Leveling a PriestFollow

I am not sure what discouraged you from being a mage or warlock . They level much faster that a priest for sure. I can understand that locks at end game are not needed as much as priests and mages, but still a very powerful class espcially in pvp.

Your leveling will depend on how you build your priest. A shadow priest will do well in solo, but will not be desired often in dungeons around lvl 40 and up, which can slow his progress at times. A holy or desc priest will lvl slowly at first, but as they lvl up, there are more needs for them and so their lvling rate improves a bit.

All priest races are good for something, but that depends you wanna be dps or mainly a healer and if u wanna pvp or just pve.

Finally, i suggest looking into druids. They are a very capable class that can heal, cast, melee and sneak. And they survive well if u know what u doing and lvl fast and there are always room for them in a party.

My priest leveled WAY faster than my mage, and made it farther (I gave up the mage at level 51). It's really a matter of playstyle and personal preference (and in this case, whether you can kite ). How fast you level really depends on too many things, including (and I'd say mostly) whether you like the class. There really is no "average."

Edited, Jul 11th 2008 4:09pm by teacake

I'm currently a lvl 25 SPriest, and I got there very quickly. Granted, I'm instancing right now, gearing up for later levels so I could be at level 30ish, but w/e. Many people have their own theories on how to spec while leveling. The FAQ's here have many leveling specs, but no guides to where to put your talents. While leveling, I placed my first 5 points into Wand Spec, then Spirit Tap. If I were to do it again, I'd switch the order. Spirit tap is IMMENSELY helpful when leveling. It multiplies your Spirit by 100%, and adds a 50% regen to your mana WHILE casting. Basically, the more spirit you have from gear + 5/5 Sprit Tap = no downtime to drink water. Helps you level WAAAY faster.

Also, leveling involves optimizing your DPS. What I do for my rotation is: Shield --> Mind Blast --> Shadow Word: Pain --> Wand until Mind Blast comes back from cooldown --> Mind Blast --> Wand... yada yada yada. Keep SW:P up, make sure Mind Blast is ALWAYS on cooldown (CD) (meaning you use it whenever it's available). Right now, I typically get about 35ish DPS, which isn't that bad at my level, I'm guessing. I'm waiting until I get Mind Flay so I can see how that'll go into my rotation.

Mind flay is useful but no must until you get shadow form. Try and open with holy fire; it's definitely not the best damage spell, but me levelling as a disc/holy priest it's the spell I use most... In disc/holy you need to find a rotation where you keep the holy fire DOT up and mind blast whenever possible... In shadow you'll want to avoid using holy spells; even so, in the lower levels a holy fire might be handy to close up your cycle.

I didn't get Mindflay until now because I put my first 5 talents into Wand Spec.

And what would be a good rotation to use?