Priest PvP Gear: 4.0.1 Update

Post soundtrack: “Act of War” by Elton John and Millie Jackson

I’m still easing my way back into the game, but thought it was time to start getting my head around the changes Honor Points have made to buying PvP gear.  My old guide here still covers most of the available gear, but it’s now possible to buy items that previously required an arena rating (namely weapons and accessories).

I’m also expanding the list to include all available caster cloth (I’m not really up with the play as far as the preferred stats for different specs, so the math is up to you).  Basically these lists will tell you what is available, but it’s up to you which pieces you buy.

First, the PvP sets that are now available for purchase.  There’s not really any reason to purchase the older sets (unless you like the aesthetics of a particular set), so you should really save up for the best – however, you’re unable to purchase the Wrathful shoulders which still require an arena or battleground rating of 2000 (which can’t be earned until the next season, at which time this gear will be obsolete).  The difference between the two sets is (now, at least) that the Investiture set has spirit where the Raiment set has crit rating.

	Savage Inv/Rai	Hateful Inv/Rai	Deadly Inv/Rai	Furious Inv/Rai	Relentless Inv/Rai	Wrathful Inv/Rai
Head	550	660	770	935	1100	1650
Shoulder	348	417	487	591	695	n/a
Chest	550	660	770	935	1100	1650
Gloves	348	417	487	591	695	1040
Legs	550	660	770	935	1100	1650
ilvl	200	200	213	232	251	270

You also now have a wide variety of weapons to choose from, as the lower tier of arena weapons are no longer require an arena rating to purchase.

Weapons and Accessories (ilvl264)
Wrathful Gladiator’s War Staff (Haste)	2550
Wrathful Gladiator’s Focus Staff (Hit)	2550
Wrathful Gladiator’s Battle Staff (Crit)	2550
Wrathful Gladiator’s Energy Staff (Spirit)	2550
Wrathful Gladiator’s Spellblade (Crit)	1830
Wrathful Gladiator’s Blade of Alacrity (Haste)	1830
Wrathful Gladiator’s Gavel (Spirit)	1830
Wrathful Gladiator’s Endgame (Crit)	70
Wrathful Gladiator’s Compendium (Haste)	70
Wrathful Gladiator’s Grimoire (Spell Pen)	70
Wrathful Gladiator’s Reprieve (Spirit)	70
Wrathful Gladiator’s Touch of Defeat (Crit)	260
Wrathful Gladiator’s Wand of Alacrity (Haste)	260
Wrathful Gladiator’s Piercing Touch (Spell Pen)	260
Wrathful Gladiator’s Baton of Light (Spirit)	260

And of course there are the accompanying accessories and non-set items available from the usual vendor.

Wrathful Gladiator non-set items
Cord of Dominance (crit)	945
Cord of Alacrity (haste)	945
Cord of Salvation (spirit)	945
Treads of Dominance (crit)	945
Treads of Alacrity (haste)	945
Treads of Salvation (spirit)	945
Cuffs of Dominance (crit)	600
Cuffs of Alacrity (haste)	600
Cuffs of Salvation (spirit)	600
Cloak of Dominance (crit)	725
Cloak of Subjugation (haste)	725
Cloak of Ascendancy (hit)	725
Cloak of Salvation (spirit)	725
Cloak of Deliverance (spirit)	725
Band of Dominance	725
Pendant of Dominance (crit)	725
Pendant of Subjugation (haste)	725
Pendant of Ascendancy (hit)	725
Pendant of Salvation (spirit)	725
Pendant of Deliverance (spirit)	725

It’s still possible to purchase Relentless and Furious non-set items, but for the minimal saving you may as well buy the best you can.  The Battlemaster’s trinkets are still available (along with an updated faction Medallion) and may have some use, along with the PvP shoulder enchant.

Medallion of the Alliance/Horde (ilvl264)	945
Battlemaster’s Ruination (int)	630
Battlemaster’s Fury (crit)	630
Battlemaster’s Vivacity (haste)	630
Battlemaster’s Precision (hit)	630
Greater Inscription of the Gladiator	165

Wintergrasp items now also cost honor points – a change that could be argued is long overdue,especially if your faction has had trouble winning or defending Wintergrasp.  Admittedly at this stage the only pieces worth bothering with would be the shoulderpads (at a stretch - the Relentless set shoulders are the same item level), and possibly trinkets.

