Discipline Priest Guide

A Discipline Priest is a mixture of Darkness and Holy Powers, with a completely unexpected result. A Discipline Priest has access to many Darkness spells, but their aim is protecting and healing their allies which they mostly carry out through damage delivery. In this WoW The War Within Discipline Priest Guide, we will share all the essential information about this spec and show you some pro tips and tricks.

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Discipline Priest Overview

Discipline Priest is one of a few healer specializations in World Of Warcraft. A great feature of Discipline Priests is that they can absorb the incoming damage and heal with the damage they deal. Discipline Priests have tamed the mower of both Darkness and Light to support the allies with massive healing, and take down the enemies, and all thanks to Atonement.

The primary resource of the Discipline Priest is mana. The priest class uses mana to deal damage, heal, and use subsidiary abilities.

Discipline Priest Strengths and Weaknesses

To give an objective assessment of Discipline Priest WoW, we should mention its strengths and weaknesses, which may significantly affect the gameplay, both positively and negatively.

Discipline Priest Season 3 Changes

Patch 11.2 brings small adjustments to Discipline, with slight mana cost increases balanced by a situational defensive buff. The changes have a modest impact in dungeons but require more careful casting in raids to avoid unnecessary mana loss.

Mana Cost Increases:

• Power Word: Shield;
• Power Word: Radiance;
• Surge of Light.

Luminous Barrier:

• Stronger absorb in 5-player content.
• Solid alternative to Power Word: Barrier in less coordinated groups.

Overall, now you need slightly more drinking in dungeons. In raids, overcasting Renew during ramp setups will be more punishing.

Discipline Priest Season 2 Changes

In Season 2 of WoW TWW Discipline Priest received a significant number of changes to talents and abilities. Additionally, a new tier set Confessor’s Unshakable Virtue has been introduced, which can be obtained from the new Liberation of Undermine raid.

Discipline Specialization Ability Changes

In the new 11.1 patch for WoW TWW, some specialization abilities for Discipline Priest have been adjusted.

• Shadow Word: Pain — damage increased by 25%.
• Contrition — Name changed from Contrition to Penance.
• Penance — healing now triggers Divine Aegis.

Discipline Priest Talent Changes

In Patch 11.1, Discipline Priest received numerous talent changes aimed at making the gameplay more engaging and complex.

• Atonement — Now procs when used Flash Heal, Renew, Power Word: Radiance, and Power Word: Life.
• Castigation — Talent position has changed.
• Divine Aegis — no longer triggers from periodic healing or Atonement or causes Power Word: Shield critical heals to be stronger. Absorption increased to 30% (was 5%).
• Divine Procession — new talent.
• Encroaching Shadows — new talent.
• Aegis of Wrath —  now Eternal Barrier.
• Evangelism — now heals all targets affected by Atonement for 4200% spell power, split amongst targets healed. Evangelism continues to extend Atonement by 6 seconds and its visual has been updated.
• Exaltation — removed.
• Heaven’s Wrath — removed.
• Train of Thought — removed.
• Luminous Barrier — healing increased by 20%.
• Overloaded with Light — is now in a new position, directly below Ultimate Penitence in the talent tree.
• Pain and Suffering — Pain and Suffering increases the damage of Shadow Word: Pain by 15/30% (was 7/15%).
• Power Word: Radiance — healing radius increased to 40 yards (was 30 yards).
• Purge the Wicked — removed.
• Rapture — removed.
• Ultimate Penitence — now shields the Priest for 100% of their health (was 50%).
• Void Summoner — now only triggers from Mind Blast and Penance casts. Void Summoner reduces the cooldown of Shadowfiend by 8 seconds or Mindbender by 4 seconds (was 4 seconds and 2 seconds).

Discipline Priest Hero Talents Changes

Discipline Priest received several changes to Hero Talents in Patch 11.1.

Oracle:

• Preemptive Care — now increases the duration of Renew by 25% (was 6 seconds).
• Divine Providence — has been removed.

Discipline Priest Changes In The War Within

There were no major changes to the WoW Discipline Priest talent trees, either
spec or class tree, or to the core spells in The War Within.

The biggest transformation comes with the introduction of Hero Talents. The Priest tree received minor tweaks, such as Mindgames being moved to PvP talents, with new options like Cauterizing Shadows, Manipulation, and Phantom Reach replacing it. These additions offer utility but they do not dramatically change gameplay, so you can still enjoy good old Disco Priest in The War Within.

Another important change is the introduction of the Warbands. It’s a new feature that allows to transfer resources between your alts, share warbound gear and enhance the alts progress. To start using it you need to complete a questline, leading you directly to the Warband Bank. This story line takes time to complete, but our team is always there for you to help with the quests routine.

