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Runepriests Guide

Noun of WAR Stratics

Updated 8/19/08

Beta Patch 3.3

Runepriests, being the “defensive healer” of Order is capable of dishing out astonishing amounts of healing both to single targets as well as whole groups. Without a mechanic holding back their healing, the Runepriest can heal allies without the fear of maintaining a mechanic to be efficient. One of the biggest strengths to Runepriests is the ability to distribute buffs that fortify stats and resistances, master runes are arguably the strongest group buffs in the game. With smart play and tactics, Runepriests are able to keep themselves as well as their group alive and strong.

Pros

• Most reliable healer on Order

• Does not require mechanic to heal efficiently

• Offers valuable buffs to group members

• Master of maintaining HP of group members/warband

• Capable of a self resurrecting rune at end-game.

• At higher levels able to resurrect whole groups as well as do damage while healing at the same time.

Cons

• Robes offer little defense

• Low damage capabilities

• Often the first target of RvR

Playing as a Runepriest

As a Runepriest the main priority is healing, it’s what we do best and what we do better than any other class on Order. The ideal position to be in as a Runepriest is behind the front line and ahead of the ranged dps, allowing you to be in range of any ally that may need healing. Not only will you have to watch health bars, but what buff each member of your group needs. Being the lifeline of RvR equates to being one of the first targets enemies will look for, being able to act quickly can be the difference between failure and success.

The most important stats to Runepriests are:

1. Willpower – Increases your chance to disrupt attacks and increases healing dealt to allies.

Higher willpower equates to more powerful heals. Willpower will also increase survival because it increases chances of disrupting attacks. At level 32 with 574 willpower I have a 14.8% chance to disrupt spells casted on me.

2. Intelligence – Increases Magic Damage and reduces your opponents chance to block or disrupt attacks.

Even as a healer you’ll occasionally throw out nukes and DoTs (especially Rune of Immolation). A high intelligence not only increases your spell damage but also decreases your target’s chances of disrupting your attack.

3. Toughness – Reduces damage dealt to you by opponents.

Because Runepriests wear robes that offer little defense, toughness plays an important role. Obviously the higher your toughness is, the less damage will be done to you. At higher levels the Runepriest has really powerful tactics that allow increases in armor level.

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Skills

Healing

Grungni’s Gift

Path of Grungni

25 AP – Instant Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown

Heals x to defensive target.

Rune of Regeneration

Core Ability

30 AP – Instant Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown

Heals for x life over 15 seconds.

Rune of Mending

Path of Valaya

60 AP – 1s Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown

Restores x health, then continues to restore 441 health over 9 seconds.

Rune of Shielding

Path of Valaya

40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 2s Cooldown

Target absorbs up to x damage over 10 seconds. When the effect fades, the target recovers x health.

Rune of Restoration

Path of Grungni

50 AP – 3s Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown

Restores x health. This is a fragile spell and will always be set back by a large amount if you are damaged while casting it.

Rune of Serenity

Path of Grimnir

45 AP – 1s Cast – 150ft Range – 10s Cooldown

Heals target for x life over 9 seconds, and will then bounce to and heal other allies within 30 feet of the previous target. Effect will not hit the same taret more than once, and will heal up to 6 people.

Rune of Life

Core Ability

20 AP – 3s Cast – 100ft Range – 6s Cooldown

Resurrect target friendly dead player and restore 20% of their health.

Blessing of Valaya

Path of Grimnir

70 AP – 3.0s Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown

Heals all group members for x health.

Protection of the Ancients

Path of Grimnir

40 AP – Instant Cast – 100 ft Range – 3m Cooldown

Increases target group member’s Wounds by x for 60 seconds. Heals target for value of HP increase.

Oath Rune of Sanctuary

Core Ability

25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 10m Cooldown

Increases targeted group member’s Toughness by x for 1 hour. The rune holder will then be able to resurrect themselves with 20% health if killed within the next 10 minutes. Doing so will remove the Oath Rune.

Buffing

Oath Rune of Iron

Path of Valaya

25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown

Increases targeted group member’s Initiative and Willpower by x for 1 hour. The rune holder may activate it to inflict x Elemental damage over 9 seconds.

Oath Rune of Power

Path of Grungni

25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown

Increases target group member’s Strength and Intelligence by x for 1 hour. The rune holder may activate it to inflict x Elemental damage to a target.

Oath Rune of Warding

Path of Grimnir

25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown

Increases targeted group member’s Resists by x for 1 hour. The rune holder may activate it to inflict x Elemental damage over 9 seconds to all targets within 30 feet.

Debuff

Rune of Preservation

Core Ability

20 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 15s Cooldown

Detaunts targets attack power by 50% for 15 seconds. If you attack anyone that you have Detaunted, the effect with immediately end.

Rune of Sundering

Core Ability

45 AP – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Knockbacks targets within 30 feet of you. Monsters will be knocked down.

Damaging

Rune of Striking

Path of Grungni

25 AP – 2s Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage.

Rune of Immolation

Path of Valaya

30 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage over 15 seconds.

Rune of Fire

Path of Grungni

40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 5s Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage.

Rune of Might

Path of Grimnir

45 AP – 2s Cast – No Range – No Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage to all targets within 30 feet of you.

Rune of Cleansing

Core Ability

40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 30s Cooldown

Dispels one Enchantment from target. Deals x Elemental damage if successful.

Rune of Cleaving

Path of Grimnir

30 AP – Instant Cast – No Range – 10s Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage over 9 seconds to targets 65 feet in front of you.

Spellbinding Rune

Path of Valaya

30 AP – 1s Cast – 100ft Range – 30s Cooldown

Silences and wounds target for x Elemental damage over 5 seconds.

