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Priest twinking guide

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Role

Priests have access to Fear, which should be used liberally. Priests are not the best flag-carriers in the game, more suited to healing/dispelling others while moving. Shadow is not very potent offensively until the 40-49 tier (with Shadowform).

Choosing A Race

See Racial Traits for more information.

Alliance

Human

  • Passive improved stealth detection
  • Every Man for Himself, which replaces your PvP trinket (2 min cd instead of 5 min, plus a free trinket slot)
  • Spirit increased by 3%

Draenei

Night Elf

  • 2% chance to resist nature spells
  • Shadowmeld allows you to stealth
  • Reduced chance to be hit by melee and ranged attackers

Dwarf

  • Stoneform, which clears all poisons, bleed, and diseases
  • 2% chance to resist frost spells

Horde

Undead

Troll

  • Berserking will increase your casting speed by 30% if badly hurt
  • Regeneration gives 10% faster health regeneration and 10% of your health regeneration in combat (passive)
  • All movement impairing effects are 15% shorter

Blood Elf

  • 2% chance to resist spells
  • Arcane Torrent will restore mana, and silence nearby enemies.

Talent tree

For any spec and level, whether this is disc, shadow or holy, Spirit Tap (shadow tree, 1-5 points) and Healing Focus (holy tree -2 points) are mostly recommended. Other talents based on your playstyle.

At level 19 most twinks tend to be hybrid. Also, the talent tree does not open new abilities yet. At level 29 though, the priest talent tree gets real interesting. Shadow priests can use mind flay for additional cc and dps, holy priests can obtain the aoe spell Holy Nova that both heals as damages, and discipline priests have the opportunity to greatly improve their mana pool.

  • Shadow priests are good at slowing flag carriers, but their offensive playstyle often puts them in dangerous positions. It's an interesting spec that only comes to its right best when there are other healers in the field.
  • Holy priests also have their holy dps boosted, and holy nova is just plain fun. However, expect more heal bonus from your gear than from this talent tree.
  • Discipline priests are (imho) the best priests in battleground, simply because they can gear up with high spirit and have a manapool that outlasts many opponent.

Whichever you choose depends largely on your playstyle. Shadow priests can still heal well, holy priests can do fine dps.

Example build Level 19 : hybrid

Hybrid priest that relies on movement, HoT's and DoT's and a spare moment to survive. Can do as much damage as healing, seemingly simultaneously. Not the strongest build. (Note: Spirit Tap will only prot if you land the killing blow)

Discipline Holy Shadow
* 3/3 Improved Renew
  • 5/5 Spirit Tap
  • 2/5 Shadow Focus

Example build Level 29 : discipline priest

14/2/4 - Disc priest with good survivability and strong mana regen.(Note: Spirit Tap will only prot if you land the killing blow)

Discipline Holy Shadow
  • 5/5 Unbreakable Will
  • 2/2 Improved Power Word: Fortitude (opt: 0/2)
  • 1/3 Improved Power Word: Shield (opt: 3/3)
  • 2/2 Martyrdom
  • 1/1 Inner Focus
  • 3/3 Meditation


  • 2/2 Healing Focus


  • 4/5 Spirit Tap

Level 19 gear

Slot Recommended Alternatives
Head: [Lucky Fishing Hat] or [Shadow Goggles] [Green Tinted Goggles]
Neck: [Thick Bronze Necklace]
Shoulders: [Tattered Dreadmist Mantle] or [Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle] [Talbar Mantle]
Back: [Caretaker's Cape] [Feyscale Cloak]
Robe: [Tree Bark Jacket] [Inferno Robe] [Mystic's Robe] or [Corsair's Overshirt]
Wrist: [Shimmering Bracers] of Healing
Hands: [Gold-flecked Gloves]
Waist: [Keller's Girdle]
Legs: [Darkweave Breeches]
Feet: [Spidersilk Boots] [Sanguine Sandals] or [Bright Boots]
Ring: [Seal of Sylvanas]

/[Wrynn] ; [Lorekeeper's Ring]

[Bronze Band of Force]
Trinket: [Insignia of the Alliance] ; [Minor Recombobulator]
Weapon: [Twisted Chanter's Staff] [Emberstone Staff] or [Lorekeeper's Staff]
Wand: [Gravestone Scepter] [Cookie's Stirring Rod] or [Skycaller]

Level 29 gear

slot recommended alternatives
Head: [Spellpower Goggles Xtreme] [of the Eagle] ;

[Green Tinted Goggles] ; [Moonsoul Crown]

Neck: [Crystal Starfire Medallion] [Cerulean Talisman] ; [River Pride Choker] ; [Amulet of the Moon] ; [Explorers' League Commendation]
Shoulders: [Berylline Pads] [Death Speaker Mantle]

[Thistlefur Mantle]

Back: [Caretaker's Cape]
Chest: [Beguiler Robes] [Robes of Arugal] ; [Civinad Robes]
Wrist: [Gallan Cuffs] ; [Arcane Runed Bracers] (can be BC enchanted) [Glowing Magical Bracelets] ; [Spidertank Oilrag]
Hands: [Nightsky Gloves] [Resilient Handgrips] ; [Gloves of Old]
Waist: [Highlander's Cloth Girdle] [Stonecloth Belt] ; [Beaded Raptor Collar]
Legs: [Silver-thread Pants]

[Elder's Pants]
Feet: [Highlander's Cloth Boots]
Ring: [Lorekeeper's Ring] ; [Lorekeeper's Ring] [Talvash's Gold Ring] ; [Deadman's Hand] ; [Ring of Forlorn Spirits]
Trinket: [Rune of Perfection]; [Insignia of the Alliance]
Weapon: [Skullbreaker] (can be BC enchanted) ; [Omega Orb] [Acrobatic Staff] ; [Lorekeeper's Staff]
Wand: [Starfaller] [Gravestone Scepter]

Tips

  • Use a lot of instant spells: Renew, Shadow Word: Pain. A player with renew on him can will know after 1 tick what to expect on incoming heals for the next 12 seconds and can anticipate on that. Shield and flash however are the lifesavers when a friendly player has dangerous low health.
  • DoT anyone that can stealth: rogues and druids (and Night Elves for Horde). Oh, and DoT as much others too, unless sheeped. That is, as long as you can spare the mana. In a good group, your priority will be on healing. However not rarely you will see your DoT's throw you in the top-5 damage.
  • The additional advantage of putting DoT's is, if you put talent points in spirit tap, if this target dies you spirit tap may proc. If you put HoT's on (many) friendly targets and their enemies dies your spirit tap won't prot, it requires you to land a killing blow on the enemy.

See Also

External links

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