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I have not looked at specs to level a priest since 3.x was released. I know Carmencita was leveled as holy - how difficult was it, esp. when compared to the idea of leveling Shadow and respeccing at 80?

if u are gonna be holy, then lvl as holy IMO cause u get used to your char and then when u hit 80 (if u are shadow) and respec to holy u wont be like zomg this is all new what should i do in case of... blabla etc but thats my opinion ^^

Do you have ideas for good holy builds?

i leveld 3 priest as disc, granted this was only 1-60 and alot has changed since then. but imo disc is the good leveling spec. and like carmen said you'll get used to the disc/holy type spells vs just rwarwarwarshadowz

Since I am leveling a lowbie priest and sought some advice recently with 3.0, I will pass on the advice that I received from a few people and on forums, etc. I like builds that minimize downtime, so I asked a lot about mana regen, rotations, etc. Since I am only level 34 and actually leveling my druid mostly, take this for what it is worth....

Shadow - mana regen is a lot better with changes to Spirit Tap and Improved Spirit Tap. Still has good damage and some changes make it a lot more enjoyable than dot/fear. VT is essentially free (mana cost will even out) and scales better with int. Dispersion at level 60 is a 3 min free mana pot as well as a nice oh snap! button. I have a warlock and Shadow holds very little appeal to me aside from maybe some experimentation.

Disc/Holy - Meditation is key for regen, but make sure to get Spirit Tap (no need for Improved). You can supposedly get by with just 26 points to get everything in Holy you could want to solo with (up to Surge of Light). The rest goes into Disc. Takes level 52 before you have 3/3 Meditation, 3/3 Spirit Tap, and 2/2 Surge of Light.

Disc - add 3/3 Spirit Tap, though. Damage is lower (thus level slower), but survivability is up. Supposedly REALLY shines when you get Penance at level 63 (assuming Spirit Tap). This was the build a lot of people recommended to me as you can get 3/3 Meditation and 3/3 Spirit Tap at level 25. Shining points that I see for leveling are Improved Divine Spirit, Reflective Shield, Borrowed Time, and Rapture (beyond Pain Suppression and Power Infusion).

I chose to try Shadow atm (34). Plan right now is to try that out until 52 to satisfy my curiousness. Then go Disc/Holy or straight Disc and see how it is. At that point, I will have had a few levels of VT to compare things to. If I get tired of Shadow before then, I will just go straight Disc.