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Downranking and Spell Coefficients


Q: Is downranking spells still viable?
A: Of course. The changes to downranking made in TBC only removed our capacity for using Lesser Heal as a downranked spell, and penalized GH:1 a bit so that it wasn't completely overpowered. Given how much healing tanks need now, downranking to anything below GH:1 would be silly anyway.

Q: What spells are typically downranked?
A: Greater Heal 1 or Greater Heal 2 are easily spammable for a priest in T5 content, and GH:1 is still within reach for a priest in T4 content. Raid buffed, with full consumables and a tank with Amp Magic, GH:1 should hit for 2700+, for a minimal mana cost. It also scales fairly well with 5/5 Empowered Healing and Healing S&E gear, so that in full Sunwell gear, GH:1 will hit for ~3500, a *very* nice cheap spell to spam.

Downranking Math
In TBC a new system for downranking spells was introduced. There is a second coefficient modifier on the HSE portion of your spell value computation that is based on the rank of the spell you are using relative to your level.

Depending on what level you learned the spell, the coefficient changes. For example, if you go to: WoWHead: Greater Heal, you will see that we first learned Greater Heal: Rank 4 at level 58, we learned Greater Heal: Rank 5 at level 60, and so on.

The Downranking Coefficient is computed as "level at which you learned a new rank of the spell you are using"+5/current_level. To be more clear, consider the example of Greater Heal: Rank 4. We learned GH:4 at level 58. However, we learned a new rank of the spell at level 60. Thus, our downranking coefficient is (60+5)/70, or approximately 0.93.

When you are computing the value a spell will heal for, most priests are familiar with the spell cast time scaling. Every healing spell we cast (non-HoT; direct heals only) gets a HSE coefficient based on untalented cast time relative to 3.5. The two major ones that matter are:

* Greater Heal: 3.0/3.5 = 0.86
* Flash Heal: 1.5/3.5 = 0.43


When you go to compute a downranked spell value, however, you have to add in the second coefficient. The formula is:

[ Base_Healing_Range + HSE * Downranking_Coefficient * Cast_time_Coefficient ]

Thus, GH:4 gains 80% benefit from your Healing Spells & Effects, while GH:7 gains 86%.
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