I originally tried Disc, but it was too much of a headache and i liked more the Holy theme over the shadow one for the character.
Anyway, i mainly need a few tips regarding certain abilities, to be specific an Archon Holy Priest.
Renew: is this worth casting outside of really niche situations? it seems to heal next to nothing.
Halo: Should this be only saved for party dmg or used off-CD?
Apotheosis: How is this meant to be used? has an emergency CD for when both ST and AOE healing is needed?
Power Infusion: Im guessing this should be treated like HERO, and used on pull, but i wonder what classes are better fit for it, im guessing Mage is one, but i would like suggestion from more experienced players.
HW: Serenity: Im guessing this is essentially an emergency ST heal.
HW: Sanctify: My question mainly comes from using this or Halo, both essentially fill the role of AOE healing, so i wonder which is better to use when.
Heal/Flash Heal: To my understanding Heal should be used for general healing while Flash Heal should be used for urgent heals, for example when someone is getting focused by a channeling cast.
No. It’s your last order of priority while on the move, or between packs if you really want to. If you’re running Circle of Healing + Healing Chorus, you can blanket people pre-pull with renew to get stacks up, but you should pretty much never touch this button otherwise.
Assuming the way this question is phrased that you’re specifically talking about Archon - in that case:
The harder the key, the more you’ll save it for moments you know are rough. But you’ll kind of have to learn the dungeons and damage patterns. You want to use as frequently as you can. If nothing bad is coming up, then yeah you can let it rip. But you’ll learn to hold it if you’re heading into something rough (like minibosses in dawnbringer, the poisons in Arak, etc.)
Apotheosis is just a power healing tool. You can reset a stack of sanc with it but otherwise won’t get a ton of AoE value. You use it to get quick resets on Serenity and for your holy words to cost 0 mana, mostly. Serenity is still your most powerful ST heal.
You can use this often. Generally you’ll be tracking your groups major offensive CDs and casting it CD on any given player whenever their CDs are up if you’re using it optimally. There are weakauras out there that help with this.
It’s kind of your first priority heal. You shouldn’t think of your holy words as emergency. Think of them more like combo point finishers for a rogue (and Flash heal/heal as your combo point builders).
You use both when the group is taking the largest amount of damage. As Archon they’re not really interchangeable. If it’s not on CD and there’s still AoE damage to heal, you hit sanctify.
Heal is just generally too slow for most damage unless you’re playing lightweaver. In reality it’s Holy Word: Serenity > Heal (if you have lightweaver buff) > Flash Heal >>> Heal.
Most people play Lightweaver, so basically end up casting a heal after every flash heal.
If you’re not running lightweaver, then you should be running Divine Word, and you’ll just be cutting heal out of your rotation unless you’re legitimately too low on mana and need to be conserving (the divine word cost reduction on Flash Heal helps with this though).