Well, there is Avenger's Shield for running in. So I ask: Does Avenger's Shield hit that much weaker than Shield Slam, Maul, or Rune Strike, especially when you can glyph it for single target out of combat?


Additionally, if you grab Improved Judgments, you could even Judge after/before running in, to make your first Shield Slam crit when you put up Holy Shield. (You could also cast an Exorcism before running in, but that's not quite the same)

^ This

I cannot understand how everyone is calculating 14 secs for 3 holy power. The way I count it I get 3 holy power at 9 secs and release at 10.5 secs.

My calculation:

CS/HotR at 0 secs - next available at 4.5 secs - 1 holy power
2 fillers
CS/HotR at 4.5 secs - next available at 9 secs - 2 holy power
2 fillers
CS/HotR at 9 secs - next available at 13.5 secs - 3 holy power
Holy power release at 10.5 secs

Am I doing something wrong here?

@Bryan:

It SEEMS (not in the Beta, based on theck and Anafielle's posts) that our Avenger Shield is currently hitting like a nuclear truck on steroids, even BEFORE the glyph, and might become our #1 priority threat-wise.

I'll add to that that Blizzard had stated that people shouldn't be AoEing like stupid, I'm assuming that a DPS shouldn't be able to out-aggro you on your main target, and should they aggro another mob, they deserve a mighty slap in the face, courtesy of the aggroed mob.

Make me think (rant time) that i've currently seen more than a couple DPSers that grabbed *something* and then went crazy on it, preferably something no-one else dpsed. I mean GODS, is it too much to ask to help the tank as well?