Discipline Priest Hero Talents

So, as mentioned above, Hero Talent Trees are the new addition to the game, alongside with Warbands, Skyriding, and new Tier Set bonuses. You can choose Discipline Priest WoW talents from one of two available Hero trees:

• Oracle: This tree centers around Premonition, providing cooldown reductions, absorb shields, and healing buffs. While powerful in Raid healing, Oracle lacks significant DPS bonuses and struggles in Mythic+ content, where sustained damage is more vital.
• Voidweaver: Focused on enhancing Mind Blast with Entropic Rift, Voidweaver boosts both healing and damage by opening rifts that deal AoE damage. This tree shines in scenarios where both damage and healing output are crucial, making it a strong choice for general PvE content.

Changes to The Existing Abilities And Talents

Key updates include the removal of Mindgames from the general tree and the addition of Cauterizing Shadows, which provides a heal when Purge the Wicked is refreshed or expires. Manipulation offers a small damage reduction from targets affected by Purge the Wicked, and Phantom Reach increases the spell range by 15%. Overall, as we already said above, these tweaks are useful but won’t significantly alter the way Discipline Priests play.

Basics of Discipline Priest Gameplay

If you are about to start your WoW Discipline Priest adventure, you need to understand the basics. The gameplay is based on the balance between healing and damage through Atonement. You apply Atonement to your allies with spells like Power Word: Shield, then heal them by dealing damage with abilities such as Penance and Smite.

Timing is key — managing cooldowns like Rapture and Evangelism during periods of heavy damage maximizes your output. You need to prioritize proactive healing and maintain Atonement uptime, as these two points are the essence of the gameplay.

Discipline Priest Rotation

Knowing and using the right healing rotation is 90% of your Discipline Priest’s success. While the WoW Discipline Priest rotation is more of a priority list, you still need to understand which spell sequence allows you to maximize your DPS and HPS. Considering spec specific style of healing is a must, so let’s have a look at the Raid and Mythic+ Priorities:

Major Cooldowns

Being a Healer, you utilize mostly defensive or supportive CDs. Below you can find the core abilities that are considered your Discipline Priest Major Cooldowns.

Discipline Priest Build

Currently, there are two simple options for WoW Discipline Priest build for Raid and Mythic+. The Raid build revolves around Mindbender + Rapture/Evangelism synergy. Mythic+ build is focused on Mindbender buff to Shadow Covenant uptime.

Discipline Priest Raid Build

Discipline Priest Mythic+ Build

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Below you can copy the needed Discipline Priest Build WoW and paste it into the game. Don’t forget to save builds in the game to be able to switch between them when needed.

Many players prioritize one type of content over the other. Thus, lots of WoW players skip Raids, as it takes too much time to prepare the best build, to save all the needed talent loadouts, and then, obviously, to participate in raid. If raiding is not your cup of tea as well, we can complete the Heroic Raid for you. You will not have to worry about builds, and will get the raid rewards.

Discipline Priest Stats

WoW Discipline Priest stat priority goes as follows:

1. Intellect;
2. Critical Strike;
3. Haste;
4. Mastery;
5. Versatility.

Intellect is the primary stat that can be found on any gear piece and is used by casters.

Critical Strike is essential to double your damage, but as a healer, we benefit from doubled healing.

Haste is fundamental to lower the spell-casting time.

Mastery affects our  Mastery: Grace, which increases all healing on allies affected by Atonement.

Versatility is just a healing and damage increase that is too low to focus on, and it doesn’t double dip with Atonement.

Discipline Priest Leveling

Leveling a Discipline Priest is not a big deal, but it’s time-consuming, a bit boring, and elementary. If you are an experienced player, you should know how routineus it is to level up a character. There are two main options available:

• Dungeons. Starting from level 15, you start to queue for dungeons with a shade of hope to find an instant group with high-level players who’ll carry you through the dungeon. However, the XP gain is good enough.
• Quests. You start your leveling adventure by picking up a storyline to complete and start doing each and every quest. The best timeline to do so is either a Draenor or Legion.

But, you can also ask for Power Leveling, which is even easier, as you don’t have to do anything. Just rely on our pro team, who will carry you to the desired level.

Discipline Priest Leveling Tips for The War Within

What can be advised to ease your WoW The War Within Discipline Priest Leveling process?

First of all, choose one of the recommended timelines to make questing easier. With the Hearthstone to Dalaran being a toy, Legion can be the optimal option.

Then, use the Discipline Priest rotation WoW for leveling in order to train your abilities and learn how to use them:

1. Power Word: Shield as a defensive;
2. Power Infusion on CD;
3. Maintain Shadow Word: Pain / Purge the Wicked on all targets (esp. with high HP);
4. Shadowfiend / Mindbender on CD;
5. Shadow Word: Death if the target <20% HP;
6. Penance on CD;
7. Divine Star on CD;
8. Mind Blast on CD;
9. Smite as a filler.

