Strategies/tips for FS Priest in WoE defense?

[Karu the Great]

What do you do when you're defending in a WoE setting and somebody gets past your precast?

Usually what I've been doing is opening with AGI Down so my party gets a few free shots off him before he reaches the emp, then aspersio'ing the enemy sinX/stalker/LK so he can't damage the emp, then having my party wail on him till he dies.. Smart ones bring Evil Druid armor to prevent aspersio -- what is the best thing to do for these?

-Spam lex so my party kills faster?
-Spam healbomb which cuts through MDEF for (high?) damage?
-keep trying to aspersio in case he switches armors to prevent insta-kill GFist?
-Aspersio my party so they do extra damage to undead elemental?

So far I've just tried spamming Heal on the enemy and usually they don't bother to take armor off

[coolfish1103]

Decrease AGI if you do not have Slow Grace.
Lex Aeterna under String.
Aspersio if they don't have undead and are on the emp, don't bother Asp your members, it's a waste.

Spamming heal is pointless, I'd rather keep the wizards alive.

[Raikuma]

As an assassin I'll be happy to share some tips at what always get's me.

First off asperio gets really annoying. I don't bother bringing extra armors to woe i simply just bring c.waters. What I've noticed is after a while priests give up on using asperio, usually after 3-5 times of using it. If you stop, we're going to break it.

One great way to stop/slow down us attackers is safety wall. SW is by far what i hate the most. I get so pissed when there are scholars and priests and stuff just spamming SW on the emperium while the rest of their party tries to take me down. It will definitely buy you more time.

Now if you are going up against someone with an armor to prevent asperio, then don't bother. And heal bombing, really seems tiring to me. I'd say put up a safety wall on the emp, and then put up a sanctuary underneath the emperium. By putting up a sanctuary it will A.) heal the emp (as far as i know it does, i may be wrong, if so please correct me); and B.) if they are wearing an undead armor or w/e then the sanctuary will do double the work. It will hurt your opponent while healing the emp. All the while you can be holy lighting the hell out of them (make sure you have a link for extra power). Of course if they end up switching armors then sanctuary will work against you because they will most likely be able to out damage sanctuary's heal on the emperium once your safety wall goes down.

...That's all I can really think of at the moment. I hope that these help you on defence. Hope you learn to tweak them the best you can to your advantage as well. I love going up against harder more strategical players. Precast bombarding is just boring, once you get past that it's not as fun if the people are strategically oriented. Although I must admit, some of the funniest times I've had in woe is getting passed someones precast defence only to have their entire guild pick up their defence and follow me to not let me get away lol.

[Sho Lin]

Keep rewach up. I don't know about your server but the sinX's here love to lol grim tooth when the priests are retarded and never rewach. I don't find asp'ing your members that much of a waste, it's kinda funny to see a ED high wiz drop to one lex sd.

[-TNO-]

Turn Undead/Rez

[Sho Lin]

I hate it when priests do offensive skills when they can lex and do 3x more than their stupid HL or TU can do. Do not holy light in a scramble you'll look stupid. Also, being a sinX seeing 15 priests linked and not me or other sinX's not pisses me off.

[fairygirl]

I remember someone telling me a frenzy LK was breaking the emp while wearing undead armour. Of course they can't change armour and aspersio don't work on them. A priest cast ME and he died.

[The Jesus]

Where's the Pneuma guys? :P If they get a recall off almost instantly all the range attackers will go for the wizzies.

[Senzafine]

SW is the way. But remember to cast 1 SW at yourself, or maybe the sinx or another sinxedp'd or an asura may send you back.

When a priest/hp is safetying usually he don't mind about whats happening to him. But in a SW, and using pots for SG's, biochems, snipers etc, you'll be almost immune and you'll keep on defending the emp.

You might also combinate SW with KE or Suffragium to the wizzs.

Lex is quite useless when all guildies are hitting the emp-breaker. 90% of the Lex's will be useless and wasted by a hit of sg, a simple melee atack or whatever else.

[DanFan]

Probs best to just SW the emp and if theres another Priest there doing SW duties, or scholar, then Sanc the Emp. If its a frenzy LK, and you can't be bothered doing SW/sanc, then Dec agi the frenzy LK. If its an EDP sinx, just SW spam. Chances are, the sinx will outdamage the sanc's heals on the emp.

