Mind Controlled FTW!

Priesting is not my thing.

I’ve rolled a couple, I know a couple, but they just aren’t my thing.

But I’ve learned a few things from them.. some of them friendly, some of them not so friendly, all of them teachers in some way.

I think one of the most underused spells in a Priest’s arsenal is Mind Control, and I don’t mean the Beware Mind Control in the wrong hands kind of mind control, but it will still make you do silly things.

Here are some examples…

Alterac Valley & Isle of Conquest

Wipe inducing

I enjoy frustrating the Horde when they are preparing to engage Van, but funnily enough it’s not easy as a Mage to get Van to come to my rescue. I have only one or two options.. taunt a Hordie far enough in the room for Van to stop cleaning his nails, or pop Mirror Images… For some reason, while the Images inherit my aggro, Van inherits theirs and he will charge to attack their enemies. I guess if I had a DK, I could pull them one by one to have a chat with Van, but it’s priests that have the real power to absolve the sins (through death) of the Horde.

Simply, a Priest mind controls the enemy into the bosses room, until they are close enough to clean Van’s nails for him. At which point the Priest releases the mind control (maybe even picking up a new target), leaving Van to wonder where this Hordie came from… Not for long though, I know where Van is sending that Hordie, straight to the graveyard! Van rarely settles for one, so there is a good chance that the enemy are going to scatter fast… if the Priest can keep that cycle up, it is hard for the average pug AV group to recover.

Room Clearing

This can be used in reverse of course.

Do you have a painful Mage in protecting their boss? Do they feel safe and secure in the arms of their orverlords?

Maybe it’s time for your Priest to spread rumors about their loyalty… or maybe, just turn them for a second using Mind Control. From past experience (cough), they will get one-shot by their guardians.

One warning on this… your leaders will then turn their attention to those waiting in the foyer, so run fast, wait for them to reset, then continue to clear the room of the potential wipe inducers.

See, no need to sit on noob hill wondering how to clear the room of defenders… let Van or Drek do it for you!

Eye of the Storm

I’m sure by now we have all experienced that sinking feeling when we see a Elemental Shaman or Boomkin on our node in EotS. Worse, we have probably experienced that falling feeling.

Well, they don’t have a monopoly of Troll tossing, the difference is Priest will make them want to go over the edge… at least initially.

Remember, every opponent over the edge is:

One less to count for turning the base in your favor
One less person you have to heal or DPS through
If thrown off the edge, one less person that wants to rez and rejoin combat.

Everyone expects to be thrown off a node by a Shaman or Boomkin… no one expects the Priestly walk of shame!

Twin Peaks

I was racing to intercept the Horde Flag Carrier in TP the other day, when I saw a marvelous thing.

The Flag carrier ran and jumped off the edge of the map at the waterfall.

EFC down, no way his team mates can pick up the flag without suffering the same fate.

As the EFC was at full health when he leaped to his death, his team mates hadn’t considered the need to have someone else in our flag room.

It was magic, and the Priest and his companions knew it… I know it now!

Arathi Basin – Achievement Hunter

Of course, Arathi Basin Lumber Mill.. who hasn’t been walked over the edge there? Why not?

I must admit I am always listening out for “Mind Control”, so I know to counterspell the priest and save my guildy, or ready with a trinket, Ice Block and as a last resort Slow Fall when I am targeted.

Still, I bet you never thought of it as a route to Achievements.

There was this one night in AB where a Priest was achievement hunting.

…They were guarding LM solo…

…They would cap the flag…

…Then run to the back of LM to hide…

…I rode up, could see no enemy, capped the flag back…

…Mind controlled off the cliff…

…The Priest came to the flag rescue…

…Run to the back and hide…

…I rode up, could see no enemy, capped the flag back…

…Mind controlled off the cliff…

…The Priest came to the flag rescue…

…Run to the back and hide…

…I rode up, could see no enemy, capped the flag back…

…Mind controlled off the cliff…

…The Priest came to the flag rescue…

…Run to the back and hide…

A mate, Daror, came to join me in taking down the Priest…

…Mind controlled off the cliff…

…The Priest came to the flag rescue…

…Run to the back and hide…

Last thing I heard over skype was…

Fucking priest got me too!

We got the priest next time, but by then we were finally onto their plan, we knew we needed two of us, a couple of interrupts from different sources, and the firepower to take them down before they got a grip on our minds.

Remember your Hit!

So my dear Priestly readers, remember your 4% hit to get spells off on level 85’s…. Yes, even you healer types, you need the hit, it’s not hard to come by and with it you will have lots of less interrupted fun.

Remember also that this is not for the use of the Horde… no, no, no.. Alliance only kk?

I Fear this is slightly off topic…

A Priest trick in the Arena is as good in the BGs.

Sometimes you need to CC a healer to get a kill on a DPS (or another heals for that matter).

Usually at the time this is occurring, your DPS are in full burst and can’t (or wont) take the time to lay down a bit of CC on the healer.

Hopefully at this point in time your enemy DPS are a little tied up trying to survive, so you as the Priest (and probably healer) will have a little idle time on your hands… so put it to good use.

Fear the enemy Heals… if they can’t heal at the important moments in the fight, then the DPS will die… miserably… and you can take the credit for their demise.

Who ever said Priests had to be nice all the time…?

Speaking of fear…

Forever your Gnomish altar boy…

Gnomer and Out!