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I.
Races
II.
Gear
III.
Talents
I.
Races
A.
Alliance Races
Night Elves:
Elune's Grace
Reduces the chance you'll be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 20% for 15 sec. Instant cast, 3% base mana, 3 minute cooldown. Very good racial for any caster, healer's especially.
Starshards
Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 650 Arcane damage over 15 sec. Recently buffed, this ability is now pretty damn good. Another instant dot to add to the roster.
Shadowmeld
Meld into the shadow, becoming invisible so long as you don’t move. Useful so you can drink/eat in peace.
Quickness
Dodge chance increased by 1%. Avoidance is always good in PvP.
Wisp Spirit
Increases speed while dead. Near useless in PvP.
Nature Resistance
+10 Nature Resistance. Nature resistance is not all too helpful in pvp.
Draenei:
Chastise
Chastise the target, causing 209 to 241 Holy damage and Immobilizing them for up to 2 sec. Only works against Humanoids. 180 mana. Instant cast, 30 second cooldown. Pretty nifty ability.
Symbol of Hope
Greatly increases the morale of party members, giving them 33 mana every 5 sec. Effect lasts 15 sec. Instant cast. 5 minute cooldown.
Gemcutting
Not super useful in the 59 bracket, especially for the cost to get jewelcrafting up. There's some decent trinkets and the stones that will heal you is about all.
Gift of the Naaru
Heals the target for 935(at lvl 59) over 15 sec - 40 yd range - 1.5 sec cast - 3 min cooldown. More useful for Shadow specs than Disc or Holy, as it will be your only heal in shadow form along with VE.
Inspiring Presence
Increases chance to hit with spells by 1% for you and all party members within 30 yards. Nice group PvP racial.
Shadow Resistance
Shadow Resistance increased by 10. Shadow Resist is the most important resistance in PvP, period.
Human:
Feedback
The priest becomes surrounded with anti-magic energy. Any successful spell cast against the priest will burn 77 of the attacker's Mana, causing 1 Shadow damage for each point of Mana burned. Lasts 15 sec. Kind of blah, it has potential to burn quite a bit of mana, but only very rarely can it be of it much benefit.
Desperate Prayer
Instantly heals the caster for 1324 to 1562. Instant, 10 min cooldown. Free heal...what more is there to say. Great for oh **** situations.
Perception
Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec. Instant. 3 Min Cooldown. Very helpful ability against rogues and feral druids (yes, they are very viable) who love nothing more than getting the jump on clothies.
Diplomacy
Reputation gains increased by 10%. Helps grinding out rep items and Conqueror/Justicar
The Human Spirit
Spirit increased by 10%. Good priest racial, but much more useful in end-game.
Mace Specialization /
Sword Specialization
Expertise with Maces/Swords and Two-Handed Maces/Swords increased by 5. Useless for priests.
Dwarf
Desperate Prayer
Instantly heals the caster for 1324 to 1562. Instant, 10 min cooldown. Free heal...what more is there to say. Great for oh **** situations.
Chastise
Chastise the target, causing 209 to 241 Holy damage and Immobilizing them for up to 2 sec. Only works against Humanoids. 180 mana. Instant cast, 30 second cooldown. Pretty nifty ability
Stoneform
While active, grants immunity to Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects. In addition, Armor increases by 10%. Lasts 8 sec. - 3 min cooldown. A very nice talent for PvP in general. Especially for priests.
Gun Specialization
Your chance to critically hit with Guns is increased by 1%. Uselss for priests.
Frost Resistance
+10 Frost Resistance, + Frost resist helps only against Frost Mages.
Find Treasure
Find hidden chests. Useless in PvP.
B.
Horde Races
Blood Elves:
Touch of Weakness
The next melee attack on the caster will cause 48 Shadow damage and reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 15 for 2 min. Really decent ability against duel-wielding melee and hunter, considering it apparently can be spammed relentlessly.
