The Egotistical Priest
An irreverent and opinionated discussion of the many classes
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Discipline Gear List : QFH
by Vonya
When you need Discipline gear Quick, Fast, and in a Hurry
Please note : this list is heavily skewed in favor of items that I can get quicky – badge gear, rep gear, tailored gear…there are plenty of alternatives for those willing to wait for drops or who don’t have the cash outlay to buy the tailored gear.
It is not an all-encompassing list of gear by any stretch of the imagination. If you know of some great alternatives to what I have here, please note them in the comments!
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DeathChill Cloak
Source: Tailoring
Chest
Spellweave Robe
Source: Tailoring
Finger
Signet of Hopeful Light
Source: Argent Crusade Rep
Annhylde’s Ring
Source : Utgarde Keep
Feet
Sandals of Crimson Fury
Source: Wyrmrest Accord Rep
Gloves
Heroes’ Handwraps of Faith
Source: Badges (or token) Tier Gloves (60 badges)
Head
Cowl of Sheet Lightning
Source : Naxx
Note : This is one that I already had, I just needed to regem and reenchant it.
Offhand
Handbook of Obscure Remedies
Source: Badges
Note : I already had this one! Woot for double duty gear.
Legs
Woven Bracae Leggings
Source: Heroic Halls of Lightning
Note : can’t even be upgraded for disc use in 25Naxx, if I remember correctly.
Neck
Necklace of the Glittering Chamber
Source : Eye of Eternity
Note : I already had this one.
Shoulder
Dark Runic Mantle
Source : BOE
Note : Second option inside Naxx10 Maisma Mantle
Trinkets
Egg of Mortal Essence
Source : Badge Vendor (40 badges)
Tome of Arcane Phenomena
Source : NORMAL Occulus
Waist
Belt of Dark Mending
Source : Ebon Hold Rep
Wrist
Azure Cloth Bindings
Source : Heroic Violet Hold
Wand
Wand of the San’layn
Source : Utgarde Keep
January 8th, 2009
I’ve been Disc since Wrath launched but I raid very little so take my comments from a heroic healer prospective. But I much prefer the Wispcloak over the Deathchill. Crit is nice for inspiriation and DA but I have 11% crit with 16% holy crit without focusing too much on crit gear. In a heroic I usually have a decent amount of DA/inspiration procs, and Rapture only works on “effective” heal so while getting a crit on a penance or flash heal is nice I often see it wasted. Also I am not a huge fan of haste which it seems you are using as one of your primary stats, so far I dont see too many places where you made a bad tradeoff but I would suggest the Sash of the Servant from Azjol-Nerub.
January 8th, 2009
Okay first question! Why Spellweave Robe over the Ebonweave Robe? Is the haste that important?
I had decided to take the Ebonweave for the extra Int,and cuz I’m favoring Stam over Spi at the moment, but I’m willing to change my mind.
_Misa
January 8th, 2009
Cool. Would recommend leaning more towards crit than haste. Haste is sexy, but crit procs Divine Aegis and Inspiration, and increases Rapture regen. I try to keep my unbuffed crit comfortably above 25% before starting to stack haste.
Easy crit items: Rod of the Fallen Monarch (wand from AzN), Sash of the Servant (belt, also from AzN), Forge Ember (trink from HoS), Cannoneers Fuselighter (trink, easy quest in Icecrown).
January 8th, 2009
Do you like bare feet? You must like bare feet… >.>
January 8th, 2009
Is this of any help?
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/want-to-be-heroic/
Might give you an idea or two. Depends on your rep levels and where you’ve already quested. Might be a bit low as its starting heroics, which it looks like your well past
January 9th, 2009
@Paolo
actually, after looking again and reading your comment, I agree. I’ll be trading off some of my haste for crit. Thank you very much, especially for the gear recommendations
@Seri
*blush* *adds*
@Bob
You’d be surprised how many “weird spec” best gear are blue, not purple. Beginner lists are always useful. =]
January 9th, 2009
They say that Rapture is fixed in the PTR. I am the happiest little soap bubble blowing priest in the world!
January 9th, 2009
What about @ Misa? ;P
January 10th, 2009
Thanks for the list! I’m only 76, but its going to come in handy when I finally cap. I’m bookmarking it and thats not something I do to individual blog entries very often.
January 10th, 2009
@Misa
Sorry, I didn’t know the answer offhand and hadn’t researched it yet.
The reason is because a lot of the itemization on the robe you mentioned, Ebonweave, is taken up by hit rating, which is useless to a healing disc priest.
The Ebonweave DOES have a lot more int, but the haste on the Spellweave is enough to bump it up.
Except that my list was very high on haste, and I actually have MORE haste than I need, so I’ve been swapping. I’m currently wearing Ornate Woolen Stola to try and boost my crit (at a small drop in spellpower).
January 10th, 2009
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January 11th, 2009
It would be interesting to see what the stats add up to. A followup post reviewing this gear in whatever raid/instance you run would also be interesting, to get an idea of what numbers to aim for.
What kind of weapon are you using?
January 11th, 2009
@Rondo
War Mace of Unrequited Love
January 14th, 2009
Keep the posts coming, I’m especially interested in making the switch to disc in the near future, however the majority of the materials available online are geared towards holy PvE.
Spell Haste: Elitist Jerks recommends aiming for 10% for disc, how do you all feel about that? The problem I’m having with that is that they state that 20% total (10% from disc talents) is enough to reduce a Greater Heal to 2.08 sec untalented. I’m not sure how they’re arriving at that number, unless they’re making calculations based off of the talented 2.5 sec “base” cast time.
Estimated haste levels interest me the most because of trinket availability currently in game. The egg that you mention for example, has the potential to run you up against the GCD wall depending on what additional raid buffs you have.
As I said, please keep updating on this topic, I’m very curious to see what other priests are doing with disc.
January 22nd, 2009
It seems like loading up on gear heavy in haste would allow your big heal speeds to be comparable to that of your classic holy healer. I’m just wondering if the trade off of Spirit/MP5 for haste/crit would be crippling in the long run. In my gear makeup I’m trying to focus, in order of importance: Haste, Spellpower, Spirit/MP5, and then Crit. Any thoughts?