Morale

Divine Favor

Core Ability

Rank 1 Morale – Instant Cast – 150ft Range – 60s Cooldown

A strong heal that will restore 1440 health to your target.

Rune of Insanity

Rank 1 Morale – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 60s Cooldown

Deal x damage to target. Lower target’s AP by 200.

Steal Life

Rank 1 Morale – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 60s Cooldown

Your target suffers x damage over 9 seconds, and you are healed for a half of the damage dealt.

Focused Mind

Rank 2 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

For the next 10 seconds, you will remove and ignore any silencing, disarming, rooting, snaring effects and your abilities will build 50% faster and may not be set back.

Rampaging Siphon

Rank 2 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Deals x damage to all enemies within 30 feet and heals your entire group for the full amount of the damage dealt.

Divine Protection

Rank 3 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Everyone in your group is surrounded by a protective shield, which will absorb a large amount of damage from melee abilities.

Rune of Rebirth

Rank 3 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Self Heal for x then an additional x health over 9 seconds.

Alter Fate

Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Tactics

Ancestral Inheritance

1 Slot Career Tactic

Increase your Armor by x.

Blessing of Grungi

1 Slot Career Tactic

Critical heals will Bless your target for 10 seconds, increasing the power of any heals used on them by 25%

Cleansing Vitality

1 Slot Career Tactic

Rune of Cleansing will not heal the defensive target for x over x if an effect was successfully removed.

Discipline

1 Slot Career Tactic

Increase your Willpower by x.

Divine Fury

1 Slot Career Tactic

You deal 25% more damage, but all of your healing becomes 20% less effective.

Potent Runes

1 Slot Career Tactic

Rune of Striking and Rune of Immolation are now undefendable.

Regenerative Shielding

1 Slot Career Tactic

Each tick of Rune of Regeneration has 25% chance to increase target’s armor by x for 10 seconds.

Restorative Burst

1 Slot Career Tactic

Any time one of your direct healing effects critically heals an ally, you will regain 40 Action Points over 3 seconds.

Stoutness of Stone

1 Slot Career Tactic

You recover from Stuns and Knockdowns 50% quicker. You will still gain immunity based on the original duration.

Stubbornness

1 Slot Career Tactic

Increases your Corporeal resistance by x.

Subtlety

1 Slot Career Tactic

All of your heals will cause enemy monsters to hate you 25% less than normal.

On Your Feet!

1 Slot Career Tactic

Rune of Life, Rune of Sanctuary and Grimnir’s Fury will heal the target for x health over 5 seconds and will restore 70 AP when the target is resurrected.

Sundering Motion

1 Slot Career Tactic

Rune of Sundering’s cooldown is reduced to 20 seconds and will now apply a 40% movement reduction for 10 seconds to all those hit.

Thick-Skulled

1 Slot Career Tactic

Removes chance to be setback while casting Grungi’s Gift, Rune of Mending, and Rune of Serenity.

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Mastery Trees

Path of Grungni

Runic Blast

1 Slot Career Tactic

Increases crit chance of Rune of Fire, Grungni’s Gift, and Rune of Striking by 15%.

Master Rune of Fury

Buff

25 AP – 2s Cast – 100ft Range – 60s Cooldown

Inscribes a master rune into the ground for 60 seconds. Groupmates within the 65 feet of the Rune of Fury have a 20% Chance to gain 50 AP whenever they activate an ability. You may only have one Master rune active at a time.

Ancestor’s Blessing

1 Slot Career Tactic

Healing abilities have a 25% chance to also increase the target’s AP by 50.

Rune of Fortune

Damaging

30 AP – 2S Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage to your target and heals your Defensive target for the damage dealt.

Rune of Nullification

1 Slot Career Tactic

Critical attacks place a debuff on your target that reduces all incoming healing by 100%

Rune of Binding

Debuff

40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 20s Cooldown

Stuns and wounds target for x Elemental damage over 3 seconds.

Rune of Ending

Damaging

Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Deals x damage to all enemies within 30ft and then heals group members for all damage dealt.

Path of Valaya

Immolating Grasp

1 Slot Career Tactic

Each tick of Rune of Immolation has a 25% chance to drain 30 Action Points from target and snare them by 0% for 5 seconds

Master Rune of Speed

30 AP – 2s Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Inscribes a master rune into the ground for 60 seconds. Groupmates within 65 feet of the Rune of Speed have their buildup times reduced by .25 seconds. You may only have one Master rune active at a time.

Earth’s Shielding

1 Slot Career Tactic

Each attack against an active Rune of Shielding will randomly debuff one of the attacker’s stats by x for 10 seconds.

Rune of Burning

10 AP/sec – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 11s Cooldown

Channeled. Deals x Elemental damage over 6 seconds. 100% chance to be setback while casting.

Efficient Runecarving

1 Slot Career Tactic

Each tick of Rune of Mending has 20% chance to make next Rune of Immolation free, and each tick of Rune of Immolation has a 20% chance to make Rune of Mending instant cast.

Rune of Fate

30 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 30s Cooldown

Deals x Elemental damage over 24 seconds and heals your defensive target for the amount of damage dealt.

Valaya’s Shield

Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Heals groupmembers x health over 15 seconds and gives 375 Action Points over 15 seconds.

Path of Grimnir

Extended Battle

1 Slot Career Tactic

Increases area of effect of Rune of Cleaving and Rune of Battle by 50%.

Master Rune of Adamant

30 AP – 2s Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Inscribes a Master rune into the ground for 60 seconds. Heals Groupmates within 65 feet of the Rune of Adamant for x health every 3 seconds for 60 seconds. You may only have one Master rune active at a time.