	Price	ilvl
Titan-Forged Cloak of Ascendancy	280	245
Titan-Forged Pendant of Ascendancy	280	245
Titan-Forged Shoulderpads of Salvation	490	251
Titan-Forged Shoulderpads of Domination	490	251
Arcanum of Dominance	65
Inscription of Dominance	50
Flow of Knowledge	280	200
Titan-Forged Slippers of Dominance	280	200
Titan-Forged Slippers of Salvation	280	200
Titan-Forged Hood of Dominance	490	200
Titan-Forged Hood of Salvation	490	200
Titan-Forged Raiment of Dominance	490	213
Titan-Forged Raiment of Salvation	490	213
Titan-Forged Cord of Salvation	280	213
Titan-Forged Cord of Determination	280	213
Titan-Forged Rune of Audacity	280	213
Titan-Forged Rune of Cruelty	280	213
Titan-Forged Rune of Accuracy	280	213
Titan-Forged Rune of Alacrity	280	213
Platinum Disks of Sorcery	280	213
Platinum Disks of Swiftness	280	213
Titan-Forged Cloth Trousers of Salvation	490	232
Titan-Forged Cloth Trousers of Domination	490	232
Titan-Forged Cuffs of Salvation	280	226
Titan-Forged Band of Ascendancy	280	226

In any case, it’s now entirely possible to gear up in battlegrounds (now that weapons, off-hands and frills are available).

Hope this is helpful, now it’s not really neccesary.  (Will we have the Shattering next week?  I’m certainly hoping so!)

/wave

Disc Priest PvP Gear – 3.3 Edition

Post soundtrack: “I Put A Spell On You” by Nina Simone

Update: new list for 4.0.1 here

Well, this post has been a long time coming – I blame the distraction of Star Trek and being put off WoW by ICC. (For reference see the old guide, parts 1, 2, 2.5 and 3)

This is simply a list of what’s now available in each slot, where to get it, and how much the items cost. I’m also including 5-man PvE weapons, off-hands and wands for players new to 80 who need to get items from somewhere. For enchants and gems for your gear, my old list here should still be accurate enough.

For reference, don’t forget the good old crafted Frostsavage set when you’re starting out. It may be pretty awful in comparison to the current tiers of gear, but resilience is still pretty much essential for any form of longevity.

The new top tier PvP gear is the Wrathful Gladiator’s Investiture. The introduction of this set means the previous top tier, Relentless Gladiator, is now available for purchase with emblems of frost or honor+arena points. Furious Gladiator, the tier below, can now be purchased with emblems of triumph or honor points. The lower tiers are now effectively obsolete, thanks to the ease of acquiring triumph emblems, and won’t be included in the list.

Also note that, in the interest of brevity, I’ve only listed a single item (usually Salvation) where there are multiple variants (such as wrathful cloaks, which have Ascendancy, Deliverance, Dominance, Salvation and Subjugation variants for casters).

Abbreviations:
AP = Arena Points
AR = Arena Rating Required
CS = Champion's Seal
Frost = Emblem of Frost
HP = Honor Points
Triumph = Emblem of Triumph
WGMoH = Wintergrasp Mark of Honor

Head	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Hood	270	2370AP (1950ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Hood	251	95 Frost or 13200HP+770AP
Furious Gladiator’s Mooncloth Hood	232	75 Triumph or 54500HP
Titan-Forged Hood of Salvation	200	40 WGMoH
Frostsavage Cowl	187	Crafted

The Wintergrasp helm isn’t really worth bothering with – save your marks for other Titan-Forged items.

Shoulder	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Mantle	270	1930AP (2000ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Mantle	251	60 Frost or 10550HP+600AP
Titan-Forged Shoulderpads of Salvation	251	40WGMoH
Furious Gladiator’s Mooncloth Mantle	232	50 Triumph or 34700HP
Frostsavage Shoulders	187	Crafted

The Wintergrasp item this time is actually well worth the cost. Recommended pick.

Chest	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Robe	270	2370 AP (1600ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Robe	251	95 Frost or 13200HP+770AP
Furious Gladiator’s Mooncloth Robe	232	75 Triumph or 54500HP
Titan-Forged Raiment of Salvation	213	40WGMoH
Frostsavage Robe	187	Crafted

You’re better off missing the Wintergrasp chest this time, unless you have marks to spare.

