Priest

First damage build to test in duels and the open world; keeps heals and adds Silence through talents.

Discipline: Twin Disciplines 5/5.

Shadow: Shadow Focus 3/5; Blackout 5/5; Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2/2; Shadow Reach 2/2; Improved Psychic Scream 2/2; Mind Flay 1/1; Improved Mind Flay 2/2; Vampiric Embrace 1/1; Shadow Weaving 2/3; Silence 1/1.

No Shadowform: it's a 31-point capstone. Don't use macros that assume you can leave a form you can't learn.

First healing and support option to compare in BGs; lets you test attrition, dispels and Mana Burn in duels.

Discipline: Twin Disciplines 5/5; Improved Power Word: Shield 3/3; Holy Precision 3/3; Martyrdom 2/2; Meditation 3/3; Mental Agility 3/3; Inner Focus 1/1; Soul Warding 1/1; Mental Strength 3/5; Improved Mana Burn 1/2; Penance 1/1.

Loses Silence and Mind Flay. Doesn't gain Power Infusion or 31-point abilities.

Healing alternative with group tools and magical survivability.

Holy: Holy Specialization 5/5; Improved Renew 3/3; Twilight Focus 2/3; Spell Warding 5/5; Divine Fury 5/5; Binding Heal 1/1; Holy Nova 1/1; Spiritual Guidance 3/5; Spirit of Redemption 1/1.

Spirit of Redemption isn't a duel-winning plan: not every duel ends in death. No Circle/Prayer capstone.

Doesn't bypass Weakened Soul or other restrictions. You can keep the enemy targeted.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Power Word: Shield
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Power Word: Shield

You need time to finish the cast and pay its cost.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Flash Heal
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Flash Heal

A heal with a longer cast commitment; choose a safe window.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Heal
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Heal

Don't reapply without considering duration, pressure and mana.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Renew
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Renew

Alt: yourself; valid mouseover; then target. Purges an enemy or cleanses magic from an ally according to rank.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Dispel Magic
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,exists,nodead][exists,nodead][@player] Dispel Magic

Diseases only: doesn't remove Curse, Bane, poison or arbitrary magic effects.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Abolish Disease
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Abolish Disease

Requires the Shadow talent. Not available in the other two builds.

Stops your castShift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Silence
/stopcasting
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Silence

Close-range emergency button; cancels your cast. Immunities and racial responses still matter.

Stops your cast

#showtooltip Psychic Scream
/stopcasting
/cast Psychic Scream

A DoT can break CC; decide which target should stay DoT-free.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Shadow Word: Pain
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Shadow Word: Pain

Choose the casting and damage window; doesn't automatically detect an opportunity.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Mind Blast
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Mind Blast

Requires the talent. Shift lets you deliberately attempt to switch channels.

Doesn't interrupt channels

#showtooltip Mind Flay
/cast [mod:shift,harm,nodead][nochanneling,harm,nodead] Mind Flay

For a resource fight when your target uses mana and you can finish the cast.

Shift: focusMouseover: enemy

#showtooltip Mana Burn
/cast [mod:shift,@focus,harm,nodead][nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead][nomod,harm,nodead] Mana Burn

Requires the Discipline talent. Choose the recipient; don't spam it and restart a useful channel.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: selfDoesn't interrupt channels

#showtooltip Penance
/cast [nochanneling,mod:alt,@player][nochanneling,@mouseover,exists,nodead][nochanneling,exists,nodead][nochanneling,@player] Penance

Requires the Discipline talent. Separate from the next cast so you can choose how to use it.

#showtooltip Inner Focus
/cast Inner Focus

Requires the Holy talent. Not available in every build.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Binding Heal
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Binding Heal

Prepare and refresh the buff; doesn't combine it with a heal.

#showtooltip Inner Fire
/cast Inner Fire

New Forever tool available in the level 20–30 range; check its restrictions and which target has it.

Mouseover: ally or unitAlt: self

#showtooltip Contingency Plan
/cast [mod:alt,@player][@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Contingency Plan

Requires the Shadow talent. Use a valid target and check its effect in Forever.

#showtooltip Vampiric Embrace
/cast [harm,nodead] Vampiric Embrace

First test: Discipline / Penance · 26/0/0.

Their threat is keeping you in melee. Watch Charge/Intercept, Hamstring and shield swaps; an available Berserker Rage can shut down a fear. A brief gap doesn't mean a safe reset.

Shields, heals and fear should buy time; don't stack Psychic Scream into an available Fear counter. Discipline is a defensive comparison.

First test: Shadow with utility · 5/0/21.

Separate their immunity, CC and healing windows. Save an answer for the next heal after they've spent a defensive; don't pour all your offensive resources into an active immunity.

Shadow compares pressure and Silence; Discipline compares attrition. Save mana for healing instead of spending it all on dispels.

First test: Discipline / Penance · 26/0/0.

Range and pet are two separate threats. Watch slows and traps; CC'ing the pet doesn't remove the Hunter's damage. Avoid chasing in a straight line through prepared ground.

The pet keeps pressure even when you aren't targeting it. Control one threat to heal; don't channel while exposed to both.

First test: Discipline / Penance · 26/0/0.

The opener can chain CC; manage your CC break and defensives to survive the dangerous stretch. DoTs make resets harder, but can also break your own CC if applied carelessly.

Discipline is the first test against physical openers. Shield and CC should regain initiative; don't waste fear without room to heal.

First test: Shadow with utility · 5/0/21.

They can dispel and recover health while draining your mana. Choose which heal to interrupt instead of answering every cast; pressure without resources can play into their attrition plan.

Shadow brings Silence for healing windows; Discipline offers a resource plan. Mana Burn needs real casting time.

First test: Shadow with utility · 5/0/21.

Identify totems and shocks before committing. Don't hard-cast a long heal into an available Earth Shock without creating space or baiting the interrupt. Prioritize totems that actually interfere with your plan.

Bait or wait for Earth Shock before a crucial heal. Totems and Purge reduce the value of relying on a single defensive buff.

First test: Shadow with utility · 5/0/21.

Track Blink, roots and, if their build has them, Ice Block/Cold Snap. Don't commit your entire offense around one root when they can create another gap. Polymorph can give them recovery time.

Don't give them Counterspell on your decisive heal. Use instants and CC to open a window; Shadow can answer with Silence.

First test: Shadow with utility · 5/0/21.

Respect Fear, DoTs and demon utility. A Voidwalker, Succubus or Felhunter changes the plan; don't assume level 36 Spell Lock or that every build has Soul Link.

Watch the demon and Fear; healing without space under DoT pressure burns resources fast. Silence and dispels need a specific purpose.

First test: Shadow with utility · 5/0/21.

Expect shapeshifting, heals and mobility. Their current form reveals immediate options, not their whole build. Don't chase without resources while they recover; interrupting a heal in caster form can open a window.

Pressure or drain resources during the caster window. Don't spend all your mana chasing a fast form; prepare CC and your next heal.