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Let’s talk trinkets. Trinkets are a special breed of armor that are privy to two item slots on every character in World of Warcraft. However, with all the fancy weapons and eye-catching armor out there this item slot can easily be forgotten about and they often are. A big mistake in WoW, as trinkets and the stats they can provide to your character are just as important as any other piece of gear you own.

This is especially true for healers who have found their job difficulty exceptionally increased with the introduction of Cataclysm. For healers every last bit of intellect, any advantage they can garner can mean the difference between the life and death of their raid. Despite the fact that trinkets are probably some of the least talked about gear in the game there are more than a few of them available for healers. This can lead to confusion and overall frustration when trying to decipher the best healing trinkets for you. Especially since the “newest” trinkets out there aren't always the best.

To save you some of the trouble and hopefully get your WoW trinket slots filled quickly and efficiently, we here at Ten Ton Hammer have compiled 5 of the best healing trinkets currently in game as of Patch 4.3. You may be surprised as to what WoW trinkets you find on the list.

Top 5 WoW Healing Trinkets

Heart of  Unliving

With enough Intellect to push most healers over the required mana regen level needed for any Cataclysm encounter, this trinket is a must have for all healers. Taking the place of Darkmoon Card: Tsunami, the previous best in slot healing trinket, this WoW trinket is sure to inspire envy in other healers and boost your healing prowess to new levels. As if the huge amount of Intellect wasne't enough, Blizzard has added an extra Spirit buff bonus that can stack up to 10 times and lasts for 10 seconds. Not thrilled about the Spirit buff on this beauty? Turn your frown upside down when you consider that with this trinket in place you can now Reforge Spirit on other gear for more useful stats. Not to mention that Holy Paladins and Holy Priests get some extra bang for the buck out of this amazing WoW trinket thanks to their various talents promoting Spirit.

Want to add this trinket to your item slot? You will need to venture deep into the Dragon Soul raid where you will need to take on the Spine of Deathwing encounter. After this encounter is over the Greater Cache of the Aspects will appear. If you are lucky, this trinket will be inside.

Fall of Mortality

The Fall of Mortality is another trinket packed with a ton of Intellect and very much like the the Heart of the Unliving above. While this may seem a bit boring it should come as no surprise as Intellect is now the stat that most healers covet the most in Cataclysm and healing trinkets reflect that aptly. The difference between this WoW trinket and the Heart of the Unlviing is that this trinket grants a large amount of Spirit for 15 seconds without the need to bother with a stacking buff. Able to proc every 75 seconds, this trinket has some definite power behind it and will make an excellent addition to any healer's trinket item slot.

Those looking for the Fall of Mortality will need look no further than the Bastian of Twilight. Here they will need to take on the mighty Cho'gall who has a chance to drop this trinket upon his defeat.

Jaws of Defeat

Don't let this WoW trinket's name fool you, it will not throw you intro the Jaws of Defeat. If anything it will help deliver your raid from them. Packed full of Intellect (surprise, surprise) the real head turner for this trinket is the use. Every two minutes players will have the option to click on this trinket and reduce the cost of their Holy and Nature spells. Covering both Holy and Nature spells this trinket is useful for every healer. Think it couldn't get any better? This buff stacks up to 10 times. With only a 2 minute cooldown on the use of this WoW trinket healers everywhere will find that when used in a timely manner, they will save a significant amount of mana giving them longevity that will be beneficial on the longer fights found in Cataclysm.

Wish to make this trinket your very own? This trinket is a random drop from Majordomo Staghelm found inside Firelands. Available in both heroic and normal modes this trinket is well worth going back into this raid instance to obtain.

Seal of the Seven Signs

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to heal at the speed of light? Well you may never get the answer to that question, but this trinket can surely take you one giant step closer. With this trinket healers will find that every time they heal they have a 15% chance to gain extra haste for 20 seconds. While this buff, known as Velocity, does not stack the amount Haste the buff provides more than makes up for this. With a short 2 minute internal cooldown this trinket is able to proc multiple times on most boss fights and will prove to be most useful. Oh, and of course this WoW trinket is packed with enough Intellect to make your mana pool squeal with delight, which any good Cataclysm healing trinket should be.

Dropping from Warlord Zon'ozz inside Dragon Soul, players are able to obtain this WoW trinket in Raid Finder as well as Normal and Heroic versions of this instace.

Windward Heart

The Windward Heart trinket is not significant because of the massive amount of mana it provides to its user, although that is certainly something to be though about, but its interesting proc ability. Basically a smart heal disguised in trinket form, this proc elevates this trinket easily to one of the best currently in game. With an internat cooldown of 20 seconds healers are reporting that this trinket can easily account for 5% of their healing, a rather large number considering the healer does nothing extra except equip the item. To make things even better because of its smart healing abilities the proc will automatically target the most injured member of your party and will heal them without any chance of overhealing occurring. The only downfall of this trinket appears to be the fact that you may only have one equppied at any time.

Need to get this trinket for your very own? Look no further than Dragon Soul instance where this trinket can drop from any of the Lesser Cache's of the Aspects.

What do you think of the five WoW trinkets listed above? Do you use any of them on your personal characters? Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below!