Discipline Priest

Respec-free path to a full Discipline healer: wand and Spirit Tap carry levels 10-16, Power in Light and Twin Disciplines make Smite and instants hit harder, Penance arrives at level 35, and the remaining points build the healer core.

46 / 0 / 5 (51 points)

Discipline

46 pts

5/5

Power in LightRank 5/5Your Smite and Penance spells deal 10% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.

2/2

Wand SpecializationRank 2/2Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.

5/5

Twin DisciplinesRank 5/5Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%.

3/3

Silent ResolveRank 3/3Reduces the threat generated by your Holy spells by 30% and reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects inflicted on you by 15%.

3/3

Holy PrecisionRank 3/3Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 18%.

3/3

Improved Power Word: ShieldRank 3/3Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 20%.

MartyrdomRank 0/2Gives you a 50% chance to gain Focused Casting for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage and increases your resistance to Interrupt effects by 20%.

3/3

Mental AgilityRank 3/3Reduces the mana cost of your Smite, Holy Fire, and instant cast spells by 10%.

1/1

Inner FocusRank 1/1When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect.

3/3

MeditationRank 3/3Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

2/3

Improved Inner FireRank 2/3Increases the Armor bonus of your Inner Fire spell by 30% and increases its total charges by 8.

5/5

Mental StrengthRank 5/5Increases your total Intellect by 15%.

1/1

Soul WardingRank 1/1Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.Requires Improved Power Word: Shield

Improved Mana BurnRank 0/2Reduces the casting time of your Mana Burn spell by 0.5 sec.

1/1

PenanceRank 1/1Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

5/5

Renewed HopeRank 5/5Your heals from Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance gain 10% increased critical strike chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul, and reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on their target by 5 sec.Requires Soul Warding

3/3

Divine AegisRank 3/3Your critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 15% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec.

1/1

Power InfusionRank 1/1Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.Requires Penance

Holy

0 pts

Twilight FocusRank 0/3Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any spell.

Improved RenewRank 0/3Increases the amount healed by your Renew spell by 5%.

Holy SpecializationRank 0/5Increases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1%.

Spell WardingRank 0/5Reduces all spell damage taken by 2%.

Divine FuryRank 0/5Reduces the casting time of your Smite, Holy Fire, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 0.1 sec.

Holy NovaRank 0/1Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 26 to 30 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 49 to 57. These effects cause no threat.

Blessed RecoveryRank 0/3After being struck by a melee or ranged critical hit, or suffering more than 30% of your maximum Health from a single attack, heal 8% of the damage taken over 6 sec. Refreshing this effect carries over any remaining healing.

InspirationRank 0/3Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 8% for 15 sec.

Holy ReachRank 0/2Increases the range of your Smite and Holy Fire spells and the radius of your Prayer of Healing and Holy Nova spells by 10%.

Improved HealingRank 0/3Reduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Penance, and Prayer of Mending spells by 5%.

Searing LightRank 0/2Increases your Holy damage done by 2%, and gives a 5% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana.Requires Divine Fury

Binding HealRank 0/1Heals a friendly target and the caster for 236 to 284. Low threat.

Litany of LightRank 0/2When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 5% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.

Spirit of RedemptionRank 0/1Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.

Spiritual GuidanceRank 0/5Increases your spell healing by up to 5% of your total Spirit and your spell damage by up to 1% of your total Spirit.

Spiritual HealingRank 0/3Increases the amount healed by your spells by 3%.

Prayer of MendingRank 0/1Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.Requires Spirit of Redemption

Shadow

5 pts

Shadow FocusRank 0/5Improves your chance to hit with Shadow spells by 1%.

BlackoutRank 0/5Gives your Shadow damage spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

5/5

Spirit TapRank 5/5Gives you a 100% chance to gain a 100% bonus to your Spirit for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target. For the duration, your Mana will regenerate at a 50% of normal rate while casting.

Shadow AffinityRank 0/3Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 10%.

