Healing priest trinkets for 3.2

v3.2

This is basically a rewrite of my healing priest trinkets in 3.1 post with an updated stat weight model and the additional trinkets now available.

Stat Weights

For stat weights I used two gearing theories. Firstly is the more throughput focused one I posted about in my previous post on theorycrafting. The second idea is a more mana regen focused stat weight set. The mana regen stat weights use the same model as the throughput stat weights but with the spell power to MP5 ratio set to 0.6 instead of 2.0.

Throughput stat weights

	Discipline	Holy
MP5	1.0000	1.0000
Spirit	0.4138	1.0278
Intellect	1.1483	0.8403
Spell power	2.0000	2.0000
Crit rating	1.1851	0.8959
Stamina	0.2000	0.2000
Haste rating	1.0713	1.1337

Mana regen stat weights

	Discipline	Holy
MP5	1.0000	1.0000
Spirit	0.4138	0.6235
Intellect	0.8801	0.7104
Spell power	0.6000	0.6000
Crit rating	0.4140	0.4664
Stamina	0.2000	0.2000
Haste rating	0.3214	0.3401

Trinket rankings

Throughput

Discipline

1. 480 – Solace of the Defeated (heroic)
2. 428 – Solace of the Defeated (normal)
3. 424 – Pandora’s Plea
4. 400 – Illustration of the Dragon Soul
5. 353 – Eye of the Brood Mother
6. 352 – Show of Faith
7. 338 – Talisman of Resurgance
8. 324 – Scale of Fates
9. 309 – Shiny Shard of the Gods (set)
10. 304 – Embrace of the Spider
11. 304 – The Egg of Mortal Essence
12. 300 – Reign of the Dead/Unliving
13. 300 – Battlemaster’s Ruination
14. 278 – Sif’s Remembrance
15. 275 – Purified Shard of the Gods (set)
16. 252 – Binding Stone/Light (heroic)
17. 249 – Je’Tze’s Bell
18. 249 – Forethought Talisman
19. 226 – Binding Stone/Light (normal)
20. 207 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Int)
21. 203 – Soul of the Dead
22. 199 – Meteorite Crystal
23. 185 – Energy Siphon
24. 171 – Spark of Hope
25. 146 – Tears of the Vanquished
26. 142 – Flare of Heavens
27. 141 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Spi)
28. 100 – Sundial of the Exiled
29. 96 – Shiny Shard of the Scale
30. 85 – Purified Shard of the Scale
31. 80 – Living Ice Crystals
32. 74 – Majestic Dragon Figurine
33. 57 – Spirit World Glass
34. 0 – Shiny Shard of the Flame
35. 0 – Purified Shard of the Flame

Holy

1. 480 – Solace of the Defeated (heroic)
2. 428 – Solace of the Defeated (normal)
3. 400 – Illustration of the Dragon Soul
4. 391 – Pandora’s Plea
5. 352 – Show of Faith
6. 328 – Scale of Fates
7. 328 – Eye of the Brood Mother
8. 310 – Embrace of the Spider
9. 310 – The Egg of Mortal Essence
10. 309 – Shiny Shard of the Gods (set)
11. 300 – Reign of the Dead/Unliving
12. 300 – Battlemaster’s Ruination
13. 299 – Talisman of Resurgance
14. 278 – Sif’s Remembrance
15. 275 – Purified Shard of the Gods (set)
16. 252 – Binding Stone/Light (heroic)
17. 249 – Je’Tze’s Bell
18. 249 – Forethought Talisman
19. 233 – Spark of Hope
20. 226 – Binging Stone/Light (normal)
21. 185 – Majestic Dragon Figurine
22. 185 – Energy Siphon
23. 175 – Soul of the Dead
24. 168 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Spi)
25. 165 – Meteorite Crystal
26. 151 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Int)
27. 141 – Spirit World Glass
28. 120 – Tears of the Vanquished
29. 107 – Flare of Heavens
30. 96 – Shiny Shard of the Scale
31. 85 – Purified Shard of the Scale
32. 80 – Living Ice Crystals
33. 75 – Sundial of the Exiled
34. 0 – Shiny Shard of the Flame
35. 0 – Purified Shard of the Flame