Also, obtain some of the most useful consumables from the list in this leveling guide:

• Gunshoes;
• Light-Step Hoofplates;
• Comfortable Rider’s Barding;
• Bear Tartare;
• Drums of Deathly Ferocity;
• Potion of Phantom Fire;
• Cosmic Healing Potion;
• Potion of Spectral Agility;
• Spectral Flask of Power.

How to Gear Up Discipline Priest

Gearing a Discipline Priest is the fun part of playing WoW, as it requires constant Mythic+ and Raid Runs, weekly Vault checks, and praying. Generally, you will focus on acquiring gear from Mythic+ Dungeons and Raids for PvE content, prioritizing item level as your primary upgrade. 

In The War Within you can also participate in World Quests and Delves for extra Great Vault rewards. PvP activities are no longer used to get these rewards.

Aim for gear with Critical Strike, Haste, and then Mastery, as these are your best WoW Discipline Priest stats for increasing both healing and damage. Don’t forget to look for the best trinkets that enhance your healing cooldowns or provide burst damage, such as those from Raid progression content or high-level Mythic+ content.

Best Gear for Discipline Priest

Here’s the overall WoW Discipline Priest BiS gear that can be obtained from various sources.

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Dying Star’s Veil	Catalyst | Raid | Vault
Neck	Salhadaar’s Folly	Nexus-King Salhadaar
Shoulders	Dying Star’s Pyrelights	Catalyst | Raid | Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	Patch 11.2 Questline
Chest	Dying Star’s Cassock	Catalyst | Raid | Vault
Wrist	Consecrated Cuffs	Crafting
Gloves	Bloodwrath’s Gnarled Claws	The Soul Hunters
Belt	Pan-Dimensional Packing Cord	Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder
Legs	Dying Star’s Leggings	Catalyst | Raid | Vault
Boots	Interloper’s Silken Striders	The Soul Hunters
Ring 1	Logic Gate: Alpha	Plexus Sentinel
Ring 2	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius
Trinket 1	Lily of the Eternal Weave	Eco-Dome Al’dani
Trinket 2	Diamantine Voidcore	Fractillus
Main Hand	Voidglass Kris	Fractillus
Off Hand	Vagabond’s Torch	Crafted

Best Discipline Priest Trinkets

Among the overall best The War Within trinkets, each class and spec can find something for their character. S-tier trinkets are the primary goal for any Discipline Priest, they usually drop from M+ bosses. If you got an eye on some particular trinket, you can get it via Dungeon Trinkets obtaining service. Our pro players will do their best to get the required item ASAP.

• Lily of the Eternal Weave;
• Azhiccaran Parapodia;
• Diamantine Voidcore;
• Astral Antenna;
• Loom’ithar’s Living Silk;

• So’leah’s Secret Technique;
• Araz’s Ritual Forge;

• Empowering Crystal of Anub’ikkaj;
• Ara-Kara Sacbrood;
• Void-Touched Fragment.

Tier Set Bonuses for Discipline Priest

Discipline Priest Season 3 Tier Set Elite

Discipline Priest Season 3 Tier Set Gladiator

Discipline Priest Season 3 Tier Set Heroic

Discipline Priest Season 3 Tier Set Mythic

Discipline Priest Season 3 Tier Set Normal

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In WoW TWW Season 3, you can obtain an Eulogy to a Dying Star tier set for your Discipline Priest

Discipline Priest Oracle Tier Set Bonuses:

Discipline Priest Voidweaver Tier Set Bonuses:

Discipline Priest Season 2 Tier Set Bonuses

Discipline Priest PvP 2 Tier Set

Discipline Priest PvP 1 Tier Set

Discipline Priest Mythic Tier Set

Discipline Priest Heroic Tier Set

Discipline Priest Normal Tier Set

Discipline Priest LFG Tier Set

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In TWW Season 2, a new Liberation of Undermine raid will be introduced, allowing you to obtain the new tier set, Confessor’s Unshakable Virtue, designed to enhance your gameplay experience. This set will also be available from the Great Vault.

Discipline Priest Season 1 Tier Set Bonuses

Discipline Priest Normal Set

Discipline Priest Heroic Set

Discipline Priest Mythic Set

Discipline Priest PvP 1 Set

Discipline Priest PvP 2 Set

Discipline Priest Raid Finder Set

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Shards of Living Luster is the Discipline Priest Tier Set for Season 1 in the War Within. The bonus itself is quite good, and obtaining the set is worth the effort. However, it takes time to obtain all the 5 items. In case you are looking for an easier option, we offer you to obtain a Heroic Battle Pass, and our team will do their best to complete the raid with a chance to get you the complete Tier Set.

