Priest in PVP

[Cloud]

Hello everybody, I want to get in PvP as a Dwarf Priest HEAL. But I don't know anything in pvp. I dont know and i dont find any tree spec to help me.
Better to be full Disc ? or Mixed Disc / Holy? Shadow ?

And i'm geared like a Holy Heal pve Priest with a lot of +Healing gear :/

What do you think i can do to start ?

( Ps : sorry for my english, im french :/ )

[stimz]

Probably disc and mostly just defensive and offensive dispelling/warding since pallies are better ST healers all around.

[Jeddite]

Depends how you want to play as a healer.

Discipline/Shadow (31/2/18) ( http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#bxMGsVikobZVMgzc ) gives you more utility, survivability, and dueling potential, but at the cost of healing power and throughput. You'll heal well enough to keep your team going, but you'll run out of mana faster by relying almost exclusively on Flash Heal. Of course, you don't do much healing if you're being focused (or if you're dead), so a specialization that focuses on not being squishy is my preference for PVP healing.

Alternatively, consider a Discipline build like this if you don't care to have any shadow-damage output: http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#bxMGsAikofVzI


But perhaps you do want to PVP as a pure-healer ( http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#bxMGshZf0tsf0qt ). That can be fun, but unless you have friends you queue-up with that can protect you, you may find yourself spending more time with the Spirit Healer than is enjoyable. Particularly as a Priest -- you are the least mobile of the healers, so if you can't defend yourself, and you don't have friends to protect you, you're a primary target. Getting shut down by Rogues or being unable to kite a Warrior is something that you should anticipate happening with great frequency.

Personally, I think Lightwell is garbage in PVP and not worth taking. If you don't want to invest 31 points in Holy, consider something more like this ( http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#bxMGshboZf0tIc0qh ).


Of course, effectiveness of PVP builds can vary between battlegrounds. A pure healing/Holy spec can usually do just fine in Alterac Valley -- if you stay with the front line, you'll have a wall of allies between you and your enemies. In Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin, durability is usually more desirable than healing efficiency.