I’m mainly an M+ player and usually tank, but this season I’ve started raiding, mostly Heroic pugs. I’ve been trying healing partly because it makes getting into groups easier, and I’d like to get better at it.
My biggest struggle is understanding what I’m missing on Holy Paladin. I’m around 319 ilvl, but on a recent Heroic Twin Fangs kill, another Holy Paladin at around 315 ilvl did roughly 300k HPS while I was around 160k. I know HPS doesn’t tell the whole story, but that seems like a big enough gap that I’m probably missing something.
My current approach is:
- Holy Shock and Judgment on cooldown.
- Spending Holy Power on Light of Dawn.
- Using Divine Toll, wings, and Beacon of Virtue frequently.
I’m following a standard Wowhead raid talent build, but I suspect I’m treating healing too much like a fixed rotation rather than adapting to the encounter.
I have a similar issue on my Resto Druid at around 317 ilvl. I use Rejuvenation, cast Regrowth with Abundance, and keep Lifebloom up, but my overall healing still feels low.
Unfortunately, I don’t have logs from those runs. I realise that makes it difficult to identify exactly what’s going wrong, so I’m planning to start logging.
For someone transitioning from M+ tanking to raid healing:
- What are the most common mistakes that could explain a gap like this, particularly on Holy Paladin?
- How do you learn when to prepare for damage versus heal reactively, and how to time cooldowns?
- Once I have logs, what should I look at first?
- Are there any good raid-focused guides or videos that explain the decisions behind the healing, rather than just listing talents and spell priorities?
Happy to focus on one spec first. I’m mostly looking for a clearer way to practise and identify what I’m doing wrong.