WoW Forever Discipline Priest Guide

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7 new, 7 changed and 1 removed talents since Classic; the 31-point talent stays Power Infusion.

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“Discipline Priest” means most of your 51 talent points go into Discipline. Forever keeps Classic’s three open trees, so you can mix them.

Archived community build

Discipline healing

Level 30 · 21 of 21 points in Discipline

Discipline 21

Talents it takes

  • Power in Light5/5
  • Wand Specialization2/2
  • Holy Precision1/3
  • Mental Strength5/5
  • Inner Focus1/1
  • Improved Power Word: Shield3/3
  • Meditation3/3
  • Penance1/1

All 21 points in Discipline, down to Penance, new in Forever: three quick hits that heal an ally or damage an enemy. Power in Light, also new, makes Smite and Penance hit 10% harder on targets under your Holy Fire or Shadow Word: Pain. Improved Power Word: Shield makes Power Word: Shield absorb 20% more, Meditation keeps half your Mana regeneration while casting, Mental Strength adds 10% Intellect, and Inner Focus makes one spell free. Wand Specialization and a point of Holy Precision fill the rest.

Posted by Voulk on Wowhead, .

31-point talent · level 40

Power Infusion

Key abilities

  • 1
  • 6
  • 18
  • 30

Historical beta examples, checked for valid points against the current tree. They have not been revalidated as live leveling or endgame recommendations.

Leveling a Discipline Priest: 1 to 60

When each tier opens with every point in Discipline, when the build takes its talents, when the trainer teaches the key abilities, the best weapon to pick up every few levels, and what the world opens at each level: camping, the new dungeons, Dual Specialization and the raids.

Discipline Priest: what each level brings

Drag the level: trainer ranks, the talent point, the best gear, mounts and dungeons of that level, for the race and professions picked above.

Next milestones
  1. Abolish DiseaseShadow Word: Death
  2. Razorfen Downs
  3. Levitate

Trainer at level 30

SmiteRank 5Power Word: ShieldRank 5FadeRank 3Hex of WeaknessRank 3 · some racesTouch of WeaknessRank 4 · some racesInner FireRank 3ChastiseRank 2 · some racesContingency PlanRank 2 · some racesDark SacrificeRank 2 · some racesFeedbackRank 2 · some racesHoly FireRank 3Divine SpiritNew abilityMind ControlNew abilityPrayer of HealingNew abilityShadow ProtectionNew ability

Coming up

Level 32
RenewRank 5Flash HealRank 3Mana BurnRank 2Abolish DiseaseNew abilityShadow Word: DeathNew ability

All Priest abilities in WoW Forever

Talent points

21 of 51 points to spend

Following Discipline healing by Voulk, Wowhead (posted for level 30).

The source gives this build without a pick order, so none is made up here. By level 30 it holds:

Power in Light5/5Wand Specialization2/2Holy Precision1/3Mental Strength5/5Inner Focus1/1Improved Power Word: Shield3/3Meditation3/3Penance1/1

Open this build in the WoW Forever Talent Calculator

Next tier of Discipline opens at level 35 with every point in the tree.

Best gear at level 30

  • Fallen Dragon's ScepterWeapon · from level 27
  • Filigreed Pristine CircletHead · from level 25
  • Stygian Bone AmuletNeck · from level 29
  • Moonlit AmiceShoulder · from level 30
  • Windsong DrapeBack · from level 26
  • Pristine GownChest · from level 22
  • Spidertank OilragWrist · from level 29
  • Pristine GlovesHands · from level 15
  • Pristine SashWaist · from level 17
  • Pristine LeggingsLegs · from level 25
  • Gilded SlippersFeet · from level 30
  • Minor Channeling RingFinger · from level 19

Top pick per slot by the BiS list's default weights for this path.

Discipline Priest BiS list at level 30 · WoW Forever Priest weapons by level

World at level 30

Dungeons in your range

Racials

Pick a race above to see its racials.

Camp objects of your professions

Pick up to 2 professions above.

Trainer levels: current Forever client, build 1.60.1.70888. Gear: the BiS list's weights and the weapon planner's upgrade path, with quests, dungeons, vendors and crafted items only. Training costs and the level a profession tier opens at are not in the client data, so neither is shown.

