19 Priest Guide: 3.3.5.

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Priests are the masters of healing and preservation, restoring their wounded allies, shielding them in battle, and even resurrecting their fallen comrades. While they have a variety of protective and enhancement spells to bolster their allies, priests can also wreak terrible vengeance on their enemies, using the powers of shadow or holy light to destroy them. They are a diverse and powerful class, highly desirable in any group, capable of fulfilling multiple roles.
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-World of Warcraft: Priest Introduction.



Priests are arguably the strongest Healer in the 19 Bracket and are a vital part of the composition of any Warsong Gulch team. Apart from their powerful Heals, they are also unique by their strong Dispels and CC.



Table of Contents

1) Races

2) Spec/Glyph Selections

3) Gear

4) Professions

5) Credits



Races



Alliance



Draenei

Gift of the Naaru

Heals the target of 170 damage over 15 sec. The amount healed is increased based on the caster's Spell Power or Attack Power, whichever is higher.

Heroic Presence

Increases chance to hit with all spells and attacks by 1% for you and all party members within 30 yards.

Shadow Resistance

Reduces the chance you will be hit by Shadow spells by 2%.



Dwarf

Stoneform

Removes all poison, disease and bleed effects and increases your armor by 10% for 8 sec.

Frost Resistance

Reduces the chance you will be hit by Frost spells by 2%.



Human

Every Man for Himself

Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. This effect shares a cooldown with other similar effects.

The Human Spirit

Spirit increased by 3%.

Perception

Increases your Stealth detection.



Night Elf

Shadowmeld

Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Any threat is restored versus enemies still in combat upon cancellation of this effect.

Quickness

Reduces the chance that melee and ranged attackers will hit you by 2%.

Nature Resistance

Reduces the chance you will be hit by Nature spells by 2%.



Horde



Blood Elf

Arcane Torrent

Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec and restores 6% of your Mana.

Magic Resistance

Reduces the chance you will be hit by spells by 2%.



Troll

Berserking

Increases your attack speed by 10% to 30%. At full health the speed increase is 10% with a greater effect up to 30% if you are badly hurt when you activate Berserking. Lasts 10 sec.

Da Voodoo Shuffle

Reduces the duration of all movement impairing effects by 15%. Trolls be flippin' out mon!

Regeneration

Health regeneration rate increased by 10%. 10% of total Health regeneration may continue during combat.



Undead

Will of the Forsaken

Removes any Charm, Fear and Sleep effect.

Cannibalize

When activated, regenerates 7% of total health every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.

Shadow Resistance

Reduces the chance you will be hit by Shadow spells by 2%.



Conclusion:

Every Race is a viable choice for a Priest.

But I would recommend Troll (D Priest) or Blood Elf (O Priest/Arenas)/Draenei

Note that the above is not fact, and is just my personal opinion.



Spec/Glyph Selections

Talent Specialization

Priest's don't have many choices when it comes to choosing a spec.

So here is the Cookie Cutter spec.

0/10/0

This is the standard healing spec. It specializes in maximizing your healing potential by increasing the power of your renews and reducing the casting time and pushback of your heals.



Glyph Selections

Glyph of Renew is usually the glyph of choice. However Glyph of Dispel Magic is can be argued as more viable to an Offensive Priest.



Gear

Priests have tons of options when selecting their gear. So all I can do is list the items and have you choose for yourself. There's no right way to play, it's just preference. However if you're at a complete loss, here are my different Gear Sets.



