Greatdrak's Personal Guide to Holy Paladin healing:
First off I'd like to note the fact that this guide has not the intent of a complete compendium, but rather an easy to understand guide to healing as a holy paladin in arena.
If you're interested in reading a compendium, visit this link here from elitist jerks: http://elitistjerks.com/f76/t84922-holy_paladin_compendium_3_3_a/
Some of my information will derive from that thread and be translated to English for my friends here at Mmowned.
FIRST QUESTION:
What the heck spec should I be for healing in arena?!?!
My personal answer to you is to abide by a cookie cutter ideal of some of the top players in the world, in order to find these popular updated specs, visit some of the following links:
Best Talents for Patch 3.3.3 of World of Warcraft - WoW Popular - Filter by Talents
-this site only provides specs that are currently popular among classes and specifications
-check paladin on the side bar
-check holy on the side bar
World of Warcraft Arena Ranking | SK Gaming
-this site contains the world top arena teams and their ranks
-click the drop down menu under Setup on the first listed class
-click holy paladin, the page will refresh
-note the list of teams, from here choose the comp you plan on running (note that most of these paladins will be the same spec)
-click the TEAM NAME, not the composition
-the page will bring you to the team information containing charts and specs
-click on the paladin's name
-note here you will be able to see gems, enchants, gear, priority stats, etc
-click the armory link under the talent spec section
Here you may inspect the talent points of this high rated arena player
My preferred spec:
http://www.wowhead.com/talent#sxNdxhMsVzctgdxGzub:TiIzcM
Note that the glyphs are listed on the side
Keep in mind glyph of Turn Evil is very useful, and should be considered to replace Glyph of Beacon of Light or even Seal of Light, this all depends on preference of play.
Now that you have your spec set up, what should my priority rotation be in PvP healing?!
My priority list:
Is someone being focused? Yes - Sacred Shield & Beacon of Light
Is their an opposing rogue in stealth? Yes - Get into combat, avoid sap, in the case of a double dps such as rogue/mage, drop consecration and order your partner to get into combat, cast Hand of Sacrifice on your partner
Healing your target:
Holy Shock whenever it is up - Cannot be interrupted, crits are large
Flash of Light - on target with Sacred shield adds a HOT effect
Dispel - Be aware while opposing Affliction warlocks you will very rarely be able to dispel BUT you should watch when Unstable Affliction is not up, dispel those dots off asap
Holy Light - should only be used when your partner is taking ample amounts of damage, and in this case Aura Mastery is commonly used to avoid any interrupt or counterspell effects
Sacred Shield - should always be on the target taking the most focus, this move is very often referred to as OP, and provides much damage mitigation at the cost of low mana and no cast time
Beacon of Light - very effective in the case of split dps, where you may heal two targets at once, be concsious of LOS (Line of Sight) and use it to your advantage
Trick with Beacon and LoS in 3s or 5s:
-you /-----\ -opponent2
.......l pillar l -opponent1............................. -the retarded opponent
.......\_____/
......-partner1 -partner2
Beacon your partner2, heal parnter1 with Flash of Light or Holy Light
Partner 2 recieves heals while you remain out of line of site of the opposing team, avoiding CC (Crowd Control) and Silence effects
Cleanse or Heal?!
Keep in mind with the new gears scaling with dps, global cooldowns are more important than anything else in PvP, and you must use them to their maximum potential.
Remember this: Cleanse is to prevent damage in cooperation with sacred shield, if your partner begins to become pressured or receives an MS effect on him, HEAL, cleansing has become obsolete and a waste of precious GCD (Global Cooldown)
Typically while facing Healer/dps comps you will be able to cleanse often
Double dps is usually an absolute No cleanse, keep your partner topped
In the case of 3s you will more often than not face an MS comp and cleanse will only be used to remove long CC effects such as Fear or Polymorph
5s is a completely different story
Who should I team up with?
---2v2---
Holy Pally / Affliction Warlock
Provides instant heals, sacried shield with the ability to cleanse, unsable affliction gives the edge over any dispeller teams and DoTs (Damage over Time Moves) allows pressure of both opponents
Very Strong, easy to play comp
Hand of Protection is at it's highest worth here
Weakness: Druids
Holy Pally / Warrior
Classic MS plate 2v2 team, been around since Burning Crusade
You cant go wrong with this classic, easy to play comp, as Bladestorm and Mortal strike can handle any double dps and provide edge over healing comps. Provided your warrior is good and knows how to go defensive, with a 5000+GS in PvP gear you will hit 1800 with ease
Weakness: Kitability when Hand of Freedom wears off
Holy Pally / Unholy Death Knight
High damage, high damage mitigation versus caster comps, minimal kitability and smooth interrupts. Another easy to play comp, provided that your Death Knight uses his pet correctly and maintains constant pressure on your opponent. Weakness: No MS
Holy Pally / Rogue
High damage with a side of solid CC, not the most common composition, as ret pally / rogue proves to be quite OP at times. Use the rogues blind as a finisher, and use Line of Sight to remove the killtarget from his teammate
---3v3---
TSG
Classic MS warrior, Unholy Death Knight, Holy paladin comp.
Pick a target and roll on it, use HoJ on the healer when the kill target falls below half health. The warrior will often be focused, so prepare to provide a blessing of protection (remind him to use a macro to remove it when his health reaches max again)
Beast Cleave
OP as hell comp that I hate fighting
BM hunter, Enhance Shaman, Holy Paladin
Its your job to El oh El while bloodlusted beasts go nuts on a clothy and global it to death, it's your job to spam Holy Light with Aura mastery up when one of your dps gets focused (likely the shaman)
There are more that I do not have high experience with or against, I recommend searching on SK-gaming's top arena ranks to find some of the more common 3v3 holy paladin comps
---5v5---
I've only just begun 5s with my Holy Paladin and I've only tried:
Ele shaman, Marks Hunter, Destruction Warlock, Boomkin, Holy pally
4dps 1 healer 5v5 - pick a single target, throw out CCs on others as much as possible
Blood Lust - Aura Mastery - Be prepared to Hand of Protection FAST
spam Holy Lights, keep up sacred shield and beacon the target most commonly focused (I beacon the boomkin and shield the hunter or the boomkin)
That's it for my short guide, the servers are now up
If you have any questions feel free to ask me here and I'll provide you with any information I know or can find.
Good Luck and Happy Healing sucka