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Do you know what discipline brings to the table?
Discipline Priests have highly efficient but powerful single target healing with supplementary mitigation buffs on a tank and some useful buffs for the raid, high mana regeneration as well as excellent single target healing and mobility due to increased haste and instant crap abilities on a low cool-down.
Some believe that holy is a superior single target spec with spiritual healing, spiritual guidance, enlightenment, guardian spirit and to a lesser extent, serendipity generally provide more sustained Health Points. Holy is viable for single target direct healing and certainly more versatile. In the realm of single target healing, however, discipline is undoubtedly also a powerful option.
There are many things that your discipline Priest provides.
The first thing is that 3% damage taken on players that the discipline Priest is healing. The damage mitigation portion of this buff currently does not stack with Blessing of Sanctuary.
The second thing is that Inspiration will have excellent up time from a properly geared disc Priest, which is + 25% armor on the tank. A properly geared priest will gain approximately +1%~ increased critical strike rating from Mental Strength and +4% increased critical strike rating from Renewed Hope. So, a discipline Priest has about a 5% better chance to apply inspiration, a portion of that scaling with gear and buffs.
The third thing is fast mass dispels for group cleansing.
The fourth thing is that Discipline Priests have higher intellect than holy Priests, which at level 80 translates directly into higher mana regeneration and a regeneration mechanic based off of max mana pool and effective healing. The replenishment buff from shadow Priests, ret Paladins and enhancement Shaman is based off of max mana pool, which means that a discipline Priest gains more benefits from it than a holy Priest. The reason discipline has better mana regeneration, is that addition to having obviously better character sheet mana regeneration from the constant intellect boost through mental strength, their mechanics are based on effective healing and maximum mana pool, rather than the holy style of getting a chance to proc holy concentration or surge of light to escape the FSR, and returns based on over-healing a target via serendipity.
The fifth thing is that + 80 Spirit to members of the raid. If you do not have a Shaman in the group providing flame-tongue totem, a discipline Priest can provide + 80 additional spell-power to members of the raid.
