Quote Originally Posted by Maeka View Post
And here I'm a WHM who's sitting here going "I wish more PLDs would cast Clemency more often instead of spamming Holy Spirit".

I mean, the PLD can cast HS on one target IIRC unless they get some Level 70+ ability (My PLD is still 70, so bear with me here), meanwhile during the first 5-10 seconds of a pull, I could be laying down some Holy. But no, the PLD wants to cast Holy Spirit and I have to interrupt my first 3 Holy casts to deal with the PLD that's now at 50% health even after dumping Benison and Regen on them.

I'd rather they casted Clemency early in the pull so I could get out 3-5 Holy casts. By then, if the DPS are good, maybe one or two mobs are dead and the whole pack is half or two thirds dead and just a few more heals and the whole pack is down.

But no, that Holy Spirit is oh-so-important....
You shouldn't have to delay Holy. Unless you can't hit the majority of mobs, Holy is near 100% damage reduction. It doesn't matter what happens to the PLD during your first Holy cast unless they're undergeared and made of paper. I find that as a tank that synergy with WHM's can be surprisingly difficult. Holy is incredibly powerful, but it also makes tank CD's useless since mobs can't damage the tank while they are stunned. I put a lot of effort into trying to not have CD's up while the WHM goes into Holy mode, but for some reason this ends up being difficult a lot of the time. Some WHM are just inconsistent with their timing. My honest advice for WHM's (and what I do as a WHM) is that once the tank has grabbed everything, just immediately Holy. If you have Benediction up then all the more reason go all in on DPS. The tank will survive the first cast (unless undergeared), they will be invincible for 5 seconds which allows you to heal them, and then you can give them another few seconds of invuln that effectively extends their CD duration.