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Energizer™ Smite Spec: A guide to faster priest leveling!
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Corilithon
Nah, I guess not. He understands pretty well that I need the killing blow for mana regen, so it all works out fine. :D
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Evergreen
Read something like this a while back. Leveled my priest up to 50 like this then went shadow. Works like a dream, One difference i did was spec into Surge of light and spiritual guidance asap.
What i noticed was that With Spirit tap,
And
Spiritual guidance, you practically get 50% of your Spirit as spell power when chain pulling. Which is easy to do with this spec for extended periods of time.
But aside from that, Great guide :) Hopefully this will annihilate all the "Shadow is the only way to level" single mindedness!
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Toldry
I tried respecing on my currently level 57 Priest from shadow to this.
It isn't a major improvement, the mana regeneration is a bit slower and killing speed is a bit faster, and this spec has a little more survivability.
I also can't do those AOE pulls unless the mobs are about 4 levels below me. Why can't I?
And why isn't my mana regeneration much higher like you said it would even after level 50 in Shadow?
Here's my armory link.
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243884
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Toldry
It IS good, but not as good as you said it would be.
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Post by
Aldones
I can't believe I didn't read this earlier...this is definately something Gryphon should post under the "Helpful Threads" thread. I know I wish I had read guids like this before leveling my priest...it was my first char on WoW, with enchanting soaking up all my gold.
To make matters worse, I was a retard. I leveled the entire way as shadow, not caring a bit about wanding (mind you this was when we had Wand Specialization - 25% imp dmg to wands). I oomed way to often and died probably 30-40 times before hiting level 20. And in case you were wondering, MF was my best friend...I did most my damage through that spell. /facepalm
If you don't think it can get worse...it does. The guy that got me into WoW (aka the guy I was taking advice from) was a leveling huntard. He didn't know how to play a hunter, let alone a priest. According to him, spirit was worthless, so I avoided it like the plague.
Thankfully, both my friend and I know what we're doing now and tend to be successful with whatever we choose to play.
Edit: Congratz! It made it up to the Helpful Threads.
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Aldones
Lol, the only reason I stuck it through was becaues I was nieve and ignorant and didn't know how easy other classes could be....I'm very glad I did.
Post by
Spinkert
This sounds very interesting. I'm leveling 3 priests (on different servers), one of which is level 21. I quit playing him because I was just dreading it until level 50, having just got the other two priests past that point. I had previously tried to level him as holy and gave up, so I'm going to take your build and see how I get on with it. I'm really curious to see what the difference will be.
The thought of not having to spend so much downtime drinking is very appealing. I absolutely love shadow but until he gets the form, it's frustrating at times.
Thank you so much for posting. I look forward to seeing the difference in the gameplay.
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Post by
Skadja
I was going to level as Holy in 3.0, until some kind soul directed me toward some Shadow info.
I never once regretted leveling as Shadow on my main, pre-3.1 - I was level 48 by the time the patch hit. I did struggle for just a few levels after the patch, and I understand Shadow's no longer that great for early leveling.
However, this build sounds like a lot of fun. I'm currently testing it out with a Blood Elf on a server that I sadly neglect, figuring I may play on it more if I'm playing the class I love best.
This all looks fantastic, thank you!
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