Hands	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Gloves	270	1430AP (1400ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Gloves	251	60 Frost or 8000HP+440AP
Furious Gladiator’s Mooncloth Gloves	232	50 Triumph or 43300HP
Frostsavage Gloves	187	Crafted

No Wintergrasp alternative? What a pity…

Legs	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Leggings	270	2370AP (1500ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Leggings	251	95 Frost or 13200HP+770AP
Furious Gladiator’s Mooncloth Leggings	232	75 Triumph or 34700HP
Titan-Forged Cloth Leggings of Salvation	232	40WGMoH
Frostsavage Leggings	187	Crafted

It’s a toss-up – 40 marks is costly, but they are ilvl232…

Back	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Cloak of Salvation	264	52200HP
Relentless Gladiator’s Cloak of Salvation	245	26100HP
Titan-Forged Cloak of Ascendancy	245	25WGMoH
Cloak of Crimson Snow	200	Crafted

Another good purchase.

Wrist	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Cuffs of Salvation	264	43400HP
Relentless Gladiator’s Cuffs of Salvation	245	21700HP
Titan-Forged Cuffs of Salvation	226	15WGMoH
Frostsavage Bracers	187	Crafted

Up to you – 21k honor doesn’t take long to make, but then neither does 15 marks…

Waist	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Cord of Salvation	264	68200HP (1300ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Cord of Salvation	245	34100HP
Titan-Forged Cord of Salvation	213	15WGMoH
Frostsavage Belt	187	Crafted

Another one where convenience decides.

Feet	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Treads of Salvation	264	68200HP (1400ARR)
Relentless Gladiator’s Treads of Salvation	245	34100HP
Titan-Forged Slippers of Salvation	200	15WGMoH
Frostsavage Slippers	187	Crafted

15 marks for ilvl 200? If you have marks to spare, go for it. Otherwise spend the honor for the shiny pair of ilvl 245 boots.

Amulet	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Pendant of Salvation	264	52200HP
Relentless Gladiator’s Pendant of Salvation	245	26100HP
Titan-Forged Pendant of Ascendancy	245	25WGMoH
Sky Sapphire Amulet	200	Crafted

Another good WG pick.

Rings	ilvl	Cost
Wrathful Gladiator’s Band of Dominance	264	52200
Relentless Gladiator’s Band of Ascendancy	245	26100
Titan-Forged Band of Ascendancy	226	15WGMoH
Runed Mana Band	200	Crafted
Savage Titanium Band	187	Crafted

As a placeholder, the WG ring is useful until you can afford the Wrathful and Relentless rings.

Trinkets	ilvl	Cost
Battlemaster’s Ruination	245	34100HP
Medallion of the Alliance (horde version)	226	68200HP
Platinum Disks of Sorcery	213	25WGMoH
Titan-Forged Rune of Audacity	213	25WGMoH
Flow of Knowledge	200	25WGMoH
Jouster’s Fury (horde version)	200	10CS

The Rune of Audacity is a great early pick, for the on-use freedom effect, and either Flow of Knowledge or the Platinum Disks are a easy way to pick up extra resilience.

PvE Weapons	ilvl	Source
Surgeon’s Needle	232	Pit of Saron (H)
Spectral Kris	219	Trial of the Champion (H)
Chilled Heart of the Glacier	219	Halls of Reflection (N)
Titansteel Spellblade	200	Crafted
Mariel’s Sorrow	219	Trial of the Champion (H)
Bone Golem Scapula	219	Halls of Reflection (N)
War Mace of Unrequited Love	200	The Nexus (H)
Titansteel Guardian	200	Crafted
Engraved Gargoyle Femur	232	Pit of Saron (H)
Blood Boil Lancet	219	The Forge of Souls (N)
Staff of Draconic Combat	200	The Oculus (H)

The crafted weapons are convenient (and probably a little less expensive, with the changes coming to titansteel creation), but still may be costly for some players. LFD is your friend!

PvE Off-hands	ilvl	Source
Shriveled Heart	232	Halls of Reflection (H)
Iron-bound Tome	200	Crafted
Frostbridge Orb	200	The Oculus BoE
Prison Manifest	200	Violet Hold BoE

A few options, but the Heart is your best bet (provided it wants to drop for you).