Consume Magic
Dispels one beneficial Magic effect from the caster and gives them 120 to 154 mana. The dispelled effect must be a priest spell. Instant, 2 min cooldown. This spell must be amazing at level 20, and seems much much less beneficial at 59. But it can be nice sacrificing one of your buffs for just enough mana to cast a spell. And dont forget this will be combined with Arcane Torrent
Arcane Affinity
Enchanting skill increased by 10. Enchanting 375 is possible at 59. The +4 stats to rings is nice, but to get enchanting up that high is a lot of time, effort and/or money.
Arcane Torrent
Silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 sec. In addition, you gain 64 Mana restored per Mana Tap charge currently affecting you - Instant - 2 min cooldown. A very nice PvP talent regardless of class/spec.
Magic Resistance
All resistances increased by 5. Decent pvp racial.
Mana Tap
Reduces target's mana by 51 and charges you with Arcane energy for 10 min. This effect stacks up to 3 times. Amount of mana reduced is 109 - 30 yd range - Instant - 30 sec cooldown. Helpful for any mana user.
Trolls:
Shadowguard
The caster is surrounded by shadows. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 130 Shadow damage. Attackers can only be damaged once every few seconds. This damage causes no threat. 3 charges. Lasts 10 min. This damage is also buffed by 33% of your spell damage, so it ends up being pretty decent. Lightning Shield for priests..
Hex of Weakness
Weakens the target enemy, reducing damage caused by 2 and reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 20%. Lasts 2 min. The only caster healing debuff ingame, great priest ability.
Berserking
Increases your attack speed by 10% to 30%. At full health the speed increase is 10% with a greater effect up to 30% if you are badly hurt when you activate Berserking. Lasts 10 sec. Affects spellcasting as well as melee attacks!
Regeneration
10% health regen bonus, 10% active in combat. Nice for long fights, helpful for any class/spec.
Beast Slaying
5% damage bonus to Beasts. Works on pets/druids. Useless for priests.
Throwing Specialization
Your chance to critically hit with Throwing Weapons is increased by 1% Worthless for a hunter. Useless for priests.
Bow Specialization
Your chance to critically hit with Bows is increased by 1%. The best ammo for a 59 is for a gun and the best ranged weapons are exactly the same in speed/stats. Still, if you're rolling a troll, I'd probably go with a bow. Useless for priests.
Undead:
Devouring Plague
Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 712 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster. Instant cast, 810 mana, 3 minute cooldown, 30 yard range. One of if not the best racial if you plan to go shadow spec at any point.
Touch of Weakness
The next melee attack on the caster will cause 48 Shadow damage and reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 15 for 2 min. Really decent ability against duel-wielding melee and hunter, considering it apparently can be spammed relentlessly.
Will of the Forsaken
When activated, provides immunity to Charm, Fear and Sleep for 5 seconds. 2 minute cooldown. One of the best PvP racials ingame.
Cannibalize
When activated, regenerates 7% of total health every 2 sec for 10 sec. 2 minutes cooldown. Another nice PvP ability.
Underwater Breathing
Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal. Helpful hiding underwater
Shadow Resistance
Shadow Resistance increased by 10. Shadow Resist is the most important resistance in PvP, period.
II.
Gear
Note: Most BOE gear between level 57-59 is almost equal if the suffix is the same. If you cannot find Starfire items,
look for Fireheart gear (lvl58) or even Outlander’s gear (lvl57). Beware of Any green items below level 57; they
are drastically lacking in item level/stat allotment.
Head:
[Foreman's Enchanted Helmet]
[Power Amplification Goggles]
[Gnomish Power Goggles]
[Shadowbrim Travel Hat]
Only pimps allowed to sport da travel hat...jk. The
quest(A)/
quest(H) for this hat begins at lvl 58. Last part of a chain.
[Starfire Circlet]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing. Found on AH
Enchants(Librams) for Helm:
+100 hp
+150 Mana
+8 intellect (only if Rumination is hard to come by)
+8 stamina (only if Constitution is hard to come by)
Necklace:
[Sunstone Necklace]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Stamina, Elder. Found on AH.
[The All-Seeing Eye of Zuldazar]
Requires
exalted ZG rep status to obtain via upgrade quest.
