03-22-2005, 09:57 PM
Icebird,Mar 22 2005, 04:42 PM Wrote:I think there's also a flip side to priest play - namely, how to play *with* a priest. My main character is a warlock, and my first goal is to avoid aggro so I don't get hit. The priest shouldn't have to worry about keeping me alive. The one exception is channeling Hellfire - its our most effective AOE spell, but we will take a beating casting it.
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Notes on playing warlock /w priest, as this is an extremely effective combination (as is WL + Mage ftw).
If you're being mobbed by non-elites, cast weakness on all of them you can.
High number of mobs = voidwalker time. Direct him to defense and pulling any enemies you can.
Let your tanks take grab as much aggro as they can first. Then cast Rain of fire, this pulls a lot less aggro.
Hellfire is a finisher. If you have enough AoE to blow away everything, its still a finisher.
Rain of fire, and sacrifice your voidwalker mid channel if you're drawing aggro. Same with Hellfire.
Notify your priest of PW: Shield before AoE. Announce AoE before using with a macro.
WL Priest combination have many synergies. We both have crowd control abilities, frequently use shadow damage, and self-heal abilities. Between the two, several normal enemies of like level may be engaged and successfully skirmished with appropriate use of fear, pet control, and running battles (kiting). Mind flay is invaluable in this WL's opinion. MC too. A priest and warlock can completely dominate every humanoid around, and control the battle to their pace--even when adds come.