PvE Wands	ilvl	Source
Nightmare Ender	264	ICC BoE Drop
Brimstone Igniter	245	25 Triumph
Soulsplinter	232	Halls of Reflection (H)
Coffin Nail	219	FoS/PoS/HoR (N)
Rod of the Fallen Monarch	200	Azjol-Nerub (H)
Wand of Ahn’kahet	200	The Old Kingdom (H)
Incessant Torch	175	Violet Hold BoE
Gwyneth’s Runed Dragonwand	174	World BoE

It’s worth grinding out the emblems to buy the Igniter (and likely won’t take that long).

And there you go. Hopefully it’ll be of use to someone out there.

/wave

[updated to add the Brimstone Igniter – thanks for pointing that out Spiritu!]

A Quick & Dirty 3.3 Guide For 5-Man Rogue Gear

Post soundtrack:  “Daughters” by John Mayer

I’ve been getting Ringle geared up with an eye to sneaking her into Icecrown to get rep for the leatherworking and blacksmithing patterns.  To do this, it’s been necessary to get her geared up from her sub-Naxx level of gear to something more contemporary.

Cue the Looking For Dungeon tool, and a substantial number of pugs.  Oh, and 25 pugs later, cue the been-there-pugged-that pet pug.

What it comes down to is this: provided you can put out a modicum of dps you shouldn’t have any problems gearing up to have a fighting chance in 10-man Icecrown.  (I’m working on the assumption that the rogue being geared up is specced mutilate, mostly because that’s how I’m playing Ringle but also because it’s so much fun!)

Starting Out

All you need to start with is some cheap crafted and BoE gear, such as the list below.  NB: Crafted PvP gear is acceptable when starting out, but those pieces will be at the top of your to-be-replaced list.

Head: Ryft’s Deathgaze or Eviscerator’s Facemask
Neck: Emerald Choker
Shoulders: Eviscerator’s Shoulderpads (or Trollwoven Spaulders)
Back: Ice Striker’s Cloak
Chest: Dark Arctic Chestpiece
Wrist: Eviscerator’s Bindings
Gloves: Seafoam Gauntlets
Belt: Eviscerator’s Waistguard
Legs: Leggings of Visceral Strikes
Boots: Jormscale Footpads
Rings:  Shadowmight Ring and Ring of Scarlet Shadows
Trinkets: Darkmoon Card: Death and Darkmoon Card: Berserker!
Mainhand: Titansteel Shanker or Namlak’s Supermumerary Sticker
Offhand: Librarian’s Paper Cutter
Ranged: Tracker’s Balanced Knives

As an aid, here’s links to WowHead lists of BoE items for each slot – they can come in handy when doing your initial gear-up:

Head	Belt
Neck	Legs
Shoulder	Feet
Back	Rings
Chest	Trinkets
Wrist	Daggers
Gloves	Ranged

Now it’s time to enchant and gem.  You can make do with cheaper enchants, but don’t make the others in your pug carry you by not having any enchants or useless gem choices.

Head: Arcanum of Torment
Shoulders: Lesser or Greater Inscription of the Axe
Chest: Super Stats or Powerful Stats
Wrist: Striking or Greater Assault
Gloves: Greater Assault or Crusher
Belt: Eternal Belt Buckle
Legs:  Nerubian Leg Armor or Icescale Leg Armor
Boots: Assault or Greater Assault or Icewalker
Weapons: Greater Potency or Superior Potency
Gems:  Delicate or Bright Bloodstone/Scarlet Ruby/Cardinal Ruby

Trial of the Champion Gear

Now, once you’ve put together your gear and started running pugs, it’s time to start looking at specific dungeons to run for gear that you can’t easily (or at all) buy with badges.  Basically this means Trial of the Champion (as your gear isn’t good enough for the Icecrown 5-mans at this stage).

Head: Mask of Distant Memory (Black Knight, heroic)
Neck: Ancient Pendant of Arathor (Eadric/Paletress, heroic)
Shoulders: Shoulderpads of the Infamous Knave (Black Knight, normal)
Wrist: Armbands of the Wary Lookout (Eadric/Paletress, heroic)
Gloves: Gloves of the Argent Fanatic (Eadric/Paletress, normal)
Belt: Belt of Fierce Competition (Grand Champions, normal)
Legs: Leggings of Brazen Trespass (Eadric, normal)
Boots: Treads of Dismal Fortune (Grand Champions, heroic)
Ring: Uruka’s Band of Zeal (Black Knight, normal)
Weapon: Black Knight’s Rondel (Black Knight, heroic)

Sadly, you can only run the heroic version once per day – the head and dagger make it well worth repeating this instance as often as you can, which is pretty easy with LFD.

