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Okay, I know Holydins are few amongst the Vanguard, but we can neatly put all the scareness of our Holy, Protection AND Retribution Paladins in here! But as a Holy mainspec, I'll just fuss about Holy a bit now. So, this info is in no way the ultimate truth, this is just my contemplation on the subject.

First of all, I guess this will be the spec I go with:
http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#scIbzrduuczZcb

Then in-dept talent preview:
Arbiter of the Light -> NO, serves no use to healing whatsoever
Protector of the Innocent -> YES, kind of have to take these points, and the self-healing will probably turn out to be ossum in fights where everybody takes damage
Judgements of the Pure -> YES, the good old haste talent, yes please
Clarity of Purpose -> YES, Holy Light is the low mana cost heal now, but it still has a super long cast time, so making that shorter is goooood
Last Word -> YES, I have no clue of Word of Glory yet, but this sounds very mucho useful-o
Blazing Light -> NO, do note the word DAMAGE there, and the lack of HEALING
Divine Favor -> YES, might even remember to use this now
Denounce -> NO, meh, not really much use
Infusion of Light -> YES, we use Holy Shock loads now, we want fast Holy Lights
Daybreak -> YES, will be one of our main procs now
Enlightened Judgements -> YES, need to shove these points here eventually and hitting with judgements means a lot to the judging mana regen shizzle
Beacon of Light -> YES, finally Bacon, poor Bacon, all nerfed now but I'll still love you
Speed of Light -> YES, speed sounds neat and also Haste is tasteh
Sacred Cleansing -> YES, they nerfed Cleanse so that it no longer dispels Magic, but whaddayaknow, it still does for Holy with this talent
Convinction -> YES, we get critical hits all the time while healing, that adding to healing is good
Aura Mastery -> YES, kinda meh but have to shove the point somewhere
Paragon of Virtue -> NO, kinda have to ditch this even though it's not crap
Tower of Radiance -> YES, we want to generate Holy Power thank you
Blessed Life -> NO, I'm a healer I don't take direct damage unless I PvP
Light of Dawn -> YES, oh yes, our sexy new top tier talent!

Then in other trees, there are a few options, I chose mine over Divinity (which is also good), just feeling I need judgement range as judging is now a means of mana regen, as well as big Holy Shocks.

For Glyphs, WoWInsider suggested the following:
Prime -> Holy Shock, Word of Glory, Seal of Insight
Major -> Divine Plea, Light of Dawn, Beacon of Light

But as I'm clueless about Glyphs right now, I'll get back to this later.


So, I am shit scared to see what has happened to my class, but I found a rather good resource for preparation. Copypasting text here, source link below for more info. So the next bit is from Class Forums.
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GAMEPLAY

So, you're holy and you're running out of mana like crazy. No, it's not a nerf, it's a change in gameplay that you must adapt to. You can't play like you used to. If you do, you'll be back here on the forums making posts how Blizz destroyed Holy and you are cancelling your account. Instead, here's what you do:

First, cast Holy Shock at every opportunity, unless everyone is at full health.
Holy Shock is a great heal. Instant cast, very cheap, and talents sometimes allow you to cast it without triggering a cooldown. Before, you could get by without using it that much. No longer the case, use it.

Second, FoL and Divine Light spam will blow through your mana fast. FoL is only slightly less mana costly than Divine Light, meaning you can't use FoL to top off people's health. FoL is used only for emergency healing when there's lots of damage being thrown around. Yes, I know FoL used to be the most cost-effective heal in the game, well, it's not now.

If you want to top off health, use Holy Light, which is now a low cost, slow cast, small heal. It heals for around the same amount as Holy Shock, but can be used when damage is slow.

Beacon your tank. Some paladins used to beacon themselves, but talent changes have given us a permanent beacon-self sort of ability, so the only one to really worry about is the tank. If you heal your tank, you'll build up holy power, which can be used for our new instant-cast, free heal (Word of Glory).

