WoW Classic – Best Priest Races

by Falagar / Articles, World of Warcraft Classic / 27 Jun 2019

Unlike other classes, Priests have another unique twist in addition to racial talents – as each race also learns to spells from quests that are unique to that class. The racial spells are:

Dwarf: Desperate Prayer (Instant self heal), Fear Ward (Wards a target against fear once)

Human: Desperate Prayer (Instant self heal), Feedback (counters any incoming spell to damage attacker with shadow damage for each point of mana burned)

Night Elf: Starshards (Rains shards down on an enemy for 6 seconds), Elune’s Grace (Reduces damage taken and increase dodge chance)

Troll: Hex of Weakness (Weakens enemy to reduce damage caused, and healing done), Shadowguard (Strikes incoming attackers with shadow damage every few seconds and a chance to stun for 3 charges)

Forsaken: Touch of Weakness (the next strike on the caster will hit attacker for shadow damage and reduce damage dealt for 2 minutes), Devouring Plague (Casts disease on target that inflicts shadow damage over 24 seconds, healing the caster)

Due to the amount of racial abilities each priest gets, there’s a lot more to consider when choosing a race. For Alliance, Dwarves are generally regarded as the best picks due in part to Fear Ward being incredibly useful both for raiding and even in PvP encounters alongside Stoneform and Desperate Prayer.

For Horde, both Trolls and Undead are great picks. Trolls have a lot of utility with their priest spells for weakening enemies, on top of their beast slaying and Berserking, while Undead’s Will of the Forsaken can help immensely in PvP in addition to their Priest spells to deal tons of damage and weaken attackers.

Falagar

He is the founder and editor of Magic Game World. He loved gaming from the moment he got a PlayStation 1 with Gran Turismo on his 7th birthday.
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