Grants around 10k xp.
[Crimson Pendant of Clarity]
This
quest(A)/
quest(H) lvl 59 and is 2nd step after the quest for the
[Mantle of Magical Might]. As your reward for this quest, you may also choose the
[Holy Healing Band].
[Amulet of the Redeemed]
This is a 23% drop from the
chest that appears after doing summonable bosses from the tier 0.5 quest in Scarlet Stratholme.
[Animated Chain Necklace]
This item is a 10% drop off
Ramstein the Gorger in Stratholme.
Shoulders:
[Mantle of Magical Might]
The
quest(A)/
quest(H) for these shoulders begins at lvl 59. But, you must complete
[Forward Base: Reaver’s Fall] before the quest for the mantle is unlocked.
[Zandalar Confessor's Mantle]
One of the pieces to the "Confessor’s Raiment" from ZG, one would need to be revered and have the
[Primal Hakkari Aegis] to obtain this item.
[Starfire Mantle]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Hierophant, Eagle, Elder, Stamina, Shadow Wrath, Healing Power. Found on AH.
Enchants for Shoulders:
[Heavy Knothide Armor Kit]
Only usable on items that are considered lvl60+, such as
[Mantle of Magical Might] and
[Zandalar Confessor's Mantle].
[Zandalar Signet of Mojo]
[Zandalar Signet of Serenity]
"Note that it is actually possible to get these on a 59 twink, it's just insanely hard to get now because the coins and bijous are rarely in the AH. However, by destroying enough
[Blue Hakkari Bijou] you can get exalted (there's several different colors of Bijou but they all give the same result of
[Zandalar Honor Token]).
- Eisia 02/20/2008
The other option is doing the three coin quests at the top of this
link"
-
Ualac Khaz’Goroth
-
Note that the quests to receive the Zandalar items do grant up to 15K XP. Can anyone confirm/deny?
Cloak:
[Hide of the Wild]
Craftable or found on AH. One of, if the best healing cape.
[Infiltrator's Cloak]
This is a Horde only reward from the quest Zeth’Gor Must Burn that begins at lvl 58. But, you must first complete Wanted: Word Master Kruush in order to unlock Zeth’Gor Must Burn. Best caster dps cape in bracket.
[Hellfire Cloak]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Hierophant, Eagle, Elder, Stamina, Shadow Wrath, Healing Power. Found on AH.
[Crystalline Threaded Cape]
Rare world drop, only chance is to find on the AH. Very similar to Hellfire Cloak of the Sorcerer (which can be difficult to obtain).
[Parachute Cloak]
Combine this with the
[Rocket Boots Xtreme] in AB to get from LM to GM
Enchant for Cloak:
+120 Armor
+20 Spell Penetration
+12 Defense Rating
+15 Shadow Resistence
Chest:
[Shadowcast Tunic]
The
quest(A)/
quest(H) begins at lvl 58, but you will need to have completed some pre-requisites first..
Alliance will need to complete the Cursed Talisman quest chain in order to unlock theFel Spirits Quest, and then need to complete Fel Spirits in order to unlock the Drill the Drillmaster quest chain which finally rewards the Shadowcast Tunic.
Horde have to do the Bonechewer Blood quest chain in order to unlock the Spinebreaker Post quest, and must complete Spinebreaker Post in order to unlock the final Boiling Blood quest chain that leads to the chest piece.
[Goldweave Tunic]
The
quest(A)/
quest(H) begins at lvl 58.
Alliance earn this chestpiece by completing Zeth’Gor Must Burn. Horde can get it by completing the two-part Eyes of Grillok quest chain.
[Truefaith Vestments]
Requires 300 Tailoring and must be created by your twink as it is BOP.
[Starfire Vest]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Hierophant, Eagle, Elder, Stamina, Shadow Wrath, Healing Power. Found on AH.
Enchants for Chest:
+6 stats
+150 health
+15 Resilience Rating
Bracer:
[Dryad’s Wrist Bindings]
These pvp bracers cost 624 Honor and 20 WSG tokens.