Concussive Runes

1 Slot Career Tactic

Attacks in the path of Grimnir have a 25% chance to detaunt your target, reducing their damage towards you by 50% for 15 seconds.

Rune of Battle

50 AP – 2s Cast – 150ft Range – 60s Cooldown

Buffs an ally with a pulsing area of effect that deals x Elemental damage every 3 seconds to all enemies within 20 feet for 15 seconds.

Ancestor’s Echo

1 Slot Career Tactic

Heals have a 25% chance to create a shield on your target that can absorb up to x damage over 10 seconds.

Grimnir’s Fury

40 AP – 5s Cast – No Range – 3m Cooldown

Ressurects groupmembers within radius. Heals them to 50% health and increases damage of resurrected friendlies by 20% for 10 seconds.

Rune of Skewering

Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown

Deals x damage to all targets 65 feet in front of you.

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PvE

Soloing

Soloing as a Runepriest is generally slow, probably the slowest out of all the classes in the game. We give up damage for survivability. Early on in levels it will probably be hard, but once you get Ancestral Inheritance a lot of damage is mitigated by pure armor levels. The single best tactic when it comes to soloing as a Runepriest is Divine Fury (25% more damage for 20% less healing efficiency), not only will your spells do more damage but critical damage will increase by a substantial amount. Oath Rune of Power should be on you at all times, it increases intelligence thus giving your spells more damage; it can also be activated to cause damage to a single target. The three spells you’ll be using most when it comes to soloing is Rune of Striking, Rune of Immolation, and Rune of Fire.

Generally I open up with Rune of Striking and immediately follow up with Immolation and Fire. I’ll start to spam Striking until Fire is off cooldown and keep Immolation up as necessary. If I find that the mobs are hitting me hard I’ll throw on Rune of Regeneration so that I won’t have to heal myself after every fight.

If you plan on soloing a lot, I would look into Rune of Burning (Path of Valaya). Offers amazing dps for an offensive Runepriest skill, only downside to it is that it’s channeling. As of this patch the setback was not working properly and allowed continuous casting. I’m not sure how valuable this will be in the future when setback if fixed.

Grouping

Not much changes for the Runepriest in terms of damage capabilities here. Your dps is going to stay pretty much the same, but the good thing is you’re not going to be expected to dish out amazing damage. Unless the group is AoEing or fighting mobs a lot higher than everyone’s level, healing is going to be minimal, but still needed. The tactics I use when grouping are Ancestral Inheritance, Regenerative Shielding, and Discipline. If I find that tanks are keeping mobs off me but more healing is needed I’ll swap Ancestral Inheritance for Blessing of Grungi or another healing specific tactic if specced into the tree.

An ideal group will consist of a tank, and off-tank, a main healer, a secondary healer, and two dps. Give the main and off-tank Oath Rune of Warding, Melee/Magic Ranged dps Oath Rune of Power, other Runepriests should receive Oath Rune of Iron and ask Archmages and Warrior Priests their preference; I give ranged dps (non-magical) the choice between Oath Power and Oath Warding (strength and intelligence don’t affect their ranged damage). Throw a Rune of Shielding onto the tank right before they pull monster(s), follow it up with a Rune of Regeneration and keep an eye on the rest of the group’s hp. If more than one person starts to get damaged, cast Rune of Serenity and then Rune of Regeneration on whoever has aggro. Rune of Regeneration is an instant cast with no cooldown and it’s safe to throw it on multiple people if necessary. Runepriests generally fill the role of the main healer in a group because they don’t have to deal damage to heal effectively, let your focus be more healing and less damaging. Use judgment to decide between using Grungni’s Gift, Rune of Mending, and Rune of Restoration to recover health. Grungni’s is best used for quick and small heals, while Rune of Mending can bring someone out of any immediate danger. Rune of Restoration can be used to bring someone’s HP back from “the dead”, but be careful of the 3s cast time—make sure that your secondary healer is doing their job of relieving some of the pressure off of you before you even think of casting this.

You’ll find that Archmages and Warrior Priests take over the job of applying HoTs very effectively. What I’ve noticed is that the HP of the group will generally be at a standstill, but it’s still nice to have Rune of Regeneration on the tank and whoever is taking damage because of Regenerative Shielding (25% chance to increase armor on each tick). I’ll throw Rune of Serenity into the mix every chance I get. Because PQ contribution gets competitive in groups, you’re usually going to have a hard time finding someone to heal before their HP is maxed through HoTs. Patch 3.3 changed Grungni’s Gift from a 1s cast to an instant and it allows for heals before HoT ticks, phenomenal if you’re trying to get contribution.

If I’m still having trouble with PQ contribution I’ll switch my focus to a dps role. The group will still look to you for the brunt of the healing so it’s a good idea to keep an eye on the HP meters. The trend of groups usually shifts to pulling multiple mobs at the same time, allowing for use of Rune of Might. Rune of Might does pretty good dps and it has a cast time but no cooldown; it hits everything within a 30 foot radius. Use Rune of Cleaving, make sure that it hits every mob in the AoE radius. Instead of using Oath Rune of Iron, switch it out for Warding (can be activated for AoE DoT) and activate it whenever a pull is made. The Rank 2 Morale ability Rampaging Siphon is also very useful as it deals AoE damage in a 30 foot radius and heals your group for all damage dealt, use it wisely as it can save your group if need be.