Before they reach emp, you can do many things - stat recov wizzes/stunned people, LexA, dec agi, keep ruwach up incase of a sinx runs by emp, heal, sanc the wizline incase of linkers pwning you and ofc there mustn't be a ME on the wizline. But there should be a ME on your wizline, otherwise instant cast will pwn you all.

Don't forget to keep buffs up or guildies will bish and whine about it

[Mushironsha]

When near the emp, remember to sanc it. It's never too late.

[Mint]

Heal the scholar.
Buff the scholar.
Don't go AFK.

[Senzafine]

When near the emp, remember to sanc it. It's never too late.

If a sinx has reached emp and its edping it, he should better use SW and when sinX dies use sanc to heal emp.

When the dmg done > sanc heal lvl is better to use SW instead of Sanc.

Maybe when a low-aspd char is hitting emp you may use SW + Sanc (if possible use sanc in front of the hitter (X) touching in the border to the Emp (E)

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(shabby sketch I know n_nU)

[Evening]

Don't go AFK.

!!!!! This is probably the most important guideline to follow when playing priest in siege.

Edit: I can spell.

[Forgottenesper]

Attacking:
-Agi EVERYONE(of your guild/allies). If someone is moving slowly, AGI THEM FOR GODS SAKE. Watching priests run by me when I'm on a diff char and not-agi'd makes me cry.
-Agi down everyone not in your guild/alliance.
-If you're not busy while running and you have already agi'd down people or there is a slow grace, lex div is a very good skill for the low vit people. (low vit is alot more common now with acid bomb) Some people carry greens, but not all do.
-Bless and KE if you have time to buff. (Before a rush, etc.)
-Watch out for scholars out of your party and in, if they're indulging, heal them.
-Survive to the emp, use pots if necessary.
-Pneuma the emp, if there's a numa on the emp, it cannot be SW'd. Put numas around it so that someone cannot sw just out of numa range, making it harder to target your next numa.
-Aspersio enemy breakers on the emp. If they get hit with it because they're wearing ED, heal bomb them or res bomb them or TU if you have it.
-Keep the beakers healed, unless they're wearing ED.

Defending:
-Keep everyone buffed. Bless, agi, and KE if you have it.
-SW the CP team(s) and KE them if you have it.
-Watch out for scholars out of your party and in, if they're indulging, heal them.
-SW and Sanc the emp.
-If attackers get to the emp, SW yourself and spamm SW and Sanc on the emp.
-Aspersio enemy breakers on the emp. If they get hit with it because they're wearing ED, heal bomb them or res bomb them or TU if you have it. BUT make sure SW/Sanc are your priority.

Can't think of anything else off the top of my head x_o;

[Vairozaro]

I use a HPfor WoE.

If we are defending i will dec. agi or if by emp spam SW on it along with asp on them unless skill fails 3-4 times because eof ED armor.

When attacking i usually rush to wiz line with Wrench and Blast clip for fun in strings. If a monk can give me a sphere i can hit everyone which is even better.

[-Blubba-]

Holylight!
I am honest! If you are Dex Priest and have a Link and Cookie Clip ... daaaaamn.

[Ojimaru]

Agreed with the use of Holy Light, especially if you have a decent cast rate as it breaks KE, stops casts and, as mentioned, with Link you can be fairly dangerous. During PvP my ME throws out 2-3k Holy Lights with 80 base Int at <0.5s casts and 0 delay. This trumps Lex in several situations as I can deal 6k damage (considering WoE reductions) in the 4s Lex delay.

If you're defending, STAY in the emp room. I always hate it when assisting priests just decide to take a walk half-way through a siege... and end up walking into an enemy guild that rapes him, thus decreasing a huge portion of crucial support.

Also, a Marc or ED card is your FIRST priority, gear-wise. Your MDef isn't going to save you from Frost Jokes forever and when you're frozen... you lose the castle.

However, I disagree with spamming Sanc during an emp-break attempt. Even at high levels, Sanc would run out in one or two "waves" considering that there will (or better be) lots of people trying to break either the emp or the emp-breakers. Focus on SW-ing the emp if you can; if somebody (enemy or noob ally) drops a Magnetic Earth, switch to Asp or Lex duty.

[Nails]

Don't go AFK.
^just follow this advice and you'll be fine.

[WK]

Heal the scholar.You are confusing this with bio3, alas I know where you are coming from. Wishful thinking.





Learn which cell to SW. Whack the emp a few times or right-click on it to make sure which tile actually matters. Personally I rotate the cam around a lot, so I have to always make sure which cell it is, unless I'm familiar with the fort.