Improved Shadow Word: PainRank 0/2Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 3 sec.

Shadow ReachRank 0/2Increases the range of your offensive Shadow spells by 10%.

Improved Mind BlastRank 0/5Reduces the cooldown of your Mind Blast spell by 0.5 sec.

Improved Psychic ScreamRank 0/2Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream spell by 2 sec.Requires Blackout

Mind FlayRank 0/1Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

Improved Mind FlayRank 0/2Your Mind Flay now deals 10% more damage, gains 5 yards increased range, but slows the target's movement speed by 35%.Requires Mind Flay

Improved FadeRank 0/2Decreases the cooldown of your Fade ability by 3 sec.

Vampiric EmbraceRank 0/1Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec. Vampiric Embrace also grants a chance for your Spirit Tap talent to trigger when enemies afflicted by it die.

Shadow WeavingRank 0/3Your Shadow damage spells have a 33% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

SilenceRank 0/1Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec and interrupting their spellcasts for 3 sec.

Devouring ContagionRank 0/2Reduces the mana cost of your Devouring Plague by 25%. Targets that die while Devouring Plague is active spreads it, jumping to a nearby enemy within 5 yards for the remaining duration.

Early DemiseRank 0/2Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 15%.

DarknessRank 0/5Increases your Shadow damage done by 2%.

ShadowformRank 0/1Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form.Requires Vampiric Embrace

Leveling talent order

One point per level from 10 to 60, planned to need no respec.

Stat priority

Best race

Alliance

Gnome

Runner-up: Human

Contingency Plan can be cast on yourself as a solo panic button, Confounding Flash confuses up to 5 attackers, and Expansive Mind adds 5% max Mana, which matters for a mana-starved caster.

• Escape Artist
  Instant, 2 min cooldown. Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
• Expansive Mind
  Maximum Mana, Rage or Energy increased by 5%, whichever your class uses.
• Engineering Specialization
  Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
• Eureka!
  Instant, 2 min cooldown. Your next 3 damaging abilities cost 10% less (Mana, Rage or Energy) and deal 10% more damage. For healers, your next 3 damaging or healing abilities cost 10% less Mana and do 10% more.

Horde

Undead

Runner-up: Troll

Cannibalize and Dark Sacrifice are the strongest mana-recovery tools in the game for a priest who would otherwise be drinking after every pull.

• Underwater Breathing
  Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
• Will of the Forsaken
  Instant, 2 min cooldown. Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
• Cannibalize
  5 yd range, Instant, 2 min cooldown. When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
• Touch of the Grave
  Your spells and attacks with a damage part have a chance (10% for casters, 5% for melee) to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health. 1 sec internal cooldown. Does not break crowd control.

How to play it

• Take the first two points in Wand Specialization and use the wand to finish every mob, as both Icy Veins healer guides call it the most critical early talent. If you have no wand at level 10, delay and go straight to Spirit Tap.
• Spirit Tap (5 ranks, 100% chance to gain +100% Spirit for 15 seconds after a non-trivial kill) is the second most important early talent per Icy Veins and is the only Shadow talent in this order.
• Solo pull: Power Word: Shield, Holy Fire on the furthest enemy, Smite while it closes, Mind Blast, Shadow Word: Pain, then wand. Power in Light adds up to +10% to Smite and Penance against a target with Holy Fire.
• Penance arrives at level 35 and Soul Warding at 33. Until then you are a Smite-and-wand caster; do dungeon quests, since Icy Veins notes Blizzard cut dungeon mob XP but raised dungeon quest XP.
• Healer spec leveling is the slowest priest path: Mobalytics and Icy Veins both recommend Shadow talents when solo. This order takes Spirit Tap and then commits to Discipline so you never respec on the way to 60.
• Visit your trainer every two levels for new spell ranks and update your action bars; Mobalytics recommends wand macros and the 5-second rule to keep downtime low.

Verdict

Sources

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