Arena

FC

Max Heals

WSG



Helm:

  • [ITEM]Lucky Fishing Hat[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Green Tinted Goggles[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Shadow Goggles[/ITEM]



Neck:

  • [ITEM]Thick Bronze Necklace[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Scout's Medallion[/ITEM]/[ITEM]Sentinel's Medallion[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Voice Amplification Modulator[/ITEM]



Shoulder:

  • [ITEM]Tattered Dreadmist Mantle[/ITEM] [ITEM]Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Talbar Mantle[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Ghostly Mantle[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Reinforced Woolen Shoulders[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Double-stitched Woolen Shoulders[/ITEM]



Back:

  • [ITEM]Tumultuous Cloak[/ITEM] (of the Sorcerer)
  • [ITEM]Battle Healer's Cloak[/ITEM]/[ITEM]Caretaker's Cape[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Spidersilk Drape[/ITEM]

Enchant: 70 Armor, 12 Dodge Rating, or 15 NR/SR



Chest:

  • [ITEM]Tattered Dreadmist Robe[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Inferno Robe[/ITEM] (Horde Only)
  • [ITEM]Robe of the Moccasin[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Tree Bark Jacket[/ITEM]

Enchant - 100 HP or 4 Stats (6 Stats, 150 HP, or 8MP5 to Inferno Robe)



Wrist:

  • [ITEM]Crystalline Cuffs[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Mindthrust Bracers[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Bright Bracers[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Buccaneer's Bracers[/ITEM] ("of Stamina" or "of the Eagle")

Enchant - 15 SP, 9 Stam or 4MP5



Hands:

  • [ITEM]Jutebraid Gloves[/ITEM] (Horde Only)
  • [ITEM]Gold-flecked Gloves[/ITEM]/[ITEM]Serpent Gloves[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Magefist Gloves[/ITEM]

Enchant - 16 SP



Waist:

  • [ITEM]Enumerated Wrap[/ITEM] (of the Sorcerer)
  • [ITEM]Keller's Girdle[/ITEM]



Legs:

  • [ITEM]Darkweave Breeches[/ITEM]

Enchant - 24 Armor



Feet:

  • [ITEM]Spidersilk Boots[/ITEM]

Enchant - Minor Speed or 7 Stam



Rings:

  • [ITEM]Advisor's Ring[/ITEM]/[ITEM]Lorekeeper's Ring[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Seal of Sylvanas[/ITEM] (Horde Only)/[ITEM]Seal of Wrynn[/ITEM] (Alliance Only)
  • [ITEM]Lavishly Jeweled Ring[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Bronze Band of Force[/ITEM]



Trinkets:

  • [ITEM]Inherited Insignia of the Horde[/ITEM] [ITEM]Inherited Insignia of the Alliance[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Insignia of the Horde[/ITEM]/[ITEM]Insignia of the Alliance[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Arena Grand Master[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Discerning Eye of the Beast[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Swift Hand of Justice[/ITEM]



Two Handed Weapons:

  • [ITEM]Dignified Headmaster's Charge[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Staff of the Blessed Seer[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Twisted Chanter's Staff[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Staff of the Friar[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Staff of Westfall[/ITEM] (Alliance Only)

Enchant - 30 SP, 22 Int and 20 Spirit*



One Handed Weapons/Off-Hand

  • [ITEM]Devout Aurastone Hammer[/ITEM] with [ITEM]Furbolg Medicine Pouch[/ITEM]



Wand:

  • [ITEM]Gravestone Scepter[/ITEM]
  • [ITEM]Banshee Rod[/ITEM] ("of the Sun")



*It's recommended that all Priests get 3 different Staffs, each with a different enchant (30 SP, 22 Int, and 20 Spirit), and interchange between them for whatever situation is required.



Professions

Priests can't really go wrong in choosing Professions. However I would recommend Herbalism and Mining.

Gathering Professions

Level 19 Twinks are able to learn up to Rank 3 of any gathering Profession.

Mining: Toughness (+7 Stam)

Skinning: Master of Anatomy (+9 Crit Rating)

Herbalism: Lifeblood

Non-Gathering Professions

Engineering is also a viable alternative which provides many bombs and other items to give you an edge in duels and Warsong Gulch.

