Comments on: Gemming Your Holy Paladin

By: Fazulle

Fazulle — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:23:41 +0000

@Holyflash

I agree that stacking Int is the way to gem. But if you are at 30k mana buffed, I would use the Ember Fire Meta for 2% Int. That is what I am doing, and I’m getting a nice Int buff compared to the Insightful 21 Int. You can pick up an extra 15 to 20 Int from that meta.

And I always use the Int Flask.

By: Holyflash

Holyflash — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:39:56 +0000

Also, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying :)

By: Holyflash

Holyflash — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:38:56 +0000

I don’t say that im the best, others tell me I am :P

Figure its a good thing to point out though when talking about this kinda stuff XD

By: Siha

Siha — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:49:47 +0000

“Best holy pally on my server” is a big and unprovable claim, you know. :)
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And I agree; once one’s farming the content, stacking spellpower is a waste of time. *However*, there are plenty of paladins out there who are still struggling with heroics, or trying to get through Naxxramas, and their gemming needs are quite different. I credit experienced raiders with the knowledge to gear the best way for them; newer, less-well-geared paladins are often the ones that need pointers like these. EJ’s list is fine for guilds plowing through 25-man content, but there are plenty of people out there in quite different situations. “Gem for int in all sockets all the time” isn’t going to help a fresh 80 struggling to heal heroics with an undergeared tank.
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(That said, I’m planning on updating the post soon, to clarify the stages of gearing – first throughput, then longevity – and the gems that best suit these stages.)

By: Holyflash

Holyflash — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:58:19 +0000

Speaking as the best holy pally on my server in the best guild on my server, I have stacked nothing but Int and Crit since entering lvl 213/226 gear. My gear is entirely BIS, and the difference between my 2200 unbuffed SP and 2400 unbuffed SP is almost ALWAYS overhealing. Why stack more sp? Because of a paladins job, most of their healing is keeping the tank topped off, or overhealing. So if I was slamming a tank with 10k heals repeatedly, it is much more important for me to be able to throw a few extra then to have them hit for 10400 instead. Speaking from experience healing sarth 10 man 3d, you can NEVER have too much mana. In my full int gear with all raid buffs I nearly hit 30k mana. Int gives you crit, sp, and mana. EJ lists this as the way to go, because it IS the way to go. Any pally that has mp5 in ANY of their gems is a noob.

Now that divine plea has been nerfed, its better to not use it at all unless you are at a break in healing or its an emergency. If you want to be a rape holy pally, stack everything, everything, EVERTYTHING INT! Even blue slots, stop being cheap and become a JCer, 27 or whatever # int gems are the hottest thing in the game right now imo. I put them all in my blue slots. I also use the insightful meta. its the best one hands down.

By: Sangri

Sangri — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:24:59 +0000

I personally use the Timeless Forest Emerald as my blue gem. The 8 int is obvious, but the 12 stam is a nice little boost. More health = less heals that other healers or myself have to waste on me that can be applied to more critical classes, ie. tanks.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:47:59 +0000

@Blacklight – Why wait until you get a new helm? Just regem the one you’ve got.

By: Torp

Torp — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:36:18 +0000

I’m a jewelcrafter, and since the jewelcrafter gems are prismatic, i socket them so my IED works, and i only socket int in my gear. Holy light spam ftw, but it’s true, that if you got the trinket “Soul of the dead” which gives a chance to restore 900 mana, you should go something else in your gems.

By: Blacklight

Blacklight — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:04:56 +0000

Well, I got the mp5 gem with 3% CRIT HEALING… and to be honest it is not worth it. Rather than just talking about which is better than which I have actually had this gem for a couple weeks now.. and I regret it. I have the second best helm so I’m thinking of waiting to get the best one to get 25sp and 2%int because in the end, the crit & sp bonus you get is more than you would expect while my 8mp5 and % crit healing isn’t as beneficial as the other gem.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:48:00 +0000

Great article and I largely agree, although I’m going to play with +haste since of all my stats, that’s the current lowest and I’m curious to see how it helps my throughput.