Does this AA build make sense?

Gisallo · 01-23-2009, 10:35 PM

Okay let me first say I am asking this question because of my peculiar circumstances. I am in a raid guild but because of my work schedule I am largely their swiss army knife for instances (80 ranger, 80 zerker, soon to be 80 mystic) and am a bull pen raider when one of the regulars can't make it.

I have been looking at my build for mystic and was talking to a friend who is one of the best healers I know and plays both a mystic and a defiler VERY well too.

Because of my circumstances he suggested doing the following with AA's

Strength to end (standard spread)
Wisdom to end (standard spread)
Agility to 8 in Agi 4 base 4's in everything else

This didn't wierd me out that much I was thinking that already. Its the mystic line suggestion that had me wondering.

To his mind the difference between a Mystic and Defiler is that the mystic can get in there with the meleers he's healing and once he gets the timing down with his wards can also be doing damage. As such he was suggesting that I focus first on the Augmenting (bypassing Oberon and SoW going max in Bolster, Minor Auspice and enough spread around to get Ancestry) and maxing the Combat line and then going down the cures line for immunization.
I keep reading how "melee spec'd" Mystics can't heal, but this seems to be at least partuially a melee spec but this guy has always been a great healer with any healer he picked up so I am a little confused.

Allania · 01-23-2009, 11:25 PM

lol meele spec'd healers can heal anyone that tells you they cant is wrong

Nugan · 01-24-2009, 06:00 AM

That is my standard raiding spec.

STR 4-4-6-8-2 AGI 4-4-5-8 WIS 4-6-4-8-2

KFizzle · 01-27-2009, 09:21 AM

Gisallo, thats almost my identical thinking. There isn't much difference from your friends spec to my spec, and I have macros for healing and dps gear, but even in DPS gear i've never had a problem healing during a fight (I just switch my 2 hander out, put the mythical+star of malice back on and im good to go in a pinch). I have 0 in SoW and 0 in Oberon (i never use it), most of the buffs maxed, the combat arts and im working back to get my res line again now that i am putting some AA's back there after taking them out for TSO aa's.

Gisallo · 01-31-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KFizzle

Gisallo, thats almost my identical thinking. There isn't much difference from your friends spec to my spec, and I have macros for healing and dps gear, but even in DPS gear i've never had a problem healing during a fight (I just switch my 2 hander out, put the mythical+star of malice back on and im good to go in a pinch). I have 0 in SoW and 0 in Oberon (i never use it), most of the buffs maxed, the combat arts and im working back to get my res line again now that i am putting some AA's back there after taking them out for TSO aa's.

Yeah the more I have been thinking I am figuring after I have 70 in Shaman and 50 in mystic its off to the TSO tree. I am also probably going to go Rez line instead. The immunities line seems a little iffy, I have my own miracle that can unmez me so I can cure the tank AND with the Rez giving me a non-group related AOE rez, seems like I may get more use out of that. I was already planning on going for the Hammer of Thex and use that most of the time simply because its going to be sometime before I see my Mythical...(damn you VS...damn you ;) )) Thanks for the advice guys and gals.