PALADIN HEALING GUIDE (Judgment of Light)
So we’re into the second posting for the Paladin Healing Guide. Since I’m assuming you’ve read the first post we can get right into the tips and tricks for becoming a stand out healer. Since I’m hitting each area in depth I can only fit one aspect into each posting but I will include easy UI changes that will help you out tremendously.
I still see healers ignoring their judgments and it’s a sure sign they don’t understand what they are doing. If you’ve ever been in a fight where the entire raid is taking tons of damage, example is the Twin Val’kyr in TOC, than you’ve probably noticed that druids shine in these encounters. Your judgment is the key to keeping up with them!
Firstly, if you don’t have the show enemy health bar over their head turned on you should. I can’t tell you how powerful of a tool it is.
As we know, the Judgment of light puts a DOT on an enemy that heals party members that attack that target. If that makes no sense you can the description below.
By placing the judgment on the enemy the party is attacking you passively heal the raid. Now the problem I constantly see in paladin healers is that they hit their tab key and than cast the Judgment of Light on a random enemy.
Be specific! At the beginning of the fight, you should be applying the judgment to the main tanks target. Do you have Target of Target turned on? If not you had better do it! As we know, sometimes DPS will attack random targets and the target the main tank starts on isn’t always the one that dies first.
This is okay at the beginning of the fight, however, as the fight continues you should be looking up from your healbot at the health bars over the mobs heads. If one is lower than the others just click on that one and cast your judgment.
Having that visual reference makes it much easier to switch your judgment. So, while the other paladins are casting on random mobs, you are constantly hitting the ones that are being hit.
To get back to the Twin Valkyr example, by keeping your judgment of light on the twins and tabbing between them you should have no trouble keeping up with the druids. Keep in mind however that the judgment is most effective when the raid is taking constant damage.
Make sure that your judgment is always up on at least one target. Start being very specific about where your judgment is being applied and I guarantee you will see substantial improvements!