Mana regen

Discipline

1. 245 – Solace of the Defeated (heroic)
2. 218 – Solace of the Defeated (normal)
3. 185 – Pandora’s Plea
4. 171 – Spark of Hope
5. 169 – Meteorite Crystal
6. 158 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Int)
7. 156 – Show of Faith
8. 142 – Talisman of Resurgance
9. 134 – Shiny Shard of the Gods (set)
10. 129 – Soul of the Dead
11. 124 – Sif’s Remembrance
12. 124 – Tears of the Vanquished
13. 120 – Illustration of the Dragon Soul
14. 120 – Purified Shard of the Gods (set)
15. 120 – Binding Stone/Light (heroic)
16. 111 – Eye of the Brood Mother
17. 101 – Je’Tze’s Bell
18. 96 – Shiny Shard of the Scale
19. 93 – Energy Siphon
20. 91 – Embrace of the Spider
21. 91 – The Egg of Mortal Essence
22. 91 – Binging Stone/Light (normal)
23. 90 – Reign of the Dead/Unliving
24. 90 – Battlemaster’s Ruination
25. 86 – Scale of Fates
26. 85 – Purified Shard of the Scale
27. 83 – Forethought Talisman
28. 74 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Spi)
29. 74 – Majestic Dragon Figurine
30. 69 – Living Ice Crystals
31. 57 – Spirit World Glass
32. 50 – Flare of Heavens
33. 38 – Sundial of the Exiled
34. 0 – Shiny Shard of the Flame
35. 0 – Purified Shard of the Flame

Holy

1. 245 – Solace of the Defeated (heroic)
2. 205 – Solace of the Defeated (normal)
3. 192 – Spark of Hope
4. 167 – Pandora’s Plea
5. 156 – Show of Faith
6. 150 – Meteorite Crystal
7. 134 – Soul of the Dead
8. 134 – Shiny Shard of the Gods (set)
9. 124 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Int)
10. 124 – Sif’s Remembrance
11. 120 – Talisman of Resurgance
12. 120 – Illustration of the Dragon Soul
13. 120 – Shiny Shard of the Gods
14. 120 – Purified Shard of the Gods (set)
15. 120 – Binding Stone/Light (heroic)
16. 115 – Eye of the Brood Mother
17. 112 – Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Spi)
18. 112 – Majestic Dragon Figurine
19. 110 – Tears of the Vanquished
20. 101 – Je’Tze’s Bell
21. 93 – Energy Siphon
22. 93 – Embrace of the Spider
23. 93 – The Egg of Mortal Essence
24. 91– Binging Stone/Light
25. 87 – Scale of Fates
26. 86 – Spirit World Glass
27. 85 – Purified Shard of the Scale
28. 83 – Forethought Talisman
29. 77 – Reign of the Dead/Unliving
30. 77 – Battlemaster’s Ruination
31. 69 – Living Ice Crystals
32. 56 – Flare of Heavens
33. 39 – Sundial of the Exiled
34. 0 – Shiny Shard of the Flame
35. 0 – Purified Shard of the Flame

Calculation notes

Most trinkets have either confirmed or suspected 45s internal cool downs. I have added 5s to all cool downs to allow for delays in procing or players deciding not to use the trinket for a period of time. Observation sees most 45s procs actually occurring every 48 to 55 seconds. Trinkets with 2 minute cool downs were assumed to be used ever 125s.

