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Comment by Dradee

Many people think of discipline as a only-tank-healing spec and holy as a raid healing spec. The part about discipline is not true. Disc priests have some very nice shields they can spam on people. When they have shielded a part of the raid, a normal raid healer (Druid, holy priest, shaman etc.) can heal the extra health needed while the priest shield is up.
Discipline priests really shine on raid healing in some fights.

Comment by Mastrcapn

Priests: The other white meat.

Comment by xdpirate

PRIEST: This is a fight for people who are not afraid to anger the main god.

Step 1: Priest are a healing class, which makes them vurile foes in one on one, but you need not worry about that in group pvp.

STEP 2: If they turn dark, you have made them angry and your brain may start to smell like burning. Run quickly away. This situation is what spectral wolf talent is made for.

STEP 3: If you see a golden water fountain occur, you make breathe sigh of releif because your opponent is a child.

the angel with the breasts is your sexual image reward for victory

Source

Comment by Archangel76

Also.... priests can be pure evil in pvp for the DoT's and Fear effects.

Comment by 587964

epic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAmXZPuS7L0&feature=related

Comment by 568180

In cata I read some where on mmo champ that priest will be able to get shadow form at lvl ten if they go shadow and ive always been put of lvling preist because u need to be 40 to do crazy stuff so now im stuck between a worgan shadow priest or worgan druid can some one help me out

Comment by 326134

Solo questing is definitely difficult before you get Shadowform

Definitely maybe for you, althou I'm not seeing the need to use that word. Proper level 32 ally Priest can go to Duskwood and go to that farm south of Darkshire where the Worgens are, agrroo them 5 of same level and play with them. I don't see definietly needed in this case. Or any case.
It's how you play.

Comment by 227699

Actually they don't get shadowform at level 10:

Hopefully this works out well, as someone pointed out "Shadowform at level 10!.

We really wanted to do this, but the more we thought about it, what does a level 10 Shadowform do? Spam Shadow Word: Pain? We'll probably give Shadow priests Mind Flay at level 10 and let them get Shadowform shortly after that.
Source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25626290470&sid=1&pageNo=1#18

Currently shadow priests get Mind Flay and some threat and pushback reduction as their level 10 spec bonus (Check the Talent Calculator).

As of now Shadowform is a tier 3 ability, so I guess it will be available at around level 30.

Comment by 411752

Note: You can find them at your local church

Comment by 230590

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/recounthealandabsorbs.aspx

for those that like to track their healing as disc properly, what it does is its a plugin for recount that includes damage absorbed like PW: shield, divine aegis and also paladin's sacred shield

really helps get a better idea of how you stack up vs holy and other healers, because without it, disc healing always is represented the lowest damage healed due to absorbs being in a separate category (not like you cant beat someone on pure healing as disc, its just some people don't realize shielding is just as important as healing in discipline)

Comment by 657814

preist heals>every other class heals

Comment by 430096

Ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting.

Comment by 668757

will disc be a good leveling spec now with evangilism and arc angel, as a holy damage spec anyway?

Comment by FarseerLolotea

As per paladins, certain races have alternate names for priests. Draenei priests are "anchorites" and tauren priests will apparently be "seers."

Comment by 150066

was trying to figure up what was the amount of gold i needed to save for an alt priest come cataclysm to make sure all the way through leveling, so I did not need to farm for any cash, and for abilities alone i came up with....

Total Cost of all abilities is: 367g 20s 60c

Comment by Oakenshadow

Good for leveling as shadow priest in 4.0.1?

Comment by 218949

Gonna say that for leveling smite > shadow once again as it has been for quite a while now. What I'm interested in seeing though is whether smite'll be valid at 85. Certainly looks nice with Evangelism and Atonement, especially now that we gain pushback resistance on Smite and Glyph of Divine Accuracy. Really hoping it'll start being as viable as it was in 2.4.3.

Comment by 622529

"Click on the lightwell!"

I love blizzard's new loading tips :3

Comment by 435503

Since I saw the new changes of 4.0.1, and on the wait for cataclysm. I leveled a Shadow Priest to kill time. I'll say since the 4.0.1 changes, Shadow priests are pretty easy to level now.

WARNING: Shadow Priests are VERY boring to level at lower levels. Till they hit level 32 and be able to get this Glyph. You will have A LOT of downtime drinking to get your mana back.

From what I stated above, after you get to 32. Leveling/Dungeons become way easier with Shadow Form and the glyph above.

As you start to level and gain more mana recovering moves such as Replenishment, Hymn of Hope, Shadowfiend and Dispersion. Leveling become seriously easier.

PvE wise: Shadow Priests use powerful DoTs such as Vampiric Touch. In addition, they have powerful casting spells as well, such as Mind Blast.

PvP wise: Shadow Priests are nasty little buggers in PvP, there DoTs and powerful casting can bring down most targets really fast. In addition, they have moves such as Mana Burn, Psyshic Scream and Psyshic Horror and many many more.