[Zandalar Confessor's Wraps]
One of the pieces to the "Confessor’s Raiment" from ZG, one would need to be friendly and have the
[Primal Hakkari Bindings] to obtain this item.
[Starfire Wristwraps]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Elder, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing Power. Found on AH.
Enchants for Bracer:
+15 spell damage
+12 intellect
+12 stamina
+4 stats
Gloves:
[Starfire Gloves]
Enchants for Gloves:
+20 spell damage
+8 stamina
+10 spell crit
+15 spell hit
Belt:
[Nigh Invulnerability Belt]
This belt is made for duels/flag running, or any ‘oh sh$#’ moment.
[Zandalar Confessor’s Bindings]
One of the pieces of "Confessor’s Raiment" from ZG, one needs to be honored and have
[Primal Hakkari Sash] to obtain this item.
[Starfire Sash]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Elder, Stamina, Shadow Wrath, Healing Power. Found on AH.
Legs:
[Starfire Trousers]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Elder, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing Power. Found on AH.
(Note on legs: There are a few wonderful BOP legs that you can attain via quests, but on any of those you will NOT be able to apply a leg kit. You will only be able to apply a 10 sta Knothide Kit on those BOP items, so in the end the best legs are the BOE ones that can have a Runic or Golden Spellthread attached and returned to your twink for use. DO NOT EQUIP YOUR PANTS UNTIL A LVL60+ PUTS THE THREAD ON FIRST!)
Leg Armors:
[Runic Spellthread]
[Golden Spellthread]
[Silver Spellthread]
[Mystic Spellthread]
[Nethercleft Leg Armor]
[Knothide Armor Kit]
Boots:
[Highlander’s Cloth Boots] /
[Defiler’s Cloth Boots]
Arathi Basin rewards that cost 2800 Honor and 20 AB tokens. Some of the best pvp boots in the bracket.
[Cushy Cenarion Walkers]
The
quest(A)/
quest(H) begins at lvl 59.
[Starfire Sandals]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Elder, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing Power. Found on AH.
[Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite]
Now that 2.4 is out, Rocket Boots Xtreme and Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite will cause players to drop a PvP flag if used while carrying one. (Warsong Gulch, Eye of the Storm, and Zangarmarsh).
[Goblin Rocket Boots]
These are recommended now for flag running. Only trouble with these is they have a chance of exploding. The trick is to end the speed boost well before they've run their course. If you try to run the entire 20seconds they're almost always going to explode. Go about 5-7seconds before removing the buff. They'll last a long time this way, and 7seconds of 60% run speed is still way nice.
[Gnomish Rocket Boots]
These will also work and won't become destroyed but the whole running around "feared" thing can be really annoying. Both of these pair of boots can have the lvl35+ enchants on them.
[Boots of the Full Moon]
This item is a 22% drop off
Captain Kromcrush in Dire Maul's North Wing.
Enchants for Boots:
Minor Speed and +9 Stam (that extra step can easily dictate a win or loss)
12 stam
Rings:
[Holy Healing Band]
This
quest(A)/
quest(H) lvl 59 and is 2nd step after the quest for the
[Mantle of Magical Might]. As your reward for this quest, you may also choose the
[Crimson Pendant of Clarity]. Either of these will help balance your setup if you are overloaded on stamina and need some more 'Oomph'.
[Spined Ring]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Owl, Eagle, Stamina, Elder. Found on AH.
[Deadman's Hand]
This still procs a ton at lvl 59 and is quite useful for kiting around players. This drops from
Arcanist Doan in Scarlet Monastery’s Library wing. Personally, I swear by this ring and will never use anything else
[Band of Piety]
Argent Dawn reward that requires Friendly rep, along with 30 each of Insignia of the Dawn, Insignia of the Crusade. Not worth the experience points unless you really really cannot find a Spined Ring anywhere.
[Band of Mending]
This is a 17% drop from the
chest that appears after doing summonable bosses from the tier 0.5 quest in Scarlet Strat.
