Priest Leveling Tips

It is unnecessary to delve into a lengthy discussion regarding which zones to level in, however it is recommended that a Priest focus on doing quests up till around level 40. At 40, when you get to Shadowform, the fastest will be to find kill quests in a place you can grind, followed closely by simply grinding. Many quests will not be fast experience so try to balance quests and grinding.

 

Since while leveling to 60, a Priest is Shadow based, the following spell combination is recommended for soloing:

 

Buffs – keep PW:F and Inner Fire up at all times, Fortitude will of course give you more hit points, Inner Focus will help you do more melee damage, and will make your shield last longer, because damage is modified by AC before its applied to the shield.

 

1. Pull with Mind Blast (MB) from maximum range – this gets you 1.5 seconds casting for free, and starts the cool down on the spell immediately, allowing you to use it again sooner in combat.

2. SW:P – when the cast bar just barely fills up while casting MB, right at the end if you time it right you can cast SW:P and it will cast immediately, using the same cast animation as MB, this shaves a full second off casting time for the second spell.

3. Throw up PW:S – this allows you to cast uninterrupted, and reduces damage taken, thereby reducing downtime

4. Mind Flay – channeling, this is your best damage to mana ratio spell

5. By now you can probably do MB again if you have to

6. Depending on the mobs health, you can either melee till its dead, or Mind Flay again