PvE Solo: When I state "PvE Solo" I'm stating when a Shadow Priests is able to solo many of the group quests set around World of Warcraft. Shadow Priests are ABLE to solo many of the group quests in WoW without a group or need of help because of there shields and powerful heals with the addition of DoTs. In my time as a Shadow Priest, I soloed almost all the group quests alone.

To wrap it all up, Shadow Priests are FUN as they learn new spells. They are a bore fest at the starting areas. They are great in PvE with there powerful DoTs and spells. They are AMAZING in PvP with there DoTs and amazing heals. Myself I have a 80 Shadow Priest right now, with I started on November 1, 2010 and hit 80 in 20 days. Yes it was that much fun how easy and fun it was to level a Shadow priest.

Just remember: Abuse the Dungeon finder, Quest as dungeon finder is looking for a group, Wear BoA gear and have fun. Hopefully I see more Shadow Priests in Cataclysm.

Comment by 331105

If you're playing alliance, and want to start a healer, there's no excuse anymore: Go Gnome or Go Home.

Comment by 719397

I personally have recently lvl'd a priest and find that Blizzard have overlooked certain details on the discapline spec as with a little tweaking it makes a highly effective DPS spec they could perhaps add an aditional gear set for disc as the current sets do not play to the disc priests full potential.

I know shadow priests boast more DPS than a standard disc priest but thanks to the new tallent tree's a well played Disc can easily give the shadows a run for their money without the inconveniance of not being able to utilise all their spells.

Comment by esbeon

definition of aggro: "the priest dies"

Comment by 746956

Alright so I've played a holy priest since the release of BC. I don't know how i feel about the new healing methods in Cata. Talents/Procs (I.E. Surge of light, Chakra, and tier 11 4-piece) seem to be built around this new "heal" spell. Right now in Cata, very few people are geared at all so i understand Mana conservation is a problem, so this new low-cost spell is can be very useful, (even though it takes as long as greater heal to cast, but heals half as much as flash heal) but after your character becomes geared, Mana conservation becomes less of a problem, therefore you can concentrate on phat heals more-so than your dwindling mana pool. I know all the rotations to use as a holy priest and the different situations each spell would be best used in so my friends and I would consider me to be a great healer, but i don't really like the way holy is working out in Cata. If surge of light/chakra would be compatible with flash heal as well, that would be amazing... Now for a little of yall's input

Comment by 758403

I need to no do holy priest have a spirit cap?

Comment by 690412

I've heard that Shadow Priests' magic stems from psychic abilities. I can't help but wonder; lorewise, is this true? I know, I know, things like Psychic Scream and Psychic Horror should explain themselves, but I haven't read any of the novels, nor have I seen anywhere else that this is true.

Could anybody confirm or deny this?

Really, I'm just geniunely interested. If their shadow magic really does stem from the mind, then that just adds an interesting aspect that just provides coolness from the sidelines, while also not focusing on it too much.

Comment by 787530

Priest: Pro heals n' shields, badass DPS. And you def. won't have trouble getting accepted into a group for heals/DPS

priests ftw :D

Comment by Hordraric

hi guys i was looking for the name of the staff from this pic : http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080808223659/wowwiki/images/thumb/9/9e/Dwarf_priest.jpg/376px-Dwarf_priest.jpg
i've seen this a long while ago and i would like to know the name of the staff or staves with this model pls

Comment by Sevaros

Most enjoyable class yet for me. Dots are insane, while rotation is very simple compared to other classes, it is a blast. I played every class and they did not reach the fun factor of a priest (shadow priest). Just miss the spamming of shadowy apparations lol

Comment by Milo1995

Death knights and Undead tanks hate priest healers
Reason: Lorewise, the light will heal their wounds, but it'll still hurt like hell

Comment by Lagun

Why can females be priests? In the Roman Catholic Church only men can be priests.

Is the Roman Catholic Church in WoW ? No.

Or maybe Jesus is the son of a naaru.

Comment by 747425

I would really like it if they renamed some of the spells

Mind Blast, Mind Flay, Mind Sear, Mind Spike... and then

Mental Domination (Mind Control)
Mental Haze (Mind Soothe) - cloud the target's mind instead of soothing it
Telepathic Vision (Mind Vision)

This way 'Mind' spells are all damage spells.

Also, they could make:

Holy Word: Renew (Renew)... to be inline with all other tree equivalent spells (Power Word: Shield & Shadow Word: Pain)

Holy Word: Aspire (Prayer of Mending)... how can a prayer be instant cast? And so it would benefit from reducing it's cooldown to 7 sec.

Mass Heal (Prayer of Healing)... to be inline with all our other base heals (Flash Heal, Heal, Greater Heal & Binding Heal)

Prayer of Hope (Symbol of Hope) &
Divine Prayer (Divine Hymn)... cause singing Hymns in battle sounds strange imo so 'Prayer' would replace it as a channelled spell with long cooldown.

