Healing Priest Guide: Part 1 – Talents

In 3.1, PvE Priests are in a good place. We have two distinct and raid-viable healing specs, and enough good places to put our talents that you can make arguments for several “cookie-cutter” builds. When I first started rooting around in the WoW-blogosphere, I came upon a post over at Dwarfpriest that laid out each …

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My Definition of a Good Priest Redux

Almost two years ago, I wrote a post about the definition of a good Priest. It was one of the questions posed by Ego back then (to which I’ve lost the original link to). The Priest class has evolved over the past two years. We’ve gained some and we’ve lost some. Has my stance on …

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Save Players with Aggressive Shielding

I have a confession to make. I’m an aggressive Priest. Like really aggressive. I’ll shield extra targets as much as I can. I’ll squeeze in extra DPS if I see the opening. The current train of thought for Disc Priests is to stick to 1 or 2 targets. They’re tanks. Make sure they stay alive …

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Which Came First? The Aegis or the Shield?

On my daily patrol through the Plus Heal forums, I came across this thread with one very important question by Sundotz. If I proc Divine Aegis ( for 12 sec) and then apply PW: S (15 sec after absorbed), which shield is absorbing damage first? I could have commissioned a study on this with the …

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Suggested Healing Priest Specs, Glyphs, and Addons for 3.1

Not sure how to spec or glyph for 3.1? Here are my suggestions. Feel free to modify accordingly. WoW Insider has a great roundup to everything 3.1 related. No Stock UI has a great list of updated and compatible 3.1 addons for you to peruse. Discipline Priest Specs 57/14/0 Soul Warding: Reduces the cooldown of …

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