Discipline Priest guide for WoW Forever

The Discipline Priest in WoW Forever shields and heals, with Penance as a new burst heal and Divine Aegis that turns critical heals into extra shields. It is the best tank healer of the three Priest specs, and Power Infusion makes another caster a lot stronger. This guide covers the build, healing per situation, mana, stats and gear.

Role	Healer, best at tank healing, with Power Infusion for the raid
Build for level 60	31/20/0, with the talents of the beta build of 15 October
Key talents	Meditation, Soul Warding, Penance, Renewed Hope, Divine Aegis, Power Infusion, Inspiration
Strength	Very strong tank healing, many tools, Power Infusion
Weakness	Almost no movement, less effective at healing the whole group
Leveling	Priest leveling guide, Priest level build
Other specs	Holy Priest, Shadow Priest

What changes for Discipline

• Penance is new. Three bursts of holy light over 2 seconds that heal an ally or damage an enemy.
• Soul Warding is new. Power Word: Shield gets a 4 seconds shorter cooldown and costs 15% less mana.
• Renewed Hope is new. 10% more critical strike chance for direct heals on targets with Weakened Soul, and Weakened Soul runs out 5 seconds sooner.
• Divine Aegis is new. A non-periodic critical heal also gives a shield for 15% of the healing, up to 1,200 damage.
• Power Infusion is now 20% for 15 seconds. More spell damage and healing for the target.
• Meditation is stronger. 50% of your mana regeneration keeps going while you cast.
• Twin Disciplines is new. 5% more damage and healing from your instant spells.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
A very strong tank healer	Almost no way to move fast
Shields, Penance and Divine Aegis all prevent or undo damage	Less effective when the whole group takes damage
Power Infusion, one of the strongest buffs in the game	Smite damage builds still have their problems
Fear Ward, Dispel Magic and Abolish Disease

The level 60 build (31/20/0)

This build uses all 51 points of level 60: 31 in Discipline up to Power Infusion and 20 in Holy for Improved Renew, Holy Specialization, Divine Fury, Inspiration, Improved Healing and Binding Heal. Open the build in the talent calculator.

Talent	Points
Twin Disciplines	5/5
Mental Strength	5/5
Mental Agility	3/3
Inner Focus	1/1
Improved Power Word: Shield	3/3
Meditation	3/3
Soul Warding	1/1
Penance	1/1
Renewed Hope	5/5
Divine Aegis	3/3
Power Infusion	1/1
Improved Renew	3/3
Holy Specialization	5/5
Divine Fury	5/5
Inspiration	3/3
Improved Healing	3/3
Binding Heal	1/1

Free points.

• If your raid lacks offensive dispels and you have to do it, a few points in Holy Precision make Dispel Magic miss less.
• Twilight Focus helps against pushback, but only on fights where you take damage while casting.

What the key talents do

Talent	What it does in Forever
Meditation	50% of your mana regeneration while casting. Every Priest wants it
Soul Warding	A shorter cooldown and a lower cost for Power Word: Shield
Penance	A channeled burst heal, or damage on an enemy in a pinch
Renewed Hope	More critical heals on shielded targets, and the next shield sooner
Divine Aegis	Every non-periodic critical heal leaves an extra shield
Power Infusion	20% more spell damage and healing for 15 seconds on a target of your choice
Inspiration	25% more Armor for 15 seconds after a non-periodic critical heal. Almost all your heals count

Healing per situation

A healer has no fixed rotation. You respond to the damage that comes in and to your assignment.

Healing a tank (the strength of Discipline)

• Renew on a tank that takes steady damage.
• Power Word: Shield on the tank before a big hit, and on yourself against pushback.
• Penance to put a lot of health back at once.
• Flash Heal or Binding Heal when the tank needs health fast.
• Greater Heal with Inner Focus when you know a big hit is coming.

Healing the group

• Renew on as many targets as possible that take steady damage.
• Shields on whoever is about to take a big hit. A shield on a caster also keeps them from being pushed back.
• Flash Heal or Binding Heal to top up targets one after the other.
• Greater Heal with Inner Focus for big gaps.

Cooldowns and utility

• Power Infusion usually on another caster, at the moment they deal or heal the most.
• Abolish Disease first when an important disease goes out.
• Inner Focus with your big heals.
• Dispel Magic to remove Magic effects from allies, or Magic buffs from enemies.
• Fade when your threat is about to get too high.

Mana and mouseover healing

Mana. Meditation keeps 50% of your mana regeneration going while you cast. Soul Warding and Mental Agility make your shields and instant spells cheaper, and Mental Strength adds 10% Intellect.

Mouseover healing. Your heal lands on the unit frame under your mouse instead of on your target, so you can keep the boss targeted and react faster. Forever needs no macro or addon for this: turn it on under Options, Combat, or bind heals to mouse buttons with Click Casting under Keybindings.

Movement

The Priest has almost no tools to move quickly. Stand where you reach the tank and the group, and use shields and Renew while you walk.

Stats and gear

The order for a Discipline Priest:

1. Healing power. The biggest effect on how much you heal and how big your shields are.
2. Intellect. A bigger mana pool and more critical strike chance with heals.
3. Mana per 5 seconds. The best way to restore mana outside your talents.
4. Spirit. Helps your mana, but less than mana per 5 seconds.
5. Critical strike chance. More valuable than for Holy, because of Divine Aegis and Inspiration, but first make sure your mana lasts.

Armor. Cloth with healing power is good for you.

Weapon. Death Speaker Scepter from Razorfen Kraul adds a lot of healing power.

Pristine set. Tailors make the Pristine pieces, such as Pristine Gown, from patterns of the Commerce Society in Redridge Mountains or the Barrens.

Ring. Philanthropist’s Ring gives 10 spell power for 20 books. See the library books guide.

Races and professions

Faction	Race	Why
Alliance	Gnome	Eureka for mana, Expansive Mind for a bigger mana pool and Contingency Plan as an emergency heal
Alliance	Human	Ruthless for critical strike chance, and Divine Grace removes Weakened Soul so you can shield again in an emergency
Horde	Undead	Dark Sacrifice is a very good mana tool. Troll brings a healer almost nothing

The differences between races are very small. Pick the race you enjoy.

Professions. Tailoring gives you cloth gear, and Forever adds new patterns, such as belts at level 10 with healing power. Enchanting makes your own wands and enchants. Engineering gets new schematics and trinkets in Forever and is always a strong choice.