Focused Power ()... so that 'Inner' remains a term for priest armours (Fire & Will - or you could rename them to Armour of Devotion & Armour of Virtue respectively)

Power Word: Alacrity (Power Infusion)... to add to existing Power Words (Shield, Fortitude & Barrier)

Shadow Word: Silence (Silence)... to add to existing Shadow Words (Pain & Death)

What do yas reckon? ^^

Comment by Hanz0

If you`re planning on leveling a priest in the near future then rejoice.

The priest has become one of the most easiest classes to level if not the easiest, but with a twist ! Forget what you know about shadowpriest leveling cause its obsolete.

Discipline spec has become significantly superior in cata, specifically these : Atonement , Reflective Shield and Evangelism. These right here allows you to solo ALL 3man quests and provided you got heirlooms even some 5man ( Durn anyone? ) !

But dont think thats it. Every talent in the disc tree screams "so what if I`m a cloth class? I actually have more survivability than most plate wearers" and by every talent I mean literally e v e r y _ t a l e n t

I cant fathom why would anyone still want to level as shadowpriest when disc is just.. overwhelmingly superior.

Comment by galoa

i totally agree with hanzo. i rolled a priest with a thought that being a shadow, lvl-ing up would be faster. however, after being absent from wow for 3 years ( travelling ) i discovered it is much faster lvl-ing up being discipline since we can easily q as a healer which only requires 1-2 mnts wait. i started my priest last week, and i only have played on the week ends only and now it already lvl 56 ( big lol, as i level up much faster compared to other DPS class especially since i am a healer ). to make matters more interesting, i only discovered the map of orgrimmar, Thunder bluff, and cross roads. lol i don't even know where should i go for questing any longer.

Comment by Froswaldthegreat

I suggest wearing Robes of Smoldering Devastation when reading this:

Shadowpriest, Shadowpriest,
Does whatever a Shadow can.
Flays a mind, any size,
Catches mobs just like flies.
Look out! Here comes the Shadowpriest.
Is he strong? Listen friends—
He's got powers, mental rends.
Can he command, all the dead?
Take a look, in your bed.
Hey there! There goes the Shadowpriest.
In the chill of the night,
At the scene of the crime,
Like a flash of mind,
He disperses just in time!
Shadowpriest, Shadowpriest,
Friendly dominating Shadowpriest.
Wealth and fame, he's ignored—
Mind%&$# is his reward.
To him,
Life is a great big bang-up—
Wherever there's a hang-up,
You'll find the Shadowpriest!(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##hatman555##DELIM##

Comment by 885368

although people say that discipline is better for pvp, i think holy is just as good, i managed to get the achieve for 100 arenas in holy with a prot pally, i may not pvp anymore but i personally think it's just as good, and i've tried both

Comment by 885796

It's nice to see blizz make an attempt to fix shadow word death with the new Tier 13 set bonus however it's more or less a band aid and only fixes it for T13 with the bonus. They're needs to be a more permanent fix to the backlash of SWD we can't even use it in most cases or it will simply kill us. Most fights the last 25% alot of raid dmg is going out and it's a straight burn. And for Domo style fights it simply hits soo hard we get killed.

A simple solution fix and still keeps the fact you need to be aware when to use it still is that it can't kill you but only take you down to 1% health. So you will still need fast heals if you take any dmg but the spell itself won't kill you. You could implement this into the spell or itemize it using a glyph.

Forgive me if I posted in the wrong place I'm just trying to get some attention from blizz on possible fixes of a half broken spell. Other classes that have a 25% kill spell dont worry about killing themselves in the process.

Comment by Rizzatto

So question time for me.

I have a horde priest, but I'm thinking of switching factions and making her alliance. Question is, what races make the best priest? If I had to make a guess, I would probably say either Human or Gnome. Any other thoughts on that?

Comment by ZobmieRules

Priests are the least commented class on wowhead right now... I wonder, are they also the least played class? :S I know that dwarves are the least played race... and if someone is a dwarf priest, then they are the rarest combo...

I have a lvl 34 Dwarf Priest on the Underbog server. (Lost desktop 2 years ago, havn't been able to level him, don't judge me! >_<)

/hipster "I am a dwarf priest before it becomes cool! (hipster sunglasses) --> BI"

Comment by Tromlik

What would be the best professions for a leveling priest? JC/Mining, or Tailoring?

Comment by 930846

Still no orc priest, maybe in one or two expansions...

I hate to bust your bubble of hope there, but fat chance. Orcs focus more on DPS (Hunters, Rogues, Mages, Warlocks) and Tanking (mostly Warriors and DKs), with only one healing alt; Shaman(s). Orcs are the only race in general that doesn't have this class because of their warlike and shamanic personality.

Comment by 958136

Loved playing my spriest in bc. ended up just quiting wow no one realy wants shadow priests in groups as much any more...

Comment by 649308

VERY fun class to play especially as a gnome. I like holy my self in pve and in pvp i will go mostly disc but might switch to shadow once in a while and shadow is hard with mana at lower levels (as it prolly is with most classes - DPS wise) but as you level up it gets better.

