PVP Healing - What I do to make Pugging it fun (sorta)

Pugging BGs is about as fun as...well, pugging instances.

It's all about the grind, and if you are a casual player, it's basically your only recourse. The grind for items, the grind for honor, the grind for experience. It's all so much fun! Seriously, it can be.

For me, AV is a waste these days other than double honor AFKaver weekend. Even the losses give great honor. Arathi Basin, Eye of the Storm, and to an extent Warsong Gulch are all much better alternatives. Basin is the most fun, as far as I am concerned. There can be a tentative coalition that happens, where players actually try to work semi-together. There will ALWAYS be a zerg in pugs, in my opinion. It's just mayhem, and no one is going to be able to regulate it without being mocked.

So, here's what I have found helps me.

1) Find a DPS class that is doing well and stick by them. If they run off alone, it's a great 2 versus whatever comes your way. It's like little mini-arenas you can practice on.

2) Practice relying on your instant casts. For Priests, these are our bread and butter. Dispel, Renew, Prayer of Mending...they are all powerful due to the fact you can spam them all over the place. As this is my primary arsenal in Arena, I love practicing it.

3) Mass Dispel - some priests complain about the high mana cost. If you've specced to a reduced cast time MD, use it on ANY frost mage who ice blocks and any pally who bubbles. In Arena, this is your job! Get them out of any dot defying save their ass talent you can. It nearly always throws them off their game.

4) Mana burn practice. I suck as mana burning another caster. I am constantly trying to find a caster who isn't paying attention and see how much I can burn off. Or, find a caster who is solo and see if you can win the fight due to mana burning them into nothingness. A mage with no mana is a funny thing...unless you're the mage.

5) If a player on your team is getting focus fired, this is a great time and place to see exactly how long you can keep them alive. Granted, warriors are easier to keep going, but it's always fun to watch the opposing team have fits killing one guy.

Now, these are all Are You An Idiot? Of Course I KNOW This Crap kinda post. But I find that some people DO NOT do it. Just practice, see what works for you. I have found that learning that I really am a support class and that's my primary role (as HOLY, not as shadow). Learning that has made me more powerful and allowed me to alter battles.

You will be amazed at how much can change in a zerg whem you mass dispel it! Give it a try.