Tales of a gearing healing priest

25th February 2011

Since Tala hit 85, I’ve been working out what items she needs from which bosses and reputations so she can get up to snuff on raiding. While probably everyone and their mother are 85 by now, I thought people who might have healing priest alts might find lists of “best” pre-raid spirit gear useful, as I would have.

Gearing for healing, I’m finding out, is a largely personal/individualistic in nature. If you don’t have enough spirit, get more spirit, but too much and you’re wasting it according to the content that you’re running. I don’t know what the gearing priorities are for holy either, but in general I am working with intellect upgrade is an upgrade as long as it has spirit, or sometimes a non-spirit item may be good enough for reforging (your mileage may vary).

So my list contains mostly spirit gear, with an option for a high-level non-spirit gear (if available), and haste/crit/mastery choices. I also added any BoEs or craftable items. I don’t include Valor-purchasable items, although any BoE pieces are available.

Head

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Haste	Je’Tze’s Sparkling Tiara	Bind on Equip
Haste	Mask of New Snow	2,200 JP
Mastery	Aurelian Mitre	Throne of the Tides
Non-spirit	Lightweight Bio-Optic Killshades	Engineering

Neck

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Haste	Quicksilver Amulet	Blackrock Caverns
Crit	Amulet of Tender Breath	Vortex Pinnacle
Mastery	Celadon Pendant	1,250 JP
Mastery	Acanthia’s Lost Pendant	Bind on Equip
Non-spirit, crit+mastery	Lightning Flash Pendant/Yellow Smoke Pendant	Tol Barad, exalted
Non-spirit, haste+mastery	Dorian’s Lost Necklace	Bind on Equip

Shoulder

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Crit	Summer Song Shoulderwraps	1,650 JP
Haste	Krystel Mantle	Blackrock Caverns
Mastery	Mantle of Loss	Shadowfang Keep

Back

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Crit	Azureborne Cloak	Grim Batol
Crit, less spirit	Springvale’s Cloak	Shadowfang Keep
Haste	Solar Wind Cloak	Halls of Origination
Non-spirit	Ritssyn’s Ruminous Drape	Bind on Equip

Chest

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Haste	Shadowforge’s Lightbound Smock or its heroic version	Bind on Equip
Crit	Musk Rose Robes	2,200 JP
Mastery	Anraphet’s Regalia	Halls of Origination
Non-spirit	Dizze’s Whirling Robe	Bind on Equip

Wrist

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Crit	Crimsonborne Bracers	Grim Batol
Mastery	Baron Ashbury’s Cuffs	Shadowfang Keep
Non-spirit	Bracers of the Dark Pool or its heroic version	Bind on Equip

Hands

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Haste	Woundsplicer Handwraps	Bind on Equip
Crit	Daughter’s Hands	Deadmines
Mastery	Gloves of Purification	1,650 JP
Haste	Dolomite Adorned Gloves	Stonecore
Non-spirit, crit+haste	Grips of the Failed Immortal	Bind on Equip
Non-spirit, haste+mastery	Flamebloom Gloves	Earthen Ring, exalted

Waist

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Mastery	Cord of the Raven Queen	Guardians of Hyjal
Haste	Belt of the Depths	Bind on Equip, Tailoring
Haste	Evelyn’s Belt	Lost City of the Tol’vir
Mastery	Belt of the Falling Rain	1,650 JP

Legs

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Haste	Leggings of Charity	2,200 JP
Crit	Leggings of Iridescent Clouds	Vortex Pinnacle
Crit	Sunderfury’s Sundries	Bind on Equip
Non-spirit, crit+haste	Breeches of Mended Nightmares	Bind on Equip, Tailoring
Non-spirit, crit+mastery	Flame-Ascended Pantaloons	Bind on Equip, Tailoring

Feet

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Haste	Slippers of Moving Waters	Bind on Equip
Crit	Boots of Lingering Sorrow	Shadowfang Keep
Mastery	Hekatic Slippers	Halls of Origination
Non-spirit, crit	Melodious Slippers	Bind on Equip
Non-spirit, haste	Desert Walker Sandals	Ramkahen, exalted

Finger

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Crit	Band of Life Energy	Halls of Origination
Crit, less spirit	Ring of Frozen Rain	The Vortex Pinnacle
Mastery	Kibble	Blackrock Caverns
Haste	Ring of the Great Whale	Bind on Equip
Mastery	Veneficial Band	Lost City of the Tol’vir
Non-spirit	Ring of the Boy Emperor	Archeology Bind to Account

Trinket

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Non-spirit, haste	Vibrant Alchemist Stone	Alchemy
Int, spirit chance/stack	Darkmoon Card: Tsunami	Bind on Equip
Non-spirit, mana storage	Tyrande’s Favorite Doll	Archeology, Bind to Account
Int, spirit chance	Tear of Blood	Stonecore
Spirit, int chance	Mandala of Stirring Patterns	Tol Barad, exalted
Spirit, haste chance	Rainsong	Bind on Equip
Spirit, spellpower chance	Sea Star	Throne of the Tides

Two-hand

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Mastery	Chelley’s Staff of Dark Mending or its heroic version	Bind on Equip
Crit	Staff of Ammunae	Archeology, Bind to Account
Haste	Soul Releaser	Halls of Origination
Mastery	Staff of Isolation	Shadowfang Keep
Non-spirit, crit+haste	Staff of Sorcerer-Thane Thaurissan	Archeology, Bind to Account

Main Hand

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Crit	Shimmering Morningstar	Tol Barad, revered
Mastery	Torturer’s Mercy	Blackrock Caverns
Haste	Scepter of Power	Halls of Origination
Mastery	Elementium Hammer	Bind on Equip, Blacksmithing

Off-hand

Secondary stat	Name	Source
Mastery	Heartbound Tome	Bind on Equip
Crit	Bioluminescent Lamp	Throne of the Tides
Haste	Divine Companion	Bind on Equip, Inscription
Haste	Apple-Bent Bough	950 JP
Mastery	Prophet’s Scepter	Stonecore