Gnome Priest in WoW Forever

Gnome racials for a Priest

Every Gnome racial, what it does in Forever and how much it does for a Priest, with the Priest talents it works with. Hover or tap an icon for the full text.

• Expansive MindCore for a Priest

  +5% maximum Mana, Rage or Energy

  5% more maximum Mana for a class that lives on its Mana bar, where Classic’s version added 5% Intellect. Mental Strength’s extra Intellect makes the same pool bigger, so the two add up.

  Works with Mental Strength

• Eureka!Core for a Priest

  For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging abilities (Priests: damaging or healing) cost 10% less Mana, Rage or Energy and deal or heal 10% more; 2 min cooldown

  For 8 seconds your spells cost 10% less and deal or heal 10% more, Power Word: Shield included (since the October 15 build; it was your next three spells). Save it for a run of expensive heals or a Shadow opener; the beta client gives it a 2-minute cooldown.

• Escape ArtistSituational

  Removes all movement-impairing effects and grants immunity to them for 3 sec; 2 min cooldown

  Breaks roots and slows and gives a short immunity to them (3 seconds in Icy Veins’ hands-on notes): a way out of a Frost Nova for a healer, or back to range for Shadow.

• Engineering SpecializationMinor

  Engineering devices fail or backfire 20% less often

  Engineering devices become more reliable. It only matters if you take Engineering; nothing Priest-specific.

Gnome Priest spells

Only a Gnome Priest gets these 2 spells. Effects and notes are the ones on our race page, from hands-on play.

• Confounding Flash

  Confuses up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 3 sec; damage breaks it; 2 min cooldown

  A Gnome Priest spell for area crowd control.

• Contingency Plan

  A 30 sec ward on an ally: when damage drops their Health below 35%, they get an absorb shield and a heal over 15 sec; one per target; 10 min cooldown

  A Gnome Priest spell that catches a burst of damage.

Priest talents that pair with Gnome racials

The talents named above, each once, with the racial it works with. Hover or tap for every rank; ★ marks a talent new in Forever.

• Mental Strength Discipline · pairs with Expansive Mind

WoW Forever Priest Talent Calculator →

Community Priest builds

Builds players posted for the Forever beta, checked point by point against our talent data. None of them depends on race, so each works for a Gnome Priest.

Gnome vs the other Priest races

6 races can be a Priest in Forever. Each row lists the racials its race page picks out for a Priest; filter by faction to see your side’s options.

Race	Faction	Racials for a Priest	What they bring
Human	Alliance		Divine Grace, the Human Priest spell; The Human Spirit adds 10% Spirit.
Dwarf	Alliance		Chastise and Desperate Prayer; Artisan’s Precision adds 1% hit.
Night Elf	Alliance		Elune's Grace and Starshards.
Gnome This page	Alliance		Confounding Flash and Contingency Plan.
Undead	Horde		Dark Sacrifice trades Health for Mana.
Troll	Horde		Berserking adds casting speed; Hex of Weakness and Shadowguard stay Troll Priest spells.

Plan your Gnome Priest

• WoW Forever Priest Talent CalculatorEvery Priest talent rank by rank, with a link to share your build.
• WoW Forever Priest GuideSpecs, the road to 60, abilities by level and what changed from Classic.
• Gnome Racials in WoW ForeverEvery Gnome racial against Classic, and the other classes a Gnome can play.
• WoW Forever Talent CalculatorAll nine classes in one talent calculator.