Posted On Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 By Jay
Welcome to another addition of the priest survival series! With the expansion around the corner, I figured it would be better to wrap up this series as soon as possible to make room for Priest Survival Series 2.0 ala WotLK.
First things first, let’s examine the differences in Shaman specs. Unlike Paladins, shaman can either be a handful in 1 on 1(enhancement) or a cakewalk(resto, but annoying!). This isn’t to say that any 1 on 1 battle against another opponent will be more or less, it largely depends on their skill and your awareness. Let’s jump right in!
Enhancement
You’ll be able to spot these guys easily, they sport two weapons! Most important to watch is that they have below 8k mana. This is an important area to watch for one simple reason! MANA BURNZ! That’s right folks, you’ll be juggling three tasks to bring down these dual wielding punks:
Mana Burn
Totem Killing
Fearing
You’re best defenses don’t work against a good shaman. Don’t bother putting up shield or renew (unless rank 1, be mindful of global cooldown) it’ll just get purged. Juggle AE fear and mana burn. Drop the AE bomb after killing their tremor totem if any. Juggle mana burn and healing as you Continue Reading
Posted On Friday, August 22nd, 2008 By Jay
I recently happened upon a Spooncraft article regarded the beta pvp armor sets. It was most interesting to view the way the equipment was and will change for the new expansion. I’d like to note that none of this is final, only conjecture. Here is the link to the images of the beta blue healing priest pvp set. What you’ll notice most is the addition of the Spirit stat!
This has many implications. The addition of a traditionally high pve stat to the pvp set means you likely will be able to keep less extra equipment sets on your person. This isn’t to say that new PVP gear will be a suitable substitute for regular PVE gear. Only that as a primarily PVP player, you will be able to pick and choose which pieces you want to wear. That is a huge distinction from previous tiers.
While its true, I don’t raid anything beyond the occasional TK/SSC run. What I do know is that I wear my PVP set all the time and I have a PVE heal set with plenty more MP5 and spirit in my bags. With the addition of spirit to my pvp set, Continue Reading
Posted On Thursday, July 10th, 2008 By Jay
Huzzah!
As my rogue friend and I were waiting for our mage to log in commence with the evening of 3v3 prep, we decided to warm up with 2v2. Holy COWTHULU and a bucket of bolts we owned! We ended the evening 11-2 with a rating of 1611! Items galore! Ugly purple chest here I come… maybe!
We made one major change in our tactic and it proved fruitful. We flocked.
Flocking: The ability for an arena team to stay close enough together that help/support/burn down can occur within 2 seconds. Basically for all you disc priests out there, remain mindful of LoS to control ranged DPS, and stay close to your team mates.
Posted On Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 By Jay
all that hard work during the last two weeks of season 3 really paid off. My 3v3 team ended with challenger titles. We were ecstatic!
On another note: Holy crap! Lock, Druid, SPriest is one tough cookie to crack.
Posted On Friday, June 27th, 2008 By Jay
BAM!
PURPLE GOODNESS
Amazing! Simply amazing! We dipped as low as 1478 yesterday. We came back and conquered. The second to last fight we ended at 1548. In an attend to not jix it, I yelled “2 POINTS!”. We were all in agreeement and queued again. We rocked the next team.
We ended at 1562! What an epic night!
