Slippery and wholesome, devious and pure, the ever contradictory Priest is an amalgam of good and evil. This uncomfortable dichotomy can be traced back to the days of their elder, Voltan The Incorruptible, who, righteous and holy, remained unwavering during strife-filled times when shadow magic ruled the hearts and minds of men. Clad in plain cloth armor, bearing protective holy shields, and wielding a single blunt mace, the Priests of today strive to emulate the goodness of Voltan, but still remember the ancient, seductive powers of the dark.
Priest talents are grouped into the Holy, Balance and Shadow specializations. All the below numbers assume rank 1 of the talent - see the Talent Builder for accurate values per level! When a talent is upgraded completely, it unlocks an Ultimate ability - these abilities can be both active and passive, and grant powerful advantages.
Holy
Using radiant energies to protect or heal all those around them, Holy can also administer punishments as needed.
Talent
Ranks
Ultimate
Aura of Purity
5
Enemies that deal damage to you have a 20% chance to take 25% standard level holy damage as retaliation. Aura of Purity's damage is increased by your holy spell power at a 300% rate.
Zealous Mending
Your healing spells can now critically strike and 20% of your Holy Mastery is added to your Savagery.
Consecration
10
Damaging an enemy with a holy spell has a 3% chance to release a wave of holy energy. The wave heals all allies near your target for 50% standard level healing, and damages all nearby enemies for 50% standard level damage. Consecration's healing is increased by your Holy Power.
Absorb Shield
Shields an ally for 15 seconds, absorbing damage.
Binding Faith
20
All of your single target beneficial spells cast on allies have a 5% chance to be duplicated on yourself.
Divine Inspiration
Your beneficial single target holy spells have a chance to grant your allies 20% increased Ability Power for 15 seconds.
Holy Affinity
35
Increases your Holy Power by 1%.
Sanctified Hands
Cure now affects an area, benefiting all allies within 10m of your target. Cure's healing is now increased by 100%.
Balance
Melding Shadow and Holy together into a powerful alliance, Balance stresses judgement and intuitive decision-making.
Talent
Ranks
Ultimate
Precision
20
Your single target instant damaging spells deal 2% increased damage.
Harmonize
Your balance spells are upgraded. Judgement's damage is increased by 50% and now scales from the greater of your spell powers. Rebuke now has a 75% reduced cooldown. Condemn now lasts forever as long as you stay alive.
Strength of Will
20
Your Armor and Magic Resist are increased by 1%.
Condemn
Curses your target, lowering Armor and Magic Resist for 15 seconds.
Open Sea Air
15
Your Vitality and base Maximum Health are increased by 1%.
Shield Bash
Whenever you block with your shield, you stun your opponent for 3 seconds. Additionally, your Block Chance is increased by 5%.
Well Read
15
Your Maximum Mana is increased by 65 and your Mana Regeneration is increased by 6%.
Natural Talent
Your Maximum Mana is increased by 1000.
Shadow
Slowly corrupting enemies with disease and malevolent energy, Shadow draws its power from a dark, otherworldly abyss.
Talent
Ranks
Ultimate
Hexing Shadows
5
Your single target damaging shadow spells cause your target to deal 2% less damage for 10 seconds.
Unstable Power
Shadow Orbs now has a 40% chance to detonate your damage over time effects, dealing all of their remaining damage instantly with a 50% increased chance to critically strike. If you have the Soul Corruptor mastery, each effect removed will add 3 charges of Soul Corruption. The chance for Unstable Power to occur increases with your Shadow Power.
Call of the Void
10
3% of your Shadow Mastery is added to your Voidstrike.
Contagion
An eruption of shadow power causes all nearby enemies to be dealt shadow damage over 20 seconds.
Servant of Shadow
20
Casting a shadow spell gives you a Shadow Mark. At 10 marks, you are healed for 10% standard level healing. Servant of Shadow's healing is boosted by your Shadow Power.
Vampira
Vampiric Pact now heals you instead of dealing damage to you.
Shadow Affinity
35
Increases your Shadow Power by 1%.
Soul Corruptor
Everytime one of your damage over time effects deals damage, the enemy gains a charge of Soul Corruption. At 30 charges, the corruption explodes dealing 300% shadow damage.
Abilities and Runes
In Villagers & Heroes, both active and passive abilities are granted through Runes, which are found on items. To see a list of all Runes and Abilities available to the Priest class, check out the full article below!
Clubs and Maces: Despite their appearance, these are ranged weapons in the hands of a Priest. Capable of delivering deadly magical bolts, the real power of priest clubs and maces lie in the runed abilities they contain,
Scepters: Unique to the Priest class, scepters hold unique runes and can provide powerful bonuses.