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You know that the role of a Priest in an instance should also be a healer no matter what your secondary class. Keeping your group alive requires a lot of things from both you and your group. Healers need to be thinking ahead, more aware of their surroundings than a tank and be prepared to toss heals quickly.
The healer and buffer is the role the Priest must take in any group. Priests should be able to keep everyone in the group buffed and healed at all times. So we will look at all the skills that really matter and how you will use them to become an effective group healer.
One of your holy crap buttons is Soul Source. You are about to want to use this if your entire group starts taking a large amount of damage. You have to be picky when using it because it has a 10 minute cool-down. The neat thing about this spell is that it consumes none of your mana and will restore your entire party's health to full.
Wave Armor is that you are going to want to save for your tank just before he pulls a group and refresh it when it fades. It lasts 60 seconds or until it absorbs a certain amount of damage depending on how high of a level you have it. Wave Armor can be thought of as a tool to help you save mana. If your tank doesn't take damage you don't need to heal and you can regeneration mana faster.
Healing Salve temporarily increases the amount you will heal your target for by a considerable amount, lasts 60 seconds. This is another one of your abilities that will require constant refreshing. If you have it at a high enough level all of your heals on the buffed target can heal for 100% more than usual for a full 60 seconds.
Regenerate also known as a Heal over Time. It will heal the target over 20 seconds. The amount that is healed per 2 seconds depends on the level you have it at. Typically it is a good idea to constantly have this on anyone taking damage unless you are having mana issues.
A 1 second cast time that will heal your target for a moderate amount. You should be using Urgent Heal if your tank or any other party members are low on health. It is your fastest heal so don't be afraid to toss some around at any time.
It really is not a good idea for Heal to be your main spam heals due to a 2 second cast time. But your target has both Wave Armor and Regenerate, and then you could probably get away with a 2 second cast without anyone dying. It's a slow heal but a big heal and it should be used when ever a party member is below about 30% health.
Healing is your primary role and buffing is a minor secondary role. While it isn't completely necessary to have high level buffs it can certainly help so long as you don't gimp your healing spells. The followings are the most important buffs for both your party and yourself.
Grace of Life increases the maximum hit points of your target by an amount, depending on level for 30 minutes. If you can get this high enough it can really make healing an easy job, especially on the tank.
Faith Increases the effects of your healing by a certain percent. Simply put, the higher level this skill is the more your healing spells will heal for which is the whole point of being a priest. Invest as many points into this skill as possible. It is passive so you will not have to actually cast this spell.
Cleanse is used primarily to remove debuffs from your party. A common use of this spell is to remove poison from a party member. Simply use it whenever you can clear debuff.
Blessing of Humility clears your threat for 15 seconds which should be more than enough time for the tank to regain aggro. If by some off chance you manage to pull aggro, you can use this to clear your threat on all targets.
The healer and buffer is the role the Priest must take in any group. Priests should be able to keep everyone in the group buffed and healed at all times. So we will look at all the skills that really matter and how you will use them to become an effective group healer.
One of your holy crap buttons is Soul Source. You are about to want to use this if your entire group starts taking a large amount of damage. You have to be picky when using it because it has a 10 minute cool-down. The neat thing about this spell is that it consumes none of your mana and will restore your entire party's health to full.
Wave Armor is that you are going to want to save for your tank just before he pulls a group and refresh it when it fades. It lasts 60 seconds or until it absorbs a certain amount of damage depending on how high of a level you have it. Wave Armor can be thought of as a tool to help you save mana. If your tank doesn't take damage you don't need to heal and you can regeneration mana faster.
Healing Salve temporarily increases the amount you will heal your target for by a considerable amount, lasts 60 seconds. This is another one of your abilities that will require constant refreshing. If you have it at a high enough level all of your heals on the buffed target can heal for 100% more than usual for a full 60 seconds.
Regenerate also known as a Heal over Time. It will heal the target over 20 seconds. The amount that is healed per 2 seconds depends on the level you have it at. Typically it is a good idea to constantly have this on anyone taking damage unless you are having mana issues.
A 1 second cast time that will heal your target for a moderate amount. You should be using Urgent Heal if your tank or any other party members are low on health. It is your fastest heal so don't be afraid to toss some around at any time.
It really is not a good idea for Heal to be your main spam heals due to a 2 second cast time. But your target has both Wave Armor and Regenerate, and then you could probably get away with a 2 second cast without anyone dying. It's a slow heal but a big heal and it should be used when ever a party member is below about 30% health.
Healing is your primary role and buffing is a minor secondary role. While it isn't completely necessary to have high level buffs it can certainly help so long as you don't gimp your healing spells. The followings are the most important buffs for both your party and yourself.
Grace of Life increases the maximum hit points of your target by an amount, depending on level for 30 minutes. If you can get this high enough it can really make healing an easy job, especially on the tank.
Faith Increases the effects of your healing by a certain percent. Simply put, the higher level this skill is the more your healing spells will heal for which is the whole point of being a priest. Invest as many points into this skill as possible. It is passive so you will not have to actually cast this spell.
Cleanse is used primarily to remove debuffs from your party. A common use of this spell is to remove poison from a party member. Simply use it whenever you can clear debuff.
Blessing of Humility clears your threat for 15 seconds which should be more than enough time for the tank to regain aggro. If by some off chance you manage to pull aggro, you can use this to clear your threat on all targets.