Best Crafted Gear for Discipline Priest

If you are looking for The War Within items to craft, then the following options are the best:

• Binding of Binding;
• Crafted Weapon with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension;
• Low Lvl Piece with Spark of Omens.

Best Consumables for Discipline Priest

Consumables have a significant impact on your performance and both DPS and HPS. They are crucial in critical situations, and they serve as the best buff you can obtain for yourself. The War Within Consumables range is wide, so we offer you a list of phials and flasks specifically for the Discipline spec.

Type	Best
Flask	Flask of Tempered Aggression  Flask of Tempered Swiftness
Combat Potion	Algari Mana Potion
Health Potion	Invigorating Healing Potion
Weapon Buff	Algari Mana Oil
Augment Rune	Crystallized Augment Rune
Food	Feast of the Midnight Masquerade
Diamond	Elusive Blasphemite
Other Gems	Masterful Ruby

Best Discipline Priest Enchants

Slot	Best Enchant
Weapon	Enchant Weapon – Council’s Guile
Cloak	Enchant Cloak – Chant of Leeching Fangs
Chest	Enchant Chest – Council’s Intellect
Bracers	Enchant Bracer – Chant of Armored Leech
Legs	Sunset Spellthread
Boots	Enchant Boots – Defender’s March
Ring	Enchant Ring – Radiant Critical Strike

Discipline Priest End-Game

End-game content in The War Within is rich and full of quests and activities to participate in. But you’ll probably spend the majority of your time in 5-man content: Raids and Mythic+ dungeons. Firstly, to get the BiS gear, and secondly, to earn a rating. The higher the rating, the more prestigious the look you’ll have, and upon reaching a 2000+ Mythic score you’ll receive valuable rewards.

If you like the prizes but do not want to spend your time on the grind, our professional team can help you with obtaining KMS Mount without any effort from your side!

You can also enjoy PvP activities and test the new ways of obtaining PvP gear. We remind you, that in TWW PvP no longer grants Great Vault rewards, and the emphasis is now on crafted gear and gear obtained with PvP currencies.

One more option that many players are interested in is collecting WoW Discipline Priest transmog. For this purpose, use the Adventure Guide or Collections tab in the game, choose what item you wish to get and from which Dungeon, Raid, or even elite mob it drops, and head straight to that location through the portal in your capital city.

Almost all the Raids and dungeons from previous expansions are soloable, but starting from Shadowlands, they become tough, so you’ll need to find a group for the transmog run.

Best Races for Discipline Priests

“What’s the best race for Discipline Priest WoW The War Within?” — you’ll ask. And we will answer, that the options are numerous. You can, in fact, pick whatever race you like, and enjoy playing it in The War Within. However, there are some objectively better options, which we share in this comprehensive guide.

Alliance

For the Alliance players, the first WoW best race for Discipline Priest is the Human race, bringing their Will to Survive and The Human Spirit abilities, which are useful in any type of situation. Night Elf is another best choice, you benefit from Shadowmeld, and feel the impact from the Touch of Elune passive buff.

Horde

Horde players choose Blood Elf due to their Arcane racials: Arcane Torrent, Arcane Acuity,  and Arcane Resistance. Undead race of the Forsaken is also a good option with their racial abilities Cannibalize, Shadow Resistance, and Will of the Forsaken.

Best Profession for Discipline Priest

Professions are largely a matter of personal preference in The War Within. With the new crafting order system, it’s easier than ever to master your chosen profession, so you can focus on what you enjoy and start earning gold quickly.

Since Discipline Priests wear cloth gear, Tailoring is a natural first choice, though it doesn’t pair with a gathering profession. For your second profession, consider Herbalism or Mining to gather resources and sell them at the Auction House for extra income. If you need profession knowledge to level up your proficiency, we can help you with farming the Hallowfall Arathi Renown, which grants profession knowledge items and other valuable rewards.

Improving as Discipline Priest

If you are looking for tips to improve as a Discipline Priest, you can start with mastering your Atonement application and timing. Then, keep track of cooldowns like Rapture and Evangelism to max your healing during heavy damage phases. Practice weaving in damage-dealing abilities between healing spells to keep Atonement healing active. Finally, stay proactive — anticipate incoming damage and apply Atonement ahead of time rather than reacting after the fact.

Discipline Priest Macros

Another way to improve your TWW Disco Priest gameplay is using macros. Macros usage can even improve your rotation, so don’t hesitate to try implementing this feature into your game.

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All in all, in The War Within we once again face Discipline Priest as a good healer with unique mechanics. It’s one of the strongest options for any content type, and we hope that with our pro tips, you’ll master this spec in no time. Thank you for reading our WoW Discipline Priest guide. There are other useful guides on our platform for more The War Within expansion guides, class and spec overviews, and more.