Hi, just did 40+ waves in Proving Grounds in almost two days of tries (including stuffing, tweaking, etc)
@Slator : Check here
https://www.thebuddyforum.com/honor...cle-holy-disc-priest-beta-12.html#post1305054
@Wulf : Many thanks for this routine, I just couldn't has done this since I never healed since I'm playing this game (2005 lol)
@Bennyquest : Many thanks aswell, without your settings & your experience I just couldn't have done this !
So, let me explain (sorry for poor english) :
Honorbuddy
Bot Base : Tyrael - Set to 35 TPS, I don't know if it's useful, I saw no difference between 25 (as per Bennyquest) & 35
Plugins : None
Routine : Oracle of course (Rev. 1.0.0.348 from buddystore). I did try with Oracle 2 but it was not working as good as Oracle "1" (I explain end of the post)
Settings of Oracle
I used the files from Benny (the one in the post I linked to Slator)
I added :
General
- HealthStone = 20
- Second Trinket (because I used the Timeless Isle trinket which has a use effect) set to Mana = 87
Class Specific :
- Shadowfiend = 60
- Hymn of Hope = 1
About my character :
Shadow Priest 580+ ilv
Current gear I used for disc : 535
Talents/Glyph
Same as Bennyquest
Gearing
First I removed all the parts I had with Hit and replaced them with older gear/timeless parts/LFR parts. It's important for you to throw the hit gear away as, even reforged, it's will handicap you for sure.
Second, I searched for all the spirit gear I could get (Full Spirit (timeless) > Spirit/Crit > Spirit/Mastery > Spirit/Haste) and reforged/regemed/reenchant it with the same rule Spirit>Crit>Mastery>Haste>>Hit
Do NOT HESITATE to do calculations, with gem slots etc, to check where you can get most spirit.
Then I farmed healer trinkets (as I didn't have some). My recommandation for PG is Darkmoon trinket (I couldn't buy it, no one in AH) and Horridon trinket (couldn't loot it).
I ended up with the Timeless Isle trinket (Intel passive / Use Spirit) and the one from Will of the Emperor (MSV).
My stats :
11082 Intel
12249 Spirit with buffs, without flask & food
7.56 haste
16.8 crit
23.21 mastery
To be honest, I don't know shit about Disc Priest, but I guess that, maybe I have a little bit too much of spirit vs other stats.
Sometimes I may be lacking of heal ... but if I focus on other stats ... I may be lacking of spirit ... difficult choice ...
Encounter
First, it is really
IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ABOUT RNG and
IT'S NOT FULLY AFK
Sometimes you'll get hell because of stupid group members (standing in flames, not kicking/stuning, etc) or mobs (debuff on wrong char, etc) ... but sometimes it will just be sooo smooth & easy.
Furthermore, sometimes Oracle will fucktard in priorities and won't heal properly ... but sometimes it will act perfect.
No rules or tweaks available about this, it's just about luck.
Just for you to understand, these are my stats (with the exact same gear) :
Under wave 10 : ~10 times
Over wave 10 : ~ 15 times
Over wave 20 : ~ 10 times
Over wave 30 : ~ 3 times
Over wave 40 : 1 time
So, this is how I do :
I move the character :
- A few yards far from hunter and/or mage ... but not close from melees (because of debuff that cannot be dispelled all time time)
- In range from the entire group
- Away from flames
I assist the bot :
- On healing "chomp" debuff, because sometimes it will just let it kill your group. [60% times]
- On Hymn of Hope (this is why I set it to 1% mana), mainly during the last mob of a wave or end of a wave without mobs. If the bot autocasts Hymn, you'll get failure from letting group diying. [100%]
- On using Pain Suppression, as sometimes it won't anticipate damages [25%]
- On Void Shift, as sometimes it won't anticipate damages [20%]
- On Leap of Faith : group member in flames or debuff that cannot be dispelled (CD) [10%]
- On Spirit Shell : just to prevent from a bit of damage when group is full life -After last mob/Before wave, not during fights[15%]
- On Healthstone : just to prevent from damage, usually "chomp" [20%]
- On Dispell : Sometimes the bot has no "emergency situations" ... but won't dispell (even if dispell isn't on CD, of course) [10%]
I stop the bot each times after wave 10, to let my char fully regen to 100% mana. If Oracle is enabled, as soon as the wave
x1 starts, it will stop drinking & heal. You wan't to be 100% mana over wave
x0.
... and that's it. You know everything !
Good luck, that's all you need now !
Thanks again Wulf & Bennyquest
@Wulf : So about Oracle II ... I tried Trial Version ... With Proving Grounds enabled and settings almost the same as Bennyquest's profile in Oracle "1". I never could go further than wave 15 (and most of the tries, further than wave 8 or 9). Main issue are priorities, Oracle II will use Greater Heal a lot (over Flash/POM/Penance/Shield) ... even in hardcore situations. Furthermore it will even more ignore "chomp" debuff than Oracle "1" and burn down my mana. Dunno if it's about the Trial Version which is getting nerfed but it did not make the job for me (way worse than Oracle "1").