Badge Gear.

Still, there are a good number of different dungeons available, and you’ll be pulling in probably 5-6 emblems per heroic.  Let’s see what you can buy with them.  With the changes to emblems since Wrath launched, it’s actually worth comparing items available for each slot, and deciding for yourself whether it’s worth buying the cheap item first, or doing 2-3 more dungeons and buying the more expensive equivalent.

Head:
Conqueror’s Terrorblade Helmet T8.5 (58 conquest, ilvl226)
* VanCleef’s Helmet of Conquest T9.0 (50 triumph ilvl232)
Hood of Lethal Intent (75 triumph ilvl245)

Neck:
Pendant of the Outcast Hero (25 heroic ilvl200)
* Broach of the Wailing Night (19 conquest ilvl226)

Shoulder:
Valorous Bonescythe Pauldrons T7.5 (60 valor ilvl213)
VanCleef’s Pauldrons of Conquest T9.0 (30 triumph ilvl232)
* Duskstalker Shoulderpads (45 triumph ilvl245)

Back:
Hammerhead Sharkskin Cloak (25 valor ilvl213)

Chest:
Heroes’ Bonescythe Breastplate T7.0 (80 heroic ilvl200)
Conqueror’s Terrorblade Breastplate T8.5 (58 conquest ilvl226)
* VanCleef’s Breastplate of Conquest T9.0 (50 triumph ilvl232)

Wrist:
Wristwraps of the Cutthroat (60 valor ilvl213)

Glove:
Heroes’ Bonescythe Gauntlets T7.0 (60 heroic ilvl200)
Gloves of the Blind Stalker (28 conquest ilvl226)
* VanCleef’s Gauntlets of Conquest (30 triumph ilvl232)

Belt:
Jorach’s Crocolisk Skin Belt (40 heroic ilvl200)
* Belt of the Twilight Assassin (28 conquest ilvl226)

Leg:
Valorous Bonescythe Legplates T7.5 (75 valor ilvl213)
Leggings of Wavering Shadow (39 conquest ilvl226)
* VanCleef’s Legplates of Conquest (50 triumph ilvl232)

Boot:
Boots of Captain Ellis (40 valor ilvl213)

Ring:
Ring of Invincibility (25 valor ilvl213)
* Dexterous Brightstone Ring (35 triumph ilvl245)

Trinket:
Mirror of Truth (40 heroic ilvl200)
* Mark of Supremacy (50 triumph ilvl245)

Dagger:
Rolfsen’s Ripper (50 heroic ilvl200)

Throwing Weapon:
Lillehoff’s Winged Blades (15 heroic ilvl200)
* Crimson Star (25 triumph ilvl245)

As you can see, the cost of items has (on the whole) come down.  I’ve marked with an asterisk the best-value item for each slot – where there’s only one item which has been crossed out, the item isn’t worth the emblem cost and you are better off waiting for an instance drop from ToC or one of the Icecrown 5-mans.

I’d recommend working towards the T9 items first, as they’re probably the best value for your emblems when you start out.  After that it’s a case of replacing your remaining items on an item-by-item basis.  Oh, and enjoy the rep that’s pouring in.

Icecrown 5-mans

Once you’ve a couple of pieces of T9 (and picked up assorted other pieces from other heroics – ideally full epics by this stage) you should finally be eligible for the Forge of Souls (FoS), the first of the Icecrown 5-mans.  Once you’ve completed this you can then attempt the Pit of Saron (PoS), and once PoS is completed you can finally attempt the remaining 5-man, the Halls of Reflection (HoR).  You’re better off starting with the normal instance, both because it’s not quite as difficult and also because the items are very nice upgrades on their own (especially the daggers).

Normal rewards:
Shoulders: Bewildering Shoulderpads (FoS)
Back: Accursed Crawling Cape (FoS)
Chest: Blackened Geist Ribs (HoR)
Gloves: Carpal Tunnelers (HoR)
Belt: Flayer’s Black Belt (PoS)
Legs: Shaggy Wyrmleather Leggings (PoS)
Ring: Ring of Carnelian and Bone (PoS)
MH Dagger: Heartshiver (FoS)
OH Dagger: Krick’s Beetle Stabber (PoS)

Once you’ve some upgrades under your belt (ideally at least one, maybe both daggers), it’s a good time to step up to the heroic version.