Comment by 986337

Great healer for dungeons :p

Comment by Ellinna

I have leveled up a few priests in my time of playing WoW, and they're very fun to me. I love to heal, and this class is perfect for me. I play all three specs and here is my input on them.

Discipline:

This is a fantastic healing spec. Putting points into Atonement really help in the healing, as you're most likely going to be bored anyway standing around while waiting for your bubble to disappear of your party members. The extra mana gained from choosing this talent tree is amazing for leveling with, as you will be able to last longer in fights, and in Mana-tombs. When gained Power Infusion, you will be able to cast it upon yourself (or another desired player) to increase your cast speed and reducing mana cost of spells, so you'll be able to pull off more damage/healing in fights.
When soloing, this spec is great for the shield absorb and for the penance damage. Since you do not need to change into a Shadow Form, you can heal and deal damage without worrying to click an extra button.

Holy:

I have not come across many well-played Holy Priests, but they are easy enough to get a handle on. When leveling (once you gain the Chakra spell), you stay on the single target (Serenity) Chakra for better heals. When you settle down on leveling, or get to higher dungeons that require more area of effect healing, Chakra: Sanctuary is really useful. For the Chakra: Chastise, fights such as Chimaeron in Blackwing Descent are in need of this Chakra (since healing is reduced by 99%).
For raiding, I think this spec is handy for most fights inside of (current content) Dragon Soul. There's a real advantage for the Chakra: Sanctuary on Ultraxion, due to so much AoE damage. As for fights such as Yor'sahj the Unsleeping in Dragon Soul, Chakra: Serenity is really useful because of his debuff.

Shadow:

Shadow is wonderful, easy damage. I recommend dotting up your target, then using Mind Flay for maximum damage. If you're looking to burn real fast, Mind Spike is helpful.
For fights such as the Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul, Vampric Embrace helps relieve your party members of the healing debuff faster. It's also very useful on Deathwing himself for the constant AoE damage from tentacles and arms.

Comment by 694460

Discipline pvp priests are very cool, they can handle around 2-3 players without dying, they look like tanks in pvp.

Comment by vVev

Did they really take out Mana Burn ! ? i really liked that skill cant find it anywhere on the site anymore or on the PTR for mop :( such a cool skill

Comment by perculia

5.4 Changes

General

Symbol of Hope now prefers to target healers when it grants mana. Healers will always be picked before non-healers, regardless of how much mana they have.
Leap of Faith no longer has a facing requirement.
Shadow Word: Death now deals 15% more damage.
Shadow Word: Pain now deals 25% more damage.

Discipline

can no longer be dispelled.
Rapture now energizes the Priest for 100% of the mana cost of Power Word: Shield/ When the shield is fully consumed or is dispelled (used to energize the Priest with mana equal to 150% of their spirit). This is the modified mana cost for Power Word: Shield, after being reduced by Rapture’s passive effect.
Spirit Shell duration has been reduced to 10 seconds (down from 15 seconds), and the damage absorption shield's effectiveness can now be reduced through Battle Fatigue.

Holy

mana cost reduced to 3.8% (down from 6.3%), and now functions like a smart heal, healing the 6 most injured friendly targets within range, and minor guardians are no longer targeted (Wild Imps, Bloodworms, Snakes from Snake Traps, etc.). There has been no change to the total amount of healing granted by the ability.
Lightspring is now baseline for all Holy Priests and the ability has been renamed to .
Holy Words's mana cost reduction has been increased to 20% per stack (up from 10% per stack), and no longer displays a spell effect when in the UI when it's active.

Shadow

now increases the Priest's armor by 60%, but no longer reduces all damage taken by 15%.
Shadowy Apparitions now creates a shadowy version of the Priest that floats towards the target and deals damage. The apparitions are now treated as a missile, and is no longer an attackable creature.
Vampiric Touch now deals 20% more damage.

Talents

Angelic Feather now increases allies' movement speed by 80%, up from 60%, and feathers placed in the world have a duration of 10 minutes (up from 5 minutes).
's effect can now bounce up to 4 times (up from 3), and its effect should no longer bounce between minor guardians (Wild Imps, Bloodworms, Snakes from Snake Traps, etc.).
for Discipline Priests now has a 100% chance to activate its effect after using Penance, up from 40% and now displays an effect in the UI when it's active.
Divine Star’s healing is no longer affecting by diminishing returns when used on multiple targets.
Surge of Light

Discipline, Holy: Now also has a chance to activate its effect on cast for these following spells; Penance, Holy Word: Sanctify, Prayer of Mending, and Prayer of Healing.
Shadow: Now has a 20% chance to activate its effect for Shadow Priests (up from a 15% chance).

Halo’s healing is no longer affecting by diminishing returns when used on multiple targets.
Mindbender now deals 10% more damage, and mana return has been increased by 20%.
no longer benefits from Haste and its health has been reduced by 75%, but fixed a bug where wasn't being affected by base Resilience.
Twist of Fate's damage and healing threshold to activate has been increased to 35% (up from 20%).

