Strengths:
- Good buffs and damage mitigation
- Can resurrect fallen comrades
- Has a damage absorbing shield spell
- In groups, is able to stand back at a distance from enemies
- Can perform some “crowd control” on enemies
- Able to heal quite well, regardless of talent specialization
- Have the option of specializing in doing damage or healing
- At higher levels, are one of the best AoE damage dealers in the game - This is currently up for review as we wait to see how Blizz works out the Mind Sear changes
- Priest healers are one of the best healers in the game, making them high in demand for groups
- Shadow priests increase magic damage done by other casters, and can regenerate other players’ health and mana while doing damage to enemies (making them a great “utility” for groups)
Weaknesses:
- “Squishy” (low in HP, can only wear cloth armor)
- Crowd control abilities are situational, and can hard to use if expected to be healing at the same time
- Have no permanent loss of threat (“aggro dump”)
- Healing requires constant attention
- Often targeted first in PvP, regardless of spec
- AoE damage spells are mana-intensive - Again up for review based on Mind Sear changes
- As a support class, priests often have little control over the pace of group play
Shadow priests may have trouble finding groups as priests are sometimes expected to heal in groups.The introduction of the Dungeon Finder tool has gone a long way towards being able to be a full time DPS purple death dealer.Shadow priests have a shorter range on their spells than other ranged damage dealers- Thankfully this was addressed and you can melt faces at the same general range as the other classes.
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