Why don discipline priests place alot of value in renew?
A. You *can* cast renew. It is not BAD to cast renew, it’s more a question of ‘when’. As far as spell priority, many things fall ahead of renew simply because they benefit from our talents, where renew does not. Renew : * Cannot crit. Will not proc DA, nor will it proc inspiration * Will not add a stack of Grace * Does not return mana from Rapture Essentially, casting renew is not wrong, but it’s better for our spec to cast PWS, Pennance, Prayer of Mending, or in some situations, even Flash Heal FIRST, except in situations where you are adding a hot simply to pad the tank. It isn’t really worth blowing 3 points in improved renew UNLESS you prefer flash heal to greater heal and you choose to take improved renew. See above for benefits/comparison of the two casting styles. It certainly isn’t worth glyphing for renew over PWS or Flash Heal glyph, PARTICULARLY if you’re a person who chose flash heal spam as a casting style. It is a tossup between glyphing for Renew Vs. another glyph such a
