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Arena Dpriest: Reflective Shield or Holy Specialisation?
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Post by
gelf
I've recently hit level 70 on my priest alt and am preparing to find a place in a decent arena team. I specced Discipline about lvl 65 and have been playing in Battlegrounds, so I have a good idea about how survivable Disc priests are (AWESOME springs to mind ^^).
Here is my current build:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=bxxMu0gxMfotbEto
I've decided to respec again to take the 2 points out of Force of Will, as I doubt I'll be throwing many offensive spells around when I'm in the arena, but I'm wondering is it worth keeping points in Holy Specialisation?
Here are a couple of builds I'm thinking of changing to:
Reflective Shield Build:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=bxxGu0gxMcqtfVzb
pretty standard cookie cutter Disc/Holy build or...
Holy Specialisation Build:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=bxxru0gxMcotbEto
I suppose I'd like to know what other people think is better in arena? Is it worth sacrificing Reflective Shield and Improved Renew (both of which could be dispelled and have no effect) for the extra crit chance to heals and the reduced cast time on Greater Heal (and Smite if I'm left alone)?
I decided to keep points out of Meditation because PVP gear doesn't have any spirit on it, and kept points out of improved PW:Fortitude because generally it gets dispelled pretty quickly and isn't reapplied during combat (whereas PW:S usually is reapplied depending how long the fight goes on).
((PS. I intend at this stage to be mainly doing 2v2 and 3v3.))
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Post by
oddbrown
I don't think threat reduction (Silent Resolve) works in a PVP setting that is only for PVE... So that is 5 points you are currently wasting.
I would go pure Discipline in a PVP setting with a few points in Holy for increased damage as well.
Silent resolve also reduces chance that your spells are dispelled, not exactly a waste in PvP.
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Post by
Maradin
Erm... how about stamina buffs, fears, renews, power word shield, and prayer of mending? They might just be dispelled :).
Post by
oddbrown
Erm... how about stamina buffs, fears, renews, power word shield, and prayer of mending? They might just be dispelled :).
/agree
I tend to spend my PvP time running around in BGs throwing out HoTs, PoMs and bubbles and dispelling priest druid and pala buffs, not to mention watching my buffs get dispelled by other priests/shammies/hunters.
So a priest's job in Arena/BGs tends to be less of the heal machine and more of the mobile debuffer.
We are all familiar with Purge too. Oh how I hate meeting a shammy in PvP.
I find Silent Resolve a very handy little talent. Apart from anything else, it's harder to remove SW:P so you get another tick plus the dispeller wastes a bit more mana/time allowing somone else to do that little extra damage (and hopefully kill them). And if my renew is harder to dispell then i get to heal for longer. No complaints here...
Post by
cooldud
i dont know too much about priest game play in arena, but i would imagine that meditation would be pretty useful... at least the druid version (intensity) is. may be worth picking up...
Post by
gelf
I choose not to take meditation because PVP gear has no spirit on it (at least until WotLK).
Likewise I take Silent Resolve purely for the reduced dispel chances.
I think Intensity (druid resto talent) is worth taking because it means you get 10 rage instantly when you enrage in Bear form. Combined with Furor, allows you to Feral Charge and potentially Bash a target. Meditation only allows for mana regen and without stacking spirit I don't think it's worth the points. Just my reasoning.
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