Priest Specs
Priest Specs
Discipline (a.k.a. Disc)
How to Spot: They’re usually healing the Main Tank– with Power Infusion, improved Divine Spirit, and a reflective Power Word: Shield, raiding Priests usually have a few points in the Disc tree.
They Can: Be a terrific support class, as well as buff themselves bigtime. Mana conservation is also a big plus for this spec– these guys can pour out heals forever, but they’re not as big as the Holy Priests.
They Can’t: Do the big heals– their healing just doesn’t get as big a bonus as..
Holy
How to Spot: LOLightwell, so called because Blizzard’s big idea (to let Priests create an altar of healing) never really panned out to their expectations. Holy Nova is also a holy talent, but the big tell here is that Holy Priests don’t really die– they just turn into a big ghost and keep on healing.
They Can: Heal, so much so that they pull aggro. Why else would they have a spell that buffs them only after they die?
They Can’t: Lay out the DPS like…
Shadow
How to Spot: They’re in Shadowform, which makes them all dark and buffed, but unable to cast any Holy spells. Also, they’ve got two spells that raids just love: Vampiric Embrace and Vampiric Touch. One gives back health for Shadow damage, and the other returns mana. For this reason, not only are Shadow priests some face-melting mofos, but raids love them for DPS, too.
They Can: MELT UR FACE!
They Can’t: Heal. Well, they can (a good Shadow Priest can put on healing gear and heal a regular instance), but I wouldn’t want one mainhealing a Heroic.
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