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Discipline Priest Guide — Class Guides · WoW Classic

Mana efficiency, stronger shields and buffs, and Power Infusion: healing that wastes little.

A cloth-wearing healer who also deals Shadow damage. Priests heal single targets and groups, shield allies with Power Word: Shield and fight with Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast. More about the priest

Class
Priest
Roles
Healer, Damage
Used for
Raids and dungeons
Top talent
Power Infusion
Popular builds
2
Version
WoW Classic

How to play

Discipline is the priest's support tree. Power Infusion gives a caster more spell damage and cheaper spells, Divine Spirit raises a group's Spirit, Inner Focus makes your next spell free with extra crit, and Mental Strength adds maximum mana. Discipline healers also take Holy talents; Discipline damage builds use Power Infusion on themselves or a mage.

A Discipline healer heals much like a Holy one (a shield on the tank, Flash Heal and Greater Heal) and saves Power Infusion for the raid's best mage or warlock in the burn phase. Improved Power Word: Shield makes shields stronger, and Martyrdom stops your casts being pushed back after you take a critical hit.

Discipline brings less healing than Holy but more raid damage through Power Infusion, and it keeps Divine Spirit for the raid.

At a glance

Single-target healing
Group healing
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Classic.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Fortitude and Divine Spirit on the raid; Inner Fire on yourself.
  2. 2Power Word: Shield the tank before the pull and whenever Weakened Soul ends.
  3. 3Flash Heal or a lower rank of Greater Heal on the tank; Renew on targets taking slow damage.
  4. 4Power Infusion on the top caster during the boss's burn phase.
  5. 5Inner Focus before a Greater Heal or Prayer of Healing when mana is tight.
  6. 6Dispel Magic on harmful magic; Cure or Abolish Disease on diseases.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Power Infusion is one of the strongest raid buffs in Classic.
  • Strong shields and mana efficiency.
  • Divine Spirit for the raid.

Weaknesses

  • Less raw healing than a Holy priest.
  • Weakened Soul stops you shielding the same target again for a while.
  • Weak solo damage.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    +Healing

  2. 2

    Intellect

  3. 3

    Spiritregeneration while casting with Meditation

  4. 4

    Mana per 5 sec

  5. 5

    Critical strike

  6. 6

    Stamina

What to look for

  • +Healing and Intellect first; Spirit pays off with Meditation and Divine Spirit.
  • Keep a spell damage set if you play the Power Infusion damage build.
  • A healing staff, or a mace with an off-hand.

Items worth chasing

  • BenedictionA priest's healing staff from a quest; it also turns into a Shadow staff.
  • Rejuvenating GemHealing and mana regeneration in a trinket.
  • Cauterizing BandA strong healing ring.
  • Hide of the WildCrafted cloak with healing and Intellect.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Discipline
  • Holy
  • Shadow

  • Power Infusion Patron

    HealerPvE
    31/20/0

    Discipline for large raids: Power Infusion empowers your best caster, Mental Strength and Divine Spirit grow your mana, and Holy keeps Inspiration.

    • Inner Focus 1/1
    • Mental Strength 5/5
    • Divine Spirit 1/1
    • Power Infusion 1/1
    • Holy Nova 1/1

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  • Infusion Weaver

    DamagePvE
    31/0/20

    A raid support caster: Shadow Weaving for your warlocks, Power Infusion for your best mage, and enough Discipline to heal when it is needed.

    • Inner Focus 1/1
    • Mental Strength 5/5
    • Divine Spirit 1/1
    • Power Infusion 1/1
    • Mind Flay 1/1

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Key talents

  • Power Infusion · top talent, up to 1

    Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing by 20%. Lasts 15 sec.

  • Unbreakable Will · tier 1, up to 5

    Increases your chance to resist Stun, Fear, and Silence effects by an additional 15%.

  • Silent Resolve · tier 2, up to 5

    Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 20%.

  • Improved Power Word: Fortitude · tier 2, up to 2

    Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 30%.

  • Improved Power Word: Shield · tier 2, up to 3

    Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 15%.

  • Inner Focus · tier 3, up to 1

    When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect.

  • Meditation · tier 3, up to 3

    Allows 15% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

  • Mental Agility · tier 4, up to 5

    Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 10%.

  • Mental Strength · tier 5, up to 5

    Increases your maximum Mana by 10%.

  • Divine Spirit · tier 5, up to 1

    Holy power infuses the target, increasing their Spirit by 17 for 30 min.

Discipline abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

Related

Other priest specs: Holy, Shadow