

 

[kablam]

never played a twink priest but did level one in bgs till 30 ish. Make a 20 sham pretty good (not bis) and he was a beast, took like 5 guys to kill me. My only complaint is lack of mobility. I found myself falling behind fast moving groups b/c surge can eat mana and wave is so slow. i guess it is just a blance, earthshield is da shit too

"Lack of mobility" um earth shield and ghost wolf are all the mobility you should need

 

[pinochet]

It's probably worth having one priest per premade to fort everyone, though. Priests also make solid fc healers, with 2 mobile heals and psychic scream.

 

[Parfait]

"Lack of mobility" um earth shield and ghost wolf are all the mobility you should need

Ghost wolf isn't mobile. 1st it has a 2 second cast. 2nd you can still get slowed, be it not as much.



I'll say having a variety of healers is nice. There's a reason double healer 3s teams don't run 2 of 1 class.

 

[HappyFish]

Priest's fortitude is the best buff for the team (forget about king of bless, only lv24 paladin owns it), but I would believe that priest is the most squishy healer as well. Comparing with other heal class, I have no shield ( I mean real shield )and no mobility. Even worse, I server for the Horde and that means human rouges can get rid of my fear each 2mins. If I were in a good team, Yes, I can take good care of multiple players at the same time for priest's powerful magic shield and an instant spell ---renew. However, I find most of horde players not well worth my healing, and that is really sad thing. ><

 

[Guccidevil]

i was not try to bash shamans with my comments, i just wanted state my opinion. Ghost wolf is great for personal ability but i did not find myself using it much when i was trying to heal a grp. Earthshield provides ultimate survivability for ONE person...you or the FC. But i felt that the heals required me to be stationary and healing surge is great but it would eat my mana. Again my char was not in BIS but was good all blues and such. With these facts i still think they are super effective and would recommend them