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RvR

Buffs

First rule of thumb: keep your group buffed at all times; tanks with either Oath Rune of Power or Warding, melee and magic dps should have Oath Rune of Power, other Runepriests should be buffed with Iron, WP and AM the choice between Power and Iron, and ranged dps (that do not use magic) whatever their preference is. Your favorite tactics will most likely be Ancestral Inheritance, Regenerative Shielding, and Discipline; these tactics give you survivability, and most importantly, healing power.

Master Runes are amazing AoE group buffs, they are all indestructible and have a 2s cast time. I try to drop a master rune before every fight, and if I’m capable I’ll cast one in the middle of battle making sure that the rune is within range of my groupmembers. Each of the three Master Runes is useful in their own way. Master Rune of Fury recovers AP, Speed decreases buildup times (cast time), and Adamant has an AoE group heal every three seconds.

Healing

As a Runepriest your main job is healing, everything comes second. As with PvE, use judgment when it comes to deciding which heal to use. Your best friend will be Rune of Regeneration, I cast this every chance I get; if someone is losing HP, has lost HP, or is about to lose HP, I cast Rune of Regeneration. Another useful skill is Rune of Serenity; it covers a lot of ground jumping from one ally to another. While Serenity doesn’t heal much, not everyone is going to be getting hit at the same time for similar amounts of damage. The combination of Regeneration and Serenity is effective, especially with the Regenerative Shielding tactic.

You’ll find the Rune of Mending is the best method of direct healing, being a mixture of Grungni’s Gift, Rune of Regeneration, and Rune of Restoration, this rune is more valuable than gold. Use it to heal whatever you can: if they are coming out of battle the HoT attached to the spell will help phenomenally, if they are in battle it will keep them alive. Grungni’s Gift is a lot more useful now that it’s an instant cast, quick heals here and there are always needed. I find myself spamming Grungni’s and an occasional Mending when someone is about to die, hoping that the quick heals and critical heals will keep them up long enough for backup or another healer to come into play.

Rune of Restoration is very tricky in RvR, it has the highest setback out of the Runepriests’ spells and enemy players are unpredictable. The 3s cast time is an eternity in RvR, the dps of Witch Elves and Sorcerers as well as tanks is incredibly fast and often too much for one healer to handle. Be positive that you’re not being targeted while casting Restoration and never cast it with a group of Destruction running towards you; you’ll find that they will be giving you wedgies as soon as the you’re done casting. Before using this skill, I usually check the ally’s buff bar to see if I have another healer giving me time to cast. Often Rune of Restoration seems like it’s doing absolutely nothing because the time it takes to cast allows the enemy to do more damage than it heals, keeps them up but leaves you with no time to do anything else. If used at the right moment and with backup heals, it can bring someone hanging onto life to near full HP.

Blessing of Valaya is also in the same boat as Rune of Restoration, it has the huge 3s cast time. The difference between the two is that Valaya heals your whole group, and I will take more of a risk casting this. It doesn’t heal individuals for huge amounts, so don’t cast it hoping to clear out danger. The best time to cast this is if more than two members of your group are being damaged, it takes a little pressure off allowing you to hop onto anyone who is under immediate attack. The awesome part of Blessing of Valaya is that your group doesn’t have to be in LoS to receive the heal.

Survivability

In general Runepriests have great survivability, high armor through tactics and the ability to heal ourselves with a powerful detaunt and an AoE knockback makes us an annoying target. Despite all of that, we’re often the first target and we have to rely on other classes to keep us alive. I always try to keep Rune of Preservation on someone at all times, usually Witch Elves or Marauders but I’m quick to change detaunt targets onto anyone who is damaging me. If I find that there are multiple people hitting me at once, I’ll position myself so that Rune of Sundering will knock them all back and run towards the nearest ally. Sundering will be your best friend or your last mistake, make positive that you’re hitting at least one person with the knockback. Rune of Sundering is also one of the best offensive abilities the Runepriest has. As an AoE knockback, you can run into a crowd of Destruction and split their forces allowing your melees to pick them off easier. I’ve been able to time and aim my knockbacks so that enemy players fly off ridges or into lava; it’s a great strategic tool that can create both offensive and defensive opportunities.

If you’re getting targeted, cast Rune of Regeneration on yourself, not only does it heal but if you have Regenerative Shielding on your tactic bar you have a chance of gaining a high bonus to armor. Use Grungni’s Gift as necessary, since it’s instant you can cast it while you run. Take advantage of objects on the battleground, anything that breaks LoS from ranged classes helps dramatically. Don’t run blindly around, if you’re in a pug locate allies and hope they have the logic to throw you a bone. If a group of ally melees are running in to help you, use collision—they will block and slow down anyone who is trying to get to you.

Renown

Farming renown on a healer is pretty easy. As long as you’re doing your job (healing), you’re going to gain a decent amount of renown. It’s important to know that you can’t just sit back and heal anyone and everyone, as a Runepriest you’re meant to be close to the front lines. If you’re healing someone who is not actively in battle or who has not recently been in battle, you won’t always receive renown.

Throw HoTs (Rune of Regeneration and/or Rune of Mending) onto players who are safely running away from the battle; focus your main heals on players who are actually taking damage. Use Rune of Mending and Grungni’s Gift everywhere, save your Rune of Restoration for when it’s really needed but don’t be afraid of casting it. The more healing you do, the more renown you’re going to receive. Depending what you’re specced into you’ll be better as a pure defensive or offensive. Rune of Fate is amazing in the Valaya tree for defense-minded healers whereas Rune of Battle can pump out crazy dps for offensively specced Runepriests.

