3.5.1 Basics
Priests in World of Warcraft are not like most other MMO priests: They can solo. The
biggest problem with the priest is that to be truly effective, you have to either be geared
towards group play or solo.
Priests are very repetitious. When soloing, priests don’t kill quickly. When in groups,
being a priest revolves mainly about choosing who to heal and when. Priests are the
best healers and one of the best buffers in the game. Everyone loves grouping with the
priest, so if you’re in the game for the social aspects, this is most definitely the class you
should be in.
Spirit is the best stat for the Priest, which makes humans an ideal choice. Spirit allows
for regeneration of mana and health at a faster pace. Mages can make their own drinks
while Warlocks rarely ever need them. Priests however find that their mana is often low
and buying drinks can be expensive. Go for a focus on spirit and pick up int items only if
they are much better.
Groupability 10
Everyone wants a Priest in their group. Priests are bar-none the best healers in the
game. If you like to group with others but aren’t good at asking, just be a Priest and
check off the little box that says you are looking for a group, others will find you.
Fun Factor 4
Many Priests feel like they just do the same actions over and over. One particularly
interesting phenomenon is that priest-players all tend to have different spell-orders. Play
around and see what’s best for you.
3.5.2 Builds
? Group Build Focus on the holy talents. Holy talents allow the Priest to
heal allies more effectively. Most groups love holy priests, so if you find
yourself grouping often or with a particular group of people, go holy.
? Solo Build Shadow talents are the way to go. Priests with shadow can
be quite effective at killing monsters. If you go shadow, don’t bother with
the shadow-stun talent until after you get spirit tap first, then consider the
stun talent second. Spirit tap will reduce your soloing downtime a great
deal. Well equipped you will still be able to group while being shadowspecced,
but for the high end instances and raids, holy is the only way to
go.
3.5.3 Recommended Tradeskills:
Priests are very good at healing but could be better at mana-management. Unlike
Mages and Warlocks, who can usually afford to ignore spirit, Priests should be
concerned with getting that mana up. Priests don’t need bleeding-edge gear, but they
should certainly keep it up.
? Tailoring and enchanting is a natural choice, go for this to you’re your
cloth armor up to date. Don’t be afraid to wear some damage or healenhancing
equipment this profession offers later once you get your
regeneration/casting down. If you feel like you are slipping and find
yourself drinking a lot, switch back to spirit.
? Alchemy is a useful profession for this class. Priests will occasionally find
themselves in trouble. When this happens, it’s always good to be able to
heal your health or mana for free. Plus alchemy has some nice bonus’ to
other stats with wisdom potions.
3.5.4 Spells and Abilities
Do’s
? Heal
? Fade
? Mind Flay
Don’t
? Shadow Protection
? Abolish Disease
3.5.5 Group Healing Tips
?? Always have fade activated.
?? If casters are in trouble, use holy word: shield, they’ll die too fast for a
complete heal.
?? If melee types are taking damage, try casting renew over heal, it costs
less and is instant-cast.
?? Save the big/flash heals for when a melee type is really low, they’ll
appreciate it.
There are two types of priest: Those who care about their mana consumption, or those
who just go all out. Priests may want to consider only using holy word: shield in the
direst of situations, but this spell is very cost-ineffective.
Dwarf Human Night-Elf Troll Undead
Agility 16 20 25 22 18
Intelligence 21 22 22 18 20
Spirit 22 23 23 24 28
Stamina 23 20 19 21 21
Strength 21 20 17 21 19
Total 103 105 106 106 106
Useable Weapons: Daggers, one-handed maces, staves & wands
3.5.6 Tips:
?? While other classes like shamans, druids, and paladins have healing
capabilities, as a priest you tend to have the largest mana pool and the
best heals. Even as a shadow-priest you will be a fully capable healer.
?? You can solo! Every class can, you just take slightly longer to kill things
?? Priests are quite powerful in PvP due to their fear spell. Naturally, if you
have to face an undead player, you are in trouble.
3.5.7 Suggested Items
Corsair’s Overshirt – Chest - Level 19 - +5 Stamina, +11 Spirit
Drops off Van Clef in the Deadmines
Robes of Arugal – Chest – Level 24 - +3 Agility, +5 Stamina, +9 Intelligence, +10
Spirit
Drops of Arugal in Shadowfang Keep.
Robes of Power – Chest – Level 33 - +12 Intelligence, +8 Spirit, Increase magic
healing/damage by up to 8.
Craftable Recipe
Whitemane’s Chapeau – Head – Level 39 - +14 Intelligence, +14 Spirit
Drops off High Inquisitor Whitemane in the Scartlet Monestary
Chief Architect’s Monocle – Head – Level 50 - +10 Stamina, +27 Intelligence, +3
Spirit.
Drops off Fineous Darkvire in Blackrock Depths.
Vestaments of the Atal’ai Prophet – Chest – Level 50 - +11 Intelligence, +27
Spirit.
Drops off Jammal’an the Prophet in the Temple of Atal’Hakkar.
Clutch of Andros – Waist – Level 56 - +3 Stamina, +22 Intelligence, +8 Spirit.
Drops off Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance.
High Priestess Boots – Feet – Level 58 - +20 Stamina, +7 Spirit, +10 Shadow
Resistance.