Prayer of Mending

Prayer of Mending (PoM) is a priest class talent. It is automatically learned for Holy priests.

Prayer of Mending a buff similar to Earth Shield. It will not actually heal the target when cast on them, but instead place a buff on the target. When the buffed target takes any damage, the buff will heal the target, and move to another random raid member within 20 yards. The buff has 5 charges, and will not proc from environmental damage (falling, lava, fatigue, etc) nor damage that is absorbed, such as with Power Word: Shield. Spells that reduce the caster's own HP such as warlock's Life Tap will not proc PoM.

• Heals from Prayer of Mending can crit.
• Prayer of Mending's efficiency is greatly dependent upon the number of targets it heals. As a rule of thumb, when healing 3 targets PoM becomes one of the priest's most efficient heals; when 4 or 5 of its charges are used, it is usually the most mana efficient of all. When only using 2 of its charges, PoM is still slightly more efficient than Flash Heal.
• The selection of the target for PoM is therefore of great importance, in maximizing both the spell's mana efficiency and the priests's healing, given the spell's 12-second cooldown.
• Prayer of Mending does not proc from absorbed damage. This creates an antagonistic relationship between PoM and shields such as Power Word: Shield. PoM's 30-second duration allows it to outlast a single PW:S cast, although heals from Discipline priests will still proc Divine Aegis on targets.
• The animation between players is invisible to enemies in the battleground and arena, so there is no risk of exposing a stealthed teammate.
• As with all other heals, the threat generated by PoM is given to the casting priest. This was changed with patch 3.0.2, as a side effect of changing the way PoM healing was registered so that it counted as the casting priest's healing.
• Prayer of Mending has a 10-second cooldown, added in patch 2.0.10, mainly to limit its effectiveness in PvP combat. For example, to avoid instant self-heals without a cooldown.

Prayer of Mending is often cast on the main tank before engaging combat. Pre-casting before combat will begin the spell's 12-second cooldown and possibly allow mana regeneration before the fight begins. Waiting several seconds between casting the first Prayer of Mending and engaging combat allows a subsequent PoM to be cast immediately (or almost immediately) after the initial spell procs.

Prayer of Mending's benefits over other multiple-target heal spells include large range and low mana cost (particularly in situations where most or all of the charges proc). There are some drawbacks, however, including the long cooldown, inability to stack on multiple targets, inability to heal multiple targets simultaneously, inability to target the heal after the first proc, and a maximum of 5 procs every 12 seconds. That said, combining PoM and other group healing spells (e.g. Prayer of Healing, Circle of Healing, Tranquility) can be an extremely useful way to do a great deal of healing on a number of targets in a short period of time.

Prayer of Mending also lends itself to group healing during mob grinds, particularly where the priest themselves is capable of (albeit slowly) taking on a single mob at a time. Have each member of the party hold the aggro of separate mobs. As each person is hit, the PoM will bounce from one to the other doing the sustained healing; allowing the priest to take a break from healbotting. Whenever a damage dealer in the party finishes their mob, they should target a new mob instead of coming back to assist the priest. The goal is to spread the damage, and thus the chance for PoM to jump.

• Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Prayer of Mending (Servants of the Betrayer), TCG card