You will still get renown for dealing damage, and it is viable. Throw out Rune of Immolation and Fire (there are some tactics that can improve both) whenever you can or feel like, they are instant casts and are annoying to heal through. I generally don’t use Rune of Striking in RvR unless I know I have the time to cast and we outnumber Destruction by a large amount. It’s important to know that any other class who is held in the right hands will always be able to outdamage a Runepriest.

No matter what your spec is, the main classes you’ll be supporting are melee dps, they tend to be right up on the offensive line taking huge amounts of burst damage. Because you’ll most likely be closer to the front than the back you won’t be able to see most of your ranged dps all the time. Get used to shifting your camera angle forwards and backward to watch the hp of any ally who might be taking damage. As long as you tag someone with a heal, you’ll get a share of their renown whenever they or their group kills someone. If you’re aiming to be top in renown gained, stick to healing…not only is it necessary but it is actually fun and it benefits the team a lot more than a Runepriest who focuses on dpsing.

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Noun vbmenu_register("postmenu_812263", true); WAR News Reporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15 My Mood:	Runepriest Guide *Skills* Healing Grungni’s Gift Path of Grungni 25 AP – Instant Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown Heals x to defensive target. Rune of Regeneration Core Ability 30 AP – Instant Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown Heals for x life over 15 seconds. Rune of Mending Path of Valaya 60 AP – 1s Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown Restores x health, then continues to restore 441 health over 9 seconds. Rune of Shielding Path of Valaya 40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 2s Cooldown Target absorbs up to x damage over 10 seconds. When the effect fades, the target recovers x health. Rune of Restoration Path of Grungni 50 AP – 3s Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown Restores x health. This is a fragile spell and will always be set back by a large amount if you are damaged while casting it. Rune of Serenity Path of Grimnir 45 AP – 1s Cast – 150ft Range – 10s Cooldown Heals target for x life over 9 seconds, and will then bounce to and heal other allies within 30 feet of the previous target. Effect will not hit the same taret more than once, and will heal up to 6 people. Rune of Life Core Ability 20 AP – 3s Cast – 100ft Range – 6s Cooldown Resurrect target friendly dead player and restore 20% of their health. Blessing of Valaya Path of Grimnir 70 AP – 3.0s Cast – 150ft Range – No Cooldown Heals all group members for x health. Protection of the Ancients Path of Grimnir 40 AP – Instant Cast – 100 ft Range – 3m Cooldown Increases target group member’s Wounds by x for 60 seconds. Heals target for value of HP increase. Oath Rune of Sanctuary Core Ability 25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 10m Cooldown Increases targeted group member’s Toughness by x for 1 hour. The rune holder will then be able to resurrect themselves with 20% health if killed within the next 10 minutes. Doing so will remove the Oath Rune. Buffing Oath Rune of Iron Path of Valaya 25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown Increases targeted group member’s Initiative and Willpower by x for 1 hour. The rune holder may activate it to inflict x Elemental damage over 9 seconds. Oath Rune of Power Path of Grungni 25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown Increases target group member’s Strength and Intelligence by x for 1 hour. The rune holder may activate it to inflict x Elemental damage to a target. Oath Rune of Warding Path of Grimnir 25 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown Increases targeted group member’s Resists by x for 1 hour. The rune holder may activate it to inflict x Elemental damage over 9 seconds to all targets within 30 feet. Debuff Rune of Preservation Core Ability 20 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 15s Cooldown Detaunts targets attack power by 50% for 15 seconds. If you attack anyone that you have Detaunted, the effect with immediately end. Rune of Sundering Core Ability 45 AP – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Knockbacks targets within 30 feet of you. Monsters will be knocked down. Damaging Rune of Striking Path of Grungni 25 AP – 2s Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage. Rune of Immolation Path of Valaya 30 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage over 15 seconds. Rune of Fire Path of Grungni 40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 5s Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage. Rune of Might Path of Grimnir 45 AP – 2s Cast – No Range – No Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage to all targets within 30 feet of you. Rune of Cleansing Core Ability 40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 30s Cooldown Dispels one Enchantment from target. Deals x Elemental damage if successful. Rune of Cleaving Path of Grimnir 30 AP – Instant Cast – No Range – 10s Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage over 9 seconds to targets 65 feet in front of you. Spellbinding Rune Path of Valaya 30 AP – 1s Cast – 100ft Range – 30s Cooldown Silences and wounds target for x Elemental damage over 5 seconds. Morale Divine Favor Core Ability Rank 1 Morale – Instant Cast – 150ft Range – 60s Cooldown A strong heal that will restore 1440 health to your target. Rune of Insanity Rank 1 Morale – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 60s Cooldown Deal x damage to target. Lower target’s AP by 200. Steal Life Rank 1 Morale – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 60s Cooldown Your target suffers x damage over 9 seconds, and you are healed for a half of the damage dealt. Focused Mind Rank 2 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown For the next 10 seconds, you will remove and ignore any silencing, disarming, rooting, snaring effects and your abilities will build 50% faster and may not be set back. Rampaging Siphon Rank 2 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Deals x damage to all enemies within 30 feet and heals your entire group for the full amount of the damage dealt. Divine Protection Rank 3 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Everyone in your group is surrounded by a protective shield, which will absorb a large amount of damage from melee abilities. Rune of Rebirth Rank 3 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Self Heal for x then an additional x health over 9 seconds. Alter Fate Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Tactics Ancestral Inheritance 1 Slot Career Tactic Increase your Armor by x. Blessing of Grungi 1 Slot Career Tactic Critical heals will Bless your target for 10 seconds, increasing the power of any heals used on them by 25% Cleansing Vitality 1 Slot Career Tactic Rune of Cleansing will not heal the defensive target for x over x if an effect was successfully removed. Discipline 1 Slot Career Tactic Increase your Willpower by x. Divine Fury 1 Slot Career Tactic You deal 25% more damage, but all of your healing becomes 20% less effective. Potent Runes 1 Slot Career Tactic Rune of Striking and Rune of Immolation are now undefendable. Regenerative Shielding 1 Slot Career Tactic Each tick of Rune of Regeneration has 25% chance to increase target’s armor by x for 10 seconds. Restorative Burst 1 Slot Career Tactic Any time one of your direct healing effects critically heals an ally, you will regain 40 Action Points over 3 seconds. Stoutness of Stone 1 Slot Career Tactic You recover from Stuns and Knockdowns 50% quicker. You will still gain immunity based on the original duration. Stubbornness 1 Slot Career Tactic Increases your Corporeal resistance by x. Subtlety 1 Slot Career Tactic All of your heals will cause enemy monsters to hate you 25% less than normal. On Your Feet! 1 Slot Career Tactic Rune of Life, Rune of Sanctuary and Grimnir’s Fury will heal the target for x health over 5 seconds and will restore 70 AP when the target is resurrected. Sundering Motion 1 Slot Career Tactic Rune of Sundering’s cooldown is reduced to 20 seconds and will now apply a 40% movement reduction for 10 seconds to all those hit. Thick-Skulled 1 Slot Career Tactic Removes chance to be setback while casting Grungi’s Gift, Rune of Mending, and Rune of Serenity. __________________ Noun News Reporter - WAR Stratics PvP =