Enchant for Rings:
+4 stats... To get this enchant done, you have to do the enchanting yourself, it makes the item BoP.
Unfortionately the only way to get honored with Lower City for the enchant is to grind it in instances. We believe the only instances that a 59 twink could get into for Lower City rep is Auchenai Crypts/Sethekk Halls (could be wrong). These instances have a lvl 55 minimum level to enter and to avoid getting experience we'd recommend death running them. Get naked, run into a crowd of mobs, die and have your friends kill everything around you. Anything killed around your body will give rep gains and once everything is dead, get ressed and rinse and repeat till you hit honored.
The best guide to level enchanting from 1-375 was here:
http://www.blizzardguides.com/Enchanting_guide.html
Trinkets:
[Insignia of the Alliance]
Costs 2805 honor in the Hall of Champions in Stormwind.
[Insignia of the Horde]
Costs 2805 honor in the Halls of Legends in Ogrimmar.
[Goblin Rocket Launcher]
Best trinket in the bracket, bar-none.
[Gnomish Poultryizer]
Other best trinket in the bracket, bar-none.
[Power of the High Chief]
The quest begins at lvl 52. You must kill Winterfall Furbolgs, located in and around Winterfall Villiage in Winterspring and get them to drop an
Empty Firewater Flask, which is a very common drop. After this you must complete 4-5 more short steps until you are finally asked to kill
High Chief Winterfall at the top of Winterfall Village. Once you kill him, he will drop a
Crudely Written Log that begins the two-part chain to obtain your trinket.
Only when you have the quest to kill the high chief will he drop the Crudely Written Log!
[Vengeance of the Illidari]
The quest chain for this trinket begins at lvl 58 with a "
Burning legion missive" that drops off of
Warbringer Arix'Amal, there's a big quest chain to kill the guy, but you can kill him for it without the quest. The chain ends with the
quest(A)/
quest(H) Overlord quest.
[Briarwood Reed]
Drops from the rare spawn
Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS).
[Royal Seal of Eldre’Thalas]
Quest starts from the book
Holy Bologna: What The Light Won’t Tell You, which can be found on the AH.
[Tidal Charm]
Drops from the rare spawn
Prince Nazjak in Arathi Highlands. 3 seconds may not seem very long but it's a godsend when you need to desperately need to cast a spell or gain range. Also, compliments Chastise very well. Can be extremely difficult to obtain due to low respawn time and high demand.
Weapon:
[Rod of the Void Caller]
This badass staff is for horde only of course, the quest(H) for it begins at lvl 58. For the Horde..!?
[Staff of the Twin Worlds]
The
quest(A)/
quest(H) begins at lvl 58 and is part of the same quest chain as
[Shadowbrim Travel Hat].
[Combustion Dagger]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Prophet, Eagle, Elder, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing Power. Found on AH.
Enchants for Weapon:
+40 spell dmg/healing
+81 Healing and 27 spell dmg
+30 Int
+54 shadow dmg
Off-hand:
[Laughing Skull Orb]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Hierophant, Eagle, Elder, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing Power. Found on AH.
[Brightly Glowing Stone]
This item is a 23% drop from
King Gordok in Dire Maul's North Wing.
Ranged:
[Purpleheart Wand]
of the Sorcerer, Physician, Hierophant, Eagle, Elder, Shadow Wrath, Stamina, Healing Power. Found on AH.
[Desolation Rod]
This
quest(A)/
quest(H) begins at lvl 58. Alliance should note that the previous quest in this series is
not a pre-requisite and can be skipped.
III.
Talents
Shadow talent spec is one of the more deadly class specs in the bracket. There are several variations, but the most common are
7/0/43 ,
17/0/33 , and
9/0/41
Discipline spec is very durable at 59. A good example of a disc spec is
41/9/0
Holy spec .. .I am clueless about holy priests in this bracket. Any information and opinions are appreciated.
Here are some examples of twinked 59 priests:
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Tichondrius&n=Cras
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Tichondrius&n=Themir
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Lightning%27s+Blade&n=Plinky
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Elune&n=Pluggie
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