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Disc Priest or Resto Sham
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Shensu
Hey all, thinking of leveling a healer for a 3v3 or 2v2 team and wanted to know what people think is the better of these two classes.
Both have offensive dispells for hots/buffs, some form of dot to keep people in combat or from bandaging with LoS, and some dps capability if need be. Of these I am leaning toward the disk priest as being a little easier to be offensive with?
As far as the healing/defensive side I need a little help as to who would make the better partner. Both rely on LoS heals, but is the shield/renew/prayer of mending better or worse then riptide/earth shield/ Nature Swift + heal? I would think shaman have the better mana regen going for them but the priest has his pet and the other spell they channel. Which one can be locked out easier with a well timed interupt? And lastly does the shamans endless choice of totems (which can be destroyed) for different opponents make them a stronger player because of being able to kite, reduce damage, cleans without casting, and buff dps stats?
My partners will probably be a surv hunter and a retadin as it is looking now if I can get up and geared. Thank you for any input.
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Gnostik
PW:S > Earth Shield
Penance > Riptide
Dispel > Purge
Psychic Scream > Hex
Bloodlust > Power Infusion
Priest brings Pain Suppression which has no equivalent on the Shaman side. Shaman brings more utility, mostly against casters: Grounding Totem, Wind Shear, Tremor Totem.
All in all I think the Priest is simply a better PvP class.
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cloudp
PW:S > Earth Shield
Penance > Riptide
Dispel > Purge
Psychic Scream > Hex
Bloodlust > Power Infusion
Priest brings Pain Suppression which has no equivalent on the Shaman side. Shaman brings more utility, mostly against casters: Grounding Totem, Wind Shear, Tremor Totem.
All in all I think the Priest is simply a better PvP class.
Kinda biased there... I also play a priest, but we have our flaws. We do NOT have a reliable way of regening mana and 0 drinks on a fight equals death. Shadowfiend is absurdly easy to focus/CC. We also lack a reliable form of CC; psychic scream is only nice because it is AoE, and is very weak otherwise. Mind Control takes yourself out of the game, since you cannot MC and still play your char. We suffer from dispels - we suffer badly from dispels. A focus-dispel-fired Discipline Priest with cooldowns down is such an easy kill - particularly for a Warrior.
Also, Mail>Cloth, Shield>offhand.
We have strengths, don't get me wrong - but i would go for the most already said thing about picking a class - pick what you like. I myself wouldn't change my priest for any other healer, no matter how good or bad they do on a season
The information i'd give is about playstyles. Priests are multiple healtype casters - you got hots, you got shields, you got casts, you got aoe, you got binding heal, you got prayer of mending, you got it all. They have dispels - including Mass Dispel -, an AoE Fear, Pain Suppression, Power Infusion. They have arguably the best healer offensive spells - some death combos as HolyFire SW:D, DoTs, Power Infusion can be used on the offensive, Smites can actually hit hard(for a healer). On RoguePriest 2v2, for example, they go so well because the rogue cripples and heavily damages his target, while the priest, holding his leather weakness with his shields, can help score the combos.
I do not play a shaman, but i suppose Shamans use their totems, interrupts and dispels offensively and defensively. Do note that shamans cannot dispel debuffs on your party.
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EvilElpay
Priest. For all the reasons above, plus they are the only class that can dispel magic offensively and defensively.
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