Mad Priests on Madmortem

This post is about how you might evade the 5-second-rule as much as possible.

Of course, the short version of this post is: “Do not use any mana”…
But how might we facilitate that?

I mean, honestly, not spending any mana is a) boring and b) quite ineffective if you try to keep a tank alive

Funny enough, having innervate active does not evade the 5-second rule! If, i.e. you finish casting a greater heal 2 seconds before innervate runs out, you will suffer 3 seconds of reduced mana regen (only 3, because during the 2 seconds of innervate being in or outside the 5s rule is meaningless).

The first, foremost and most obvious way is simply using inner focus to get a free cast - this does not trigger the 5 second rule. Exactly the same idea is true for our talent “Holy Concentration” which grants free casts for flash heal, greater heal and binding heal.

All the other options center around items and can be put into one of two categories:
a) Items that generate free heals
b) Items that make your normal heals free

The probably most notorious item for category a) is the Vial of the Sunwell, and although there are several other similar items around, only one other is worth mentioning: The Super Healing Potion

For items that grant us free heals, there are a few options, with Auslese’s Light Channeler probably being the best well known. Auslese’s Light Channeler reduces the cost of any spell cast by 215 mana - so any spell with a mana cost of 215 or less becomes free and therefore does not trigger the 5 second rule.