Priests are the best all-purpose healers in classic WoW but have struggled with their other roles for a long time. With Forever, this is supposed to improve.
- Possible Races: Undead, Trolls, Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves, Gnomes
- Possible Roles: Ranged caster focusing on shadow spells, Healer
- Resources: Mana
- Greatest Features: Can take over enemies with mind control and absorb incoming damage with shield spells.
- Available Weapons: One-handed maces, daggers, staves, wands
Official Description: Priests are responsible for the spiritual development of their people. Since they are familiar with the workings of the mind, they are able to manipulate a person’s beliefs. They can inspire someone or instill fear, soothe someone or dominate them, heal someone or harm them.
Just as both darkness and light can exist within a heart, priests can wield both creative and destructive forces by channeling the powerful energies underlying faith.
What are the strengths? Strong direct heals, heal-over-time effects, shields, and a variety of group heals – no other healer from Azeroth is as versatile and broad. Additionally, important raid buffs and useful cleansing spells come into play.
For those wanting to withstand more in PvP, it’s advisable to invest deeper into the Discipline tree. Blizzard has also significantly strengthened the Shadow tree, making the damage specialization more competitive. As a bonus, there is a special endgame quest line for an iconic two-handed staff.
What are the weaknesses? The leveling phase as a priest takes a long time to be quite sluggish, as the important Shadowform is still deep in the talent tree. This results in a slow offensive ramp-up for the spellcaster. Priests are also quite mana-intensive, they are not very mobile, and they cannot withstand much when focusing on the Holy tree. Additionally, they cannot heal while in Shadowform.
The priest is ideal for: Anyone who wants to play the archetype of the healer with a wide arsenal of healing and shield spells. In WoW: Forever, there is no other class that fits this image so well. The great armor sets and the special staff from the quest line further emphasize this. However, the Shadowform of the priest also has its charm. It takes a while to obtain it, and it is unclear how competitive the offensive priest will be in the endgame of WoW: Forever.
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