Glyphs

Major Glyphs

Glyph of Dark Binding's effect is now baseline and has been replaced with Charred Glyph.
Charred Glyph causes Prayer of Mending to only bounce between the target and the caster.

Charred Glyph now reduces the cooldown on without reducing its duration.
Glyph of Lightspring has been renamed to Charred Glyph.

Charred Glyph causes to heal for 50% more, but no longer automatically heal targets. Allies can click on the to heal.

Glyph of Lightwell has been renamed to Charred Glyph.

Charred Glyph increases the number of charges on by 2.

Charred Glyph now causes Purify to heal the target for 5% of their maximum health after successfully dispelling a magical effect or disease (up from 3%).
Charred Glyph now causes Power Word: Shield to reflect 70% of the damage absorbed (up from 45%).

New Minor Glyphs

Charred Glyph causes the Priest's healing spells to momentarily grant angelic wings.
Glyph of Inspired Hymns: A spirit appears above the Priest while channeling Hymns.
Charred Glyph: Void Shift causes the Priest and their target to exchange appearances for several seconds.
Glyph of the Sha Transforms the Priest's Shadowfiend and Mindbender into a Sha Beast.

Class Armor

Discipline/Holy PvP 2-piece set bonus' (4-piece set bonus pre-Season 12) Holy Spark effect can no longer be dispeled.
Shadow PvP 4-piece set bonus is no longer an area-of-effect and only affects the character that dispels Vampiric Touch.

Bug Fix

Fixed an issue where was not increasing the critical effect chance of , Divine Star, and Halo.

5.3 Changes

General

Power Word: Fortitude had its mana cost reduced to 1%, down from 4.4%.
Mass Dispel no longer dispels magic effects that are normally undispellable. Cast time has been decreased to 0.5 seconds, down from 1.5 seconds for Discipline and Holy Priests.
Void Shift had its cooldown decreased to 5 minutes, down from 6 minutes for Discipline and Holy Priests. For Shadow Priests, cooldown has been increased to 10 minutes (), up from 6 minutes, and the spell is no longer usable while in Arenas or Rated Battlegrounds.

Glyphs

Charred Glyph has been redesigned and no longer reduces cast time. The glyph now enables Mass Dispel to dispel magic effects that are normally undispellable.
Charred Glyph no longer causes the additional 20% damage dealt by Smite to transfer into Atonement.
Fixed an issue where Charred Glyph's movement speed increase was not stacking correctly.

Discipline

Atonement now heals nearby friendly targets for 90% of the damage dealt, down from 100%.
now reduces the cast or channel time of the next Priest spell by 15% after casting Power Word: Shield (was 15% spell haste).
Penance now deals 10% less damage, but healing done is increased by 10%.

Holy

Divine Hymn now targets 12 raid members (up from 5) each time it heals when used in a 25-player instance.

Shadow

Vampiric Embrace now has a healing cap of 15 raid members (up from 6) when used in a 25-player instance.

Patch 5.2 Changes (Source)

The amount of healing done by Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Renew, and Prayer of Mending have been reduced by 20%.
is a new passive ability obtained by Discipline and Holy Priests at level 10. This ability increases the amount of healing done by Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Renew, and Prayer of Mending by 25%. For Holy and Discipline Priests, there is no change to the amount of healing done by those four spells.
's stacking effect now also increases the healing of Penance.
Halo will no longer hit enemies that are in stealth
Angelic Bulwark's Spirit Shell can no longer be dispelled.
Mind Control now has a 1.8 second cast time (was 2.5 seconds).
Angelic Feather now has a 6 second duration (was 4 seconds).
~~Body and Soul now has a 3 second duration (was 4 seconds).~~
Focused Will is now a passive for Holy priests as well as Discipline priests.
Power Word: Solace has been replace with a new talent: .

For Holy and Discpline, Power Word: Solace replaces Holy Fire. It deals the same damage, and interacts with other spells and abilities in the same manner, but is instant, costs no mana, and restores 1% of maximum mana on each cast.
For Shadow, this ability causes Mind Flay to gain the Insanity effect when it's cast on a target with 3 Shadow damage-over-time spells on it. Insanity increases the damage of Mind Flay by 33% per Shadow Orb consumed.

Charred Glyph only works from Mind Spikes that aren't instant casts from Surge of Darkness.
Glyph of Desperation has been replaced with Charred Glyph. Pain Suppression and Guardian Spirit can now always be cast while stunned.
New Glyph: Charred Glyph applies Binding Heal a third nearby friendly target, but costs 35% more mana.
Glyph of Inner Focus has been replaced with Charred Glyph. Casting now always grants 5 seconds of immunity to Silences, Interrupts, and Dispels.
New Glyph: Charred Glyph reduces the duration of Weakened Soul by 2 seconds.