Heroic rewards:
Head: Frayed Scoundrel’s Cap (FoS)
Neck: Barbed Ymirheim Choker (PoS)
Shoulders: Spaulders of Black Betrayal (HoR)
Chest: Choking Hauberk (HoR)
Wrist: Chewed Leather Wristguards (PoS)
Legs: Fleshwerk Leggings (PoS)
Feet: Blighted Leather Footpads (HoR)
Ring: Band of Stained Souls (PoS)
Trinket: Needle-Encrusted Scorpion (FoS)
MH Dagger: Blood Weeper (FoS)
OH Dagger: Unsharpened Ice Razor (all IC heroics)
Thrown: Papa’s Brand New Knife (FoS)

As you can see, between the three instances, normal and heroic, you can gear out a new character pretty comprehensively.

Anyway, following this path (roughly – my starting gear was a little better than the selection I listed, thanks to some gold spent on crafted and BoE epics, so I didn’t have to farm normal ToC) Ringle is now sufficiently well-geared that she’s good to enter Icecrown 10-mans – to put it in perspective, she has a gear score of 4776 without any raid-instance gear.

Yay for the brave new world of gearing up alts!

/wave

[edit: added Unsharpened Ice Razor and link to heroic IC drops, and a soundtrack link – nothing like forgetting things when you post at 4am]

Disc Priest PvP Gear Guide – Part Three

Putting it all together!

Now, with the assortment of gear I’ve listed in the previous parts, you should have some idea of what is available for your priest.  In this part I’m going to give you some suggestions about the easiest order in which to buy PvP items, in general terms what stats you should be aiming for, and what gems and non-PvP enchants are available to help you get there.

Item enhancements – You’re not ready until you’re enchanted
There are a number of different ways to upgrade your items, from Arcanums for your helm, Inscriptions for your shoulders, and enchants for almost everything else.  The head and shoulder enhancements require either rep with certain factions or sufficient Stone Keeper’s Shards (additional rewards from bosses defeated in heroic dungeons while your faction controls Lake Wintergrasp) to purchase the item.

Head enchant:
The two faction enchants are useful for their bonuses until you can get one of the PvP arcanums.  The first Gladiator arcanum is also useful until you can get something better, if you have sufficient rep with the Shattered Sun Offensive from the Burning Crusade expansion.  The Dominance enchant is my recommendation for a new priest (and is easier to get than the Savage Gladiator one).

• Arcanum of the Gladiator (req. Revered with the Shattered Sun Offensive – Burning Crusade faction)
• Arcanum of Blissful Mending (req. Revered with Wyrmrest Accord)
• Arcanum of Burning Mysteries (req. Revered with Kirin Tor)
• Arcanum of the Savage Gladiator (req. Exalted with Alliance Vanguard or Horde Expedition)
• Arcanum of Dominance (40 Stone Keeper’s Shards)

Shoulder enchant:
Not many options here – the Lesser inscription from Sons of Hodir is equivalent to the greater Aldor/Scryer shoulder enchants, which can be used instead if you have rep with one of those faction from TBC and don’t wish to spend time grinding Sons of Hodir rep.  The resilience on the Dominance inscription makes it the preferred enchant for this slot, although the Greater Inscription can also be useful if you want to exchange spellpower for stamina.

• Greater Inscription of Faith (req. Exalted with Aldor)
• Greater Inscription of the Oracle (req. Exalted with Scryers)
• Lesser Inscription of the Crag (req. Honored with Sons of Hodir)
• Greater Inscription of the Crag (req. Exalted with Sons of Hodir)
• Master’s Inscription of the Crag (req. Inscription)
• Inscription of Dominance (30 Stone Keeper’s Shards)
• Greater Inscription of the Gladiator (10,000 honor points)

Cloak enchant:
For non-tailors, there are only really two alternatives, with Spell Piercing being possibly less useful for a dedicated healer.  For a non-tailor, the greater speed enchant is probably the most useful.  If you are a tailor, however, the Darkglow mana regeneration effect makes it easy to recommend instead.

• Enchant Cloak – Greater Speed
• Enchant Cloak – Spell Piercing
• Lightweave Embroidery (req. Tailoring)
• Darkglow Embroidery (req. Tailoring)

Chest enchant:
Resilience = good.  An easy choice.

