Warcraft Class: Priest

Priests are an interesting class. Practically a staple among groups and raids, yet able to grind on their own and be a menace in PvP arenas all the same, playing a priest takes some skill and a direction overall, but it's worth it.

Many people who play priests usually find out that holy speccing all the time is much harder without groups and than going into shadow mode and destroying everything in sight. A good priest will be able to balance the two out and combine both light and shadow to be a powerful and effective character.

General
• Divine Hymn now affects 5 targets, up from 3.

Discipline
• Atonement will now account for the target enemy's combat reach when calculating proper range, enabling it to be used on large creatures such as Ragnaros and Ala'kir.

• Divine Aegis has a new spell effect.

Holy
• Spirit of Redemption has been rebuilt to address a few functionality issues and make it more responsive. Spirit of Redemption otherwise remains unchanged.

• State of Mind has been redesigned and is now called Heavenly Voice. Heavenly Voice increases the healing done by Divine Hymn by 50/100%, and reduces the cooldown of Divine Hymn by 2.5/5 minutes.

• Guardian Spirit's healing bonus has been increased to 60%, up from 40%.

• Holy Word: Serenity now has a cooldown of 10 seconds, down from 15 seconds.

Glyphs
• Glyph of Circle of Healing now also increases the mana cost of Circle of Healing by 20%.

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Discipline is one of those talent tress that has a tendency to get mixed in with other areas. Holy priests like to use this tree to augment burst of power and buffs they can give other players to do more damage. Thus, this talent tree is very useful in groups.

So for grinding, maybe not, but for groups, raids, and some PvP situations, might be a worthwhile investment to keep an eye on this tree.

Holy spec is all about the healing. Heal, buff, heal again, and keep doing that until everyone has done your dirty work for you. Great for groups, lousy for solo grinding however.

Spec holy if you think you'll be in situations where it will be of use. Groups, raids, PvP raids, stuff like that. If you're going to solo, you'll be much more interested in shadow speccing...

Shadow spec is all about damage. In fact, when you get high enough to get shadow mode, you won't actually be able to heal yourself. But don't let that fool you because shadow spec can be really nasty in both grinding and PvP.

If you think you'll be alone most of the time or need to do some off-DPS in a group, shadow is most likely your best bet. Besides, it's fun and the shadow mode turns you purple!

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