Priest Guide

A depository of information on the World of Warcraft priest class.
UPDATE: Attempting a 4.0.1 and onward update since Cataclysm is gonna change everything!!

Includes info up to Patch: working on 4.0.1!

Last modified: 10/26/2010 (3.2.2==>4.0.1)

Menu:

• What is a Priest?
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Is a Priest Right for Me?
• Priest Races
• Professions
• Talents
• Talent, Explained
• Leveling Talent Builds
• Sample Level 80 Talent Builds - 4.0.1 builds and some explainations are up, but some are out of date again...
• Spell Guide
• Leveling Guide
• Instances and Raids
• Healing
• Healing as a Shadow Priest
• Crowd Control
• Damage Dealing
• PVP
• Tips vs. Other Classes - Needs fact checking but general info should be valid
• Battlegrounds
• Arenas
• Equipment
• Gear
• The Best Holy Priest Healing Gear
• The Best Disc Priest Healing Gear
• The Best Shadow Priest DPS Gear
• Enchants
• Gems
• Consumables
• Reputation
• Roleplaying
• Priest Archetypes
• Faiths
• Add-on/Mod Suggestions
• Macros
• Tips and Tricks
• Theorycraft
• Schools of Magic and Spell Lines
• Spell Coefficents
• Downranking (Removed)
• Spirit, MP5 and Mana Regen
• Spell Hit, Spell Penetration, and Resistances
• Spell Resistance as a Defensive Stat
• Weighing Priest Healing Stats
• Spell Haste
• Threat
• Priest Bugs
• History of the Priest Class
• Usefull Priest Links & Blogs

About This Guide...

This guide is an update and continuation of MK's orginal guide (and Esdras' updates). Her guide had excellent information and launched many a priest. This guide will continue in the spirit of Mina's original site and update her orginal guide with new info and the current state of priesting in WoW. I myself have played a priest thru many combinations in both WoW and other MMOs and still find them to be one of the most rewarding classes. I'll even be giving it a fresh go for the purpose of updating the levelling content!

The Menu will be linked as each section is completed and posted, along with any notes for that section.Updates and new content will be added to the guide as required as long as I have the time.

This first attempt at updating this guide was orginally formed while patch 3.2.2 was live and 3.3 was running on the PTR before I noticed that Esdras was maintaining it...

UPDATE: Currently I've got the time to attempt a 4.0.1 and onward update since Cataclysm is gonna change everything!!

If you'd like to help keep the guide up to date let me know and I'll try to add you to the authorship!

The lovely artwork featured on this page is from the original “Priest Guide” page was made by the insanely talented Anya!

Give your thanks to MK

and Esdras for birthing and raising this guide!

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