Jewelcrafting is also a viable alternative due to it's Heavy Stone Statue



Credits

I'd like to thank the Twink Info Community for their help in putting together this Guide. I'd like to give special thanks to Ofrick's 19 Priest Guide and Duckhunt's Priest Gear Guide to 3.1



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Am I the only one that sees no use for Stoneform in the 19 bracket? For priests especially.
 
iaccidentallytwink said:
Am I the only one that sees no use for Stoneform in the 19 bracket? For priests especially.
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Dwarfs can umm...

1v1 Frost Mages/Hunters

and umm FC?

But yeah... I don't see any reason why you'd roll Dwarf.
 
Rip said:
Dwarfs can umm...

1v1 Frost Mages/Hunters

and umm FC?

But yeah... I don't see any reason why you'd roll Dwarf.
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Never said there was a use. Was just stating how useless they are in the 19 bracket.
 
You're sprinting away from a warrior/hunter to get off a bandage and you still have a dot on you.



But yeah, dwarfs suck. :p
 
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To Do List

-Discuss the best WSG Race for Alliance Priests

-Come up with reasons why JC is a viable alternative to Gathering Proffs

-Editing/Clean up



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For Alliance twinks, I would have to go with Draenei.

Pros:

Most starting Intellect.

Most starting Spirit.

Gift of the Naaru: free, non-5SR-inducing HoT that increase with Spell Power are good.

Heroic Presence is great, seeing as priests are usually team players.

Shadow resist will make you harder to be CC'd.



Cons:

Lowest starting Stamina...not by much.



All of their Racials (lolgemcutting) are great for priests in WSG. The GotN is just amazing. and undispellable. gg
 
I've updated and finished it.

So Dear Druiddoid or Natural (or Drayner if he checks back before Monday),

Please move it to the Official Guide Section
 
Quara said:
For Alliance twinks, I would have to go with Draenei.

Pros:

Most starting Intellect.

Most starting Spirit.

Gift of the Naaru: free, non-5SR-inducing HoT that increase with Spell Power are good.

Heroic Presence is great, seeing as priests are usually team players.

Shadow resist will make you harder to be CC'd.



Cons:

Lowest starting Stamina...not by much.



All of their Racials (lolgemcutting) are great for priests in WSG. The GotN is just amazing. and undispellable. gg
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I would personally say Human. Balanced starting stats, 2 agms and 2 min trinket, see rogues before you get sapped or ambushed.
 
Diiesel said:
I would personally say Human. Balanced starting stats, 2 agms and 2 min trinket, see rogues before you get sapped or ambushed.
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I'd agree that they're better for arenas - definitely 1's and 2's at least. In WSG, which is where most twinks play (I only do it for premades and honor-grinding) the stats and survivability of the Draenei seem preferable.
 
Hey i'm creating a healer for some twink madness on rivendare with my friend...

he's a hunter and with the upcoming changes he'll surely need someone to heal him up. so here i go, the charcater will also be seen on medivh when i decide to start him up.



i read this twink guide and its quite good. covers much of everything that needs to be done.

but i've looked into your builds as of now and i am quite amaze that you didn't think of the Devout Aurastone Hammer and the Furbolg Medicine pouch for your FC build. to me they are quite a must !



heres aurastone hammer stats at 19...

Devout Aurastone Hammer

Binds to accountMain Hand

(15 damage per second)

+3 Stamina

+4 Intellect

Requires level 1 to 80 (19)

Equip: Increases spell power by 15.



quite good if you ask me

too bad the pouch do not allow the use of the healing until level 50 though !

in any case its a nice guide.



maximum spell power goes like this...

Devout Aurastone Hammer + Eerie Stable Lantern



maximum life (FC)

Devout Aurastone Hammer + http://www.wowhead.com/?item=16768



of course the whole staff tricks still works, its just that having 1 staff is simply a waste for priest, they always were better with a main hand and a held in offhand. the staff tricks is more for druids then priest due to that. at least that's what i think !
 
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