Priests

Priests are masters of healing, protection, restoration and can even perform the resurrection of allies in World of Warcraft. The priests have special abilities which no other class in WoW has, they are ranged attackers and are very useful when playing in groups so in fact they make great gold farmers.

The priests have a wide array of spells ranging from protective to offensive and are able to wreak havoc on an opponent using just their spells.

They have poor melee abilities and have very low amount of hit pointsbut to compensate they can use either the power of the shadows or the powers of the holy light to completely devastate their enemiesin battle. The priests are mainly healers; their healing powers are the greatest among all the classes.

They have spells such as heal, lesser heal, greater heal, flesh heal and renew, all these spells can heal either the character himself or the group the character is part of. Apart from healing spells a priest also has offensive spells, these offensive spells have two types, the holy height and shadow type spells.

Holy light spells have smite, dispel magic, circle of healing and spirit of redemption all of them can cause a considerable amount of damage to the enemy. Shadow spells and talents primarily increase the priests attack power in WoW. The important spell is mind flay in this talent causes damage to the enemy and causes the motion of the enemy to slow down by 50%, it has a low mana cost making it an ideal spell for use by a priest.

The vampire embrace, spirit tap and silence the shadow spells are mostly damage causing, a priest can win by using only shadow spells if used in a proper combination.
The priests are generally considered as a tough class to play in PvP mode in World of Warcraft. This is mainly due to their weak health and melee attacks. The player needs to have quick reflexes and must be able to react to any situation with the right tactics.

Although this healing class has a very low melee attack power the priests are highly sought after in PvM mode by many groups who are in search for treasures or gold and equipment, the groups need someone to heal them and the priest is an expert healer.

The priest can only wield one handed maces, daggers, staves and wands. These are quite useful in a PvP match.
In conclusion the priest is a class meant for experience players with quick reflexes and can memorize many tactics. The priest is also an ideal choice for people who prefer healing powers to melee attacks.