Filed under: Priest, Analysis / Opinion, News items, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King

My main is a Priest. A Shadow Priest, to be precise. While I started out Holy, my Priest has always been my main and probably always will be. The only thing that could possibly draw me away is my Protection Paladin, should my raid ever need another. Obviously, the very first thing I looked at in the Wrath Beta patch notes were the Priest notes. I’ve talked about what we saw in Alpha, and I was cautiously optimistic at the time. After seeing these notes… well… yeah, I’m still optimistic. I am (dare I say it?)… excited, even!

I’ll tuck my analysis behind the cut, but here are my three favorite notes out of the Priest notes:

• New Talent: Improved Spirit Tap (Shadow) – Gives you a 50/100% chance to gain a 50% bonus to your Spirit after gaining a critical effect chance from your Mind Blast or Shadow Word: Death spells. For the duration, your mana will regenreate at a 25% rate while casting. Lasts 8 sec.
• Lightwell (Holy): Cast time reduced to .5 sec, down from 1.5 sec. Charges increased to 10, up from 5. Now breaks from any attack that hits you for 30% or more of your total health. Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, down from 5.
• Shadowform (Shadow): Now has an innate 30% threat reduction. Now has a shapeshift UI.

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