I'm thinking about making a priest with Wand Specialisation and the rest of the talent points in healing
I believe it was a comment by Bolty, which I know can't find, that his Holy spec priest could competently solo simply by meleeing and saving mana for self-healing
Wand Specialisation improves damage by 25% so my thinking is that with this talent and Bolty's tactics I should be able to gain better damage than if I were meleeing while still being a strong healer for groups and duos
It also has the minor advantage that in groups where your saving your mana for heals I can contribute damage without effecting my mana pool
My first concern though: are priest weapons 25% higher in dps than equivalent level wands, in which case the build is moot
And has anyone tried it?
Edit: a quick search of purple items on Thottbot shows:
Highest dps One handed Mace 47.2 dps
Highest dps Staff 58.4 dps
Highest dps Wand 71.5 dps
I believe it was a comment by Bolty, which I know can't find, that his Holy spec priest could competently solo simply by meleeing and saving mana for self-healing
Wand Specialisation improves damage by 25% so my thinking is that with this talent and Bolty's tactics I should be able to gain better damage than if I were meleeing while still being a strong healer for groups and duos
It also has the minor advantage that in groups where your saving your mana for heals I can contribute damage without effecting my mana pool
My first concern though: are priest weapons 25% higher in dps than equivalent level wands, in which case the build is moot
And has anyone tried it?
Edit: a quick search of purple items on Thottbot shows:
Highest dps One handed Mace 47.2 dps
Highest dps Staff 58.4 dps
Highest dps Wand 71.5 dps