• Enchant Chest – Exceptional Resilience

Wrist enchant:
For a new priest, the spellpower enchant is an easy recommendation.  Once your character is beginning to get geared up (and if you can afford it), the stamina enchant is probably equally useful.

• Enchant Bracers – Major Stamina (expensive)
• Enchant Bracers – Superior Spellpower

Hands enchant:
For this slot, the recommendation depends on your playstyle.  The hit rating from the precision enchant is wasted on a character who purely heals, yet can be useful if you use offensive spells against your opponents.  I’d suggest using the spellpower enchant, but if you're a more offensive-style player you may find the precision enchant more useful.  I don’t PvP on an character with engineering so I can’t make experienced suggestions on either of the engineering glove enchants, but I suspect that the accelerators would be comparative to the spellpower enchant and the rocket to the precision enchant for playstyle purposes.

• Enchant Gloves – Exceptional Spellpower
• Enchant Gloves – Precision
• Hand-mounted Pyro Rocket (req. Engineering)
• Hyperspeed Accelerators (req. Engineering)

Legs enchant:
There’s only one spellthread with resilience, so the Earthen leg armor is recommended for this slot.

• Brilliant Spellthread
• Runic Spellthread
• Earthen Leg Armor
• Master’s Spellthread (req. Tailoring)
• Sanctified Spellthread (req. Tailoring)

Feet enchant:
The ability to travel fast is highly recommended for PvP, and the stamina is the cherry on top of some very appealing icing.

• Enchant Boots – Tuskarr’s Vitality

Weapon enchant:
You won’t have a PvP weapon for quite a while, so I’d recommend getting one of the cheaper weapon enchants when you’re starting out (especially if you don’t have a very good weapon).

• Enchant Weapon – Mighty Spellpower (expensive)
• Enchant Weapon – Exceptional Spellpower
• Enchant Staff – Greater Spellpower (expensive)
• Enchant Staff – Spellpower

Belt:
While it’s not an enchant, you still shouldn’t forget to get an eternal belt buckle.  Which leads me to the next section of this guide.

Gems, or Scarlet Rubies are a girls best friend
Now, although the range of gems with resilience is very broad, you only need to worry about a few of them (especially while you’re getting started).

Starter gems:
You only really need to use a small assortment of gems in order to fill your empty slots.  It’s not worth getting epic gems until you’ve picked up some high-level gear, especially with the high price of the raw gems at the time of writing.

• Mystic Dragon’s Eye (req. Jewelcrafting, limit 3 equipped)
• Kharmaa’s Grace (yellow socket, unique-equipped)
• Mystic King’s Amber (yellow socket, epic)
• Mystic Autumn’s Glow (yellow socket)
• Durable Ametrine (red socket, epic)
• Durable Monarch Topaz (red socket)
• Steady Eye of Zul (blue socket, epic)
• Steady Forest Emerald (blue socket)

Meta-gems:
Of the three I’m listing here, I’d recommend the Insightful diamond for starting out; the stun reduction and run-speed increase of the other two, while they can be useful in PvP, don’t have quite the same impact as the mana returned (especially when you’re still in crafted PvP gear)

• Insightful Earthsiege Diamond
• Tireless Skyflare Diamond
• Powerful Earthsiege Diamond

Your Stats and You!
Resilience is your friend
If you want to avoid being one- or two-shotted by every passing dps class, you’ll want to have a decent amount of resilience.  In general terms, resilience works by reducing the effect of damaging abilities against you (and since 3.2 it reduces all damage you take from other players).

Ideally you should be aiming for as much resilience as you can get, although that will take quite a bit of upgrading to get very far (considering that Fingle had only 545 in her crafted PvP gear when she started out).  800 or more is a good place to aim for, and possibly more for arena.

More Stamina = More time not dead
One of the most obvious differences between PvE and PvP gear is the very large stamina bonuses you’ll find on PvP items.  If you can reach 20k health or better, you’re in a good position.  (For comparison, Fingle started with just over 16k)

Mana – Quality instead of quantity
PvE disc priests rarely go OOM (when played correctly), thanks to the inherent mana efficiency in their talents and the mana replenishment effects available when in a raid group.  PvP on a disc priest is quite a different situation, mostly due to greatly reduced mana pools and a lack of replenishment effects (especially in arena, but also very noticeable in busy battlegrounds where you often don’t have time to stop and drink).

