There is no denying that Player vs. Player combat is in your Priest's future, even if you've avoided it so far. Wrath of the Lich King has brought more advanced real time battles to the game. Let us take a look right now.
   Lake Wintergrasp is the first real time Player vs. Player battle zone. The players in this new zone face off on the live server to win points they can use to buy rare and valuable items.
   It is for sure that there will be even more World Player vs. Player in the future because of Lake Wintergrasp's high popularity and the increasing amount of Player vs. Player combats in other popular games. So let's talk about how your Priest can excel.
   As a Priest, competing in Wow Player vs. Player combat requires lots of forethought as well as planning. A Priest can be a string Player vs. Player combatant with its impressive amount of mana and a wide variety of healing spells. However, since they have a low health level and no armor, if an opponent can get past your Priest's defenses, it's all over. If you're going to do well in Priest Player vs. Player combat, you have to have a smart plan. If you don't, your Priest will be dying an awful lot.
   Priests are the healers in any Player vs. Player group battles. But it doesn't have to work this way. Just like Holy and Discipline Priests, they're very useful in group Player vs. Player in the arena and battlegrounds, where they buff and debuff characters generally filling the time-honored healer role. But Shadow Priests can be powerful DPS dealers, with the added bonus of being able to heal when necessary. Whether your Priest primarily supports the party, or primarily goes out to do damage to the enemy depends on how you develop and play the class.
   Priests can use Fear spells to control opponents and dish out Damage over Times spells and they can dispel most any spell an opponent casts so they can be extremely effective against many classes. However, against other classes, Priests are in real danger. Without the correct strategy, a Priest has virtually no hope against Rogues.
   This is the reason that a quality Priest Player vs. Player guide is very important for getting the best possible results. Not only will a great guide show you ways and tactics your Priest can use against each class but it will give the Priest a good idea about how other classes will approach the fight too. But a good Priest Player vs. Player guide will give you more than just a few standard ways for Priest. It will show you exactly how to take on each of the other classes in one on one combat. And it should show how the Priest, in each of its three specs like Holy, Discipline and Shadow can best fit into a 2v2, 3v3, or 5v5 team.
   You will find that a quality Player vs. Player guide will contain ways and tactics that are not obvious to newer players even if you decide to learn the ins and outs of Priest Player vs. Player combat yourself. It teaches you the most important things to know, which save you lots of time you would otherwise have to spend dying in battle before you become skilled at Player vs. Player combat.