Priest Leveling Guide
In the early years of the game, priests were really difficult to level due to a lack of damage ability. But today, the priest can cause a great deal of damage. When leveling a priest, you obviously need to level with a shadow priest, because neither the holy tree nor the discipline tree provide enough damaging spells. Read this priest leveling guide to find out what the best talents and items are for a shadow priest!
Talents
When leveling up, mana efficiency is one of the most important things. If you choose the right talents in the tree of shadows, you will become a non-stop killing machine. Therefore, the first talent to acquire is the Mana Tap Y Improved Mana Griffin, which will give your mana regeneration a huge boost. You can also collect Mind Flay, although it’s not really useful at a low level. So, I recommend you choose Shadow Reach, Enhanced Mind Blast Y Improved Shadow Word: Pain. When you reach level 30, resume Vampiric embrace, so you will no longer need to heal yourself, due to the passive healing you get with this spell. After level 30, get Focused mind, Shadow fabric Y Darkness: These talents will increase your overall damage on a large scale. The most important talent is Shadow Form, which will make everything much easier.
Gear
When choosing the correct items, the most important thing is to focus on dealing damage rather than healing. So in my opinion the most important stats for a shadow priest are spirit and spell damage or shadow spell damage. Before level 40, spirit is most important to a priest, but after level 40, shadow damage will become your most important stat. There is one more crucial thing when choosing items for your priest: the magic wand. At lower levels, a wand with high damage is critical. Later, you will deal damage mainly with your damaging spells, but at a lower level, your wand will be your main damage dealer.
The next step is to get a good priest leveling guide, so you will reach level 80 in no time. A good priest leveling guide will tell you exactly which talent and items to choose to be most effective at leveling.