Uggles's Group Priest Guide

Stats

You want as much focus as you can get, to improve your mana pool and mana regen.

• 50 strength (for Soul Fused Leggings)
• 80 agility (for Tabbard of Aran; also improves casting speed)
• the rest in focus

Spells

At level 100, you will have 101 spell points: 99 from levels, 2 from quests.

Healing

Touch of Health V

Restore Life V

Gift of Healing V

Light of Heaven X

Armor Buff

Bless X

Blessing of Aran X

Strength Buff

Aran's Strength X

Power of Aran X

Resurrection

Ressurection VI

Life Buff

Fortitude X

Glorious Resilience X

Purity of Soul X

AA the Blessing of Divinity and Condemn lines, followed by room buffs (Ultimate Seal of Faith, Monument of Purity, Veil of Light), Visage of Aran debuff line and/or Salvation from Death. All these spells are mainly for boss runs.

Skills

At level 100, you will have 59 skill points: 1 when you start, 50 from leveling up, 8 from quests.

• Prayer I
• Divine Focus VI
• Maces V
• Bind Wounds V
• Mastery of Light X
• Mastery of the Holy X
• Unity of Zeal VI
• Healing Mastery X
• Unity of Faith VI

With AAs, you can cap Divine Focus to lower your spell cost. If you find yourself low on mana regen, you could consider putting points in Prayer.

Equipment

Weapon
Level	Item	Effect
50	*Skeleton Bone Club	+ 1 BoA
60	Bone Mace	+ 10 foc
90	*Scepter of Timeless Devotion	+ 1 LoH/+ 1 HM/+ 4 sp
92	*Naraikos Heavy Mace	+ 2 PoS/+ 3 sp
92	*Lightbane	+ 2 DF/+ 1 Bind
95	*Lycan War Flail	+ 1 Unity of Zeal/+ 5 sp
Helmet
Level	Item	Effect
	Bloodstained Leather Cap	+ 2 foc
70	*Feathered Crest of Light	+ 20 agi/+ 2 MoL/+ 2 sp
Chest
Level	Item	Effect
	Bloodstained Leather Tunic	+ 2 foc/+ 10 mana
25	Gaseous Cloak	+ 1 sp
50	Undead Hero's Chainmail Tunic	+ 15 foc/+ 4 mpregen
86	Goldmail Tunic	+ 20 foc
89	Mastadon Shanks	+ 15 foc/+ 2 sp
90	*Tabbard of Aran	+ 1 PoA/+ 1 BoA/+18 foc
AA7	*Cloak of Planar Binding	+ 1 all Magic Masteries/+ 1 DF
Gloves
Level	Item	Effect
	Bloodstained Leather Gloves	+ 1 foc
55	Lich Bone Gloves	+ 10 mpregen
75	Cursed Bands	+ 2 sp
99	*Imperial Physician's Mitts	+ 2 sp/+ 1 Bind
100	The Archmagi's Mittens	+ 2 Prayer/+ 40 agi
Legs
Level	Item	Effect
69	Emberbrand Leggings	+ 16 foc
92	*Soul Fused Leggings	+ 5 sp
Boots
Level	Item	Effect
22	Gaseous Boots	+ 6 agi/+ 6 foc
50	Boots of Faith	+ 1 DF/+ 10 foc
81	Midnight Hide Boots	+ 20 foc
96	Crystal Mail Boots	+ 20 foc/+ 20 agi
Neck
Level	Item	Effect
20	An Ancient Symbol of Aran	+ 8 foc
50	Ectoplasm	+ 3 sp
80	Sand Draegan Claw	+ 4 sp/+ 20 agi
95	*Timeless Sedgeway Family Seal	+ 500 mana/+ 4 sp/+ 30 agi
Wrist
Level	Item	Effect
20	Prayer Band	+ 1 Prayer/+ 2 foc
42	Grass Heart Bracelet	+ 4 mpregen
81	Cursed Wrap	+ 2 sp
95	Emerald Wristband	+ 2 sp/+ 20 foc
100	*Wrap of Divine Machinations	+ 5 sp/+ 1000 mana/+ 1 MoL/+ 30 foc
Ring
Level	Item	Effect
40	Grass Heart Ring	+ 20 foc/+ 3 sp/+ 100 mana
80	Sand Draegan Tooth	+ 3 sp/+ 400 mana/+ 5 mpregen/+ 10 agi
84	Pulsing Ring of Fame	+ 4 sp
98	Hateruby Ring	+ 10 mpregen/+ 10 sp
Wand
Level	Item	Effect
45	Pearl Shield	+ 2 sp
75	Wisp of Shadow	+ 5 sp
AA13	*Aegis of Enduring Divinity	+ 8 sp/+ 1 Unity of Faith

Lower-level items marked with * are to be kept for their spell- or skill-increasing effects.