  1. Levels 1–9

    1. 1
      Power Word: Fortitude
    2. 4
      First camp quest
    3. 6
      Power Word: Shield
    4. 8
      Balanced Quarterstaff
  2. Levels 10–19

    1. 10
      First talent pointPower in Light
    2. 13
      Staff of OrgrimmarDungeon: Hall of Thanes
    3. 14
    4. 15
      Tier 2 opensWand SpecializationDungeon: Ruins of Lordaeron
    5. 17
      Holy Precision
    6. 18
      Mental StrengthDispel Magic
    7. 19
      Crescent Staff
  3. Levels 20–29

    1. 20
      Tier 3 opens
    2. 23
      Inner Focus
    3. 24
      Improved Power Word: ShieldDungeon: Excavation Site: Wetlands
    4. 25
      Tier 4 opens
    5. 27
      MeditationFallen Dragon's Scepter
    6. 28
  4. Levels 30–39

    1. 30
      Tier 5 opensPenanceDivine Spirit
    2. 35
      Tier 6 opensGreatstaff of the NecrokhansDungeon: The Drowned City
  5. Levels 40–49

    1. 40
    2. 45
      Radiant Staff
    3. 48
  6. Levels 50–60

    1. 55
    2. 56
      Guiding Stave of Wisdom
    3. 58
    4. 60
      Atiesh, Greatstaff of the GuardianThe first three raidsAll 51 points spent

This page gives the talents level by level, not the quests to do; two paid addons plan leveling routes inside the game, compared in Zygor vs RestedXP for WoW Forever (the comparison contains affiliate links).

Key Discipline Priest abilities

Trainer abilities a Discipline Priest leans on, with the level they’re taught and what the client snapshot changed.

  • Power Word: FortitudeLevel 1 Changed
  • Power Word: ShieldLevel 6 Changed
  • Dispel MagicLevel 18
  • Divine SpiritLevel 30 New

Discipline Priest weapons by level

The top Caster pick in each band of ten levels, from quests, dungeons, vendors and crafting.

  1. Levels 1–10

    • Balanced Quarterstaff+4 stats · Lv ~8NewQuest Return to Valanaar
  2. Levels 11–20

    • Crescent Staff+21 stats · Lv 19Quest Leaders of the Fang · Wailing Caverns · lv 22
  3. Levels 21–30

    • Fallen Dragon's Scepter+24 stats · Lv ~27NewQuest Stopping the Cycle
  4. Levels 31–40

    • Greatstaff of the Necrokhans+34 stats · Lv 35NewQuest Khan Jehn
  5. Levels 41–50

    • Radiant Staff+38 stats · Lv 45NewCrafted Enchanting
  6. Levels 51–60

    • Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian+383 stats · Lv 60ChangedQuest Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian · Tanaris · lv 60

Plan every level in the weapon planner (Caster) →

Races for a Discipline Priest

Racials that work with Discipline talents, and why.

  • HumanAlliance
    • Divine GraceWorks with Soul Warding

      Divine Grace removes Weakened Soul, so a shielded ally can take another Power Word: Shield as soon as Soul Warding’s shorter cooldown allows.

  • GnomeAlliance
    • Expansive MindWorks with Mental Strength

      the extra maximum Mana adds to the Intellect from Mental Strength.

Discipline in Forever vs Classic

18 talents in Forever, 15 in Classic.

New 7

  • Power in Light
  • Twin Disciplines
  • Holy Precision
  • Soul Warding
  • Penance
  • Renewed Hope
  • Divine Aegis

Changed 7

  • Wand SpecializationNew spot, same tier; Max rank 5 → 2
  • Silent ResolveMax rank 5 → 3; Now includes Unbreakable Will
  • Mental StrengthMoved from tier 5
  • Mental AgilityMoved from tier 4; Max rank 5 → 3
  • Improved Power Word: ShieldMoved from tier 2
  • MeditationNew spot, same tier
  • Improved Mana BurnNew spot, same tier

Removed 1

  • Force of WillClassic tier 6 · max rank 5

Kept another way 3

  • Unbreakable WillNow Silent Resolve
  • Improved Power Word: FortitudeBaseline now, no talent point needed
  • Divine SpiritBaseline now, learned at level 30

Still unconfirmed

  • Talents and class abilities use the current calculator data. Weapons and other supporting datasets retain the source builds shown below.
  • The community examples below are historical level-30 beta builds, not complete level-60 or live leveling guides.

Sources

How we choose and check sources