Holy Fire is now an instant cast ability.
Charred Glyph has been redesigned. It now increases the range of Holy Fire, Smite, and Power Word: Solace by 10 yards.
Phantasm no longer makes the Priest untargetable by ranged attacks, and the movement impairing immunity effect is now 5 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Discipline

Focused Will now reduces damage taken by 15% per stack, with a limit of 2 stacks.
Spirit Shell no longer benefits from Mastery, and now properly includes the benefits of Divine Aegis and critical effect chance.
Penance damage and healing has been increased by 20%.
Rapture now reduces the cost of Power Word: Shield by 25% and provides mana equal to 150% (was 200%) of the Priest's Spirit, but no longer benefits from Spirit provided by short-duration bonuses.
Divine Aegis is no longer guaranteed when Prayer of Healing is cast. The effect now procs when the spell crits.
Spirit Shell can no longer be dispelled.

Shadow

Mind Blast damage has been increased by 20%.
Dispersion now belongs to the Shadow spell school.

The 2-piece Holy/Discipline PvP set bonus is now the previous Item - Priest PvP Set Discipline/Holy 4P Bonus 4-piece bonus, instead of Holy Spark.
The 4-piece Holy/Discipline PvP set bonus has been redesigned. It now reduces the cooldown of Chakra by 25 seconds. When Spirit Shell is active the mana cost of Flash Heal is reduced by 50%.

Mists of Pandaria Changes

New level 87 ability: Void Shift. You and the currently targeted party or raid member swap health percentages. Increases the lower health percentage of the two to 25% if below that amount.
Power Infusion is now a talent for all specs, but it can only be self-cast.
Level 90 talents: , Divine Star, Halo.
Other notable new talents include Power Word: Solace and Mindbender.
is now a passive talent and the wings from are Discipline only. replicates the effect for Shadow.
Some DPS abilities healers could formerly use, like Mind Spike, are now Shadow-only.
Mind Flay doesn't refresh Shadow Word: Pain.

Discipline Changes:

New ability: Spirit Shell. For the next 15 sec, your Heal, Flash Heal, Greater Heal, and Prayer of Healing no longer heal but instead create absorption shields that last 15 sec.
is Discipline only and no longer grants mana.
Power Word: Shield will not be able to be as liberally applied due to mana regeneration changes. Rapture removes the cooldown of PW:S, but the overall regeneration will be lower in MoP than in Cata initially.
and are default abilities now.

Holy Changes:

Divine Hymn is Holy only now.
Chakras are on a shared 30 second cooldown. In addition, two have been slightly changed: and .
now procs off Prayer of Healing as well.

Shadow Changes:

is a resource that has been reworked. Generated by Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death. Used to cast Devouring Plague and empower Psychic Horror. Formerly, when the priest casts Mind Blast or Mind Spike, all Shadow Orbs are consumed, each increasing the spell damage done.
Power Word: Solace, a level 45 talent, converts into in Shadow: Consumes your Shadow Word: Pain to deal 2482 to 2618 (+ 243% of SpellPower) Shadow damage to the target. Only usable while Shadow Word: Pain has less than 6 sec remaining.
is greatly reworked. It now costs to cast, scales with the amount of consumed, and is a shorter DoT.
Vampiric Embrace is now a 3 min cooldown instead of a passive buff. Fills you with the embrace of Shadow energy, causing you and your allies to be healed for 50% of any single-target Shadow spell damage you deal, split evenly between them. Lasts 15 sec.

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Comment by Constantean

A fact I believe over looked is that in shadow there are now 3 Holy spells that can be cast. One w/o glyphs (as far as i can tell) 2 with a Charred Glyph

I am able to cast Power Word: Shield in and can find no documentation of why this is possible since it is clearly stated in that you can't cast Holy spells (also noted on this page).

Also with Charred Glyph you can cast:
Renew
Prayer of Mending
Leap of Faith

Comment by 319936

Hearthstone: Anduin Wrynn

Comment by 1130171

~~warning: personal story, not so much any help with the class~~

Gotta say, this class is my baby <3

During vanilla, I was constantly switching classes, trying to find the perfect one for me. I tried Paladin, Hunter, Shaman, and Rogue, but none of them stuck to me. Then I tried priest..oh boy.

This class was amazing in vanilla! It still is! A deadly ranged class that used shadows and diseases to destroy it's opponent! Or a godly healer class that could either use prayer or pure light for salvation. I loved leveling up with my priest, going into dungeons to heal or kill. This class was my path into WoW, and for that I am thankful I chose Priest,

Comment by Kataclysia

My Thoughts on Priest

My first alt that stayed around and reached high levels was a Priest. More specifically a Discipline Priest. I quickly fell in love with the uniqueness of the spec and class. Today besides my main, which is a Marksman Hunter, my Discipline Priest is my favorite toon.

If anyone wants to give healing a chance I would recommend a Disc Priest. I have never tried Holy, but I do kind of like Shadow and may end up dual speccing my Priest just so she can have a dps build and a healing build.

Comment by SinaTvsl

I can't play pvp with this class....!
God it's hard... Is there any guides?

Comment by 1278363

Great guide !

Comment by Realmjumper

I think Mind Vision is the most useless spell, don't use it it takes up space when you are pvping and pveing and need all the hot bars.

