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Build Starcaller Moon Priest Ascension CoA
Moon Priest
moonwell water frost-arcane mending flowing heals

Water magic under moonlight (Arcane 21 / Frost 19): flowing, tide-like restoration rather than just another priest. It's the original 'Tides' healer archetype wearing a priestly name — the guiding idea is to keep the tide rolling over the whole party instead of patching single wounds one at a time.

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Signature Spell
Moon Priest

Your Huntress Shot now carries a Lunar Eclipse effect. Huntress Shot: applies 2 additional Scattered Stars.

Retail Feel

The closest analog is Restoration Shaman with a Discipline Priest wrinkle: the AoE heals (Moonflow spreading moonwell waters to everyone nearby, Prayer of Elune healing the party while dispelling magic along the way) read like Chain Heal and Healing Rain, Aspect of the Goddess plays a proactive healing-amp cooldown role in the Water Shield family, and Moonlit Slumber (a mana-draining sleep) works as a Hex-style control tool bolted onto a support kit — all wrapped in the same lunar theme. Layered on top is a Discipline-style Atonement loop: Aspect of the Goddess turns your ranged attacks into ally healing, fusing Resto Shaman's group-heal toolkit with Disc's 'your damage is your healing' philosophy.

Role, tiers & resource
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Dungeon
In dungeons, keep Aspect of the Goddess active at all times, open group-damage phases with Prayer of Elune or Moonflow (free under Lunar Eclipse), top tank spikes with Hand of Elune or Touch of Moonlight, and keep Huntress Shot/Moon Arrow flowing to fund mana — with a real gap: no poison, disease, or curse removal, only harmful magic.
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Raid
Moderate throughput ceiling.
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Arena
Small-scale duels & skirmishes
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World Battlegrounds
Large-scale open-world PvP
RoleHealer
Primary statIntellect
ResourceMANA
ComplexityIntermediate, moderate floor, high ceiling
In battlegrounds, Prayer of Elune plus a free Moonflow under Lunar Eclipse keep a whole scrum topped, and Moonwell turns a node fight into a war of attrition; in 1vX, Moonlit Slumber (sleep plus mana drain) and Cosmic Shift (phases an ally out of damage without breaking) peel a partner out of trouble. With no hard immunity in the kit, the weakness is clear: sustained interrupts or silences that starve the mana engine, or simply being kept out of weapon range.

Two resources running at once — Energy fueling the ranged attacks, mana spent as a percentage for the actual heals — with four stacking mechanics ticking underneath (Lunar Phase, Scattered Star, Moonwater, and the Full/New Moon cycle). Constantly weaving attacks and heals is the core skill of the spec.

Leveling Guide

Solo or duo, you level on Touch of Moonlight instants and Moonflow, using Vial of Moonwell Water plus Moonwell Tides as a self-sustain loop and The Stars Align / Enchanted Well to keep mana and cast times manageable while topping a duo partner. In groups it's a full raid-healing specialist: Star Citizen and Bright Moon pump the Celestial Mind/Lunar Phase engine, Prayer of Elune and Stellar-Convergence-spread Eclipsing Arrows handle AoE throughput, and Celestial Form plus Moonwell serve as burst-healing and mana cooldowns.

Aspect of the Goddess
Aspect of the Goddess is the whole spec's centerpiece: always-up, it boosts healing, guarantees spells can't miss, and turns Scattered-Star consumption into a group heal — Goddess Watch Over, Phase Guider, and Tear Drops exist purely to amplify it further.
Shooting Star Warden's Blade Infused Aegis Astral Aegis Aspect of the Cosmos Universal Power Astral Projection Galaxy Starbarian Moonlit Slumber Cycle of the Moon Tear Drops Rapid Cycle Last Prayer Lunar Prophecy Blessed By The Stars Elune's Grace Full Cycle Elune's Favor Cosmic Shift Lunar Phasing Rippling Moonwater
Rotation
  1. Core loop — Mana Scaling (abilities scale with mana consumed), Aspects (give auto attacks effects/procs).
  2. Signature (Moon Priest): your Huntress Shot now carries a Lunar Eclipse effect. Huntress Shot: applies 2 additional Scattered Stars.
HealPre-cast your rolling heals and keep them up; save direct heals for spikes.
CooldownsLine up Moonwell with your burst window.
RefinePoint allocation and optimal order aren't fully settled yet — confirm on the official builder and adjust on live.
Recommended Weapon
StyleMelee weapon
Main handMelee weapon
Off hand
Melee — abilities accept any melee weapon type, nothing specific is required.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
  • Damage-as-healing loop (Aspect of the Goddess turns ranged attacks and Scattered-Star consumption into ally healing, Rippling Moonwater and Rampaging Waters feed off your damage) — you fight and heal at the same time instead of being a pure backline healer.
  • A real control kit — Moonlit Slumber (long single-target sleep that also drains mana) plus Cosmic Shift (phases an ally into improved stealth) — for locking down a threat or peeling a partner out.
  • Wide AoE/group healing coverage — Prayer of Elune, Moonflow, and Moonwell — backed by the healing amp of Aspect of the Goddess, able to swing a stacked skirmish.
Weaknesses
  • Dual-resource fragility: heals cost a percentage of max mana and the regen engine depends on landing Moon Arrow/Huntress Shot — being kited, silenced, or kept out of weapon range dries the pool fast.
  • Group throughput leans on windows that assume freedom to act — most of the AoE value comes from chaining Moonflow during Lunar Eclipse and Aspect of the Goddess uptime, so an interrupt/silence train that shuts off your ranged attacks starves both mana and incidental healing.
  • No hard immunity — no bubble or ice-block equivalent — though the kit does carry a real CC-break in Vial of Moonwell Water (purges all crowd control and grants brief immunity, usable while stunned or feared); cleansing covers harmful magic (Prayer of Elune / Final Prayer) and poison/disease (Elune's Purification), with no curse removal at all.
Skill Floor & Ceiling
Skill Floor
Low

Very easy to pick up. Sustained with few moving parts.

Skill Ceiling
Medium

Modest depth beyond the basics. The sustained pattern rewards clean execution more than deep optimization.

Build Abilities
Class Tree
Protected by the Stars Star Citizen Galaxy The Stars Align Bright Moon Mu'sha's Resilience Aspect of the Cosmos Moonwell Tides Shooting Star Flow of Mana Enchanted Well Cosmic Duality Moonblessed Aspects Infused Aegis Reverse Magic Astral Projection Moonwell Starbarian Astral Aegis Vial of Moonwell Water Touch of Moonlight Star-Charged Universal Power Constellation Barrier
Specialization
Elune's Favor Celestial Form Aspect of the Goddess Goddess Watch Over Eclipsing Arrows Phase Guider Moonflow Lunar Blessing Enchanted Stream Rapid Cycle Lunar Resplendence Enchanted Water Mending Surge Prayer of Elune Teachings of Elune Stellar Convergence Tear Drops Healing Prayers Lunar Revelation Rampaging Waters Lunar Swiftness Elune's Grace Flow of Waters

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