by mattlow on Apr 14, 2009
style="color: rgb(29, 66, 136); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">In
this instance you will fill one of two roles. You will
either be healing, or helping with DPS. While you can heal as either a
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/talents">Discipline
Priest, or a
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/talents">Holy
Priest, for Utgarde Keep there
isn’t much
difference between these two. It is a 5 man instance, and as such
it’s pretty
easy to heal with either spec. If you are specced
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/talents">Shadow,
you will be
helping
out with DPS.
style="color: rgb(29, 66, 136); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Trash
Mobs
All of
the trash mobs in Utgarde Keep are pretty straight
forward fights. If you are Shadow
specced, your role is very easy.
Wait for the
tank to get aggro, and then use your DOTs, and Mind Flay to bring them
down.
You can use Vampiric Embrace followed by
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Mind_Blast">Mind
Blast to help heal the group if
your healer is having a hard time, and use Vampiric Touch followed by
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href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Mind_Blast">Mind
Blast to help restore Mana to
the group. In fact many groups will ask you to
just keep Vampiric Embrace, and Vampiric Touch going all the time. If
you are
fighting a large number of mobs at the same time, use
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href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Mind_Sear">Mind
Sear to AOE them
down. Throw up a
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Fade">Fade
if you take Aggro, and you should sail through the trash
mobs with ease.
If you
are healing
Utgarde Keep, the trash mobs are pretty
easy on you. Most of your heals will be concentrated on the main tank,
with
only an occasional heal needed on the off tank, or other party members.
Throw
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Prayer_of_Mending">Prayer
of Mending on the main tank as
he
charges. Use Prayer of Mending as much as possible; it’s a
great heal with a
low Mana cost. Use
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Renew">Renew
to keep everyone topped off as needed in between
Prayer of Mending castings. Power Word: Shield is also a great way to
prevent
your tank from taking damage, but check with him first, some tanks
don’t like
it. Throw a Greater Heal if someone is getting swamped but in general
it won’t
be needed. Throw up a
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Fade">Fade
if you take aggro, and you should sail through the
trash mobs with ease.
style="color: rgb(29, 66, 136); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Prince
Keleseth
If you
are doing DPS, this fight is pretty easy. Wait for
the tank to get aggro, and then lay into the Prince. Use Vampiric
Embrace,
Vampiric Touch and
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Mind_Blast">Mind
Blast to help with Mana and
healing. Keep your DOTs up
at all times and Mind Flay in between. Use your
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Shadowfiend">Shadowfiend
as the fight gets
underway to keep your Mana topped off. The only thing to watch out for
during
this fight is the Ice Tomb. Whoever gets trapped inside has to be freed
right
away or will go down quickly. Use your Mind Flay on the Tomb, and
everything
will be fine.
style="color: rgb(29, 66, 136); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Skarvald
and Dalronn
This
fight is a bit more difficult than the Prince fight.
The goal of this fight is to kill both bosses as close to the same time
as
possible. So if you are doing DPS, you need to be clear who you are
going to
attack. Once is has been decided which target is yours, follow the same
rotation that you did for Keleseth. Use
Vampiric Embrace, Vampiric Touch and
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Mind_Blast">Mind
Blast to help with Mana and
healing.
Keep your DOTs up at all times and Mind Flay in between. Use your
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href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Shadowfiend">Shadowfiend
as the fight gets underway to keep your Mana topped off.
This
fight is a bit more difficult if you are healing. You
will have to watch the tank, and the off tank closely because each will
have a
boss attacking them. Skarvald also tends to jump around a bit, making
it hard
for the tank to hold aggro. Keep casting
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Prayer_of_Mending">Prayer
of Mending anytime you can, and
keep
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Renew">Renew
up at all times on the main tank and off tank. You will probably
have to cast Circle of Healing more than you did with Keleseth. You can
use
your Shadowfiend or
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Hymn_of_Hope">Hymn
of Hope if your Mana gets too
low. Just keep Renew up,
and use Greater Heal as needed as you should be fine.
Possible
Loot
style="color: rgb(29, 66, 136); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Ingvar
the Plunderer
If you
are doing DPS on this fight, there is one thing to
remember, Stay back! Ingvar has a strong cleave, and really nasty
Shadow AoE attacks
that will take down all but the strongest tanks. His attacks are shadow
based,
so you can use Shadow Protection to help the group out on this fight.
Stay at a
distance and follow your normal rotation of using Vampiric Embrace,
Vampiric
Touch and
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/wow/guides/classes/priest/spells1-40#Mind_Blast">Mind
Blast to help with Mana and
healing. Keep your DOTs up at all
times and Mind Flay in between. Use your Shadowfiend as the fight gets
underway
to keep your Mana topped off.