Priest PVP!
World of Warcraft Priest PvP Guide!
Here are the Pros and Cons for Priest!
Pros
- The best Healing class in the game
- Very Strong Defensive spells (i.e. Power Word: Shield – Bubble)
- Have Mass dispel so they can dispell paladin’s bubble and Mage ice block
- Highly wanted for groups/bg’s/ & Arenas
Cons
- Can only wear cloth
- Don’t have great damage abilities
- Once in Shadowform, not allowed to cast any Holy Spells.
Now that I have discussed the Pros and Cons I will get into detail about the best ways to get gear and how to practice your gameplay.
How to Spec
Discipline!
- “Cookie-Cutter Disc PvP/Arena Build (57/14/0) [Current as of 3.2.0]
- This build is based on high Survivability, with great mana regeneration. Great for PvP and Arena.”
-WoWiki
- “Alternate Disc PvP Build (54/17/0) [Current as of 3.2.0]
- This build is decent, as it allows faster casting and mitigating talents, including Inspiration. Glyphs include Glyph of Penance, Glyph of Pain Suppression, and Glyph of Power Word: Shield. “
-WoWiki
“Survivability Spec for priest/meelee (58/13/0) Gives max survivability at the cost of mana regen and maximum mana. Very deep disc, with holy down to Desperate Prayer. Good for arena with DK, ret pala or warrior” -WoWiki
Shadow!
- “Shadow/Disc Hybrid Build (PvP) (38/0/33) [Current as of 3.2.0]
- Defensive DPS spec, the priest can mitigate incoming damage with Shadowform as well as being able to protect themself and others with powerful Shields. “
-WoWiki
- “Shadow Cookie-Cutter PvP Build (17/0/54) [Current as of 3.2.0]
- Typical talents taken for a shadow damage PvP priest, going into discipline as far as Improved Mana Burn.”
-WoWiki
- “Survivability Spec for priest/meelee (58/13/0) Gives max survivability at the cost of mana regen and maximum mana. Very deep disc, with holy down to Desperate Prayer. Good for arena with DK, ret pala or warrior” -WoWiki
Gearing up!
The best way to gear up is to PvP in battlegrounds! If you turn in one mark of each battleground you receive roughly around 1300 Honor. Personally I do battlegrounds until I reach 30 marks for each battleground. The honor grind from that makes you enough honor for something like bracers. Also que for WG. Wintergrasp is a very crucial part because the marks for WG can get you trinkets you need for PvP.
List of Activities
Here is a list of things to do that will help you gear out your character.
Battlegrounds
Battleground farming is the typical way people start off getting gear. Not only because it gives you enormous amounts of experience going up against other WoW Classes but you gain constant honor to get you epic’s!
WinterGrasp
Ever Since WOTLK came out Wintergrasp has been added. It’s like a battleground that comes once every three hours. They have their own special uses of Marks.
Daily PVP quests
Like I said battlegrounds are very useful, Blizzard just makes it even better by adding daily battleground PVP quests. Going in and winning a certain battleground will complete your quest which you can not only turn in for gold but honor as well! =)
Vault of Archevon Raid
Very Very Very important to complete every week. Both 10 and 25 man! Usually the best groups you’ll find is on tuesdays when the raid resets because people want to get it done quick and get it over with. It is a very easy raid that drops very epic loot =). Be sure to do it you will not be disappointed. This raid drops both insane PVP and PVE epics so you don’t want to miss out.
As far as Specs and actual PVP guides go. I would encourage any viewer to send me their Spec and how they play so I can post it for them! Or leave a comment. More info will be coming soon. You can e-mail me your specs and guides or ideas to webmaster@hordelife.com
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