(Mini-Post) Healing Trinkets: HoT HoT HoT

So earlier I was browsing the Warcraft Livejournal community and I spot a post from a Paladin asking about the Fel Reaver’s Piston and its effectiveness for Holy Paladins. My first instinct was to say, “No way in Hell.” Then I took a step back and asked myself, “Why? Why exactly is this terrible for a Paladin?” So after I gave the person a link to Elitist Jerks, I started searching around for various trinkets, looking at my spreadsheets I had, etc. My findings were inconclusive, probably because I always play the devils Advocate. So instead of making this a full post about comparing items, as there are many sources on healing trinkets, I’ll list out the Pros and Cons of two such Hot-imbued trinkets.

Fel Reaver’s Piston

* Pros *

1. Has an insane amount of mp/5 on it, perfect for when you have not reached a comfortable mp5 while casting benchmark, or you do not have a shadow priest.

2. It applies a hot on your target, something we cannot do normally.

3. It is rather easy to come by.

4. Looks good on paper.

*Cons*

1. We’re paladins, we should be stacking spell crit instead of mp5 when we need more regen. Spell Crit and Pure Healing.

2. The hot only affects one target at a time; terrible for when you are forced to raid heal a lot.

3. It does not scale with +healing.

4. You’ll have to fight other classes for it.

5. Trinkets such as the Lower City PrayerBook and the Pendant of the Violet Eye are much better alternatives since they save mana. Alternatively, Essence of the Martyr is a great choice too.

Ashtongue Talisman of Zeal

Even WORSE than the Fel Reaver’s Piston!

*Pros*

1. Easy to get, just run Black Temple about six times.

2. It’s Shiny.

3. It’s a weapon of Assassins. Rejoice Paladins! Now you can murder someone in your clanky plate armor.

Sarcasm aside, let me get to the point.

*Cons*

1. You get this after running Black Temple… Black Temple! How could one justify using this over the Memento of Tyrande or the Essence of the Martyr? Even the Piston is better than this!

2. It does not, I repeat, does not scale with healing gear at all. What you see is what you get.

3. The damage component even is terrible, as it scales with nothing.

Just make this Paladin Happy and stick with whatever trinket you want, besides these two. Please?

Note: I posted this mini post as I am working on two big posts. One on Vashj, and one on Tier Sets. Problem is, it requires research on my part, and that is hard to do while Wukki, my warrior, is getting ran through instances. ^^ Fortunately, I have a pen and paper for ideas. Expect it any time soon.