You have limited choice in stats in a lot of PvP gear set items, mostly between Spirit or Crit, and for replenishment’s sake I’d suggest getting spirit gear (such as Mooncloth item sets) over crit gear (Satin item sets), at least when you’re initially gearing up.  (Non-set items often have much more variation in stats, which gives you some flexibility when combined with sockets on your gear)

You’ll notice, as you go from crafted to purchased PvP gear, that the size of your mana pool doesn’t grow excessively (indeed, it initially shrinks slightly with your first few pieces of non-crafted gear), so while the situation does improve as your gear improves you’ll still have to get used to having a lot less mana to play with.

Most of all, don’t panic!
You’ll find that your stats will increase in a fairly steady manner, because there isn’t much choice between varied stats in PvP gear the way that you often get with PvE items.  Eventually you will start personalising your stats, when you start choosing between spirit, haste, critical rating and other specific stat items, but while you’re still replacing crafted items with PvP set-items there isn’t really any way in which you can get it badly wrong.  So long as you have lots of resilience (which you will have), lots of stamina (which you will have) and enough mana (which you probably will have), you’re doing it right.

The Shopping List
I’m putting this list together based on the assumption that you’re starting gearing up a completely new level 80 who hasn’t done any instances and will need to be geared up from scratch. 

Crafted items:
Frostsavage Battlegear
Cloak of Crimson Snow
Sky Sapphire Amulet
Savage Titanium Band
Runed Mana Band

BoE items:
Titansteel Guardian (or Titansteel Spellblade)
Prison Manifest
Gwyneth’s Runed Dragonwand

That covers most of your gear slots, with the exception of trinkets.  Any spellpower or MP5 trinket will do for the time being, with probably the best easily accessible non-PvP ones being the darkmoon cards Greatness and Illusion (if you can either make or afford to buy them). 

Now for the upgrades, assuming you’re just doing battlegrounds and Wintergrasp.  Purchase the gloves and mantle first, as they’re the cheapest two set items, and the two give the two-set bonus of 50 resilience.  The gloves come first, as they give the Psychic Scream cooldown reduction.

• Hateful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Gloves
• Hateful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Mantle

The next items is the hood, which gives you a meta-socket for your Insightful Earthsiege Diamond.  Then comes either the robe to give you the four-piece bonus.  Also, don’t forget to pick up the PvP enchants for shoulders and head when you have enough stone-keeper shards, which you’ll be picking up a lot of from Wintergrasp.

• Hateful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Hood
• Hateful Gladiator’s Mooncloth Robe

(Just a tip:  If you are doing arena and buy two pieces of Hateful Gladiator and two pieces of Deadly Gladiator, when they’re all equipped you get both 2-piece bonuses for a total of +100 resilience.)

These next items can be purchased whenever you get enough Wintergrasp marks to do so.  If you don’t have any trinkets, get them first (you should get the Rune of Audacity first anyway, for its very useful on-use freedom effect).  Get the cuffs and band before the belt, boots or legs, as they provide the most benefit per mark as ilvl 226 items.

• Titan-forged Rune of Audacity (25 marks)
• Flow of Knowledge  (25 marks)
• Titan-Forged Cuffs of Salvation (15 marks)
• Titan-Forged Band of Ascendancy (15 marks)
• Titan-forged Cord of Salvation (15 marks)
• Titan-forged Slippers of Salvation  (15 marks)
• Titan-Forged Cloth Trousers of Domination (40 marks)

The following items are good purchases with the honor you’ll be picking up in Wintergrasp, especially if you do the assorted not-quite-daily dailies, but don’t have any special order in which to acquire them.

• Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak of Deliverance (38,000 honor)
• Deadly Gladiator’s Pendant of Deliverance (38,000 honor)
• Hateful Gladiator’s Band of Dominance (30,400 honor)

It make take a while to earn enough honor and marks (never let a Wintergrasp pass you by), but you’ll be well equipped for PvP from early in your progression. 

Now, I’m not a expert PvPer by any means, and I’ve yet to step into an arena, but what I’ve written should give you a head-start when it comes to assembling your gear and starting in battlegrounds and Wintergrasp.

Just remember:  Have fun!

/wave

Some links that I sourced for my guide:
http://penancepriest.blogspot.com/2009/05/getting-started-in-arenas-what-pros-are.html
http://elitistjerks.com/f38/t13983-surviving_priest/
http://www.plusheal.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2822
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/ (not PvP orientated, but great priest info)