User:Jini/Priest

Jini's current Talent build: I'm working toward the Shadow Priest build until mid 50s or perhaps even past 60. At that point it becomes a level by level decision to respec towards more Discipline and/or more Holy.

Level 58 - No particular goal at the moment. I plan on filling out Mental Strength by level 60, I've now got 3 points. Then think about respeccing.

At level 55 I got all 5 points of Mental Agility

At level 50 I've got Imp PW:F.

At level 48 I've got Imp PW:S. This Talent really makes PW:S a lifesaver but also can encourage a mana hogging style of gameplay.

Picked up Shadowform at level 40.

I took Improved Fade and Silence at the expense of Darkness.

At level 30 I got Vampiric Embrace. This stacks very nicely with the Priest shadow DoTs.

Talent Build

Alternate Jini Priest build

Discipline Talents (18 points)

Unbreakable Will - 5/5 points
Increases your chance to resist Stun, Fear, and Silence effects by 6%.
Only choice for early spending in discipline. Gets me up the tree.

Improved Power Word: Shield - 3/3 points

I took this before Imp PF:Fort in order to increase survivability in shadowform. It does that at the cost of more downtime due to increased mana usage. Of course I'm not running for my corpse as much so it is probably a net positive.

Improved Power Word: Fortitude - 2/2 points
Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude spell by 30%.
More HP is good for everyone for everything.

Mental Agility - 5/5 points
Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 4%.
Cheaper Instants - PW:S, Buffs, Renew, Mind Flay, SW:P, etc.

Mental Strength - 3/5 points
Increases Total Mana by 6%.
More Mana is good.

Holy Talents (0 points

None.

Shadow Talents (31 points)

Spirit Tap - 5/5 points
Gives you a 100% chance to gain a 100% bonus to your Spirit after killing a target. For the duration, your Mana may regenerate at a 50% rate while casting. Lasts 15 seconds.
This is a great talent so far. When soloing it greatly decreases my downtime. In groups it help to keep my Mana topped off.

Blackout - 5/5 points
Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
This is awesome in PvE and PvP, more usefull than spirit tap, but in the beginning of the game you will be casting holy smite more than shadow stuff.

Improved Shadow Word: Pain - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 seconds.
Make the most commonly casted damage spell more effecient, excellent.

Shadow Focus - 2/5 points
Reduces your target's chance to resist your Shadow spells by 4%.
This may have been a waste. Who knows.

Mind Flay - 1/1 point
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 damage over 3 seconds and slowing the target to 50% of their movement speed.
This is your damage spell. Spammable, excellent DpM, decent DpS.

Improved Psychic Scream - 2/2 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream ability by 4 seconds.
Usefull spell, cooldown isn't much but it is nice. Requirement for Silence as well.

Improved Fade - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Fade ability by 10 seconds.
This allows for 20 second long Fades with only 10 more seconds and the Fade cooldown is complete until the next Fade can be cast.

Shadow Reach - 3/3 points
Increases the range of your Shadow damage spells by 20%.
Another not so great choice. These points could also have gone into Improved Fade.

Vampiric Embrace - 1/1 point
Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow damage you deal for 60 seconds.
This adds to my healing capability. For virtually all but boss mobs this is all I need, maybe a Renew from time to time.

Shadow Weaving - 5/5 points
Your Shadow damage spells have a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Shadow damage. This vulnerability increases the Shadow damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 15 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
This is a great Talent. Matched with Imp SW:Pain, Mind Flay and Vampiric Embrace I do more damage and heal at the same time.

Silence - 1/1 point
Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 seconds.
This is a great way to pull casters. Since they can't cast they run into melee range.

Darkness - 1/5 points
Increases your Shadow spell damage by 2%.
More damage is nice and it gets me to Shadowform.

Shadowform - 1/1 point
Assume a shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing physical damage done to you by 15%. Cannot cast Holy spells in this form.
It takes a whole new mindset to use efficiently. I was more of a Renew/toss a small heal time to time kind of priest while whacking with a big stick. Use of this talent encourages all out nuking with PW:S and Mind Flay.

Dream Drops

Items will matter a good bit less to a Priest than they did to a Rogue so this section is not that important. At this point its for fun more than anything.

Quests

• Broodling Essence - in Burning Steppes. Finished a few of these, now on Egg Freezing in UBRS.
• Tirion Fordring Line - Now on the part to retrieve the portrait from inside Stratholme.

Maraudon

• √ Eye of Theradras - Head, 63 armor, 20 Intellect, 13 Stamina, 11 Spirit
• Nature's Embrace - Chest, 73 armor, Equip: Increases damage done by Holy spells and effects by up to 22., Equip: Restores 8 mana to the player every 5 seconds
• Rotgrip Mantle - Shoulders, 57 Armor, 17 Int, 11 Spi
• Vinerot Sandals - Feet, 50 Armor, 12 Int, 12 Spi, 12 Nature Resistance

Sunken Temple

• √ Dawnspire Cord - Waist, 43 Armor, 19 Int, 8 Spi
• √ Kilt of the Atal'ai Prophet - Legs, 69 armor, 18 Int/Spi, 9 Sta, 4 Str
• √ Atal'ai Gloves - +13 to two stats and increase healing and spell damage by 5.