Light of Dawn is our new AoE heal. Comes in handy, self-explanatory.

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GENERAL NOTES

-Remember to cast judgement. You have a chance of regaining mana, and it'll increase casting speed.
-You have lots of cooldowns, don't forget to use them.
-You have a new bar to pay attention to: Holy Power
-Existing Spells have changed and need to be re-evaluated how and when you use them.
-Glyphs have changed, re-evaluate them
-Gems have changed, your gear might have lost socket bonuses

HP = Holy Power
3HP = 3 charges of Holy Power
WoG = Word of Glory
HS = Holy Shock
HL = Holy Light
DL = Divine Light
FoL = Flash of Light

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HEALING PRIORITY

One person needs healing, no immediate damage threats: HS > HL > WoG
-HS might net you some Holy Power if it crits, which is nice for storing for damage that might be coming up soon

Your tank is about to die: 3HP WoG > HS > 2HP WoG > FoL > 1HP WoG > DL
-3HP WoG should be used before HS so you have a chance to build another HP charge when you use it. blow your instant casts, then focous on FoL until tank is in a safe health range to use Divine Light.

Several party members need healing, small incoming damage: HS > WoG > HL = DL > FoL
-Follow this order. If there's a lot of healing to do, or damage steadily coming in, use DL to get people back in shape. If you just need to get everyone back to full but there's not a risk of people dying, use HL.

Several party members need healing, large incoming damage: 3HP WoG > HS > 2HP WoG > DL > 1HP WoG > FoL > HL
-Yyour primary goal is making sure people don't die, so this priority table is flexible. Rank FoL higher if someone is about to die and cant survive until you finish casting DL.

Everyone is taking damage, things are crazy, who can worry about mana at a time like this:
3HP WoG > HS > 2HP WoG > FoL > DL > 1HP WoG > HL
-If mana is no issue and you just have to keep people alive to finish off the fight, then go ahead and spam FoL until people are in a safe health range, then pick up with DL. Just don't forget about HS, and definitely don't forget about WoG.

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Another important change for Paladin healing: Proc Watching.

Why is it important?

Because it can really shake up a rotation. It allows you extra moments to think about where your next several heals are going to go, and evaluate whether you want to use them now or perhaps use them on an upcoming movement phase.

What are they?


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Daybreak - Your next Holy Shock will not trigger a cooldown. Lasts 12 seconds.
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Back to back instant heals, plus a likely Word of Glory during or soon after. Dramatically increases our mobility while healing. The 12 seconds is MORE than ample time to plan it's use. Also provides a nice Holy PvP / Soloing burst. More so even when proc'ing the following.



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Denounce - Your next Exorcism is instant and free. 20 seconds remaining.
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It's just nice to know that you have this after being well below other healers with respect to DPS capabilities. During PvE, it's free damage for us whenever it pops and we can spare a GCD.. which we should try to get into the habit of.



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Infusion of Light - Reduces the cast time of your next Holy Light or Divine Light by 1.5 sec. 15 seconds remaining
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The equates to a 1sec Holy Light (3sec base, less another 0.5sec with Clarity of Purpose). That alone is very nice, bringing us back to early WotLK. But it gets better (possibly). The latest Beta build has added Divine Light to this proc as well. So either your next HL or DL will be a 1sec cast.



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Speed of Light - Casting Holy Shock grants 30% spell haste for your next Flash of Light, Holy Light or Divine Light, and casting Holy Radiance grants you 60% movement speed for 4 sec. Also lowers the cooldown on Holy Radiance by 30 sec at all times.
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It doesn't seem like a proc-watch, but it is due to it's interaction with Holy Radiance. You will be rotating through your spells fairly quickly, and the buff will be used just as fast (see: IoL above). If you know that a movement phase is coming, it maybe be beneficial to delay that next cast until after you use your sprint.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27189093107&sid=1

Will know more about this after I ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY

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