Offensive Priest Healing – Importance of Presence
Posted On Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 By Jay
Offensive healing. Arena pvp is a unique situation. You enter with a predefined set of teammates, so does the other team. The other team knows they will be fighting other players. Even more so then BGs, losing in an arena match is more detrimental then a BG. Combining all these factors creates a unique situation for a priest. These factors contribute to a larger overall sense of competition. Knowing this and keeping your cool will mean you live and win.
We have great presence!
That’s right folks, we’re a fairly squishy, and we make other casters nervous. We can heal through their damage, fear, dispel through spells and remove pally bubbles. We are scary(SCAR EE). As I’ve moved slowly up in the arena ratings, I notice a few behaviors. Casters stand by a pillar. Or teams actively work to separate their foes. Using this presence can really make the opposing team sweat. Use you presence to affect the other team. You can force the druid to stay out of LoS. You can force the paladin to heal while you drain his mana. You can chase around their casters and AE fear when appropriate. You can cast all sorts of nifty spells. Healing(HEEL IN G) is just one aspect!
WARNING: Finding the balance, and knowing when to, between using your presence and avoiding notice are aspects of arena you, the priest(PR-EAST), will need to learn. This comes in time! Don’t give up!