Comment by 319936

WoW Priest vs. Hearthstone Anduin Wrynn:
Holy:

Discipline:

Shadow:

Comment by 1265177

I have a level 24 twink shadow priest dwarf and I am OP as heck, best class ever XD

Comment by Loupland

Best healers for raids in my opinion...
You can do a lot of group healing with the Holy priest... It was my first character :P Dranny priest! WOOT!

Comment by Goodwinn

Initial starting gear for priests:

Human (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Neophyte's Boots Bent Staff	Dwarf (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Neophyte's Boots Bent Staff	Gnome (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Neophyte's Boots Bent Staff	Night Elf (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Neophyte's Boots Handcrafted Staff
Draenei (View in 3D) Acolyte's Robe Acolyte's Pants Handcrafted Staff	Worgen (View in 3D) Gilnean Neophyte's Robe Gilnean Neophyte's Pants Gilnean Neophyte's Boots Bent Staff	Pandaren (View in 3D) Trainee's Vest Trainee's Wristwraps Trainee's Cord Trainee's Leggings	Undead (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Neophyte's Boots Bent Staff
Tauren (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Bent Staff	Troll (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Bent Staff	Blood Elf (View in 3D) Neophyte's Robe Neophyte's Pants Neophyte's Boots Apprentice's Staff	Goblin (View in 3D) Goblin Neophyte's Robe Goblin Neophyte's Pants Goblin Neophyte's Shoes Bent Staff

Comment by kabookiejoe

Priest, the most popular class of ladies. Why you ask?

It's spells are that of marriage.

Life grip - To draw you in
Shackle - So you can't escape.
Mind Control - You will never get to make decisions again.
Mind Vision - To see what you are up to.
Angelic Feather - If she needs a quick get away.

Comment by Eido

All automatically learned Priest glyphs by level:

Level 25: , ,
Level 50: , ,
Level 75: , ,

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Comment by Segnal

Seems like Holy could be more powerfull healer than Disc, yay finally.

Comment by girlVSgame

i am posting my very first question. that being said, i would like to know any tips (outside of the guides that i have been looking at extensively), i.e. priority you have found not outlined in said guides or comfort and such in playing a druid healer. the reason being my main is a spriest and my second a #$%^&*! (for about 7+ years i have always wanted to play a druid but i keep giving up and deleting my little druid girls and now i feel committed. of course my decision came right b4 blizz implemented the recycle button and so instead of bringing back my last lvl 70ish druid i have to start from scratch lol. no biggie though because i welcome learning my new toon from point blank. ok so i have the lvl'ng gear for her she is at 50 but will 100 in 2 days(instance power lvl'g for the win huzzah! so then what i have my mods (healbot etc the usge) i am asking the pros to give your thoughts please also keep in mind that i could end up on your pug raid pissing you off cause of that one thing you wish i had known and i do not want to upset my tank! i want to thank everyone for all imput in advance :-) i would like to add that at the lvl im at i have not yet been responsible for a wipe and i am loving it :-D i felt the need to add that because i healed with my priest through wotlk and icc still makes me shudder.

Comment by calicarebare05

Check out my bubbles! ;)
I would just like to throw in my love for my disc priest. I know we have taken some hits and people like to comment in LFR about how low disc priests are on healing meters... But check out those absorbs man, that is some sexy absorption!
Love aside, I have a legitimate question. What are some of your favorite mana regen techniques? I hate sacrificing the Surge of Light talent for the improved shadowfiend (and am extremely upset that you now have to talent into mana gaining shadowfiends...) because those quick, instant flash of lights have proven to be amazing!

Comment by QcRoman

I've seem some amazing priests in game and on videos like Youtube. I've played all classes, to max. level (currently 110). I can't enjoy being a priest.

I thought maybe discipline would be the type of healing I might reveal myself as being good at but sadly this did not happen, I'm no better at healing through atonement as I am any other way. I can hardly heal to save my own life no matter the class, let alone anyone else so that's two specs out.

And shadow is being a caster in the weakest type of armor. Everything seems to happen too slowly on my end or too fast coming at me, especially in larger numbers and I end up in trouble, not having much fun at all and dying more often than I can accept as normal. My numbers are well below what I would want them to be compared to other classes I play and I struggle. Some people are amazing as priests, I am not one of them. Not dissing on the class, I just know it's me. Something in me just isn't clicking with the play style of the damage dealing caster and once I get my priest to max level (and in the case of Legion, the priest campaign completed) I will sit him out until the level cap is raised once more. It's a bit sad as I'd much prefer having fun playing my priest as much as I do all the other classes but I can not fathom this happening anytime soon.

Comment by Boxofbeer

Each class in Legion has a long class hall quest chain — campaign. During that chain you'll raise your power and power of your class hall. You'll train followers, gear them, research your artifact and other things. Each class has diferent campaign, only few quests are the same.

