EbanySalamonderiel wrote:
Currently working towards the Argent Crusade epic helmet and the Barricade of The Light for Heroism Emblems. Any other easily obtainable items I should be looking to pick up? I heard 25% Holy crit as a target, should I be looking to go over that or should I use gems to stack Int or Spellpower now?
Your armory has your PvP set, so I can't get exact details, but in my opinion, some good goals are:
1700 spellpower, then
19k-20k mana pool, then
30% holy crit
After that, you can take the biggest upgrade available, as items at a given ilvl will tend to balance your stats out over time. What you choose to emphasize is up to you, but prevailing opinion is that the most efficient gearing is to gear for heavy Int and use active mana regen (DP, replenishment, mana stream) to mix in more Holy Light, rather than trying to maximize the healing power of Flash of Light through heavy SP.
Some "easy" gear options to upgrade from a Deadly Gladiator baseline:
- Both the Ebon Blade and Kirin Tor have a decent cloak at Honored, and you can usually find a Wispcloak for cash.
- Also for cash, the boots off Noth (Poignant Sabatons) are BoE and fairly pricy, but they are perfectly itemized and arguably the second-best boots available before 3.1.
- Ring of Temerity, also perfectly itemized as well as being frankly overpowered for its ilvl, is avaliable from an easy quest in normal Oculus. The AC also have a ring at Exalted which you can pick up along with the hat.
- The Tuskarr mace is probably not an upgrade over the (overrated) Titansteel, but keep beating on Nexus for Keristrasza's mace.
- I can't disagree with spending your first Emblems on the shield, but the 25 emblem necklace is almost its equal as an upgrade, although both have a costly equivalent for gold (Zom's Crackling Bulwark and Titanium Spellshock Amulet).
- Then the next 40 can go for the Emblem trinket if you need the SP, although it would be worth more if it had a static or use effect and not a proc. If you have money to burn, Je'Tze's Bell is BoE now and 106 SP with bonus mana back is tasty.
- If you want to be economical with Emblems, the 40 Emblem belt is Best In Slot for 10-man content, and is - a common thread on this list - perfectly itemized. Emblem for emblem, by far the biggest upgrade you can get.
- The Emblem of Valor bracers are BoE and hardcore raiders with no upgrades left before T8.25 are starting to use them to convert emblems to $$$. If you have the money to drop, they're slightly better than the best 10-man Naxx bracers.
- N.B. You'll want the 15 badge libram eventually. It, along with Glyph of Seal of Wisdom and Glyph of Holy Light, are major enablers of a Holy Shock/Holy Light-centered healing style that is in my opinion the best response to more challenging content.