Quote Originally Posted by Shodokan View Post
Priest has less ways to stay alive than a paladin and is less mana efficient... plain and simple. The pre-emptive healing is nice, and penance is nice... but ultimately their survivability when being focused is less than a paladin.
If you go Priest in arena, you must go holy... You get a LONG time of totally free, totally uninterruptible heals if they kill you.