Today, 07:49 AM	#3
Noun vbmenu_register("postmenu_812266", true); WAR News Reporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15 My Mood:	Re: Runepriest Guide *Mastery Trees* Path of Grungni Runic Blast 1 Slot Career Tactic Increases crit chance of Rune of Fire, Grungni’s Gift, and Rune of Striking by 15%. Master Rune of Fury Buff 25 AP – 2s Cast – 100ft Range – 60s Cooldown Inscribes a master rune into the ground for 60 seconds. Groupmates within the 65 feet of the Rune of Fury have a 20% Chance to gain 50 AP whenever they activate an ability. You may only have one Master rune active at a time. Ancestor’s Blessing 1 Slot Career Tactic Healing abilities have a 25% chance to also increase the target’s AP by 50. Rune of Fortune Damaging 30 AP – 2S Cast – 100ft Range – No Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage to your target and heals your Defensive target for the damage dealt. Rune of Nullification 1 Slot Career Tactic Critical attacks place a debuff on your target that reduces all incoming healing by 100% Rune of Binding Debuff 40 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 20s Cooldown Stuns and wounds target for x Elemental damage over 3 seconds. Rune of Ending Damaging Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Deals x damage to all enemies within 30ft and then heals group members for all damage dealt. Path of Valaya Immolating Grasp 1 Slot Career Tactic Each tick of Rune of Immolation has a 25% chance to drain 30 Action Points from target and snare them by 0% for 5 seconds Master Rune of Speed 30 AP – 2s Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Inscribes a master rune into the ground for 60 seconds. Groupmates within 65 feet of the Rune of Speed have their buildup times reduced by .25 seconds. You may only have one Master rune active at a time. Earth’s Shielding 1 Slot Career Tactic Each attack against an active Rune of Shielding will randomly debuff one of the attacker’s stats by x for 10 seconds. Rune of Burning 10 AP/sec – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 11s Cooldown Channeled. Deals x Elemental damage over 6 seconds. 100% chance to be setback while casting. Efficient Runecarving 1 Slot Career Tactic Each tick of Rune of Mending has 20% chance to make next Rune of Immolation free, and each tick of Rune of Immolation has a 20% chance to make Rune of Mending instant cast. Rune of Fate 30 AP – Instant Cast – 100ft Range – 30s Cooldown Deals x Elemental damage over 24 seconds and heals your defensive target for the amount of damage dealt. Valaya’s Shield Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Heals groupmembers x health over 15 seconds and gives 375 Action Points over 15 seconds. Path of Grimnir Extended Battle 1 Slot Career Tactic Increases area of effect of Rune of Cleaving and Rune of Battle by 50%. Master Rune of Adamant 30 AP – 2s Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Inscribes a Master rune into the ground for 60 seconds. Heals Groupmates within 65 feet of the Rune of Adamant for x health every 3 seconds for 60 seconds. You may only have one Master rune active at a time. Concussive Runes 1 Slot Career Tactic Attacks in the path of Grimnir have a 25% chance to detaunt your target, reducing their damage towards you by 50% for 15 seconds. Rune of Battle 50 AP – 2s Cast – 150ft Range – 60s Cooldown Buffs an ally with a pulsing area of effect that deals x Elemental damage every 3 seconds to all enemies within 20 feet for 15 seconds. Ancestor’s Echo 1 Slot Career Tactic Heals have a 25% chance to create a shield on your target that can absorb up to x damage over 10 seconds. Grimnir’s Fury 40 AP – 5s Cast – No Range – 3m Cooldown Ressurects groupmembers within radius. Heals them to 50% health and increases damage of resurrected friendlies by 20% for 10 seconds. Rune of Skewering Rank 4 Morale – Instant Cast – No Range – 60s Cooldown Deals x damage to all targets 65 feet in front of you. __________________ Noun News Reporter - WAR Stratics PvP =

