WotLK Disc Priest Gemming - SP or Int (PvE)

[greenaffairz1]

I have been playing on Lordaeron for a while now and have seen priests gemming both ways. Both sides seem to live or die by gemming all spellpower or all int so what does everyone here think?

[followme86]

The game mechanics should be the same so you can use this guide:
http://forums.elitistjerks.com/forum...t-with-halion/

TL,DR:
1. Int is your best regen stat so if you have OOM situations during fights you should stack more Int.
2. SP is your best stat from healing output perspective (considering you reached the haste soft cap which shouldn't be an issue, even in this content)
3. Healer without mana is not a healer :)

[greenaffairz1]

And as a disc healer especially in raids I would mostly specialize in bubbling the entire raid with less focus on the tank right? I find myself healing the tank often because it feels like the spiking in naxx can be extreme at times or maybe the other healers should be pulling more

[taralej]

SP. Spell Power increases your shields and interacts with Borrowed Time to a huge extent (+40% of your SP added to PW:S). That's pretty much everything you need to know.

Intellect increases your mana pool, interacts with Mental Strength, and Rapture, most importantly. I can't see how this can be a reason for prioritizing it over spell power though...

If you wish to stick to socket bonuses, gem reds for SP, yellows for SP + int, and blues for SP + spirit. Otherwise just spam SP on all sockets.

As for your role in raids, what you have to do is pro-actively shield raid members, predicting damage spikes from AoE and other sources of damage. Always keep PW:S on the tanks, telling other priests NOT to shield them, since yours are stronger. You should only ever focus on the tank with a shield, followed by penance and a flash, using Pain Suppression when necessary. Apart from that, it's the Holy Palas' and Holy Priests' job.

[jendah]

SP. Spell Power increases your shields and interacts with Borrowed Time to a huge extent (+40% of your SP added to PW:S). That's pretty much everything you need to know.

Intellect increases your mana pool, interacts with Mental Strength, and Rapture, most importantly. I can't see how this can be a reason for prioritizing it over spell power though...

If you wish to stick to socket bonuses, gem reds for SP, yellows for SP + int, and blues for SP + spirit. Otherwise just spam SP on all sockets.

As for your role in raids, what you have to do is pro-actively shield raid members, predicting damage spikes from AoE and other sources of damage. Always keep PW:S on the tanks, telling other priests NOT to shield them, since yours are stronger. You should only ever focus on the tank with a shield, followed by penance and a flash, using Pain Suppression when necessary. Apart from that, it's the Holy Palas' and Holy Priests' job.

Shielding a tank can be a really bad idea.. it may cause your rapture to give you way more mana than ussually and you might go oom easily. (rapture returns mana for shields that pop at the same time with 6second - I believe (might be less, doesn't rly matter though) cooldown, bubbles on tanks pop instantly getting you regen for 1 bubble instead of like 10)

tldr shield tank when you have enough mana, otherwise skip it.

[Soumistream]

Gem full sp if you can rotate mana tides and innervates properly with your raid. Otherwise gem intellect or mix of sp/int while going for socket bonuses.