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Priest class hall campaign
1	98	Priestly Matters	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-8twzW4oUA
2	98	A Legend You Can Hold	First artifact chosen
Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire quest chain
	98	Blade in Twilight	Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQCNiG9NUw
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T'uure, Beacon of the Naaru quest chain
	98	The Vindicator's Plea		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1nYyIRMgPk
	98	House Call		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2tSO1nP1uI
	98	Out of the Darkness		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt8GX6Niaxc
	98	Salvation From On High		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqO-wrxPYuA
	98	Return of the Light	T'uure, Beacon of the Naaru	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6rkxivWOJ4
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Light's Wrath quest chain
	98	The Light's Wrath		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRO-6WWAWE
	98	A New Threat		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4igYKsJ8M4
	98	A Forgotten Enemy		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzfgUKJROTs
	98	Eyes of the Dragon		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZV529p1Tpo
	98	Harnessing the Holy Fire		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYgORWXNcbk
	98	Unleashing Judgment		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFiscmmDGko
	98	The Nexus Vault		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IIB5pf-rs
	98	A Gift of Time	Light's Wrath	https://youtu.be/zY_UeQKzUhc
3	98	The Light and the Void	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUvMdR0MgXs
4	98	Artifacts Need Artificers	https://youtu.be/jivv5fW4BYQ
5	98	Empowering Your Artifact	Invoke the Light,Follower of the Light or Void Siphon
98	Actions on Azeroth	Choose a zone to attack
101	Rise, Champions
101	Champion: Calia Menethil	Calia Menethil
101	Champion: High Priestess Ishanah	High Priestess Ishanah
101	Spread the Word	Spread the Word
101	Recruiting the Troops	Acolytes training
101	Troops in the Field	100 x Order Resources
101	Tech It Up A Notch	500 x Order Resources Glory of the Order
101	Relieving the Front Lines	Relieving the Front Lines
103	Whispers in the Void
103	The Best and Brightest		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzzp0D22hXI
15	103	Murloc Mind Control		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYf3ZN4YoWM
16	103	An Ample Supply		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3x2V2MJqoI
17	103	Problem Salver	https://youtu.be/B5aYSSynyBA
	103	Champion: Yalia Sagewhisper	Yalia Sagewhisper
103	Champion: Zabra Hexx	Zabra Hexx
103	Eye of Azshara: Looking Through the Lens	Eye of Azshara	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOw5OfispU
19	103	Velen's Vision	Acolyte's VowsGlory of the Order100 x Order Resources
103	Recruiting More Troops	Zealots training
103	Demonic Runes		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vYkvDW-AGI
22	103	Halls of Valor: The Light Within	Halls of Valor
103	Awakening the Light
103	Champion: Sol	Sol
110	Infiltrating Our Enemies
110	Power Word: Armor	Miter of the High Priest
110	Hitting the Books	Start a Research Work Order
110	Onslaught Envoy	250 x Order Resources	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjda4gdGKw
29	110	Scarlet Redemption	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW1jKqj3N8o
30	110	Apostate Liberation	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McdlkTGOxes
31	110	Unexpected Guests
110	Champion: Mariella Ward	Mariella Ward
110	Forgotten Shadows		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZwS5F5zPT8
33	110	Secrets of the Void		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAQ_Hntgao
34	110	Into the Void
110	Champion: Natalie Seline	Natalie Seline
110	Crossing Legion Lines		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFdijr8r9Yo
36	110	The Mind of the Enemy		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS4MXGTmeus
37	110	Allies of the Light		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf_1g1UEotQ
38	110	United As One		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCxbnZwgTEk
39	110	Aiding the Conclave	1500 x Order ResourcesGreater Glory of the Order
110	Lumenstone
110	Fortifying the Temple	Complete 20 World Quests
110	Elixirs of Aid
110	A Light in the Darkness	A Glorious Campaign	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slg4xXsZAvc
	110	Champion: Alonsus Faol	Alonsus Faol
110	High Priest of Netherlight	Robes of the High PriestGreater Glory of the Order5000 x Order Resources	https://youtu.be/NLQSyFeJtWU
45	110	A Hero's Weapon	3rd relic slotForged for Battle

Comment by SanctusFR

Hi, I'm playing disc priest now IL 927, I had no problems with mana for all the way up until last night I went from 917 to 927 item level, changed a few items, even added some gems for intellect, haste and mastery and today somehow my mana gets depleted so fast. I never used a mana flask on a raid before now I have to use one after each boss. I even runned out of mana on one. In case you want to take a look my char is Lutecia from Drakkari server. I don't know if I did something or an update made something but its a huge difference. Any ideas? Thanks!

Comment by Moonsaber22

u see. night elf priest is priestess of the moon

Comment by Vikinng

Never really played a priest, but after reading this guide and all the posts from, everyone just might give it a try.Sounds intriguing thank you to everyone that added to this post. Awesome work guys, Really great information

Comment by snakesorin

Priest Disci - rullz.

Heal +Dps very nice

Comment by doomlove

When clicking on Key Abilities -> Power Word: Shield, I land on the classic version, not the version belonging to this guide.

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