Today, 07:52 AM	#4
Noun vbmenu_register("postmenu_812270", true); WAR News Reporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15 My Mood:	Re: Runepriest Guide *PvE* Soloing Soloing as a Runepriest is generally slow, probably the slowest out of all the classes in the game. We give up damage for survivability. Early on in levels it will probably be hard, but once you get Ancestral Inheritance a lot of damage is mitigated by pure armor levels. The single best tactic when it comes to soloing as a Runepriest is Divine Fury (25% more damage for 20% less healing efficiency), not only will your spells do more damage but critical damage will increase by a substantial amount. Oath Rune of Power should be on you at all times, it increases intelligence thus giving your spells more damage; it can also be activated to cause damage to a single target. The three spells you’ll be using most when it comes to soloing is Rune of Striking, Rune of Immolation, and Rune of Fire. Generally I open up with Rune of Striking and immediately follow up with Immolation and Fire. I’ll start to spam Striking until Fire is off cooldown and keep Immolation up as necessary. If I find that the mobs are hitting me hard I’ll throw on Rune of Regeneration so that I won’t have to heal myself after every fight. If you plan on soloing a lot, I would look into Rune of Burning (Path of Valaya). Offers amazing dps for an offensive Runepriest skill, only downside to it is that it’s channeling. As of this patch the setback was not working properly and allowed continuous casting. I’m not sure how valuable this will be in the future when setback if fixed. Grouping Not much changes for the Runepriest in terms of damage capabilities here. Your dps is going to stay pretty much the same, but the good thing is you’re not going to be expected to dish out amazing damage. Unless the group is AoEing or fighting mobs a lot higher than everyone’s level, healing is going to be minimal, but still needed. The tactics I use when grouping are Ancestral Inheritance, Regenerative Shielding, and Discipline. If I find that tanks are keeping mobs off me but more healing is needed I’ll swap Ancestral Inheritance for Blessing of Grungi or another healing specific tactic if specced into the tree. An ideal group will consist of a tank, and off-tank, a main healer, a secondary healer, and two dps. Give the main and off-tank Oath Rune of Warding, Melee/Magic Ranged dps Oath Rune of Power, other Runepriests should receive Oath Rune of Iron and ask Archmages and Warrior Priests their preference; I give ranged dps (non-magical) the choice between Oath Power and Oath Warding (strength and intelligence don’t affect their ranged damage). Throw a Rune of Shielding onto the tank right before they pull monster(s), follow it up with a Rune of Regeneration and keep an eye on the rest of the group’s hp. If more than one person starts to get damaged, cast Rune of Serenity and then Rune of Regeneration on whoever has aggro. Rune of Regeneration is an instant cast with no cooldown and it’s safe to throw it on multiple people if necessary. Runepriests generally fill the role of the main healer in a group because they don’t have to deal damage to heal effectively, let your focus be more healing and less damaging. Use judgment to decide between using Grungni’s Gift, Rune of Mending, and Rune of Restoration to recover health. Grungni’s is best used for quick and small heals, while Rune of Mending can bring someone out of any immediate danger. Rune of Restoration can be used to bring someone’s HP back from “the dead”, but be careful of the 3s cast time—make sure that your secondary healer is doing their job of relieving some of the pressure off of you before you even think of casting this. You’ll find that Archmages and Warrior Priests take over the job of applying HoTs very effectively. What I’ve noticed is that the HP of the group will generally be at a standstill, but it’s still nice to have Rune of Regeneration on the tank and whoever is taking damage because of Regenerative Shielding (25% chance to increase armor on each tick). I’ll throw Rune of Serenity into the mix every chance I get. Because PQ contribution gets competitive in groups, you’re usually going to have a hard time finding someone to heal before their HP is maxed through HoTs. Patch 3.3 changed Grungni’s Gift from a 1s cast to an instant and it allows for heals before HoT ticks, phenomenal if you’re trying to get contribution. If I’m still having trouble with PQ contribution I’ll switch my focus to a dps role. The group will still look to you for the brunt of the healing so it’s a good idea to keep an eye on the HP meters. The trend of groups usually shifts to pulling multiple mobs at the same time, allowing for use of Rune of Might. Rune of Might does pretty good dps and it has a cast time but no cooldown; it hits everything within a 30 foot radius. Use Rune of Cleaving, make sure that it hits every mob in the AoE radius. Instead of using Oath Rune of Iron, switch it out for Warding (can be activated for AoE DoT) and activate it whenever a pull is made. The Rank 2 Morale ability Rampaging Siphon is also very useful as it deals AoE damage in a 30 foot radius and heals your group for all damage dealt, use it wisely as it can save your group if need be. __________________ Noun News Reporter - WAR Stratics PvP =

