I find it's nice to throw up Sacred Shield before I do a hard pull as well. Helps even out the spikes a fair amount.
I got dragged into heroics the moment I dinged 80, with a healer that dinged 80 at the same time as me, and Sacred Shield was basically what made us survive them at all. Razz
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Eia - 70 Paladin, EU-Silvermoon
Turning healers' mana into blue rage since Dec 2006.