Holy priest mage tower

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Just sstarting the holy priest challenge. I heard it was one of the hardest.

4/5 pulls in and the first thing i have to say is, why am I, the healer, responsible for all of the interrupts? why wont the rogue or warrior do them?

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Ah yes, the eternal question!

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  • First and foremost, this is a Holy Priest challenge. Not an NPC challenge. This means you’re going to be doing all of the mechanics. It wouldn’t make any sense for the NPCs to get interrupts. Why even have them at all if the NPCs are just going to do it? It’s YOUR challenge.
  • Second, yes you are a healer, but since when were healers off the hook for interrupts and crowd control? You have Psychic Scream, Chastise, Shackle Undead, and Shining Force if talented. There’s also Mind Control (which you can’t use on the Mage Tower). Any high end and/or challenging content usually requires healers to use tools in their tool kit to help their group succeed. So why in a solo challenge, would it not be reasonable to have to use your abilities? Even low end content like +14 keys and lower, or heroic/normal content is usually made a lot easier by healers helping with damage and crowd control.
  • Third, it’s the mage tower CHALLENGE. Combine the top two points and you get the skill/knowledge of your class paired with timing and effective use to complete something that requires solid execution. It’s not going to be easy, you’ll probably die a lot, but it’s scaled so no matter what, you’re going to have the highest item level for the challenge. The only variable is if you want to get sockets or different pieces of gear, but you don’t need any special gear. I did my challenge in full Shadowlands PvP gear.
  • 4th and final point incase you complain about DPS checks/requirements… obviously it’s called a challenge. The point of it is to show that you can multi task by healing, using CC, doing damage, and executing mechanics simultaneously.

At this point the instance has been pretty well tuned. Figure out a strategy that works for you and get some pulls in. The tower is beatable in a few pulls, but it’s meant to be hard enough that you may take hundreds of pulls to get it down.

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Good for nothing melee. :crazy_face:

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I ask that in every dungeon. :roll_eyes:

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man, this is all a big whoosh on your part.

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That MT should be the response to that one thread where OP asked what makes healing stressful. “See? I gotta do everything around here!”

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Put me in coach! Just kidding, good luck though. I heard that challenge is a nightmare and even though I want the set there is no way I’ll ever get it lol

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I guess. Or maybe take the advice and apply it to the dungeons, raids and challenges you do. Then you’ll get higher keys cleared and clear more raid bosses + actually complete the Mage Tower Challenge.

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^ you do realize this was a joke right?

Like, hahah, mage tower just like real dungeons imirite?