Priest

The **priest** is the master of healing and preservation, restoring his wounded allies, shielding them in battle and even resurrecting his fallen comrades from death. While he has a variety of protective and enhancement spells to bolster his allies, the priest can also wreak terrible vengeance on his enemies. The priest is a diverse and powerful class, highly desirable in any group and capable of fulfilling multiple roles.

## **Specializations**

There are three priest specializations: Discipline, Holy and Shadow. Discipline and Holy priests are powerful healers, with the former specializing in healing through damage-dealing (with a side-line in damage mitigation), and the latter excelling in sheer healing power, as well as a versatile range of healing options. Shadow priests are ranged DPS that assault their opponents' minds with shadowy magic, specializing in sinister damage over time effects and crowd control.

### **Discipline**

Discipline priests are a powerful force on the battlefield, balancing the powers of Light and Shadow to assail enemies and assist allies in equal measure. While capable of reactive healing, Discipline priests truly come into their own when able to proactively bless their allies with powerful healing spells in anticipation of incoming damage.

The combination of strong cooldowns and a focus on preemptive healing makes Discipline priests the preferred healing option for PvP. Their shield magic can be improved in multiple ways, becoming an efficient and powerful protection option, and Discipline's ability to damage and heal on the move is a powerful asset. Discipline priests anticipating incoming damage can stack protection, allowing them to protect their allies even when incapacitated, and their ability to utilize two different schools of healing magic sets them apart from other healers by allowing them to retain some casting ability even when interrupted.

### **Holy**

Holy priests are versatile healers who possess a variety of tools to support their group. In contrast to Discipline, the Holy specialization focuses primarily on reactive healing. Holy priests supplement their powerful direct healing with heal over time effects, which attaches a powerful heal over time effect to the priest's initial heal. They also have access to impressive group effect healing, a preemptive healing spell that bounces between allies.

### **Shadow**

Shadow priests are born damage-dealers, instantly recognizable by their signature  [Shadowform] - a distinctive aura that increases shadow damage and survivability. They tend to focus on afflicting multiple targets with potent damage over time effects, as well as unleashing psychic agony on a single target, and on multiple targets. Drawing on their shadowy powers causes Shadow priests to accumulate Insanity, culminating in a massive  [Void Eruption] that transforms  [Shadowform] into  [Voidform], a terrifying descent into madness that grants an escalating haste bonus, further increased shadow damage.

Shadow priests also excel at crowd control, capable of using spells to fear enemies, weaponizing the minds of their enemies with a  mind bomb to stun them, or silencing and interrupting casters. In the hands of a skilled Shadow priest, these abilities can be utilized to provide windows of opportunity that can prove fatal to even the most battle-hardened healer. Shadow priests also have a powerful survival ability and can convert their damage into healing for their allies

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