Blackrock Depths

• Chief Architect's Monocle - Head, 64 armor, 27 Int, 10 Sta, 3 Spi -
• Circle of Flame - Head, 74 armor, 15 Spi, 15 Fire resist, Use: Convert 30 health into mana per second for 10 seconds. -
• Boreal Mantle - Shoulder, 61 armor, 10 Frost resist, +22 frost damage -
• Flameweave Cuffs of XXX - Wrist, +9-10 to two stats or +15 to one plus +10 Fire resist -
• Manacle Cuffs - 15 Int, 6 Sta, BRD - Mistress quest
• Hands of the Exalted Herald - Hands, 52 armor, 13 Int, 12 Spi, Increases healing by up to 30 - high priestess

Dream Gear

Head

• Chief Architect's Monocle - AC: 64, Int: 27, Spirit: 3, Sta: 10 - Drops from Fineouos Darkvire in BRD.
• Circle of Flame - Head, 74 armor, 15 Spi, 15 Fire resist, Use: Convert 30 health into mana per second for 10 seconds, +10 Sta, +10 Int, +6 Spi - Drops from Ambassador BRD
• Crown of the Ogre King - AC: 73, Int: 18, Spirit: 11, Sta: 16 Increased Critical Spell. Easiest hat to get off the king in DM.
• Devout Crown - AC: 71, Int: 24, Spirit: 15, Sta: 13. Drops from Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance
• The Postmaster's Band - 56 AC: 70, Int: 30, Sta: 10, Shadow: 10. Drops from Postmaster Malown in Stratholme.

Neck

• Elder Magus Pendant - +6 Sta, 10 Int, +7 Spi, +10 Fire Resistance - Magister Kalendris in Dire Maul
• Gemshard Heart - +10 Sta, +10 Int, +6 Spirit - Princess in Maraudon
• Lady Maye's Pendant - Epic Great stat necklace from level 60+ mobs.

Shoulders

• Dreadmist Shoulders - These drop from Jandice Barov which most people skip. Might not ever get them.
• Devout Mantle - AC: 64 Int: 21 Spi: 9 Sta: 4 - Drops from Solakar Flamewreath in Blackrock ?Spire?.
• Mooncloth Shoulders - 65 Armor, +17 Int, +11 Spi, +9 Sta - These would be nice to hold me over till dreadmist or devout.

Back

• Cloak of the Cosmos - 7 Sta, 11 Int, Equip: Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 24 - Immol'thar in Dire Maul
• Chromatic Cloak - Pretty tough to make crafted item. Pattern from DM.
• Heliotrope Cloak - Pretty rare drop from some of the DM guards.

Chest

• Robe of the Archmage - Pattern for this drops in LBRS so I believe I could acquire this without too much trouble.
• Funeral Pyre Vestment - Chest, 73 armor, 25 Spi, 10 Fire and Shadow Resist
• Devout Robe - 89 Armor, +13 Sta, +24 Int, +15 Spi - Drops from General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire
• √ The Postmaster's Tunic - 87 Armor, +5 Agi, +30 Int, +10 Spi

Wrist

• Flameweave Cuffs of XXX - Wrist, +9-10 to two stats or +15 to one plus +10 Fire resist - BRD
• Manacle Cuffs - 15 Int, 6 Sta, BRD - Mistress quest
• Magiskull Cuffs - Random drop. I will be checking for these on the Auction House.
• Dreadmist Bracers - .
• √ Magister's Bindings - Have these now.

Hands

• Hands of the Exalted Herald - 52 armor, 13 Int, 12 Spi, Increases healing by up to 30 - BRD, high priestess
• Mooncloth Gloves - 55 Armor, +9 Sta, +16 Int, +15 Spirit - Crafted
• Devout Gloves - 52 Armor, +4 Agi, +7 Sta, +10 Int, +17 Spi - Drops from Archivist Galford in Stratholme

Waist

• √ Devout Belt - 46 Armor, +4 Sta, +20 Int, +9 Spi - Blackrock Spire
• Dustfeather Sash - 49 Armor, +10 Sta, +21 Int - Solakar Flamewreath Blackrock Spire
• Whipvine Cord - 47 Armor, +9 Int, Equip: Restores 6 mana every 5 sec., Equip: Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 28

Legs

• Necropile Leggings - Scholomance
• Spiritshroud Leggings - 78 Armor, +5 Agility, +10 Stamina, +21 Intellect, +21 Spirit, The Beast in Blackrock Spire
• Skullsmoke Pants - Drop from Vectus in Scholomance.
• Leggings of Arcana - AC: 166, Int: 20 Spi: 30 Increases damage and healing by 10 - Requires a Pristine Hide of the Beast, 5 Frayed Stitches, 5 Arcanite, 5 Embalming Fluid

Feet

• The Postmaster's Treads - Drop from Postmaster Malown in Stratholme.
• Dragonrider Boots +5 Stamina, +16 Intellect, +10 Fire Resistance - From Rend Blackhand
• Boots of the Full Moon - +12 Stamina , +12 Intellect, +9 Spirit, Equip: Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 24. - Drops from Captain Kromcrush in Dire Maul
• Necropile Boots - AC:54 Sta: 16 Int: 8 - Various in Scholomance
• [ Mooncloth Boots] - AC: 55, Int: 14, Spirit: 13, Sta: 11
• [ Devout Sandals] - AC: 58 Spi: 17 Int: 10 Sta: 9. Drops from Maleki the Pallid in Stratholme.
• Boot list

Trinket

• √ Eye of the Beast - Quest Reward here.
• Second Wind - Increases healing by up to 20, Use: Restores 30 mana per second for 10 seconds. - From BRD
• Burst of Knowledge - Increases damage and healing by up to 7, Use: Reduces mana cost of all spells by 100 for 10 seconds.

Finger

• Emerald Flame Ring - +7 Sta, +12 Int, +8 Spi, Equip: Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 14. - Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul

Weapon

• Rod of the Ogre Magi - Drop from the ogre tribute box in DM.

Wand

• Crimson Shocker - Great wand, very very difficult to get.
• Stormrager - Reward from the Blightcaller quest line. This quest line starts with The First and the Last in Stormwind.