| Player versus Player (PvP) combat is in your Priest's | | | | Second) dealers, with the added bonus of being able |
| future, even if you've avoided it so far. Wrath of the | | | | to heal when necessary. Whether your Priest |
| Lich King transformed World of Warcraft's World | | | | provides aid and healing to your party, or kicks |
| PvP. There's now a real time PvP battle zone called | | | | enemy tail on the attack largely depends on how you |
| Lake Wintergrasp. There, the emphasis is on real-time | | | | develop and play the class. |
| World PvP. In this new zone, players battle on the | | | | A Priest can be quite effective against many classes |
| live server to win points they can use to buy special | | | | - they can use Fear spells to control opponents and |
| items. | | | | deal DoTs (Damage Over Time) spells, while at the |
| Given the popularity of Lake Wintergrasp and the | | | | same time, they can dispell most any spell an |
| trend toward PvP combat in the gaming industry, | | | | opponent casts. But against other classes, a Priest |
| there will surely be even more World PvP in the | | | | without the right strategies is virtually defenseless. |
| future. So let's talk about how your Priest can excel: | | | | Without the correct strategy, a Priest has virtually no |
| Playing a Priest class character in World of Warcraft | | | | hope against Rogues, for example. |
| PvP is something of a paradox. Priest can be | | | | With so many possible outcomes, using a leading |
| extremely capable and flexible, or pathetic and weak, | | | | Priest PvP Guide is crucial. A good guide will not only |
| based on how you play them. With an impressive | | | | show you strategies and tactics your Priest can use |
| collection of healing spells and vast quantities of | | | | against each type of opponent, but will give the |
| mana, they can be difficult opponents to eliminate or | | | | Priest a good idea about how other classes will |
| defend against. But with no armor at all, and very | | | | approach the fight too. A good Priest PvP Guide |
| little health, a smart oppontent can quickly take down | | | | provides more than just a few standard strategies |
| a careless or unskilled Priest. To win PvP battles as a | | | | for Priests. It will show you exactly how to take on |
| Priest requires careful preparation and a good | | | | each of the other classes in one on one combat. And |
| understanding of how to hurt your enemies with | | | | it should show how the Priest, in each of its three |
| indirect damage. Playing a Priest is challenging, but | | | | specs (Holy, Discipline, and Shadow), can best fit into |
| rewarding. | | | | a 2v2, 3v3, or 5v5 team. |
| By default, Priests are the healers in any player | | | | Because a top notch PvP Guide incorporates the |
| versus player group battles. But they don't have to | | | | hard-earned combat experience of Priests with a |
| be. Holy and Discipline Priests are very useful as part | | | | vast amount of experience, it will contain strategies |
| of arena or battleground groups, where they buff | | | | and tactics that are not obvious to newer players. In |
| and debuff characters generally filling the | | | | short, a good PvP Guide will save you a big block of |
| time-honored healer role. Shadow Priests, on the | | | | time you would otherwise have to spend dying in |
| other hand can be powerful DPS (Damage Per | | | | battle before you become good at PvP combat. |