http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/priest/talents.html?505002013002000000000000000000000000 0000000050252410251103051051

Any comments?

Looks good cept 5/5 shadow focus is too much.  You only need 3 or 4% hit for pvp (can't remember).  Put 2 points somewhere else imo. (imp fort or absolution imo).  You could move another to spirit tap?--- i dunno, nothing great left.

First off, the hit cap for 70 is 6%, so you only need 3 points in Shadow Focus.  You will want to use those points elsewhere, either on Shadow Power, Improved Fort or Improved Shield.

Also, depending how many points you want to put in those other three talents, you may even want to take a point or two out of Shadow Weaving.  Considering you'll be throwing dots around like crazy, waiting for a 6th cast to get it fully stacked versus 5 may be worth the extra crit, extra stam, or extra mitigation/non-interuption

I know that Silent Resolve reduces the chance that your spells will be dispelled, but do you really think that's better than Improved Fort and Improved Shield?  I can understand not having Fort if you run with a Holy/Disc Priest, but both will vastly improve your survivability.


IME, PVP and especially arena are both about survivability and burst damage. If you can take a couple extra hits, you might outlast the burst damage or live long enough to get healed. Similarly, if you can do enough burst damage, you can kill someone before they can get heals.  This is why stats like stam, resilience, hit and crit are all so important for pvp and arena, at least moreso than certain other stats that are often valued in PVE (like plus damage).

Personally I like silent resolve.  Getting Bubble purged, DOTS dispelled, fort dispelled, shadow prot dispelled... all are annoying. 
Shadow weaving in pvp is kinda like shadow embrace for warlocks... it is there to prevent cleansing/dispell/purging/consume magic of dots more then anything else.
Overall there are more good choices for pvp talents then points to spend... )-:

I dunno, I just do suicide 5's with a pve build usually, and i've grown to really hate arena - but yet the epics...