• Pandora’s Plea = Intellect bonus * Intellect stat weight + (duration [10s]/cool down [50s] * spell power [751] * spell power stat weight)
• Spark of Hope = Spirit bonus * Spirit stat weight + MP5 equivalence * MP5 stat weight. The up to 42 mana reduction of spells has been valued between 100 and 200 MP5. I erred on the conservative side with 130 MP5.
• Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Int) = Intellect bonus * Intellect stat weight + (duration [15s]/cool down [50s] * Intellect [300] * Intellect stat weight). I assumed that priests will have Intellect as their highest stat.
• Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Spi) = Spirit bonus * Spirit stat weight + (duration [15s]/cool down [50s] * Intellect [300] * Intellect stat weight). I assumed that priests will have Intellect as their highest stat.
• Flare of Heavens = Crit rating bonus * Crit rating stat weighting. The ‘Equip’ effect has been ignored as I assumed healers will be healing and not DPSing.
• Illustration of the Dragon Soul = Maximum spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting. I assumed that the full stack was gained instantly and maintained throughout a boss fight. I’m too lazy to calculate it taking 10-20 seconds at the start of the fight to hit full power and teh effect will be minimal in a 5 mintue boss fight.
• Eye of the Brood Mother = Crit rating bonus * Crit rating stat weighting + maximum spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting. I applied the same laziness as for Illustration of the Dragon Soul above.
• Sif’s Remembrance = Crit rating bonus * Crit rating stat weighting + Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting
• Forethought Talisman = Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting + (healing [3572] / HPM [6.5] * over heal % [50%]) / cool down [50] * 5 * MP5 stat weight. This one was a bit more complicated than most. The healing effect was calculated based on Flash Heal’s healing per mana (HPM) ratio of about 6.5. 50% over heal was assumed, which if anything was generous.
• Scale of Fates = Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting + (duration [20] / cool down [125] * hast rating gained [432] * haste rating stat weight
• Soul of the Dead = Crit rating bonus * Crit rating stat weighting + (mana gain [900] / cool down [50] * 5 * MP5 stat weight
• Sundial of the Exiled = Crit rating bonus * Crit rating stat weighting. The ‘Equip’ effect has been ignored as I assumed healers will be healing and not DPSing.
• Je’Tze’s Bell = Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting + (duration [15] / cool down [45]) * MP5 bonus * MP5 stat weight
• Energy Siphon = MP5 bonus * MP% stat weight + (duration [20] / cool down [125]) * spell power bonus * spell power stat weight
• Embrace of the Spider = Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting + (duration [10] / cool down [50] * haste rating gained [505] * haste rating stat weight
• The Egg of Mortal Essence = Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting + (duration [10] / cool down [50] * haste rating gained [505] * haste rating stat weight
• Show of Faith = Spell power bonus * spell power stat weighting + (duration [15] / cool down [45]) * MP5 bonus * MP5 stat weight
• Spirit World Glass = Spirit bonus * Spirit stat weighting + (duration [20] / cool down [125]) * Spirit bonus * Spirit stat weight
• Meteorite Crystal = Intellect bonus * Intellect stat weighting + MP5 generated * MP5 stat weight. The total MP5 generated isn’t well documented yet. I’m going to assume that once triggered the user will spam spells with a global cool down of 1.3s. I am also going to assume that all MP5 generated by this trinket terminates 20s after the trinket is used. The equates to about 1782 total mana over that 20s. MP5 generated = uptime * MP5 = (duration[20] / cool down [125])*(total mana [1782] / 20 * 5)
• Majestic Dragon Figurine = Spirit bonus [180] * Spirit stat weight. I’ve made the same instant full stack assumption as for Illustration of the Dragon Soul above.
• Living Ice Crystals = MP5 bonus * MP5 stat weight + on use healing. I used a similar calculation as for the Forethought Talisman above except I assumed only 30% overheal. On use healing = (healing [2710] / HPM [6.5] * (100% – over heal % [70%])) / cool down [65] * 5 * MP5 stat weight.
• Tears of the Vanquished = Intellect bonus * Intellect stat weight + (Mana gain [500] / cool down [50s] * 5 * MP5 stat weight)
• Talisman of Resurgance = Intellect bonus * Intellect stat weight + (duration [20s]/cool down [125s] * spell power [599] * spell power stat weight)
• Solace of the Defeated = Spell bonus * spell power stat weight + MP5 generated * MP5 stat weight.  I’ve optimistically assumed that a new cast renews the existing stack for the full duration and that you are maintaining the full stack most of the time.
• Reign of the Dead/Unliving = Spell bonus * spell power stat weight.  The ‘Equip’ effect has been ignored as I assumed healers will be healing and not DPSing.
• Battlemaster’s Ruination = Spell bonus * spell power stat weight.  I have ignored the ‘Use’ effect as i’m not sure how to value it.   It’s unlikely to have a high value either way.
• Binding Stone/Light = MP5 x MP5 stat weight + ((SP per cast [66] x max stacks [8]x SP stat weight) x (duration [20s]/cool down [125s])).   I have assumed the full 8 stacks 66 spell power last the full 20s.  Not entirely accurate, but this trinket is so weak it doesn’t matter.  To be more valuable this trinket would need to grant 100 or 120 spell power per cast.
• Purified Shard of the Scale/Shiny Shard of the Scale = MP5 x MP5 stat weight
• Purified Shard of the Flame/Shiny Shard of the Flame = zero value.  I could equate the 510 health per 5 regen to an equivalent stamina (over a specified fight duration) then multiple by the stamina stat weight, but i’m not going to.  I’m too lazy and it will still score very poorly.
• Purified Shard of the Gods/Shiny Shard of the Gods = (Equip value = MP5 x MP5 stat weight + SP x SP stat weight)/2.  On use value is similar to  (but worse than) the Forethought Talisman above. (((Average heal from buff [2811]/ healing per mana [6.5])* overheal mod [0.5]/cooldown [50]*5)*MP5 stat weight)/2.  Both numbers are divided by two as you have to wear both trinkets to complete the set.

Comments

We have a new contender for best-in-slot with Solace of the Defeated beating out Pandora’s Plea for top position.  The new Tears of the Vanquished is fairly lacklustre, but the Talisman of Resurgance for 50 Emblems of Triumph is worth a look.

Be aware that the throughput list does not completely ignore mana regen and conversely the mana regen list does not ignore throughput.  Each list is only heavily biased towards its theme.

I’ll continue updating this as I discover new trinkets.

Gobble gobble.

Reign of the Dead/Unliving