Today, 07:52 AM	#5
Noun vbmenu_register("postmenu_812271", true); WAR News Reporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15 My Mood:	Re: Runepriest Guide *RvR* Buffs First rule of thumb: keep your group buffed at all times; tanks with either Oath Rune of Power or Warding, melee and magic dps should have Oath Rune of Power, other Runepriests should be buffed with Iron, WP and AM the choice between Power and Iron, and ranged dps (that do not use magic) whatever their preference is. Your favorite tactics will most likely be Ancestral Inheritance, Regenerative Shielding, and Discipline; these tactics give you survivability, and most importantly, healing power. Master Runes are amazing AoE group buffs, they are all indestructible and have a 2s cast time. I try to drop a master rune before every fight, and if I’m capable I’ll cast one in the middle of battle making sure that the rune is within range of my groupmembers. Each of the three Master Runes is useful in their own way. Master Rune of Fury recovers AP, Speed decreases buildup times (cast time), and Adamant has an AoE group heal every three seconds. Healing As a Runepriest your main job is healing, everything comes second. As with PvE, use judgment when it comes to deciding which heal to use. Your best friend will be Rune of Regeneration, I cast this every chance I get; if someone is losing HP, has lost HP, or is about to lose HP, I cast Rune of Regeneration. Another useful skill is Rune of Serenity; it covers a lot of ground jumping from one ally to another. While Serenity doesn’t heal much, not everyone is going to be getting hit at the same time for similar amounts of damage. The combination of Regeneration and Serenity is effective, especially with the Regenerative Shielding tactic. You’ll find the Rune of Mending is the best method of direct healing, being a mixture of Grungni’s Gift, Rune of Regeneration, and Rune of Restoration, this rune is more valuable than gold. Use it to heal whatever you can: if they are coming out of battle the HoT attached to the spell will help phenomenally, if they are in battle it will keep them alive. Grungni’s Gift is a lot more useful now that it’s an instant cast, quick heals here and there are always needed. I find myself spamming Grungni’s and an occasional Mending when someone is about to die, hoping that the quick heals and critical heals will keep them up long enough for backup or another healer to come into play. Rune of Restoration is very tricky in RvR, it has the highest setback out of the Runepriests’ spells and enemy players are unpredictable. The 3s cast time is an eternity in RvR, the dps of Witch Elves and Sorcerers as well as tanks is incredibly fast and often too much for one healer to handle. Be positive that you’re not being targeted while casting Restoration and never cast it with a group of Destruction running towards you; you’ll find that they will be giving you wedgies as soon as the you’re done casting. Before using this skill, I usually check the ally’s buff bar to see if I have another healer giving me time to cast. Often Rune of Restoration seems like it’s doing absolutely nothing because the time it takes to cast allows the enemy to do more damage than it heals, keeps them up but leaves you with no time to do anything else. If used at the right moment and with backup heals, it can bring someone hanging onto life to near full HP. Blessing of Valaya is also in the same boat as Rune of Restoration, it has the huge 3s cast time. The difference between the two is that Valaya heals your whole group, and I will take more of a risk casting this. It doesn’t heal individuals for huge amounts, so don’t cast it hoping to clear out danger. The best time to cast this is if more than two members of your group are being damaged, it takes a little pressure off allowing you to hop onto anyone who is under immediate attack. The awesome part of Blessing of Valaya is that your group doesn’t have to be in LoS to receive the heal. Survivability In general Runepriests have great survivability, high armor through tactics and the ability to heal ourselves with a powerful detaunt and an AoE knockback makes us an annoying target. Despite all of that, we’re often the first target and we have to rely on other classes to keep us alive. I always try to keep Rune of Preservation on someone at all times, usually Witch Elves or Marauders but I’m quick to change detaunt targets onto anyone who is damaging me. If I find that there are multiple people hitting me at once, I’ll position myself so that Rune of Sundering will knock them all back and run towards the nearest ally. Sundering will be your best friend or your last mistake, make positive that you’re hitting at least one person with the knockback. Rune of Sundering is also one of the best offensive abilities the Runepriest has. As an AoE knockback, you can run into a crowd of Destruction and split their forces allowing your melees to pick them off easier. I’ve been able to time and aim my knockbacks so that enemy players fly off ridges or into lava; it’s a great strategic tool that can create both offensive and defensive opportunities. If you’re getting targeted, cast Rune of Regeneration on yourself, not only does it heal but if you have Regenerative Shielding on your tactic bar you have a chance of gaining a high bonus to armor. Use Grungni’s Gift as necessary, since it’s instant you can cast it while you run. Take advantage of objects on the battleground, anything that breaks LoS from ranged classes helps dramatically. Don’t run blindly around, if you’re in a pug locate allies and hope they have the logic to throw you a bone. If a group of ally melees are running in to help you, use collision—they will block and slow down anyone who is trying to get to you. Renown Farming renown on a healer is pretty easy. As long as you’re doing your job (healing), you’re going to gain a decent amount of renown. It’s important to know that you can’t just sit back and heal anyone and everyone, as a Runepriest you’re meant to be close to the front lines. If you’re healing someone who is not actively in battle or who has not recently been in battle, you won’t always receive renown. Throw HoTs (Rune of Regeneration and/or Rune of Mending) onto players who are safely running away from the battle; focus your main heals on players who are actually taking damage. Use Rune of Mending and Grungni’s Gift everywhere, save your Rune of Restoration for when it’s really needed but don’t be afraid of casting it. The more healing you do, the more renown you’re going to receive. Depending what you’re specced into you’ll be better as a pure defensive or offensive. Rune of Fate is amazing in the Valaya tree for defense-minded healers whereas Rune of Battle can pump out crazy dps for offensively specced Runepriests. You will still get renown for dealing damage, and it is viable. Throw out Rune of Immolation and Fire (there are some tactics that can improve both) whenever you can or feel like, they are instant casts and are annoying to heal through. I generally don’t use Rune of Striking in RvR unless I know I have the time to cast and we outnumber Destruction by a large amount. It’s important to know that any other class who is held in the right hands will always be able to outdamage a Runepriest. No matter what your spec is, the main classes you’ll be supporting are melee dps, they tend to be right up on the offensive line taking huge amounts of burst damage. Because you’ll most likely be closer to the front than the back you won’t be able to see most of your ranged dps all the time. Get used to shifting your camera angle forwards and backward to watch the hp of any ally who might be taking damage. As long as you tag someone with a heal, you’ll get a share of their renown whenever they or their group kills someone. If you’re aiming to be top in renown gained, stick to healing…not only is it necessary but it is actually fun and it benefits the team a lot more than a Runepriest who focuses on dpsing. __________________ Noun News Reporter - WAR Stratics PvP =

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