Warrior Priest Melee Support Thread.

[ThePollie]

Every other thread I've found for melee warrior priests has been largely derailed into arguments and matters of balance.
This thread is for getting and giving advice on playing warrior priests in melee, either Grace or Wrath.

A tip to start us off - Cast healing hand before entering melee. It helps.

[ThePollie]

The reason why is because WP lack the DMG to be a melee support healer, and damage as a melee healer is important because the damage you do directly effects the amount you heal. Plus some of the current Grace and Wrath abilities are useless like Divine Shield which atm consumes too much RF for too little healing.

This thread is for getting and giving advice on playing warrior priests in melee, either Grace or Wrath.

[Scottx125]

That is a tip in and of itself, you will be sub-par in all your abilities. But best way I found is for your Grace trait lineup, use Greave of Sigmar, Grace of Sigmar and Leading the prayer. And the main abilities you want to use in combat are Sigmar's fist (with you as defensive target), Divine assault, Sigmar's vision (your highest dmg dealing ability aside from Divine assault) and Sigmar's Radience (high AP cost but heals your group and deals good dmg, so try to get AP regen gear).

[ThePollie]

Advice on group-play, Sigmar's Fist does not stack with a Knight's buffs for strength and toughness. If you have a Knight or Knights running either buffs, consider applying Sigmar's Fist either to yourself or a DPS, so that they keep the extra stats if they are separated from the pack.

Sigmar's Vision applies 10% Parry chance to a defensive target, applying this to a two-hand Knight will make it a lot easier for them to proc Runefang. Consider giving the buff to them first to bolster their defenses and amplify their ability to improve themselves. You could also give this to a dedicated healer to better their odds of surviving a sudden rush by a melee DPS.

Ironbreakers make excellent guards for melee warrior priests, as they have several buffs that improve armour, restore action points, and are themselves capable of being a threat in combat.

If the melee is becoming too intense to survive, consider pulling back and using Judgement and Smite. While not particularly damaging, it both restores Righteous Fury and keeps some pressure on your target.

[Blorckever]

I play My WP 2H melee support like this atm :

http://waronlinebuilder.org/#career=wp; ... 0:;0:0:0:0:

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[Blorckever]

I play Mine like this :

http://waronlinebuilder.org/#career=wp; ... 0:;0:0:0:0:

I play on 3 man party or 2 man and its insane .

SH Sorc Magus are really hard t counter when they are focus you but dont be afraid by melee dps if you play well you can kill all easy .

Macintosh

[Portni]

Intimidating Repent tactic could be useful.

[Blorckever]

Intimidating Repent tactic could be useful.

Not agree.You can easily 1 v 2 against melee dps on Grace some choppa or mara running away fight before the end because they cant kill me. Make all points on Wrath spec is a mistake you dont have nice survivality on DPS spec and if you take wrath spec your survivality wille be like an Slayer or others dps your divine assaut are gonna to do shitty heal and same for sigmar skill.

On Grace spec my divine assaut heal me on crit 916-924 or 400-500 whitout crit sigmar heal party and me 300 + 50% of my damage and you have the +10 parad whit Sigmar Vision add fanatism tactic +10% critik +10% parad and tactic Sigmar protect +84 str / +84 toughness and debuff str / tough on destro target.

And have the absorb for 6pts is the must have when you roam or do scen for protect party or begin a rush.

[Scottx125]

TBH best advice at the moment? Go heavy into strength, wounds and weapon-skill, willpower as a secondary stat. You need as much health as possible to make your heals on yourself more effective, and to give you a greater chance of surviving, especially if you get stunned or knocked down.

My second piece is don't rush into battle head first, let the pure melee DPS and tanks go in first, you are essentially a melee-healer/support class, you use your DPS to heal your team and yourself, whilst you can go 1v1 with most melee classes, you can easily get focused and killed in 4 seconds. Use Sigmar's Radience as often as you can with the Grace of Sigmar trait, this will heal your team for ALOT whilst doing good damage.

[Toldavf]

My advice is bring a tank and don't commit to the fight till the you see an actual DPS focusing something then go assist him.

The DPS on wp is laughable its worse then some tanks.