Priest advice for AB

Moif Murphy wrote:
> For exactly the same reason why you need to keep your Tank healed in an
> instance.

I need to keep the tank healed in an instance because he keeps the
enemies away from me. In a battleground, the warrior does not keep
enemies away from me. So it can't be the same reason.

In a battleground, a stunlock rogue, a warlock, a mage and a druid
can keep the enemy from me.
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Brent Huiberts wrote:
> I've decided to do AB as long as it takes to get the Grand Marshal's
> Warhammer. Any tips for a healer? I'm quite familiar with AV, having
> gotten my Lei of the Lifegiver, but Arathi Basin seems to be a whole
> different experience...
>
> Alyssum (60 NE priest, Moonrunner)

Keep your Warrior healed at all times. Stick to him like glue. If the
opposing team are doing their job then you'll probably end up getting
killed a fair bit
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killmyspam.TakeThisOut@gmx.de wrote:
> Moif Murphy wrote:
>> Keep your Warrior healed at all times. Stick to him like glue. If the
>> opposing team are doing their job then you'll probably end up getting
>> killed a fair bit
>
> What exactly is so special about the warrior in a BG that this class
> deserves special attention from a priest?
>

For exactly the same reason why you need to keep your Tank healed in an
instance. Of course it helps if your Warrior is DPS specced but you'll
find that you're better off focusing your heals on a Warrior rather than
a Lock or a Hunter. I'm not saying don't heal any class but if you find
that it's you and a Warrior somewhere near a flag then heal the
bazoombas out of them.

Works for me.
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Healing a tank works for the first 2 melees or so, after that the
alliance/horde catch on. Then you might as well not res because your
healing butt is toast, that is why I only PvP with my Drood now opposed
to my priest. When they go for my drood bc i'm healing I just pop into
tank form and BOOM 12k armor w/ 6.2k health, eat that suckas.

Moif Murphy wrote:
> Justin Thompson <Justin.Thompson RemoveThis @removethisntlworld.com> wrote in
> news:t3gio2tjha0adogh5b84gonip2n9q1c82a@4ax.com:
>
> >
> > Since I alliance - it is VERY depressing to see my own side so
> > gullible.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
>
> ..and it's that gullibility we rely on in the BG's for my advice to work.
> Luckily for me it's more often than not!
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killmyspam.RemoveThis@gmx.de wrote:
> Moif Murphy wrote:
>> For exactly the same reason why you need to keep your Tank healed in an
>> instance.
>
> I need to keep the tank healed in an instance because he keeps the
> enemies away from me. In a battleground, the warrior does not keep
> enemies away from me. So it can't be the same reason.
>
> In a battleground, a stunlock rogue, a warlock, a mage and a druid
> can keep the enemy from me.
>

Like I said, works for me
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:11:43 +0000, Moif Murphy
<moif_MONSTERS_murphy.TakeThisOut@google_MONSTERS_mail.com> wrote:

>killmyspam@gmx.de wrote:
>> Moif Murphy wrote:
>>> For exactly the same reason why you need to keep your Tank healed in an
>>> instance.
>>
>> I need to keep the tank healed in an instance because he keeps the
>> enemies away from me. In a battleground, the warrior does not keep
>> enemies away from me. So it can't be the same reason.
>>
>> In a battleground, a stunlock rogue, a warlock, a mage and a druid
>> can keep the enemy from me.
>>
>
>Like I said, works for me

If it does work - it will only be because you are playing against
noobs.

But it does work - I have played AV against the horde and the horde
have been smart - they send in the biggest, meanest looking tank (who
is probably prot specced) who makes a lot of noise, but is in fact
pretty ineffectual, all the Allies start attacking him because he is
the "in your face" threat, while their casters, just behind the tank
cause the real havoc

Since I alliance - it is VERY depressing to see my own side so
gullible.

Cheers
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Justin Thompson <Justin.Thompson.DeleteThis@removethisntlworld.com> wrote in
news:t3gio2tjha0adogh5b84gonip2n9q1c82a@4ax.com:

>
> Since I alliance - it is VERY depressing to see my own side so
> gullible.
>
> Cheers
>

...and it's that gullibility we rely on in the BG's for my advice to work.
Luckily for me it's more often than not!
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Brent Huiberts wrote:
> I've decided to do AB as long as it takes to get the Grand Marshal's
> Warhammer. Any tips for a healer?

The best thing you can do is to buff every teammate, not only
stamina, but shadow protection, too. Buff whenever you meet
one without buffs, not only when all are together at the start.
It doesn't generate aggro and it helps, even when you are not
around. And if you should happen to be a dwarf: Fear Ward.
It's a mana killer, but hey, you will die often anyway.

The second best thing you can do is to Dispel Magic on
friends and enemies. It generates less aggro than healing
(watching a debuff disappear from the enemy doesn't mean
much to people, they get pissed off though when the health
bar jumps up again) and does basically the same as healing.

And the third best thing you can do is to cast Shield on
casters and healing on melees^1. Don't bother much with
healing on casters - if they are prime target they will die
anyway but the shield gives them 1-2 seconds to get the
final killer spell through. Rather Shield the caster and
spend the saved healing time to help kill the enemy.
A dead enemy doesn't do damage either.

This is what I would like to see from a priest.


^1 imvho opinion out of combat first rogues, then warriors,
then hunters. This is because a rogue who isn't stealthed
is basically a dead rogue. A rogue can't heal while being
stealthed: bandages, cannibalism, potions - they all
break stealth.
So having the rogue healed up first allows him to stealth
again and do much more damage to the enemy,
while the warrior deals the same damage to the enemy
no matter if he has 2k or 6k HP. And it allows him
to stunlock the guy, who is attacking the wounded
warrior next to you...
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