End-game Equipment

Use the available skill and spell maces. For all other equipment, skill and spell bonuses, spell points and focus determine your equipment of choice.

I assumed that you can get your hands on all non-boss and Tier 1 drops without too much trouble. For Tier 2 and 3 drops, alternatives are listed.

Weapons

Lightbane (Swap when using Bind Wounds)

Lycan War Flail (Use when not doing anything +5 sp, +1 Unity of Zeal)

Naraikos Heavy Mace (Swap when casting Purity of Soul)

Scepter of Timeless Devotion (Swap when using Light of Heaven)

Skeleton Bone Club (Swap when casting Blessing of Aran)

Helm

Feathered Crest of Light (+2 sp, +2 Mastery of Light, +20 agi)

Chest

Tabbard of Aran (+1 Power of Aran, +1 Blessing of Aran, +18 foc)

Gloves

Imperial Physician's Mitts (+2 sp, +1 Bind Wounds)

Legs

Soul Fused Leggings (+5 sp)

Boots

Crystal Mail Boots (+20 foc, +20 agi)

Wrist

Wrap of Divine Machinations (+5 sp, +1000 mana, +30 foc, +1 Mastery of Light)

alternatives: Emerald Wristband (+2 sp, +20 foc)

or: Grass Heart Bracelet (+4 mpregen)

Ring

Hateruby Ring (+10 sp, +10 mpregen)

alternatives: Sand Draegan Tooth (+3 sp, +400 mana, +5 mpregen, +10 agi)

or: Pulsing Ring of Fame (+4 sp)

or: Grass Heart Ring (+3 sp, +20 foc, +100 mana)

Neck

Timeless Sedgeway Family Seal (+4 sp, +500 mana, +30 agi)

RHand

Aegis of Enduring Divinity (+8 sp, +1 Unity of Faith, Enduring Divinity; requires 2 Shields)

alternative: Wisp of Shadow (+5 sp)

Newbie Hints

Without going into too much detail on how to play your Priest, here are a few hints for people that have never played one before:

Healing/Resurrection Agro

The main reason why a Priest gets agro. Every heal or resurrect you cast generates agro on all hostile mobs in the room. This means that you have to make sure that your tank gets agro on all of them before you can cast these spells. Defenders get Phalanx, which gives them agro each time they block with their shield, so they passively gain agro. Paladins can use Raging Fist of Aran or heals in combination with Witness to the Word to generate room agro. Experience will teach you when it is safe to heal/resurrect and when not. Bear in mind that some classes generate agro a lot faster than others.

Note that Blessing of Divinity and Bind Wounds do not generate agro, and are safe to use on stacks.

Debuff Agro

Not only heals and resurrection generate agro. Debuffs (Condemn and Visage of Aran) generate a lot of agro too. This means that you should not debuff mobs on entry, but always wait a few moments before you do so.

Buff Efficiently

When you have a designated tank, typically a Defender, Paladin, bear Druid or Warrior, there is no need to fully buff everyone in your group. Buff the tank with all buffs and buff melee with offensive buffs only. On some tier 1 bosses and all tier 2 and 3 bosses, you will have to use Purity of Soul on the whole group.

If there are group members of lower level than the tank, buff the lowest level with defensive buffs as well. Walk-ins or spawns will go after the lowest level player in the room.

For mana and time efficiency, it is very much worth it getting the group buff scrolls. Buy the level 1 versions in the Sucaran shop, and get the level 2 versions from tier 2 and 3 bosses. Group buff scrolls are available for Power of Aran (as Supremacy of Aran), Blessing of Aran (as Prayer of Protection) and Purity of Soul (as Eternity of Soul).

Use Macros

You have 5 skill/spell maces to use while casting various spells. Swapping them manually is too time-consuming and error-prone, and will probably kill your tank. Not swapping is highly inefficient; you have the maces for a reason. The solution is simple: use Macros for your spells and skills.

Understand your Group

While you don't have to know each person in-depth, you will have to have some idea of what each class does, and to some extent, how each player behaves, specifically on boss runs. So bear in mind:

• Room damage hurts low-hp classes most. Usually, a Druid will take care of this with rain, but keep an eye out for low-health support, such as a UF Necromancer, non-bear Druids or Enchanters. It is your task to keep them alive.
• Paladins can get Resurrection. This spell costs a percentage of your mana pool. Because Priests have a large amount of mana, and Paladins typically don't, it is much more efficient to let the Paladin do the resurrecting.
• Keep an eye out for likely agro-stealing suspects. You can give them defensive buffs, or choose to heal them if they steal, or even let them die and resurrect them if they do.
• Some melee do not require Power of Aran. Most Paladins and some Redeemers have spells that overrides it. Don't waste time and mana on buffing those players.

Read up

Read the guide about Priesting Boss Runs. Also, read the description for each of the Bosses. Knowing what you're up against may help you do your job better.