For anyone thinking about making a priest this guide should hopefully point you in the right direction.
Talent Choices:
10-39 In Order:
10-wand spec 1/5
11-wand spec 2/5
12-wand spec 3/5
13-wand spec 4/5
14-wand spec 5/5
15-spirit tap 1/5
16-spirit tap 2/5
17-spirit tap 3/5
18-spirit tap 4/5
19-spirit tap 5/5
20-shadow focus 1/5
21-shadow focus 2/5
22-shadow focus 3/5
23-shadow focus 4/5
24-shadow focus 5/5
25-mind flay 1/1
26-imp. SWP 1/2
27-imp. SWP 2/2
28-imp. psychic scream 1/2
29-imp. psychic scream 2/2
30-shadow weaving 1/5
31-shadow weaving 2/5
32-shadow weaving 3/5
33-shadow weaving 4/5
34-shadow weaving 5/5
35-focused mind 1/3
36-focused mind 2/3
37-focused mind 3/3
38-silence 1/1
39-vamp embrace 1/1
41-70 respec & start with this
41-shadow reach 1/2
42-shadow reach 2/2
43-imp. vamp embrace 1/2
44-imp. vamp embrace 2/2
45-misery 1/5
46-misery 2/5
47-misery 3/5
48-misery 4/5
49-misery 5/5
50-vamp touch 1/1
51-wand spec 1/5
52-wand spec 2/5
53-wand spec 3/5
54-wand spec 4/5
55-wand spec 5/5
56-imp. PWS 1/3
57-imp. PWS 2/3
58-imp. PWS 3/3
59-imp. fort 1/2
60-imp. fort 2/2
61-meditation 1/3
62-meditation 2/3
63-meditation 3/3
64-inner focus 1/1
65-martyrdom 1/2
66-mental agility 1/5
67-mental agility 2/5
68-mental agility 3/5
69-mental agility 4/5
70-mental agility 5/5
Gearing your priest:
1-58
stack as much spirit as possible. Combined with spirit tap and the ability to shield/heal yourself, you should never have any downtime between single controlled fights EVER. Secondary stats include stamina and int with no priority of either over the other. Also try to keep your wand up to date with as much DPS as possible.
58-70
stack as much spell damage as possible with some extra interest in stamina (outlands is a bit nasty). Don’t worry about int as much at this point because the more damage you do = the more mana returned through vamp touch. This means spell damage is better than spirit, but still try to retain a reasonable amount of spirit. Wands do not matter as much at this point so try to get best-stat wands.
Important Tips:
Killing Technique:
Depending on the mob’s toughness (caster, normal, or tank) you want a few different rotations.
High hp/tough mobs:
Shield prior to pull
Vamp Touch
mind blast
SWP
flay til low (<10%)
SWD
Standard mobs
shield prior to pull
vamp touch
SWP
flay til low (<15%)
SWD
Caster mobs
shield prior to pull
vamp touch
mind blast
*silence as needed
flay til low (<20%)
SWD
In case of adds, psychic scream. Remember, you can always drop shadowform any time you want to heal yourself. Also keep up fort/inner fire buffs at all times. You can time your inner focus cooldown to eat up a fort rebuff.
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